Real Positions was created to work in niche areas where we could make life easier for businesses trying to find great staff. And also to assist people looking for that next great position in their career.

We understand what it’s like to be a client, a candidate, an employer and a recruiter. We know how difficult and time consuming it can be to find the right person or to find the right position with the right company.

For the past five years, Paulette has been placing quality people in roles that she completely understands, in industries that she knows inside out.

Paulette is well known and respected for her quality standard, people instincts, industry knowledge and dedication.

Paulette Steele is the heart and soul of Real Positions.

“My career has incorporated a wealth of experience gained in the fashion and real estate industries.

I commenced in fashion retail with David Jones and after a short time became department manager. Because of my instinctive retail skills, I was asked to join the buying office team a year later. Not bad for an 18 year old!

Moving to Melbourne for family reasons, my career took off again when I joined Kmart and worked in the Apparel & Textiles buying department. For over 10 years, I was involved in the buying and product development in womenswear which involved travelling regularly to Asia on sourcing / buying trips and to Europe & USA to gather the latest fashion trends.

Having risen to a senior level in retail, I opted to move to the manufacturing side of fashion and joined one of the largest fashion importers in Australia. I was totally responsible for sales and product development of womenswear for a number of the major Australian retailers and continued my extensive travelling to Asia, Europe and USA. In this period, I went some remote cities in China to source product and visit factories.

Then, Brisbane beckoned and so I transferred my skills to the real estate industry. I spent six years in Real Estate doing investment and residential sales. After a couple of years, I joined a newly opened agency where everyone did everything. This is where I learnt so much about the property management and admin functions of a real estate office.

My move to recruitment came one day when I was approached by a former colleague in the fashion industry, to join the recruitment team of one of leading fashion recruitment agencies in Sydney.  They needed someone with my fashion and retail industry background. I spent five years as one of their senior recruitment consultants.

After a while, I realized that recruitment was where I belonged. As I see it, recruitment is about people and about matching people with positions. Almost like a matchmaker! However it’s safer to stay in recruitment.

Brisbane beckoned again and so I decided to commence a recruitment agency here specializing in the industries I know so well, real estate and fashion/retail.

Our Real Positions logo represents people and this is what we are about. People are our business!

Call me and we can discuss your needs!”

Yours sincerely

Paulette Steele

“Paulette is patient, has excellent service and interpersonal skills, builds lasting relationships and offers after-care service long after the guaranteed period.”