Our Company

Our Company

Providing strategic recruitment and workforce management solutions

Acclaimed Workforce, formerly Baytech Industrial and CozWine, provides specialist recruitment and workforce management solutions to a wide range of regional and metropolitan employers across Australia. 


We offer our services to industries including wine, food and beverage, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, agriculture, horticulture, and local governments and authorities. Many of our clients have partnered with us for over 20 years.


In 2021, Acclaimed Workforce was born from the blending of the Bayside Group’s two semi-skilled and industrial recruitment brands; one located in Australian cities and the other in regional hubs. This consolidation provides a stronger base from which to support your business. 

One brand will bolster our ability to streamline our activities and offer expanded capability to ensure you continue to receive the quality service you have come to expect.


Founded in the 1990s, CozWine and Baytech gained reputations as trusted leaders within the recruitment and workforce management space. Acclaimed Workforce combines these decades of industry knowledge and experience into the one brand. 


With more than 30 specialist consultants nationally, Acclaimed Workforce reliably sources talent across a vast network, reducing recruitment timeframes and delivering valuable services while providing industry-specific training to entry-level employees.

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Specialisation

Acclaimed Workforce employs dedicated consultants with relevant experience within agriculture, wine, manufacturing and trades. 


We use our unique insight to advise both clients and candidates, implementing tailored recruitment and workforce management solutions for our clients.

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Partnership

Our specialist consultants work as a team to provide tailored client, regional and industry-specific workforce management solutions.

No Commission

Our consultants are not paid commission on placements, which reinforces our focus on quality service and long-term partnerships.

Minimise Risk

We have recruitment, safety and workplace relations covered. Our specialist brands hold ISO 9001 and AS/NZS 4801 certification.

Expertise

Our recruitment, payroll, workplace relations and safety experts work together to deliver innovative and quality services.

Specialisation

Acclaimed Workforce employs dedicated consultants with relevant experience within agriculture, wine, manufacturing and trades. 


We use our unique insight to advise both clients and candidates, implementing tailored recruitment and workforce management solutions for our clients.

Learn more

Partnership

Our specialist consultants work as a team to provide tailored client, regional and industry-specific workforce management solutions.


No Commission

Our consultants are not paid commission on placements, which reinforces our focus on quality service and long-term partnerships.

Minimise Risk

We have recruitment, safety and workplace relations covered. Our specialist brands hold ISO 45001 certification.

Expertise

Our recruitment, payroll, workplace relations and safety experts work together to deliver innovative and quality services.


Over 45 years in recruitment

Acclaimed Workforce is part of a group of companies that start in 1976, when three young draftsmen founded a company in a modest bungalow in Melbourne’s southern suburbs.


Founders Robert Blanche, Warwick Evans and John Wilson (pictured left) stuck with their original philosophy of expertise and specialisation. Today, Robert and John continue to own and lead the business.

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    From humble beginnings to long term partnerships


    In more than four decades since, Bayside Group and Acclaimed Workforce has grown to become one of Australia’s leading recruitment and workforce management specialists.


    Initially Bayside Drafting Australia (now Balpara), the company grew quickly and developed recruitment capabilities to meet project deadlines. 


    As a result, Bayside Personnel (not Bayside Group) was established in 1978 to recruit engineering and technical professionals. This was the first of our specialist recruitment divisions.


    For over 45 years, we have set the industry standard through involvement in the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (RCSA) and the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI). Our specialist recruitment divisions have been built on our dedicated consultants' unique insights and expertise, which has enabled us to deliver comprehensive employment, industrial relations and workplace safety services.


    Throughout our history, we have strived to increase our capabilities so that we can build and maintain long-term, meaningful partnerships. With such innovative approaches, we continue to make a meaningful impact and create lasting differences.

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