We're a firm where you can reach your true potential.
Because we are interested, we take the time to get to know you. We want to know about your hopes and aspirations and what your concerns might be as you navigate your career and balance work and life. It's how we help you reach your true potential.
In joining Sparke Helmore, you will join a firm that values everyone's opinions. That's why we have structured feedback programs and informal conversations to find out how we can keep making our firm the best it can be. In fact, in our last engagement survey, our people told us that our managers are great at building teams, providing recognition, valuing contribution and being responsive.
We want to be a market-leading Australian professional services business that our clients choose for outstanding people, legal expertise and our ability to connect. It's important to us and we expect you if you decide to become a part of the team at Sparke Helmore, to want to be part of that vision too. It's about working together with each other and with our clients, who are at the heart of everything we do.
We think that's why we get interesting work from great clients, clients who have been with us for many years and love working with us as much as we value working with them. Many of them are household names including ASX 100 companies, international insurers and other multinationals, and large government departments and agencies.
We have a long history of growth and we've survived and thrived since opening our doors for business in 1882 – through two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Global Financial Crisis and now COVID-19. We're confident we will continue to thrive for years to come because we know how to weather the toughest of storms.
Firstly, we'll ask you to complete an online application form and attach a cover letter, your CV and academic transcripts.
Once we've reviewed your CV, we'll let you know if you will be invited to attend an interview. For most roles we do two rounds of interviews – the first one will be with a member of the team who is hiring, plus a member of our Talent Acquisition team. At this stage we want to get to know you, so we'll talk to you about your CV, what you like to do in your spare time and your studies. We'll also tell you about the role and the team, plus what it's like to work for our firm. We'd love to answer any questions you might have about Sparke Helmore, so don't be afraid to ask!
We then invite successful candidates to attend a second-round interview. This will be with a senior member of our business who you might work alongside. They will go into a bit more detail about your interests and studies, but they will also be really happy to answer your questions so again, please ask anything you want to know!
Our people are key to our success. We are always on the lookout for people with the potential to progress, who fit with our culture and align with our values, and who demonstrate, among other things, intelligence, interpersonal skills, commitment, energy and commerciality.
Each role is different and we'll have open and honest conversations with you about remuneration throughout the interview process. We also offer: