Small Business Hiring Kit (Australia): 10 Recruitment Templates

Hire your next employee with confidence. 10 ready-to-use templates take you from job ad to day one, written by a former recruiter for Australian small businesses.

Fill in the [brackets] and you're done. Works in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Pages and Excel, with printable PDFs included.

What's inside:

• Position description template

• Job ad template with writing tips

• 15-minute phone screen script

• Structured interview guide with a 19-question bank and the STAR method

• Weighted interview scorecard

• Reference check script

• Offer letter template (with award, super and Fair Work Information Statement prompts)

• 6 candidate email templates: invites, rejections, reference requests, offer and welcome

• Onboarding checklist from before day one to the end of probation

• Hiring tracker spreadsheet that tracks every applicant and ranks candidates automatically

Built for Australian employers: prompts for the award and pay range, 12% super, TFN and super choice forms, right-to-work checks, the Fair Work Information Statement and unfair dismissal timing.

Perfect for small business owners, managers and anyone hiring their first or next employee.

General templates only, not legal advice. Check fairwork.gov.au and the award that covers the role.

Designed by Clearline Sheets with the help of AI tools, written by a former recruiter and checked by hand.

Digital download only. Nothing is shipped.