Maxima is known as a national leader valued by individuals, organisations and communities for helping people develop their skills and
potential to find jobs.

Our purpose

We are a community organisation supporting people in their pursuit of meaningful and fulfilling work.

Our values

• To be the best at what we do
• To always act with integrity and pride
• Family spirit underpins our corporate philosophy
• We enjoy helping others achieve

History

Maxima was formed in 1985 to encourage employment and training in South Australia's local government sector, through an arrangement known as 'group training'.

Group training was developed in Australia in the 1970's to encourage the uptake of traineeships and apprenticeships, providing a broader skills base for industry. Group Training Organisations (GTO’s) act as the legal employer of apprentices and trainees and place them with ‘host’ employers, making their employment simpler, more effective and less risky to 'host' employers.

Maxima has grown from employing two people in 1985 to over one hundred today. Maxima’s core business is still group training, but over the years Maxima has increased the range of services it offers and markets that it serves.

In 1991 the organisation created its labour hire division to service local government and has since expanded its scope to include both temporary and permanent recruitment and labour hire services for all types of government, business and not-for-profit organisations.

Maxima's Training division was formed in 1993, initially focused on the horticulture area, although it now provides a wide range of accredited and customised training in many fields.

Following these successes the organisation created a specialty division to provide recruitment services for employers seeking white-collar staff.

In 1998, when the Australian Government privatised the employment services offered to the unemployed (replacing the C.E.S. with the Job Network, now Job Services Australia), Maxima tendered to provide a share of these services in metropolitan Adelaide and now operates from two locations.

Recently Maxima commenced a process of national expansion and today has offices in Melbourne and Brisbane in addition to its five sites across Adelaide.

Maxima as a 'not-for-profit'

The Maxima Group is a not-for-profit Incorporated Association. Its purpose is to provide benefits to the community rather than generate profits, but as with other GTO’s, Maxima is operated on commercial lines and surplus funds are re-invested in the organisation’s activities to provide maximum benefit to the community.

In the unlikely event that Maxima's operations were ever wound up, its accumulated surplus (equity) would not be distributed to any individual stakeholders but instead transferred to a similar organisation, such as another GTO.