industry human resources founded 1964 headquarters melbourne victoria key people bruce brook non executive chairman chris sutherland managing director 1 revenue a 1 873 893 2013 owner programmed maintenance number of employees approximately 50.000 full and part time employees 2 website skilled.com.au skilled group asx prg is a public australian company headquartered in melbourne victoria and listed on the australian stock exchange . its core business is labour hire . 3 the skilled branch network includes approximately 150 local and regional offices across australia new zealand united kingdom malta and the united arab emirates . it was founded in 1964 by frank hargrave ao . 4 in 2006 ceo greg hargrave said that the company would focus on acquisitions . 5 in 2009 they reduced their profit forecast 6 and hargrave resigned in 2010 . 7 michael mcmahon was appointed the new ceo and vickki mcfadden became chairperson . 8 in 2011 telstra trainees took the company and its subsidiary excelior to the industrial relations tribunal . the union said that trainees were not compensated enough for expenses during mandatory training . 9 in 2015 in a landmark case a couple was awarded 720 000 after they were refused jobs for being non union . 10 in 2012 the sydney morning herald reported that skilled had returned to profitable growth after mcmahon reversed hargrave s policy of acquisition . 4 angus mckay was hired as ceo in january 2015 . 11 in october 2015 programmed maintenance prg acquired them . 12 13 following the merger mckay stepped down . 14 between november 2015 and february 2016 the share price of prg dropped some 68 % 15 through their parent company prg and subsidiaries skilled is the largest labour hire group in australia . see also labour brokering recruiter recruitment temporary work references programmed maintenance services limited details . australian securities exchange . retrieved 2015 11 04 . skilled number of employees . macroaxis . retrieved 21 march 2014 . cratchley drew 2010 02 24 . skilled group recovery will take time . the sydney morning herald . australian associated press . retrieved 2014 07 15 . a b commins patrick 2012 02 12 . skilled turnaround digs up yields . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2014 07 15 . adam caroline 2006 08 24 . skilled adds tesa seeks catalyst for talent pool . the age . retrieved 2014 07 15 . yeates clancy 2009 12 05 . skilled group s cautious forecast weakens share price . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2014 07 15 . samandar lema 2010 04 29 . skilled earnings to drop ceo to resign . the sydney morning herald . australian associated press . retrieved 2014 07 15 . skilled appoints former coles coo as ceo . australian associated press . 2010 10 25 . retrieved 2014 07 15 . bibby paul 2011 01 05 . trainees argue for more pay to learn . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2014 07 15 . http www.abc.net.au news 2015 03 31 perth couple denied jobs by oms mua awarded 750000 dollars 6361096 mason max 2015 01 05 . new skilled ceo gets to work . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2015 11 03 . http skilled.com.au investor centre company news skilled was acquired by programmed maintenance services limited evans simon 2015 06 24 . skilled group swallowed by rival programmed maintenance after 21 years on asx . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2015 06 24 . evans simon 2015 08 05 . mining cuts hit hard as skilled group chief executive angus mckay bows out . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2015 11 04 . http www.asx.com.au asx research company.do prg external links official website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title skilled group & oldid 704065142 categories 1964 establishments in australiacompanies based in melbournecompanies established in 1964companies listed on the australian securities exchangetemporary employment agenciesaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read view source view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 february 2016 at 08 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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