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Web Work Base

Workforce application analytics for hiring panels

The practice

The North Terrace practice

Web Work Base grew from panel work in Adelaide organisations that were drowning in written applications and short on hours to read them fairly.

Quiet office corridor with warm light on desks
The practice keeps its reading rooms on North Terrace so panels can sit with the files without leaving the city core.

Why the practice exists

Hiring panels in Adelaide still live or die on the written application. Interviews matter, yet the shortlist is usually decided on paper first. Too often that paper is skimmed under calendar pressure, or scored against criteria the advertisement never made clear. Web Work Base was formed to give those files a patient, comparable reading.

How we work with clients

We are guests in your process. You keep the industrial framework, the final appointment decision, and the relationship with applicants. We supply scored commentary a convenor can explain. Where a panel disagrees with a mark, we listen; where the written evidence is thin, we say so without dressing it up.

Values that show up in the margins

  • Fidelity to the published criteria. The ruler is the one candidates saw.
  • Plain language. Briefings avoid jargon that conceals a weak score.
  • Confidential handling. Application packs stay within the reading team named on the engagement letter.
  • Adelaide presence. Sittings and handovers can happen in person on North Terrace when a screen is not enough.

Relationship to the city

Much of our work comes from employers within reach of the tram and the park lands — public bodies, professional practices, health networks, and community organisations. Distance is not a barrier to sending files; it is a barrier we respect when a panel wants someone in the room.

If you want the method before the people, read how a file is scored. To open a round, send a vacancy pack.

Who reads the files

Portrait of Helen Marlowe
Helen Marlowe Principal reader

Former panel convenor in state administration. Holds the scoring frames and signs every briefing that leaves the desk.

Portrait of Tom Asher
Tom Asher File reader

Reads high-volume rounds and trains new markers on borderline bands. Background in industrial relations support.

Portrait of Priya Nandan
Priya Nandan Criteria editor

Drafts and tightens position descriptions so applications can be compared. Prefers fewer criteria written with sharper edges.