Strategic Workforce Partner

Tapping India's talent market for the specific skills Australian employers need.

We connect Australian employers facing structural shortages of skilled labour with workers sourced from India's vast talent pool and placed through compliant migration pathways — built as lasting pipelines, not single placements.

Connecting capability to opportunity
25+
Years of migration-law expertise
8+
Visa pathways navigated
3,000+
Workers deployed internationally
95%
Placement success rate

Capability drawn from our migration and sourcing partners — TIA and Magic Billion.

Why Connect Capability

A strategic partner — not a traditional recruiter.

We focus on sectors where Australia's workforce gaps are deepest and structural, and we go deep with a small number of clients rather than wide across many.

01

Skills-matched sourcing

We identify the exact skills your business needs, then draw on India's talent depth to find candidates who match.

02

Deep, not wide

A small number of long-term client relationships, built on trust and outcomes.

03

Partner-backed capability

Migration-law depth through TIA and international sourcing through Magic Billion — breadth and scale combined.

04

Built over years

A pipeline that scales with your growth — not one-off placements.

Sectors We Serve

Sector-agnostic sourcing, built around your skills gap.

Our model isn't tied to one industry. We map the specific competencies a role requires, then draw on India's talent depth and Magic Billion's sourcing network to find people who match — wherever the shortage sits.

Mining & Resources

Diesel mechanics and heavy vehicle technicians for mining and transport fleets.

Manufacturing & Trades

Qualified tradespeople for manufacturing operations facing structural local shortages.

Construction & Engineering

Electricians and technical trades, including data-centre construction, where demand is outpacing local supply.

Aged Care & Health

A core focus sector for CCA, with candidate pools built through TIA and Magic Billion to meet ongoing workforce needs.

The Challenge

Skilled-worker shortages are structural, not seasonal.

From mining and heavy vehicle maintenance to manufacturing trades and technical engineering, Australian employers face skills gaps that local training pipelines can't fill fast enough. In some sectors, like aged care, agency labour plugs the gap at a cost. In others, there's no agency pool to fall back on — the work simply doesn't get done, or it gets done slower and at greater expense. A reliable, compliant talent pipeline turns that constraint into a competitive advantage.

Our Promise

One pipeline from India — with a fast-start option

Our core model draws on India's talent market through Magic Billion. Where a sector has a local candidate pool, TIA can also fast-start with work-ready staff already in Australia while that pipeline builds.

Let's build your workforce pipeline.

Tell us about your sites and role requirements, and we'll map a compliant pathway to fill them.

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About Us

Who we are.

Connect Capability Australia is a strategic workforce-pipeline partner for Australian employers facing structural skills shortages. We combine our founders' operational and strategic business experience with Magic Billion's reach into India's talent market and TIA's Australian migration expertise, to build workforce pipelines that last, whatever the sector.

Our focus

We back sectors where Australia's workforce gaps are deepest and structural — currently mining and heavy vehicle services, alongside manufacturing trades and technical engineering. Going deep, rather than wide, lets us understand each client's sites, roles and growth plans intimately.

Our partnerships

Magic Billion gives us direct access to India's vast talent market, sourcing candidates matched to the specific skills an employer needs. TIA is our migration expert, managing the Australian side of every pathway — and, where a sector allows it, also identifying work-ready candidates already onshore. That combination lets us source globally and land compliantly, rather than relying on any single channel.

How We Think

One core pipeline — with a fast-start option where it fits.

Our sourcing model is built around Magic Billion's access to India's talent market. In sectors with an existing local candidate pool, TIA can also fast-start with onshore workers while the pipeline builds.

Core Pipeline

India talent sourcing

Our primary model — works across sectors
  • Systematic sourcing from India's talent market through Magic Billion, matched to the exact skills you need
  • End-to-end migration and visa management through TIA across multiple pathways
  • Cohort-based deployment aligned to your site network
  • Permanent residency pathways built in to support retention
  • Regular pipeline reporting — full visibility at every stage
Where It Applies

Onshore fast-start

Best suited to sectors with a local candidate pool, e.g. aged care
  • Pre-screened, work-ready candidates already in Australia, via TIA's local network
  • Targeting priority vacancies filled within 60–90 days, ahead of the India pipeline landing
  • Depends on a sector having a comparable onshore pool — not available everywhere, including most skilled trades
  • Immediate reduction in costly agency reliance where it applies
  • Cultural orientation and pastoral support from day one
Compliance-Led

Quality and compliance, built in from the outset.

Every placement is grounded in the frameworks that govern Australian migration and industry licensing — so you can scale with confidence.

Skills in Demand (482) DAMA ENS 186 Standard Business Sponsorship
What We Do

Workforce pipelines, end to end.

From your first vacancy to a long-term talent strategy, we manage the full journey — skills mapping, sourcing, compliance and pastoral care.

Immediate placement

Work-ready staff already in Australia, sourced through TIA's network to fill priority vacancies fast and reduce agency dependency.

Migration & visa pathways

Full-spectrum migration support through TIA across Australian and New Zealand pathways — 482, DAMA, 494, 186 and more.

India talent sourcing

Direct access to India's talent market via Magic Billion, matching candidates to the specific skills your business needs, scaled to your sites and growth plan.

Delivery Process

A proven eight-step pathway.

Our sourcing partner's structured, compliance-led process underpins a 95% placement success rate for employers internationally.

01

Understand your needs

02

Competency map & hiring tool

03

Source candidates

04

Filter & shortlist

05

Document verification

06

Client interviews

07

Upskilling & certification

08

Visas, culture & dispatch

Getting Started

What happens next

A simple, transparent path from first conversation to candidates in front of you.

01

Agree to engage

We formalise the partnership with a clear service agreement.

02

Discovery session

We map your facilities and role requirements together.

03

Pathway report & first candidates

We deliver a facility-by-facility visa pathway report, then present initial candidate profiles.

Our People

The team behind CCA.

Australian leadership in workforce strategy, backed by TIA's migration-law expertise and Magic Billion's reach into India's talent market.

Connect Capability Australia · Australian Leadership

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Harry Theodore

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Extensive business and workforce strategy experience, with operational management across complex organisations. Former C-suite at an ASX100 hospitality company of 8,000+ staff.

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Michael McDonald

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Extensive business strategy and management experience, with a long career in property and construction.

Our Partners

TIA — This Is Australia & TIA Lawyers
Part of the TIA Corporate Group, with 25+ years of trusted professional advice. TIA is our migration pathways expert, managing the Australian side of every placement across the full range of visa pathways — from 482 and DAMA to 494 and 186 — and, where a sector allows it, identifying work-ready candidates already onshore.
Magic Billion
Our international sourcing partner, with 3,000+ workers deployed globally. Magic Billion gives us direct access to India's vast talent market, matching candidates to the specific skills an Australian employer needs. Registered with the Ministry of External Affairs (India) and ISO-certified.
Get in Touch

Start a conversation.

Tell us about your workforce needs, in any sector, and we'll be in touch to map a pathway. We work with a select number of clients — so every enquiry gets a considered response.

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Direct contact

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Location
Sydney, NSW · Australia
Web
connectcapabilityaustralia.com.au