Founded in 2011 by Billy Ferreira and Paul Goldfinch, The GO2 People began life as GO2 Recruitment Pty Ltd as Trustee for the GO2 Recruitment trust, a recruitment business based in Western Australia specialising in the provision of temporary staffing solutions to the construction and mining industries.
Our History
Setting a long-term goal to become a diverse national organisation. GO2 Recruitment secured some of the best talent in the industry and set about building the foundations of the business and creating a culture based on accountability, integrity and quality outcomes for all stakeholders.
GO2 Recruitment opened its doors in Perth, Western Australia for the first time on September 12th, 2011. As a start-up business with no brand presence in Western Australia, GO2 Recruitment executed its business plan with a strong focus on high quality, solution based service delivery. As a result, the brand and reputation grew quickly and, having achieved key milestones, GO2 Recruitment opened its first office in Brisbane, Queensland in September 2012, to begin moving towards establishinga genuine national footprint.
In 2014 after identifying the need to diversify and capitalise on the skill sets within the business, a building division was started, known as GO2 Building. Whilst creating an additional revenue stream and spreading risk across the business, the main aim was to create vertical integration between the recruitment and building divisions.
GO2 Building focused on developing alternative construction methods which would see residential dwellings delivered quickly and affordably without compromising quality. As a result, GO2 Building delivered multiple projects in the Over 55’s independent living sector. It also developed strong supply partnerships and relationships with project builders and land developers whilst providing the opportunity to develop the GO2 ‘rapid building method’.
GO2 Recruitment had secured multiple preferred supplier contracts by 2015 and were partnering some of Australia’s best-known construction companies and businesses, to deliver a number of major construction and infrastructure projects throughout Western Australia and Queensland. In early 2015 a third office was opened on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on the back of winning a major labour supply contract on the Sunshine Coast University hospital.
Since making the decision in 2016 to take the Company to an IPO, GO2 have invested heavily in preparation for the future. In the past 12 months, the Company has employed a National Executive General Manager for Recruitment and a Chief Financial Officer to join the Senior Management Team and Recruitment State Managers have been added to both the Queensland and Western Australia operations. In addition, GO2 has upgraded its operating and financial systems and opened two new offices in strategic locations, Gold Coast QLD and Bunbury WA. This investment has increased GO2’s capability and positioned the company for growth.
