About us

World-class IT recruitment services — with a focus on INTEGRITY

Motion Recruitment began with a simple goal: to deliver world-class IT recruitment services with integrity. Sydney-born founders Brian Hannanford and Christian Green, both veteran IT recruiters, were frustrated with the overcomplicated and inefficient ways that firms were trying to match talent with companies. In 2014, they joined forces and created Motion Recruitment to solve this gap in the IT recruitment landscape.

Within just a few years, Motion became one of Sydney’s most trusted and fastest-growing boutique IT recruitment firms, with a team of vibrant, passionate and knowledgeable recruiters. While Motion have relocated our Surry Hills headquarters twice to cater for a growing team, our key values have remained unchanged. These are:

Integrity - Upholding honesty and ethical conduct is the foundation of all our actions. Our team is dedicated to collaborating with clients and candidates to realise positive recruitment outcomes. We believe in a fair go for everyone and the positive impact we can have by embracing, encouraging and facilitating diversity, both within our own organisation and on behalf of our clients.

Quality - Motion Recruitment staff are hardworking, ambitious, and dedicated. They are committed to providing prompt and high-quality candidates in line with your requirements. They stay abreast of IT trends to identify the most suitable candidates and scour the market for the best available talent.

Giving back - Motion Recruitment is committed to being a force for positive social, environmental and humanitarian change. To achieve this we make a charitable donation for every placement we make. The charities we support are Greenfleet, Dementia Australia, Animal Welfare League NSW and Beyond Blue

Helping you navigate a changing industry with specialised knowledge

Along with our positive company culture, Motion offers clients and candidates a specialised understanding and a wealth of experience in navigating the ever-changing IT landscape. Our nuanced technical knowledge of systems and requirements, our ability to place jobs across all verticals, businesses and fields, and our unique outlook on less tangible qualities like team-fit and company values all make us a partner of choice for prestigious IT companies and talented employees.

Today, our services have expanded to include more than permanent and contract IT recruitment. We also offer flexible and sophisticated recruitment services such as in-house recruitment team members, preferred partner relationships and consultancy advice on matters like sponsorship requirements, market rates and salary expectations.

Our Approach

Embracing diversity, inclusion and positive change

Motion Recruitment recognises that a talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage and a major driver of postive social change. We believe diversity management benefits individuals, teams, our company, and our customers

Specialising in people

At Motion, we don’t take traditional recruitment skills for granted. We’re committed to equipping our staff with sound understanding of soft skills – such as interview techniques and abstract problem solving – to attract the best IT talent. We pride ourselves on adhering to high ethical standards in placing IT jobs, while still cutting red tape and simplifying the overly complicated industry of IT recruitment.

Prioritising client and candidate needs

We always put our clients first. Each client and candidate have a unique set of skills and preferences - no candidate wants the same thing out of a role and no company needs the same thing out of their talent. That’s why we make the needs, values and priorities of clients and candidates our top priority. Our flexible approach to IT recruitment helps us find the best solution for you.

Our plan to give back

Helping people is in our DNA. That’s why we’ve recently started an exciting new philanthropic initiative: we’ve nominated four charities that we believe are doing fantastic work. For each placement we make, we’re making a financial donation to one of these selected charities.

IT Recruitment that starts from the ground up

Through decades of experience in IT Recruitment, we know how important company culture is to achieving lasting, sustainable results. While hard work and passion are essential for success, pairing this work ethic with an approachable and inclusive environment makes us stand out in such a competitve landscape. Using this philosophy, we’ve built a team of talented, reliable and friendly staff who are leading the way in the IT industry.