GreyHair Alchemy Pty Ltd was formed in February 2002. Its purpose is to provide management and sales expertise to high tech organisations on an ad-hoc basis.

The current economic climate, together with rapid advances in technology, has created a striking effect on employment in the high-technology ‘smart' industries ranging from manufacturing to education, but particularly Finance, IT and Communications.

In the heady, bullish times companies will employ large numbers of experienced people. They need these people - technologists, executives, sales and marketing people - to leverage on their talents to achieve aggressive high-growth targets. These rare skill-sets would be utilised for twenty to thirty percent of the working week, with the remainder being taken up by more mundane endeavours such as paper work, meetings and socialising.

Of course, in economic downturns these people become victims of severe cost-control measures, usually retrenchment. Some are snapped up by the large consulting firms with accounting or legal backgrounds; some take early retirement, funded by their retrenchment package; and some become independent consultants in a one-man practice.

Their skills are still desperately needed by industry and so the consulting firms thrive, as do some of the independent consultants. The problem faced by the independents is that whilst they are fulfilling the current contract, they can't be out selling themselves into the next contract, unlike the consulting firms that have specialist sales people (Partners) selling the services of the consulting teams.

GreyHair Alchemy is a co-operative of mature, competent professionals - the ‘Compatriots' - who desire to market their skills on a task-based or project basis. It appeals to both the professional who doesn't want to embrace permanent retirement and the lone consultant who would like to have an additional someone seeking out work opportunities. That someone is GreyHair Alchemy.

How do we do it?

By pooling our skills and talents in the GreyHair Co-Operative. The Compatriots come under the GreyHair Alchemy banner through networking and referral. Here's how we go about meeting your needs:  

• The vacancy / opportunity is identified by GreyHair  
• GreyHair assists the client to define the particular requirement
• GreyHair identifies the Compatriot with the optimal mix of skills and experience, often more than one
• GreyHair introduces the GreyHair Compatriot(s) to the client
• The client selects a person for the role and negotiates a remuneration package
• GreyHair supports the relationship duration of the assignment.
• Neither the client nor the GreyHair Compatriot is charged any sort of registration or joining fee; the client will pay a commission only when a concrete assignment is undertaken.

This allows the client, perhaps otherwise hindered by a headcount constraint, to bring in an expert to assist with a particular need and pay only for the work required - no unproductive time, no holiday or sick leave pay, no overheads, no extraneous team members.

You define the Need; we'll match it with the Expert.

For additional information about the types of compatriots within the database check out our Skills Matrix.

The GreyHair Mission Statement

To create value by bringing together people of eminent experience with organisations in need of that experience.

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"GreyHair Alchemy works primarily with 

the management of forward-thinking organisations