Recruitment Agencies Ballarat — No Placement, No Fee
A vetted shortlist for Ballarat roles in 7 days, with every candidate screened and referenced and a 90-day guarantee on permanent hires.
Get a quote Call 0477 567 567Ballarat is no longer a quiet regional hire. The hospital rebuild, a train factory and a busy events precinct are all competing for the same skilled people. If you have tried recruitment agencies in Ballarat and still ended up sorting CVs yourself, we do it differently: we interview, reference-check and confirm work rights before a candidate reaches you, and you only pay a permanent placement fee when someone starts. We recruit from Wendouree to Delacombe and beyond, backed by our national recruitment team.
Trusted by teams across Australia
- RCSA Member
- Fully Insured & Workers-Comp Covered
- Healthcare & Care
- Manufacturing & Production
- Construction & Trades
- Retail & Customer Service
- Education & Training
From brief to shortlist
Brief us
Share the role, must-have skills, pay range and start date for your Ballarat site.
Search & screen
We search beyond active applicants, interview, check VEVO and call referees.
Vetted shortlist in 7 days
A handful of strong, referenced candidates, each with a short note on fit.
90-day guarantee
Permanent hires who leave or underperform within 90 days are re-placed free.
Why TQN Personnel
Regional hiring is personal. A Ballarat candidate who walks out after a month tells their network, and a role that sits open for weeks stretches the team covering it. We keep that in mind by shortlisting only people we would stand behind: interviewed against your brief, referees called, and VEVO and police checks done. Permanent placements are success-based, so there is no fee unless your hire starts, and if they leave or underperform within 90 days, the replacement search costs you nothing.
Inside the Ballarat talent market
Ballarat has a population around 121,050 and a labour force near 55,738.
Health Care and Social Assistance
Retail Trade
Construction
Education and Training
Manufacturing
Accommodation and Food Services
Ballarat West Employment Zone (BWEZ)
Wendouree Industrial Precinct
Ballarat East Precinct
Delacombe Industrial Cluster
Western Victoria Aviation Precinct
Circular Economy Precinct (CEP)
Source: ABS
Roles We Place Across Ballarat
- Production supervisors and machine operators
- Food processing workers
- Aged care and disability support workers
- Nurses and allied health staff (AHPRA verified)
- Electricians and maintenance technicians
- Site supervisors and estimators
- Retail and hospitality managers
- Administration and accounts staff
Credentials & checks we verify for Ballarat roles
- AHPRA registration for nurses, midwives and allied health staff
- Police certificate or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance for aged care, as the Aged Care Act 2024 requires
- Victorian Working with Children Check for education and youth roles
- Electrical and other trade licences sighted and checked with the issuing regulator
- High risk work licences, including forklift, for production and warehouse roles
- VEVO right-to-work check for every candidate
Recruitment hiring demand across Ballarat
Health care is Ballarat's largest employing sector, and the hospital rebuild on Sturt Street is the biggest single reason. Manufacturing has a visible driver too, with new suburban trains being assembled in the city, while stadium works in Wendouree keep builders and trades busy.
Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment
Main works are under way on a new hospital tower with an expanded emergency department, theatres and a women's and children's hub.
source ↗X'Trapolis 2.0 train build
Alstom's Ballarat factory is assembling and fitting out new X'Trapolis 2.0 trains for Melbourne's suburban lines, using a regional manufacturing workforce.
source ↗Ballarat Major Events Precinct
Upgrades to Mars Stadium and a new regional athletics centre on the Ballarat Showgrounds site in Wendouree.
source ↗Recruitment licensing & compliance
When we place a permanent employee on your payroll, that is recruitment, not labour hire, and Labour Hire Authority guidance treats it as outside the licensing scheme unless accommodation is also arranged. When we supply temps or contractors who stay on our payroll, the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018 (Vic) applies, and hosts must only use providers licensed by the Labour Hire Authority. TQN Personnel holds a Victorian labour hire licence, with the number provided on engagement, and meets the stricter fit-and-proper and financial viability rules that started on 1 June 2026.
FAQs
Is a job agency in Ballarat free for jobseekers?
Yes. We never charge candidates. Employers pay us to find staff, so registering, interviewing and being put forward for Ballarat roles costs you nothing.
How long do recruitment agencies in Ballarat take to fill a role?
We work to a 7-day shortlist from the day the brief is agreed. Senior health or engineering roles can run longer when the right people are not actively looking, and we flag that early.
Do Ballarat employment agencies supply temporary staff?
We do. Temps and contractors stay on the TQN Personnel payroll while they work for you, with our Victorian labour hire licence covering the arrangement and their wages, super and insurance taken care of.
Can you recruit manufacturing staff in Ballarat?
Yes. Manufacturing is one of the city's main employers, and we place operators, fitters, quality staff and supervisors. We sight forklift and other high risk work licences where a role needs them.
What does an employment agency in Ballarat charge?
Permanent placements carry a one-off fee based on the role's salary, invoiced once your new hire starts. Contract and temp staff are charged by the hour. You get the numbers in writing before we begin.