Meet Julia Ross, Australia’s richest self-made businesswoman Seventeen years ago, Julia Ross was single, pregnant, jobless and about to sell all she possessed to start her own business. Today, at her palatial harbourside pad, the tough-cookie tycoon tells Jane Cadzow how she made it to the top. BY JANE CADZOW All her own work Julia […]

WMB presents V.I.Businesswoman. Fantastic and influential businesswomen of 2008 from across the globe – Julia Ross Recruiting. WORDS BY: LIV MORGAN Julia Ross has to be one of the most recognisable businesswomen in Australia. The blonde beauty is not only distinctive in appearance but she has experienced a formidable amount of success for a little girl […]

Did Julia Ross go looking for fun in all the wrong places when she listed her successful recruitment company? DEBORAH TARRANT reports. Julia Ross makes no secret about it. She’s looking for fun. She wants to be shown a good time — in the business sense, that is — and while she’s there, she’d like to be shown […]

One of Australia’s best—known names in recruitment, Julia Ross shares her insights on the labour market, skills shortages and industrial relations Story by PETER SWITZER, PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN FRYZ JULIA ROSS OPENED JULIA ROSS PERSONNEL in 1988 but the agency quickly became Julia Ross Recruitment. Now the business is a listed entity called Ross Human Directions (RHD). […]