Jan 11 Newsletter

Welcome to our Newsletter!

Happy New Year to you all, the decorations are down, the Ashes are back with the Poms and the Beaumont Team is on standby ready to make this your best year yet! We too are in the mood for celebrations as this is our 10th Anniversary year in business!

The end of 2010 saw the Beaumont Team dressed as Reindeers, Santas and Elves madly running around the City in a Treasure Hunt spanning from the Botanical Gardens to Anzac Bridge – some sore feet followed but so did a wonderfully cold beer! This was good preparation for the upcoming half marathon ‘Team Beaumont’ is undertaking in May 2011 – feel free to join us?!

As we now turn to the New Year, we are hearing a much increased confidence from most of you – either finally getting the sign off to recruit or taking the leap of faith and looking for a new job. This compounds media reports that the market will generally be a lot more buoyant throughout 2011!

We are also very excited to be launching a new series of seminars and workshops open to all our candidates and clients, these will be focused around the use of social media, retention strategies and our classic ‘Recruitment and Selection’ to name but a few - more details to follow soon. In the meantime we would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on any topics you would like to see covered.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year from the team and I, look forward to supporting you throughout 2011.

Dawn
Chatswood Branch Manager

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Market Update with Ross Clennett

Fifteen things about the Australian job market you probably didn't know.

Earlier in December, the most recent edition, Australian Jobs 2010 was released, so I thought it was opportune to provide an updated list of various facts that might be of interest. All figures quoted are as at February 2010 unless otherwise stated.

1. In the past 5 years the fastest % state or territory employment growth was recorded in the NT (24.6%), followed by WA (15.8%), then Qld (13.8%).

2. Tasmania has the oldest workforce with 43% of workers aged 45 or older. Next is SA (41%) then NSW (39%).

3. Over the past 5 years the largest employment growth (by raw numbers) was in Health Care and Social Assistance (up by 210,300), Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (189,500), Education and Training (136,000), Construction (135,800) and Mining (64,900).

4. The three largest employers of part-time workers, by sector, were Accommodation and Food Services (58% of the total workforce working part-time), Retail Trade (48%) and Arts & Recreational Services (45%).

5. The most female-dominated sectors were Health Care & Social Assistance (79% of the workforce are female), Education (69%), Accommodation & Food Services (56%) and Retail Trade (56%).

6. By industry, the most new jobs in the next 5 years are projected to be created in Health Care & Social Assistance (211,500), Construction (120,100) and Education and Training (119,000).

7. Mining gains plenty of publicity due to the wages, conditions and skills shortages but it only employs 2% of Australia's workforce (172,500 people), which has it 17th out of 19 sectors in terms of workforce size. However in terms of projected percentage employment growth over the next five years, Mining (17.5%) ranks second to Health Care & Social Assistance (17.6%).

8. Employment declined in four industries over the past five years. These industries being Manufacturing (down by 47,400), Information Media and Telecommunications (25,800), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (3,500) and Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services (1,200).

9. In the next five years the Top 10 growth occupations are predicted to be Registered Nurses (35,800), Accountants (30,800), Aged and Disabled Carers (29,600), Sales Assistants, General (29,400), Child Carers (25,300), Retail Managers (25,000), Nursing Support and Personal Care Workers (23,100), Accounting Clerks (20,500), Electricians (20,500) and Waiters (20,400).

10. At the more disaggregated industry level, the top 6 industry subdivisions projected to provide the most new jobs in the next 5 years are expected to be Hospitals (70,500), School Education (65,300), Cafés, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services (64,700), Supermarket and Grocery Stores (46,400), Building Installation Services (44,300) and Residential Care Services (38,000).

11. Apprentices in training has increased only 6% (400,000 to 425,00) in the past five years. This is half the rate of increase in tertiary study enrolments over the same period (11.7%).

12. In the 10 years between 1998 and 2008 the number of students enrolled in tertiary study has increased 37% from 675,000 to 925,000. The gender difference in the student population is almost unchanged with female enrolments increasing slightly from 54.3% in 1998 to 55.6% in 2008. Non-Australian residents comprise 16.5% of the tertiary student population.

13. Mature age apprentices-in-training have shown a dramatic increase in numbers between 1999 (80,000 aged 25 and over) and 2009 (182,000 aged 25 or over). These mature age apprentices represented 55.8% of all apprentices-in-training in 2009, up from 35.5% in 1999.

