Business Systems
Core tools and processes to run a professional recruitment business.
Powering exceptional recruitment businesses
You already know how to recruit. We’ll show you how to build a business. Lead OS is the complete operating system for recruiters ready to launch, run and grow their own recruitment agency, with the technology, systems, AI, coaching and community to build something that lasts.
Recruitment today
Your work lives everywhere.
Tools fight each other. Admin piles up. Follow-ups slip through the cracks. You become the bottleneck of your own business.
Recruitment with Lead OS
One connected system.
Every tool, every task, every follow-up flowing through one operating system. You focus on placing people. We run the rest.
What We Cover
Everything behind the scenes, so recruiters can stay focused on billing.
Operational Support
Help with the non-billing work that usually slows recruiters down.
Recruitment Infrastructure
A stronger operating foundation to support delivery, consistency, and scale.
Growth Support
Infrastructure that helps solo recruiters move toward building a team.
Employee Enablement
A better foundation for onboarding and supporting new recruiters in the business.
Volume Advantages
Access to better systems, pricing, and support than most small firms get alone.
Compare the real cost of staying employed, going alone, or building with Lead OS.
See how salary, billings, back-office costs, and admin time change your actual take-home opportunity as a recruiter in Australia.
Customize the numbers to match your company's billings, fees, admin load, and time value.
Annual Billings
A$ / yearA$400,000
Avg Placement Fee
A$ / placementA$22,000
Admin Hours / Week
hrs / week14 hrs
Recruiter Time Value
A$ / hrA$150/hr
≈ 18 placements per year at current inputs
Stay Employed
Stable but capped
Structure and support, but your upside is tied to someone else's business.
A$135,221
- Salary + SuperA$95,221
- CommissionA$40,000
Support: HighAdmin burden: LowUpside: Limited
Run It Alone
Full control, full burden
You keep the upside, but you carry the tools, systems, and admin load.
A$231,347
- Operating costs- A$60,000
- Admin time cost- A$108,653
Support: LowAdmin burden: HighUpside: High
Build With Lead OS
Independent, not alone
You keep the earning potential of your own company while we cut hidden overhead.
A$326,269
- Lead OS revenue share (13%)- A$52,000
- Reduced admin time cost- A$21,731
Support: HighAdmin burden: LowerUpside: High
At a glance
- EmployedA$135,221
- AloneA$231,347
- Lead OSA$326,269
The real question is not just what it costs.
It's how much earning time you get back — and how much of that upside actually stays with you.
Assumptions are based on common Australian recruitment business costs. Results are illustrative only.
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