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Melbourne
Build Back Better: How Recruitment Founders Reset, Rebuild & Reposition
February 12, 2026
Seamstress — The Sweatshop Basement Bar & Yard
113 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Watch the Show
Part 1
AI & Tech: Stop Wasting Money in Recruitment
Part 2
AI's True Value: Where Tech Excels & Humans Dominate
Part 3
The 90-Day Bet: Hiring Your Team Smartly
On the Night

What we talked about

Theme: Build Back Better

Panel 1
AI & Tech: Where to Invest and Where to Stop
The future of recruitment isn't bigger teams — it's better ones. Matt explored what actually drives revenue inside a billing business today, why some two-person agencies are outbilling large teams, and what separates founders who use technology intelligently from those hiding behind it.
  • Matthew Cossens — Chief Growth Officer, xrecruiter
Panel 2
AI's True Value: What Machines Do Well and What Humans Must Own
John laid out a simple filter for every technology decision: does this allow you to speak to more candidates and clients in a day? If not, it's the wrong investment. A practical framework for agencies navigating a noisy tech market.
  • John Bourke — Founder, RecView & Start in Recruitment
Panel 3
The 90-Day Bet: How to Hire Your Team Smartly
Leadership quality is the single biggest variable in whether an office succeeds or fails. The panel was direct: this isn't about KPIs for their own sake. It's about building a culture with a clear answer to one question — how do we win around here?
  • Melbourne Founders Panel
Host
Dualta Doherty
Managing Director of the Doherty Group and Co-Founder of RecWired. Brought the Build Back Better tour to Australia, hosting both Melbourne and Sydney editions across the same week.
  • Doherty Group
  • RecWired
From the Room
"The only things that matter are jobs on, CV sends, interviews, placements. Everything else is noise."
Matt Cossens — Chief Growth Officer, xrecruiter
"You should be automating the parts people don't pay you for."
John Bourke — Founder, RecView
"A lot of people are using tech to hide from doing the hard work."
Dualta Doherty — Host

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