December 05 Newsletter

A year in the life of Beaumont Consulting… 2005

We thought the end of the year might be a good time to share some of the things we’ve been up to this year… we’ve had a really exciting year, this has been our fourth year in business and so much good stuff has happened. We’re happy!

January – Kathryn Young one of our more Senior Banking and Finance Consultants was promoted to Manager of the Finance and Banking Division after 2 and half very successful years with us. Throughout this year Kathryn and her team have grown the division and developed some excellent relationships with existing and new clients. It’s all good!

February – Tara Robinson was promoted to Branch Manager of the soon to be opened Chatswood office. Tara had over 2 years with Beaumont as a Senior Consultant specialising in Office Support and General Insurance. Tara developed her North Shore clients from the city office initially, took on her first Consultant Anita in July and opened the Chatswood office in September which we are pleased to say is doing brilliantly.

March – We teamed up with Assessment Edge to provide one to one management coaching for our Senior Management Team. We are very committed to providing continual training and development for all staff at all levels and this additional support has made a real difference. Our business coach helped us all be so much more focused, brought in new ideas and incredibly enabled us to fit even more in to our already busy days.

April - We got so big we out grew our old Pitt Street office and moved in to our beautiful new offices in Margaret Street. It was a big empty space when we leased it, with the help of Designate our architect, we transformed it to a fantastic working environment with 6 interview rooms and space to expand the team to 20 consultants.

May – our MD Nikki Beaumont left us for a month and zoomed off on a big trip to Peru, trekking through the Cordillera Blanca high up in the Peruvian Andes. The purpose of the trip was to support a project team delivering solar lights to some of the remotest (darkest) villages in Peru along with school supplies and clothing for the children.

June – More team bonding… we celebrated a successful first half year with a trip to Paddington Lawn Bowls. Who would have guessed lawn bowls could be so much fun, excuse me for thinking lawn bowls was for crinkly retirees… no way, we had the best time, we were all pretty useless actually but we could highly recommend it for any event. Excellent!

July – Leanne Wells our fabulous Irish Life Insurance and Superannuation Consultant jetted off to Thailand on holiday and came back as Leanne Ferguson with considerably more diamonds and gold on her left hand…. This is the first wedding we’ve had in the company and we all wished we could have been there! We also recruited Anita Tarlao to join our Chatswood team, Anita joined us with 4 years experience in recruitment and has been a fabulous addition to the Chatswood possy.

August – Sian Keegan and Vivian Ventura joined the Office Support Division. Sian joined as Manager for the Office Support Division, just arrived from the UK with 8 years of recruitment experience behind her. Vivian joined as a Consultant with 4 years experience in Recruitment, what an amazing team they make, two bright and shining stars, we’re lucky to have them with us.

September – We appointed our first Candidate Care Manager Kristy McKintosh to help us source and manage our candidates. Kristys role has been to provide support to candidates and ensure their application with us is maximised across the whole team. We also opened the Chatswood office which was a very exciting time for us. Our first branch office… we drank champagne and I cried! (MD)

October - Felicity our Receptionist for the last 2 years flew the nest to go travelling, first stop Las Vegas… This created an opportunity for us to take on Blake Mason, our man of the moment, the voice and face of Beaumont, and what a funky little fruit bat he is, welcome aboard Blakos.

November – We all trotted of to Randwick for a day of team building and bonding for Melbourne Cup. You can see a photo of some of the fabulous fillies in the November newsletter, a fabulous time was had by all.

December – Christmas party time… we really went all out this year and did a Treasure Hunt around The Rocks and the harbour, finishing it off nicely with a barbeque on Shark Island. Gourmet Greg did the catering and we can highly recommend him for any function, he was amazing, you can get Gregs details through Kathryn our Banking and Finance Manager.

So you see we’ve had a great year here at Beaumont Consulting and we look forward to an even more successful and exciting year in 2006.

Workchoices – what does it mean to you?

The Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Act 2005 was given Royal Assent by the Governor-General on 14 December 2005. It is estimated that the new legislation will directly cover up to 85 per cent of Australian workers. The bulk of the WorkChoices Act will commence on proclamation, which is anticipated to occur during March 2006.

Some of the expected changes for many business’s are as follows:

Employers of up to and including 100 employees will be exempt from unfair dismissal laws.
Part time and casual employees engaged on a regular and systematic basis for a period or a sequence of periods for at least 12 months will be classed as ‘employees’ for the purpose of such exemption.
There is now a standard 6 month probationary period for businesses with more than 100 employees, unfair dismissal claims can not be taken for termination of employment during this period.
Australian Workplace Agreements will be available to be negotiated between employers and individual employees and there are a range of new ‘collective’ agreement options for consideration.

We have engaged the services of workplace relations experts Stratecom to present to us the changes in legislation and what it means to you and your business. Our information and briefing session is complementary and will be held on Tuesday 7th February at 5.30pm.

If you would like to register for this event, it is FREE, then please contact Blake Mason. Places will be limited to 100 so book in now and get it in your diary…

Further information on Work Choices can be found on www.workchoices.gov.au

And now for something new… Client Recruitment and Selection Course

We are launching a new initiative in the New Year… drum roll…., we have teamed up with recruitment specialists Assessment Edge to offer a half day Recruitment and Selection course for our valued clients. The course will be complimentary (yes FREE normally valued at $795) for those companies we work with on permanent vacancies on an exclusive basis. Please speak to your Consultant for more details.

Recruitment Opportunities at Beaumont Consulting

Due to our continued success we have 4 NEW opportunities at Beaumont Consulting due to growth. We are looking for experience Recruiters to join both the Chatswood Office and City office in the following industries:

• Banking and Finance Consultant - City
• Office Support Consultant - City
• Life Insurance and Superannuation Consultant - City
• Office Support/ Finance Consultant – Chatswood

So if you or anyone you know might be interested, please contact either Tara Robinson - Manager of the Chatswood Office, Kathryn Young – Manager of the Banking and Finance Division or Sian Keegan – Manager of the Office Support Division.

Christmas Opening Hours

We will be open throughout the Christmas period for normal trading hours of 8.30am until 5.30pm. As this is also our holiday time your favourite consultant may be away, if so please ask for a colleague who will be happy to assist. There will be a Consultant from each Division and Branch in at all times.

We will also be processing temps pay as normal, Debbie Jenkins our Office Manager will be working throughout the Christmas period to ensure everyone is paid on time.

Temp of the Month

Outstanding performance from our temps doesn’t go unnoticed. We truly appreciate their efforts and therefore would like to acknowledge the great work they are doing for us.

Our Christmas Temp of the Month award goes to Susan Halpin. Susan has been working at ING Bank where her feedback has been fantastic, "Susan is wonderful, fast, accurate and willing to take on any task. Her productivity is above my expectations and on top of it all she is a happy person who is a pleasure to have in the team!" She also got excellent, excellent, excellent in every category, so congratulations to Susan.

We don't have a photo of Susan unfortunately, but we think she is great. She gets a $100 voucher from Liquorland (well it is Christmas!!).

Quote of the month

“Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one”
John Lennon

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at Beaumont…