About Us

Our Founder

Ascend was founded by Kirsten Vincent after she identified a growing need in the market place for professional recruiters with a combination of deep industry knowledge, practical experience and recruiting expertise.

Kirsten has many years of experience in industry covering engineering and operations roles as well as sales and marketing roles. Her background combined with extensive recruitment experience is the foundation for Ascend’s ongoing ability to provide value to both clients and candidates alike.

Our Services

Ascend offers the following services:
Executive Contractor services Executive search and selection – standard advertising and database searc
Advertised search – combination of advertising and search elements On-site support and Project management

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Where Do We Work?
Our client base includes small, medium and large organisations across most industry sectors – some of these are indicated below:
  • FMCG/Consumer durables
  • Retail
  • Automotive/General Manufacturing
  • Chemical/petrochemical
  • Food & Beverage/Pharmaceutical
  • Mining/resources
  • Warehousing/distribution/logistics
  • Construction/Property
  • Financial/Professional services
  • IT/telecommunications
  • Utilities
  • Consultancies
  • e-Commerce
  • Environmental/water
  • Government

What Do We Do?
Ascend provides specialist recruitment services to a wide range of organisations in the following disciplines:
  • supply chain and logistics
  • manufacturing and engineering
  • sales, marketing and communications
  • administration and support