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The Hero Foundation is Employment Hero's social impact venture dedicated to unlocking job opportunities for individuals facing barriers to employment. When you browse Hero Foundation candidates in Talent Search, you can discover work-ready, motivated talent who bring valuable skills, diverse perspectives, and dedication to your organisation.
By hiring from the Hero Foundation talent pool, you're not only finding great talent and strengthening your business—you're making a positive social impact and helping change someone's life.
What is Hero Foundation?
Hero Foundation candidates are job-ready individuals who may have faced barriers to traditional employment. Our talent pool includes career changers, returning parents, and migrants with valuable overseas experience. These jobseekers are often overlooked due to career gaps or different professional backgrounds, but they bring tremendous potential, transferable skills, and motivation to succeed.
Why hire Hero Foundation candidates?
- Access untapped talent: Find dedicated candidates who are often overlooked in typical recruitment processes
- Outside-the-box recruitment solutions: We partner with reputable training organisations who have guided these individuals on their journey back to work
- No recruitment fees: There are zero recruitment costs or fees when you hire a Hero Foundation candidate
Browse Hero Foundation candidates
- Navigate to Recruitment from the left sidebar, then click Talent Search.
- On the Talent Search landing page, scroll down to the Browse our talent pools section.
- Click Browse Hero Foundation candidates on the Hero Foundation tile.
- A modal will appear explaining the Hero Foundation program. Click Browse Hero Foundation Talent to view all available candidates.
- You'll see the full Hero Foundation talent pool with the Hero Foundation filter automatically applied.
Note
Unlike standard Talent Search which shows up to 50 candidates, browsing Hero Foundation candidates displays the entire talent pool, which may exceed 50 candidates.
Filter Hero Foundation candidates
Once you've applied the Hero Foundation filter, you can narrow down your search by job title, location, industry, or keywords while maintaining the Hero Foundation filter.
- With the Hero Foundation filter active, enter your search criteria in the search bar. You can search by:
- Job title only (e.g., "Accountant")
- Location only (e.g., "Sydney")
- Job title and location (e.g., "Accountant in Sydney")
- Industry or keywords
- Press Enter.
- The Hero Foundation filter will remain active, showing only Hero Foundation candidates that match your criteria.
- To remove the Hero Foundation filter and search all candidates, click the X next to the "Filter: Hero Foundation" label.
Tip
Hero Foundation candidates are identified with a special Hero Foundation badge on their candidate cards, making them easy to spot in your search results.
Learn more about Hero Foundation
You can learn more about the Hero Foundation program at any time while using Talent Search.
- Look for the Hero Foundation banner at the top of the Talent Search page.
- Click Learn more to open the Hero Foundation information modal.
- The modal provides details about the program, benefits of hiring Hero Foundation candidates, and access to the talent pool.
Become a Hero Foundation Employer Partner
When you hire a Hero Foundation candidate, you can become an official Employer Partner and access additional benefits including platform discounts, inclusive workforce training, and dedicated recruitment support. There are zero recruitment costs or fees when hiring Hero Foundation candidates.
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