14. By qualification level, no Post-School qualification is held by 38.6% of the total workforce, followed by Bachelor Degree (18.6%), Certificate III/IV (18.4%), Advanced Diploma/Diploma (9.6%), Post Graduate Degree (4.7%), Certificate I/II (4.3%), Graduate Diploma/Cert (2.9%) and Certificate Undefined (1.6%). In the past ten years the proportion of the workforce holding any form of post-school qualification has grown from 51% to 61%.

15. In 2009, the median annual starting salary for all Bachelor degree graduates aged less than 25 years and in their first full-time job in Australia was $48,000, up by $3,000 from 2008. The five highest starting salaries were for Dentistry ($70,000), Optometry ($64,500), Engineering ($57,500), Earth Sciences ($54,000) and Medicine ($54,000).

About the author: Ross Clennett is a speaker, trainer, writer and coach who specialises in the recruitment sector. To read more of Ross’s articles or to find out for more information about Ross’s services please visit http://www.rossclennett.com/

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Paid Parental Leave

With effect from the 1st January the new Paid Parental Leave Scheme came in to place. Here are the basic facts from the New South Wales government’s website. More information on the scheme is available on the Family Assistance Office website (http://www.familyassist.gov.au/). The Family Assistance Office can be contacted on 13 61 50 between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm Monday to Friday.

The exposure drafts of the Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 (the Bill) and Explanatory Memorandum were made public by the Australian Government on 4 May 2010. The Bill follows an inquiry conducted in 2008 by the Productivity Commission and government consultations on paid parental leave (PPL). In its submission to the inquiry, the New South Wales Government supported a national PPL scheme. The Bill was passed through the Senate on 17 June 2010.

The Bill provides up to 18 weeks publicly funded paid parental leave, paid at the current minimum wage of $569.90 per week. It will apply to eligible working parents of a child born or adopted on or after 1 January 2011. Under the scheme, casual and part-time workers, contractors and the self-employed may be eligible for PPL. To be eligible, an employee must be the primary carer who has not returned to work after the date of birth or adoption of their child and satisfies the following work, income and residency test:

The work test – the eligible employee must show they have worked at least 330 hours for 10 of the 13 months prior to the expected birth or adoption of the child, with a break of no greater than eight consecutive weeks between two consecutive work days;
The income test – the eligible employee's adjusted taxable income must be less than $150,000 in the previous financial year, indexed in line with the baby bonus; and
Australian residency requirements.

Participation in the scheme is optional for eligible employees and stands separate from entitlements to unpaid parental leave under the National Employment Standards. PPL may be received before, after or concurrently with existing entitlements such as employer-provided PPL and annual leave.

In most cases the Family Assistance Office will provide PPL in installments to the employer who will then be responsible for administering PPL to eligible employees. To assist with the transition, employer administration is being phased in over six months. From 1 July 2011 employers will be required to provide paid PPL for eligible employees.

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Linked In Training

All of us at Beaumont Consulting are getting up to date with LinkedIn in January and we’ve called in the expert Lara Solomon of Social Rabbit to help us out.

Lara started Social Rabbit to educate people through workshops and offer consultation to larger companies to enable them to have the same success.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur Lara worked in marketing on the following brands – Windex, Mr Muscle, Dettol, Lemsip, Conair, Vidal Sassoon hair appliances, British Airways and Cuisinart. She studied at University of the West of England in Bristol, UK gaining a Business degree (specialising in marketing). Marketing is Lara’s passion.

We are also holding a workshop for our clients on Friday 21st January starting at 9.30am.

What will you learn?

• Optimise your LinkedIn profile, starting right from the basics
• Find your way around
• How to add connections
• Grow your LinkedIn network
• Promote events through LinkedIn
• How to use the Answers section
• Searching and using LinkedIn as a resource
• Position yourself as an expert in your field

This workshop will be hands on and there will be time for implementation and questions.

The cost of this 3 hour session is $99 for each attendee. To keep the session as productive as possible there will only be 10 spaces available so if you are interested in booking please contact Taheeya Rahman by email or on 02 9279 2777.

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Client Breakfast Events

This year we will be holding a series of client breakfasts before the work day starts to equip you with new ideas and information to handle relevant issues in the workplace.

