Jo Palmer
Director and Small Business Owner in The Rock, Australia
In 2013, Jo established a comprehensive learning and tutoring business which grew to operate in three regional towns in southern NSW. Since 2014, Jo has worked remotely as a sponsorship manager for a Sydney-based corporation. This role was the motivation behind co-founding the sponsorship and event management company Agri Alliance, which operates in the agricultural industry in 2016.
The idea for Jo's third business, Pointer Remote Roles, came when assessing employment needs for Agri Alliance. Jo and her co-founder had been discussing the concept of outsourcing roles within the company to people with a far better knowledge and understanding than themselves.
Jo began to look at her own network of highly qualified, professional friends who were living in regional areas. She realised that it was not only Agri Alliance that would benefit from their skill set and experience, but others would as well. These professionals were being held back from remote employment due to lack of awareness and opportunity, and so Pointer was born! Pointer is now the one stop shop for candidates to find remote work, and a hub for employers to find the best person for a role, regardless of where they live.
You can hear my interview with the Rural Business Collective here
Winner 2019 National AgriFutures Rural Women's Award
Winner 2019 St George Kick Start
Winner - Soar Collective’s 2017 Soar Awards - Regional Contribution Award
Finalist - Regional Australia Institute’s 2017 Lightbulb Moment Competition
Finalist - Wagga Wagga Business Chamber Awards - Startup Superstar
Finalist - Regional Australia Institute’s 2017 Regional Online Heroes Competition
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