THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE
THE KINDTIDE SOLUTION
THE KINDTIDE SOLUTION
Hiring is costing you more than you realise. In Australia, it costs around $20,000 to hire 1 person and vacancies stretch toward 44 days or more. Work slows. Capability slips. Revenue stalls.
Leaders lose hours they do not have to unclear roles, thin shortlists and inconsistent processes. Candidate experience drops. Brand trust erodes quietly.
Most organisations cannot justify a full time senior Talent hire, or they hire more junior capability than the problem requires. The result is slow hiring, weak pipelines and costly rehires.
Good people choose faster, clearer competitors.
Waiting is not neutral. It is expensive.
Kindtide brings calm, senior Talent partnership, high touch Executive Search and structured recruitment that lifts capability and protects your brand.
THE KINDTIDE SOLUTION
THE KINDTIDE SOLUTION
THE KINDTIDE SOLUTION
Kindtide turns hiring from a drag into a driver of performance. Clearer roles. Stronger capability. A brand people want to join.
You gain senior Talent leadership without adding headcount. Experienced support that moves fast, sharpens role clarity and strengthens your hiring system end to end.
The commercial impact is real.
Faster hiring reduces downtime and protects revenue.
Stronger shortlists lift performance and lower mis hire risk.
Higher offer acceptance cuts rework and wasted cost.
A warm, consistent candidate experience strengthens brand trust and retention.
Leaders get time back. Decisions improve. Bottlenecks clear.
Hiring becomes a competitive edge.
HOW WE WORK
We work as a trusted extension of your leadership team.
Close enough to move fast. Senior enough to create clarity. Grounded enough to reduce noise.
Our support is flexible by design. Some organisations partner with us through fractional Talent advisory. Others engage us per role through Talent Acquisition or Executive Search. Many move between models as their needs change. The structure flexes. The standard never does.
We start by understanding your context. Your growth stage. Your pressure points. Your leadership capacity. From there, we design a Talent approach that fits your business rather than forcing you into a rigid process.
We bring structure without bureaucracy. Pace without pressure. Care without fluff. Clear decision points. Consistent communication. Thoughtful moments that protect both brand and people.
We stay accountable to outcomes while working in a way that feels steady and human.
Support adapts as your organisation evolves. Quality remains constant.
Warm. Intentional. Commercially sharp.
OUR SERVICES
Fractional Talent Partnerships
Talent Acquisition & Executive Search
Fractional Talent Partnerships
Senior Talent leadership that lifts performance — strategy, hiring and capability delivered fast, flexibly and with real impact.
Talent Advisory
Talent Acquisition & Executive Search
Fractional Talent Partnerships
Targeted strategic support that removes hiring friction, strengthens employer brand and lifts people capability where it matters most.
Talent Acquisition & Executive Search
Talent Acquisition & Executive Search
Talent Acquisition & Executive Search
High quality, story led hiring that brings your roles to life, treats candidates with real respect and delivers faster, more confident decisions.
CareerGlow for Job Seekers
Career support beyond the CV for today’s job market
In today’s market, a strong CV alone is not enough.
Many roles are filled through proactive search, referrals, and direct outreach, which means your LinkedIn profile is often reviewed before your CV. If your profile is not clear, aligned, and positioned well, opportunities can pass you by.
Our approach goes beyond CV feedback. We review your CV and LinkedIn together, then provide practical, personalised guidance to help you strengthen your positioning, visibility, and confidence in market.
Clear advice. Honest feedback. Actionable recommendations.
FOUNDER
Kindtide is led by Sarah Purches, a senior Talent Leader with more than 20 years experience across start-ups, scale-ups, online education, digital banking, renewable energy, health and global professional services. She has built Talent functions from the ground up, strengthened EVP (Employee Value Proposition) and employer brands and designed people practices that lift culture and performance.
For a recent scaling business, Sarah built the entire Talent function, partnered closely with the CEO and executive team and transformed the candidate and employee experience. Her work was recognised nationally at the 2025 Internal Talent Awards for Excellence in Candidate Experience.
Sarah moves fast because she is proactive and deeply connected. With more than 25,000 professionals in her network, she reaches the people job boards simply cannot. Faster searches. Stronger shortlists. A cleaner, warmer experience for both leaders and candidates.
Leaders trust Sarah for her warmth, honesty and commercial judgement. She has spoken at ATC (the Australian Talent Conference) for more than 10 years, founded the Geelong Talent Meet Up and is recognised as a straight-talking, practical operator who lifts capability everywhere she goes.
Acknowledgement of Country
Kindtide acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Eastern Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we work, live and raise our families across the Bellarine Peninsula. We also acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Eastern Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we work in Melbourne.
We recognise their enduring connection to land, skies and waterways, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
We honour the strength, wisdom and continuing cultures of First Nations peoples and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
As a Talent practice shaping workplaces across Australia, we hold a responsibility to foster fairness, representation and genuine inclusion. We commit to listening, learning and contributing to workplaces where First Nations peoples have opportunity, voice and leadership.
May we walk gently.
May we act with integrity.
And may the tide of equity continue to rise across these lands.