Recruit & Consult is a specialist recruitment agency that connects real estate and property professionals with talented staff across Sydney, NSW Central Coast and Newcastle.
Recruit & Consult is led by experienced recruiter Carlie Barnett, who brings more than a decade of real estate and talent-scouting experience in Sydney and London.
Recruit & Consult was born out of a long-standing passion for all things real estate and property. For employers, we can assist in finding the right staff for your business, and for those looking for new career opportunities, we can help find the right job for you.
Our primary focus is the real estate and property sectors – both residential and commercial. And as a business, we pride ourselves on our honesty, communication, and transparency. This, plus our tenacious networking skills and expert industry knowledge, makes what we do so unique.
I’m Carlie, the face and founder behind Recruit & Consult.
My love for real estate kicked off early when I landed a weekend receptionist role at a Central Coast agency (yep, answering phones and making coffees was the start of it all). From there, I dove headfirst into the industry, sales, admin, team management, project sales and marketing, business development, you name it, I have probably done it. Along the way, I had the privilege of working with some of Australia’s biggest names in real estate, including McGrath, Ray White and LJ Hooker.
Recruitment came into the picture when I moved to London. I joined one of the UK’s largest recruitment firms, Reed, where I worked my way up to be named their Number One Consultant. I have worn the manager and director hats, and for the past 14 years of my recruitment career, I have helped boutique agencies, prop-tech start-ups and major property developers find the right people to grow their businesses.
Having lived through just about every market cycle from the GFC to property booms, I have seen the good, the bad, and the “what were we thinking?” moments. That perspective, mixed with my hands-on real estate experience, is what inspired me to launch Recruit & Consult in early 2019.
Today, I get to combine my two passions: real estate and people. And honestly? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Achievements:
2024 - RCSA Industry Award Judge
2023 – RCSA Pearl Mentor
2023 – International Women’s Day volunteer – Dress for Success
2022 – RCSA panellist
2019 – Guest speaker at The Real Estate Academy Complete Leader Conference
Plus, a variety of other roles across the real estate and property sectors.