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Travis Archibald - Travis is a Director and Co-founder of Empire Executive, with ten years service experience in Australia and the UK.  Having specialised in geological and field related roles of the mining and exploration industry, Travis has a strong network of clients and candidates in Australasia.  Travis brings his strong business development and managerial skills obtained from his time at Forrester Manns to the Empire team, with a clear focus on offering clients a cost effective and efficient service built on honesty, integrity and trust.  Together with his Co-founder Matt Gear, Travis believes that diligence, ethics and professionalism are the key ingredients to providing a quality, ongoing relationship that clients and candidates can rely on.        
As the Empire Executive Moto states - "The mark of a true professional is giving more than you get."

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"Travis's focus, commitment to his job and warm pleasing demeanor make him a joy to deal with. Travis will be the first I call on be it in regard to sourcing team-mates or my own personal career development. I have no doubt that his dedication and attitude will take him far."
Exploration Manager - Global CSG development company.

"I was so impressed and felt quite at ease with Matt Gear. The way he presented himself on the phone, his approach reflects his professionalism and his personality made me feel confident in providing my resume and personal documents. Matt Gear provided a good background on the position I was being put forward for. Without meeting him, I already formed my own opinion on the type of person I was dealing with. We quickly developed trust and confidence in each other in the course of requesting and providing information and documents relating to the position he was assigned to fill for one of his clients. The trust and confidence was further cemented through his efficiency, tact and diplomacy, making me feel so comfortable, so at ease and so confident that I provided personal information without any hesitation.

"I am proud and thankful he has marketed my capabilities and experience to his client very professionally based on trust and merits. I am glad to have been one of his client."
Corporate Affairs Manager - PNG

"Just emailing you to thank you personally and your company for the time, effort and service you showed to me I was well informed of the jobs that I was put forward for, Matt was always contactable if and when I needed information. I will being letting my friends know about Empire Executive if they‘re looking for work in the future."
Operations Manager – Multinational Mining company

"Empire Executive, and in particular Matt Gear provided a service that was second to none. I felt confident in that every discusion I had with Matt, my questions to my potential employer would be conveyed and responded to in a timely manner. The follow up phone calls and discussions I had with Matt put my mind at ease in the sometimes trying times of moving to a new town and job. Thank you very much Empire Executive."
Senior Technical Officer - Global Mining House

"I’m a recent geology graduate from NZ and wasn’t too sure what direction I wanted to head in. I knew what I was most interested in, but career wise I didn’t really have a clue. I responded to a stack of online ads and had spoken with a few robots on the other end around Australia with little reward. I saw an ad from yet another recruitment agency so sent in my info thinking nothing of it, but this time, the very next day I was on the phone to someone easy to talk to, full of laughs and great advice! Empire Executive took time to actually ask me questions and figure out exactly what role I would be best at and made follow up calls every one to two weeks letting me know the progress and the potential jobs I could choose to be put forward for. It took the work out of the whole process and was tailored to suit, not generic. This was a pretty big change from what I’d gotten used over my weeks of trying, so I was stoked! Next thing I knew, it was interview time, the hard stuff all arranged by Empire Executive, so all I had to do was pick up the phone and say hello. Too easy! With a new job title to my name I made the move to Australia and haven’t looked back. The job has been the perfect start point to my career and I’m still in touch with the guys at Empire Executive now. All in all, it was a daunting search made easy courtesy of some friendly people in another time zone, I couldn’t have asked for more".
Graduate Engineering Geologist - Multinational Engineering Consultancy

"I applied on-line for a Senior Management position and was promptly contacted by Matt who spoke with me in some detail over the position and on what the client was after. We found that I met the criteria so we progressed through the process of interviews. I found that Matt paid great attention to detail in finding me the correct job based on my mining experience and knowledge. I am very satisfied and happy with my new position in a company that values my experience and has a career path through to higher management for people to aspire to. Thank you Matt for all your help" 
Mine Superintendent - Australian Gold Producer

 

Bucket wheel excavator at dusk

Open cut mine

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Bucket wheel excavator