Working Spirit was launched in November 2016 by its founder Karyn Hinder.
Karyn started Working Spirit while she was still serving in the military and is still employed part-time as an Air Force Reservist.
Serving over 27 years in the military, Karyn commenced her career as a Soldier in the Australian Army in 1993 and transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 2005.
The idea for Working Spirit was born after a very close friend and a colleague of Karyn’s, whom she had the privilege of serving with, was going through tough times, whilst also having to deal with the stresses of finding meaningful employment and adjusting back to mainstream life outside of the ADF.
As an experienced recruiter, Karyn wanted to help her friend and other veterans facing similar issues. Drawing from her experience, Karyn has been able to connect and place nearly 120 skilled veterans with companies looking for trustworthy and hardworking individuals to fill vital vacancies.
Working Spirit’s goal is to raise awareness of veteran employability to businesses both in the Public and Private Sector whilst highlighting the workforce potential of these military veterans. Working Spirit wants businesses to “capture the talent” that comes from their military service and get our veterans hired. Veterans have many intangible skills that they can bring to the table, over and above any technical skills.
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Roy is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Definitiv Group. The payroll and HR software company now services 230 companies, supports 30,000 users and processes $2 billion in transactions annually. Before starting Definitiv, Roy was the Managing Director of the Asia-Pacific region for a global payroll company and throughout his career has won two Business News 40under40 awards.
Prior to his business career, Roy was a soldier in the 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, where he drove M113 armoured personnel carriers. Unfortunately, after a sustaining an injury that left him with osteoarthritis in both feet, Roy was medically discharged from the Army.
As a retired veteran himself, he knows first-hand the difficulties veterans face when transitioning from military life. Therefore, Roy works closely with a number of veteran-focused organisations, including; Working Spirit and the General Sir Harry Chauvel Foundation. As an ambassador for Working Spirit, Roy is advocating on the behalf of veterans seeking employment and encourages more Australian companies to consider hiring our highly skilled ex-service personnel.
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Employment Mentor / Resume Reviewer
A proud Royal Australian Air Force Veteran, spent 7 years in service as a Chef. After thoroughly enjoying my military career; which I was extremely fortunate to deploy with Working Spirit Founder Karyn, I decided it was time to find a new passion and with that I started the process to discharge.
Even though I discharged through my own actions, it was still an incredibly difficult time trying to adjust to civilian life after 7 years in the RAAF. After successfully finding employment in the civilian sector, it was only then I discovered the career passion I had longed for which was Human Resources.
Starting from entry level HR positions, my career has taken me to new opportunities which have included Global Operations; Operations, Administration & HR Manager to where I am now: Surf Life Saving Queensland as People and Culture Partner.
Human Resources has become an absolute passion of mine, and love being able to give back to the Veteran community through doing something in which I am passionate about.
I work with Karyn and the Working Spirit team in order to provide services to transitioning and Veteran service personnel and help them understand their potential which future employers can utilise.
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