January 2010 Newsletter

Nikki Beaumont's 2009 Round Up

Welcome to our first newsletter of the year. It is at this time of year that we reflect on all that has happened over the past year and start to plan and look forward to the new year ahead.

As I sat down to write this newsletter, I thought about how I feel about the challenges we faced here at Beaumont Consulting and the success's we've celebrated. I can honestly say that I can look back over the last 12 months and feel extremely proud. I'm proud of the fact that despite a very turbulent time for most recruitment companies, with a 40 - 50% loss of recruiting personnel in our industry, we have not made one single redundancy, in fact we have hired. We're stronger now than we were 12 months ago. We have learnt so much, we have grown in several areas of our business and we've even opened up 3 new divisions, Accounting, IT and Not-for-Profit. What I am most proud of though is the way everyone has really come together, worked as a true team, supporting each other when things have been tough and despite everything, maintained a positive and fun work environment. Everyone has ensured we have kept morale high and maintained a positive outlook with both clients and candidates, and for that we can all be truly grateful.

The year ahead for us looks like it will be one of the most exciting years in our entire history. We have plans to expand both the City and Chatswood office to accommodate larger teams and to expand our new divisions. We also have plans to open two new branches in the West and South of Sydney, which will mean significant growth for us and allow us to service a wider range of client and candidate needs.

We will continue to offer our clients a range of complimentary events and training which helps us strengthen our relationships as well as grow new ones. Our newly expanded city office will also allow us to hold many of our events in house.

We are also launching a whole new series of complimentary candidate centred events and training to help our candidates develop their skills and their career. This is especially exciting and quite unique to our industry.

These are just a few of the many plans we have. So thank you to everyone who has worked with us this year, thank you to all the clients who have remained loyal and the candidates who we have worked with. Also thank you to the clients who have continued to keep in touch with us despite not being in a position to hire and the candidates we have tried to help but haven't always been able. We wish you all a successful 2010, but most importantly, a happy and a healthy one.

Training

Did you know that we offer FREE training to ALL our clients?

For the last 18 months we have been offering free training to our clients in the area of Recruitment & Selection located in Chatswood and the CBD. The recognition of these sessions continues to grow and have become oversubscribed for the last 6 months with waiting lists in place.

This training would usually cost around $600 per delegate but through Beaumont it is completely free to all clients both current and prospective and is carried out by our very own Managing Director, Nikki Beaumont. Nikki possesses over 20 years experience in the recruitment field, including the successful management of the Sydney Olympic Recruitment Centre and 15 years in the delivery of recruitment training programmes. We created this training to equip our clients with the necessary tools to make their recruitment activity more efficient, streamlined and ultimately more successful.

Why do we offer it for free? Every Recruitment Consultant will tell you that the majority of quality candidates are lost because of their client’s slow, prolonged recruitment processes. Enabling our clients to become more effective in the recruitment process helps us to attract and maintain the best candidates in the market for their roles.

Not only this, Beaumont also offers a number of seminars for our clients to attend. For 2010 we are already busy working with some of the best Business Coaching companies in Australia to bring to you a number of topics that we think will be most useful to you and your company.

With a noticeable increase in new job orders at the end of 2009, all indications are that 2010 will be a critical year for recruitment with the return of the dreaded words ‘talent shortage’, so make sure you and your organisation are equipped to deal with it.

If you would like to be considered for any future training sessions we carry out at Beaumont please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Leech.

Recovery

State 'well placed to lead economic recovery'

NSW will emerge from a $1 billion black hole quicker than first forecast, with the state's economy turning the corner after the global financial crisis, the mid-year state Budget review predicts.
The review projects a slightly larger than expected deficit in 2009/10 of $1.02 billion from the $990 million forecast in June.

But, the state will return to surplus in the 2010/11 financial year to the tune of $872 million, the review expects.

The June Budget had the state recording a $116 million deficit for that year.

Treasurer Eric Roozendaal said the NSW economy was now forecast to grow 1.5 per cent, rather than contract 0.5 per cent as was forecast at budget time.

"This is strong indication that NSW is going very well, that our economy is strong and, indeed, we are improving the budget position," Mr Roozendaal said.

"We're seeing stronger growth, lower unemployment and strong budget bottom lines than expected six months ago at budget time."

The mid-year review also revises down forecasts for the state's unemployment rate.

It is now expected to peak at 6.75 per cent next financial year, well down on the 8.5 per cent predicted.

In releasing the review, Premier Kristina Keneally announced "this puts NSW in pole position to lead the nation's recovery form the biggest economic downturn in our lifetime."

The release of the mid-year report came as a NSW Business Chamber survey revealed businesses were more optimistic about economic conditions in the state.

The survey found 36 per cent of businesses believed conditions had improved over the past quarter and 40 per cent expected it to improve in the coming quarter.

Taken from an article By Nick Ralston of APP, December 09, 2009 5:23PM

Resignation

What Are You Doing To Prevent New Year’s Resignations…….It’s Not All About The Cash

Traditionally resignations increase just before or immediately after the Christmas break and with staff too frightened to move in 2009, predictions from recent surveys indicate that 2010 will be a year where Australia’s work force is ready to move.

Many managers claim no responsibility for employee engagement and retention. They believe retention is largely about money, perks and benefits however recent reports have found that the following areas rated far higher when asking staff what makes them engaged in their job:-

• Challenging, meaningful work
• A chance to grow and learn
• Great co-workers
• Recognition and respect
• A good boss

“ Engagement has a direct impact on retaining employees. Half of the engaged employees had no plans to leave their company, compared with just 15% of the disengaged – and roughly a third of the workforce overall. Less than 5% of engaged employees said they were actively looking for another job compared with 25% of the disengaged employees”
Sourced from www.humanresourcesmagazine.com.au

Temp

Our December temp of the month goes to…

Joanne Webb! Joanne has worked with Beaumont Consulting in a number of assignments so far and the feedback has been fantastic. Here’s what one of our valued clients had to say about her…

“Joanne was amazing. She was so helpful. She used every minute to help me. Was great with the staff, on the phone and when I needed my desk back, volunteered to organise the kitchen and stationery cupboards (we moved offices on Friday 27th). If we need a temp again I will be asking for her.”

Events

What’s On in Jan 2010

Sensory

Living in a sensory world: stories from people with blindness and low vision –
1 January 2009 – 26 January 2010
Book
The Book of Everything
23 December 2009 – 31 January 2010
Wind
The Wind in the Willows
5 January 2010 – 23 January 2010
Shakes
2010 Sydney Shakespeare Festival:
7 January 2010 – 14 February 2010 Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Dinner
Comedy Dinner Cruise
9 January 2010 – 30 January 2010
Rocks
HMS Discovery at The Rocks Discovery Museum
18 January 2010 – 22 January 2010
Festival

Sydney Festival 2010
9 January - 30 January 2010