Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Strategic Hiringcurated sourcedetected 2026-08-07 · confidence 80%

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Carat: Strategic Hiring

Carat lost at least two named senior staff members (Emily Whyte, Vicki Crimmins) to competitor 303 Mediahub, indicating talent attrition or competitive poaching.

Source: discovered:adnews.com.au

The leadership read

Carat is resourcing ahead of a step-change, not backfilling. A build-out like this concentrates senior bench strength in the sector where the mandate is strongest. Watch the mix of the hires across Oceania — that is the clearest read on the plan behind the headcount.

Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 104 (Hot), down 1.9 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow steady (+1.1pts).

Carat: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.

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