
We are not transactors. Our business is people and we seek to delight our stakeholders by treating them with humanity and warmth.

Stretching our comfort zones to ultimately benefit all stakeholders epitomises how we approach our decision making process.

When faced with a range of options, we do what is best for each stakeholder, not just ourselves. We do what is right, not what is necessarily easy.

No individual can sustain success whilst working in a silo. Often we must give freely of our capacity and knowledge to help others succeed.
Career Transition: An Opportunity or a Catastrophe?
Learn how to cope with career change and turn it from a catastrophe into an opportunity.
Supporting Your Staff in Challenging Times
I’m a big believer that any good business starts with good people. Success in any industry is built around people, and as a human-centred profession, recruitment is a prime example of this. We don’t deal in products but in people,and because we are people-led, operated and focused, we understand just how important it is for all organisations to make this a priority internally.
Career Transition in Today’s World
Learn how Career Transition Support has changed in the current market and what it takes to create an effective Career Transition programme, here.
Leveraging the Candidate Experience to Secure Top Talent in a Challenging Market
It’s no secret that the candidate experience can make or break whether candidates choose to work with you, with everything from long application forms to poor communication having the potential to cost you the best talent.

Structure and Ownership of OCG Consulting.
OCG was formed in February 2000 by a management buyout of the executive services business of one of New Zealand's largest privately owned recruitment firms. This management buyout was created from a legacy of experience, product and services, processes, reputation and relationships.
In November 2007, Chandler Macleod acquired a majority shareholding in OCG (82%). The OCG Group including Pinnacle Recruitment is 100% owned by the Chandler Macleod Group Ltd, as of September 30th 2010.
Chandler Macleod Group is one of Australia's largest providers of human resources solutions, with a network spanning domestic and global operations, and over 1,000 full time employees in 5 countries including Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The combined experience of the Chandler Macleod Group in the Australian market spans more than 70 years.
Together, the Chandler Macleod Group brands are unique in that our core competencies span an end-to-end human resources solution across a range of industry sectors and specialist disciplines.

Our focus on candidate care is one of the primary reasons why candidates elect to work with us.
Our consultants take every effort to understand the types of environments you would like to work in, as well as identifying your individual skills, experience and personal qualities.


With our purpose of Career Makers at the heart of what we do our determination is to find high performing candidates for quality employers and ensure the best possible recruitment experience for both.
Beyond having the skills to invite exceptional candidates to consider new positions with your organisation, our consultants network with the industries they specialise in and share market intelligence. We are also conscious of offering considered advice to candidates, maintaining our relationship with them at each stage of their career.

At OCG our consultants are experts in Functional and Industry sectors.
This structure enables our teams to operate with the highest level of specialisation, drawing on years of direct, front-line experience in a full range of functional and industry disciplines. The result of which means we are skillful and successful in finding premium candidates and delivering a comprehensive recruitment solution. We call this Expertise by Specialisation.


The Importance of Reference Checking
There appears to be a growing number of people in the recruitment industry who believe reference checks to be a waste of time. A view that OCG Consulting Manager, Paul O’Donovan, couldn’t be more opposed to. Find out why time spent checking references is time invested wisely, here.