Jarrad Skeen (He/Him)
Founder and CEO
Operations
Jarrad Skeen (He/Him)
Founder and CEO
Operations
Bio
Meet Jarrad, affix’s heart and soul, and our Founder and CEO. His recruitment experience spans over two decades in technology, holding key roles in Australia’s top recruitment firms. His passion for supporting a bootstrapped startup grow to a well-recognised brand is what drives him to create the best recruitment experience imaginable.
The idea of affix had been brewing in his mind long before its birth in 2015. Jarrad was frustrated by the old school recruitment industry that didn’t have the best interest of clients or candidates in mind.
He wanted to create an alternative that put people first, making their experience confident, uncomplicated, and enjoyable – what a wild thought! With affix, Jarrad and his team have brought this vision to life, creating a recruitment approach that combines collaboration, integrity, and accountability.
As a leader, Jarrad promotes a culture that breeds innovative thinking. He empowers others, shows great humility, and always makes people feel genuinely acknowledged. His bias for action ensures that our work evolves to meet our customers’ needs.
He’s a friendly, down-to-earth person who quickly builds long-term relationships and loves to help people solve problems. He can be found barracking for the Bombers or cooking on his Big Green Egg when he’s not coaching his kids’ sports. Famous for his Melbourne restaurant tips and top-notch coffee-making skills, Jarrad’s future aspiration is to surf without looking awkward… wish him luck!
Not only did affix go out of their way to understand our engineering and company culture – they became a part of it.
It’s hard to imagine us reaching the growth and diversity outcomes that we did without affix’s willingness and ability to be agile, creative, and to learn with us along the way.
Tom Broerse
99designs by Vista, Director of Engineering
affix are the most personable and real recruiters in the industry, and really care about the people they work with.
affix supported me to take on my first CEO role. I was encouraged to put my hat in the ring, and without their support I would not be in my dream job, advising and championing founders on their startup journey.
Vicki Sterling
The Startup Network, CEO
We’ve worked with affix for more than 7 years, and it now feels like we are all family. affix recruited talent across our whole tech team and they are performing brilliantly!
affix have never let us down. They’ve always found us great people and their startup-friendly cost structure has allowed us to concentrate on running our business, ultimately helping Fillr to flourish.
Chad Stephens
Fillr, Co-Founder
I felt cared for, listened to, and above all, I found a recruiter that worked for me. From the day I applied, affix was by my side every step of the way.
If you are looking for a recruiter who works for you, has your best interest at heart, and strives to deliver the best outcome for you, look no further than affix.
Iman Yusef
Flippa, People and Technology Leader
Working with affix has enabled me to work with some great teams over the years. They truly understand culture and attitude-fit.
It’s easily thrown around these days, but the affix team is genuinely customer-centric. They’re honest about the market and where the starting point is. And when there are challenges, they lean in, not out.
Craig Bridge
Carer Solutions
If you’re considering working with affix, do it. We’re not a tech business, so we would not have been able to attract top talent in this field without affix’s help.
affix really wanted to understand our team culture, which gave me confidence they would help us to find a great fit. They helped shape and define the new role, and came to the table with loads of ideas and suggestions!