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About SJ&People

Our track record of uniting organisations with thoroughly vetted and matched professionals is second to none.

The most valuable currency of the recruitment industry has always been access to information; the sourcing of accurate and relevant information from our trusted networks combined with astute judgment and industry-based insights determines the quality and impact of our client’s hiring decisions.

We offer our clients 20 years of practitioner and global search experience. We take time to authentically connect and develop relationships based on integrity, purpose and trust so that our clients can quickly and efficiently access networks they can’t foster themselves.

Our Clients freely testify to the positive impact our work has on their business. Please contact us for references.

Sarah-Jane Dartnell

Principal, LLB PgDip

Sarah-Jane was admitted to legal practice in 2002 and later worked in Communications and Corporate Affairs for a technology firm in Australia. For three years, she sat on the Executive Committee of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association. She now owns and runs SJ&People, an executive search and recruitment firm dedicated to careers in law, policy, government relations, and corporate affairs.

She has over 15 years’ of international recruitment experience appointing senior executive roles in government and private enterprise. Sarah-Jane has made appointments across Europe, Asia and in every major Australian city on behalf of some of Australia’s largest and most powerful employers.

Our Partners

Jenbro Human Resources

Jenbro Human Resources is a specialised human resources consultancy providing strategic and operational HR services designed to minimise organisational risk, enhance workforce capability, and ensure compliance with industrial relations obligations.

Policy and procedure design and implementation
Workplace culture and engagement initiatives
Organisational and operational design
Organisational development and change management
Job design, descriptions, and specifications
Performance management and capability development
Management mentoring and coaching
Project and program management
Workplace disputes and investigations
Mediation and conflict resolution
Redundancy and retrenchment management
Representation at Fair Work Australia mediations

Louise Crossman

Louise is a government relations consultant with more than two decades of experience working across government as a political adviser and public servant.

Louise has a deep understanding of the political and policy landscape at both the Federal and ACT levels. She was an adviser to Andrew Leigh, Julie Collins and Ed Husic during the Rudd-Gillard Government and has held senior positions in the ACT Barr Labor Government, including as the Senior Planning Adviser to the then-Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister Mick Gentleman.

During her extensive career Louise was responsible for delivering a number of major national reforms that required the agreement and consensus of all states and territories. She is regularly called on for her campaigning experience and has been central to a number of state, territory and federal elections.

Louise was the first elected President of the ACT branch of the Labor Party and a former Labor candidate. Louise has a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University, and Masters of Employment Relations from Griffith University.

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