The decade where it all began for Bayside Group.
On the 12th March 1976, Bayside Drafting Australia was established.
Bayside Personnel, our specialist engineering and technical recruitment brand, was the first recruitment business established in 1978.
In 1979, Bayside Group moved their recruitment operations to a more central location in the St. Kilda Road district.
Throughout the '80s, Bayside Drafting and Bayside Personnel built strong reputations as quality service providers.
In the 1980s, Bayside Personnel began recruiting and contracting draftspeople outside of steel for the first time, after winning a contract with Loy Yang Power Station.
Australia experienced a recession in 1981, which caused unemployment rates to rise dramatically above 10%, an inflation rate of over 10% and interest rates start to rise towards very high levels throughout most of the decade.
Bayside Office Supplies was established in 1982, initially to supply to Bayside Drafting and their clients.
Bayside started an asbestos removal company in 1983, which helped to remove asbestos from key office buildings in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.
Bayside started a personal computing service in 1984.
