The job recruiter says its underlying profit will rise this financial year but at a slower pace than the previous months as economic conditions are expected to remain flat.
The company on Wednesday posted a 44.5 per cent rise in net profit to $16.4 million for the year to June 30, helped by the acquisitions of human resources firm Ross Human Directions and hotel services provider AHS Services Group.
"Our change in business mix and focus on shifting our earnings from traditionally temporary and permanent (fields) to non-recruitment services, managed services and consulting has paid dividends," chief executive Cameron Judson told AAP.
Mr Judson said a continuing lack of business confidence and the patchwork economy had reduced permanent recruitment revenue.
"It's kind of like a `goldilocks' economy, where there are pockets of warm activity, and pockets of cold activity ... be that by sector, clients within sector, or geography.
"We have to be quite deliberate about where we choose to invest our time and resources (and) energy," he said.
One of those investment strategies will be in Asia, where the firm expects to generate 20 per cent of its earnings in the next three to five years.
"Our international network allows us to diversify away from a reliance on one economy, particularly as Asian markets have the potential to deliver higher margins and growth," Mr Judson said.
"Importantly, we are also responding to our clients' needs as they are focused on expanding their Asian footprint, and the region provides a key source of candidates for the Australian market."
A business restructure over the past three months is expected to help grow earnings.
"We anticipate it will take 12 to 18 months to fully implement all of the initiatives, but there are also many quick wins to be realised," Mr Judson said.
"We expect to see tangible increases in the EBITDA margin as a result of this change program," Mr Judson said.
The company declared a 1.6 cents final dividend, making a full year dividend of 2.8 cents, fully franked.
That compares with a 1.2 final dividend in the previous year total dividend of 2.0 cents, fully franked.
Shares in the company closed half a cent higher to 42.5 cents.