We have already taken substantial bookings for the first seminar in February following the announcement in our December Newsletter regarding these events. If you are interested in making your booking before the official invitations go out please contact Taheeya Rahman by email or on 02 9279 2777.

Client Events 2011:

3^rd Feb	8.30–12.30	Recruitment & Selection Fully Booked	Nikki Beaumont	City
10^th Feb	8.30–12.30	Recruitment & Selection- Not for Profit Clients	Nikki Beaumont	City
24^th Feb	7.45-8.45	The Critical Path To Keeping Critical People	Kim Seeling Smith	City
1^st Mar	8.30–12.30	Recruitment & Selection	Nikki Beaumont	City
16^th Mar	Lunchtime	HR Forum Not for Profit Clients	Anthony Sork	City
24^th Mar	7.45-8.45	How To Engage Your Customers Through Social Media	Lara Solomon	City
6^th Apr	8.30–12.30	Recruitment & Selection	Nikki Beaumont	North Shore
14^th Apr	7.45-8.45	How To Engage Your Customers Through Social Media	Lara Solomon	City
19^th Apr	8.30–12.30	Recruitment & Selection	Nikki Beaumont	City
3^rd May	7.45-8.45	Why Social Contribution Via Organisations Builds Profitability	Anthony Sork & Margo Ward	City
5^th May	8.30–12.30	Recruitment & Selection	Nikki Beaumont	City

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Our Bit For The Community

In December a team from Beaumont made up of Michelle Maye, Amy Braisby and Rebecca Choularton all volunteered a day in the build up to Christmas to decorate and pack hampers for the Sydney Basket Brigade.

Also spotted getting into the community spririt were some of our clients Stephanie Teuma and Tracy Stubbs. Well done ladies and everyone else who contributed!

With the start of a new year Cure Cancer is urging everyone to help themselves and help others at the same time. Get people to sponsor you to keep your new years resolution, not only will you be raising money for a good cause but you’ll find it harder to give in to your cravings!

If you’re thinking about a challenge for 2011 and keen to raise money for Cure Cancer, training for the May Half Marathon commences in early Feb (Wednesday 9th is the first track session).

We have got a team together at Beaumont Consulting to do it too; some of them have never run as far as the photocopier, now that’s gutsy… so if they can do it, you CAN TOO!!

With the help of your Can Too trainers, mentors, team captains and ambassadors as well as mates surrounding, you can do it. You'll get 100% support, 100% of the time!

This is really about helping people who think they could never do something like this, to actually do this, and raise much needed funds at the same time.

The registrations are filling up fast so here's what you need to do:
1. Go to www.cantoo.org.au and click on 'register now' at the top of the screen
2. Fill out your personal details
3. Select your city and your program i.e. Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon 2011
4. Select your region - Sydney East, North, South or West (sessions are held all over Sydney)
5. Pay $100 deposit which will instantly make you a member of the Can Too team and start off your fundraising tally
There are some costs involved such as investing in a good pair of running shoes and a decent pair of running leggings/ shorts. You will be provided with a Can Too running vest and a race day jersey as well as Can Too laces and cap etc. as you increase your fundraising tally. For further information go to www.cantoo.org.au, Can Too Run - Can Too Run (Syd) and click on SMH Training.

Regular readers of our newsletter will know about our very own Janine’s achievements last year, and yes, she’s in the team again this year! So, if you’re interested you may just come to LOVE running & all it's benefits as much as she does.

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Temp of the month

This month our $100 Temp of the Month prize goes to ….. Laura Kekalainen!
Laura is currently on assignment for one of our financial services clients as a Customer Service Advisor

This is what the client had to say:

“I am pleased to provide some details about Laura's excellent performance since she has been with us.

Laura joined us to cover a vacant role when a team member moved on a secondment. She immediately immersed herself in our detailed product and compliance training and completed her training quickly. From here she jumped straight on the phones and was assisting our customers with their finance and insurance enquiries. Laura quickly became one of our highest call takers and her quality was very strong.

Laura has demonstrated the qualities that I look for in a temporary team member - she has committed to learning our complex products, systems and procedures quickly and then applied those skills on the job. Importantly she has made a real effort to integrate well into the team. I congratulate her on her achievements”

Well done from the team at Beaumont!