May Newsletter

Welcome to our newsletter!

We have been busy “bunnies” here at Beaumont Consulting over the past few weeks. Easter has been a hectic time for us with a huge amount of new temp work coming through. Both offices have been working hard to fill an increase in requests particularly Call Centre and Telesales roles, across all locations. So if you or anyone you know is interested in temp work, please contact one of our temp teams.

This month we waved a sad goodbye, or au revoir, to Emily Wheeldon our City Branch Manager as she leaves us for a short while for maternity leave. We are all eagerly waiting to hear the news of the new arrival and will update you on her progress in our next newsletter. We do know to expect pink!
Emily is due back in November and in the meantime I have taken over the running of the City office which has meant a significant change in my role and me returning to work full time after working 3 days a week for the last 3 years.

I am thoroughly enjoying being back in the hot seat leading the city team, supported by our Temp Team Leader Renee and Permanent Team Leader Rebecca. It certainly makes you appreciate what a wonderful team you have when you get the chance to work a lot closer with them.
The job market is going from strength to strength, so I am sure I will need more people to meet the ever increasing demands. Over the next 6 months whilst Emily is away I am planning to increase our headcount here in the city. If you know of anyone wanting to enter the recruitment industry or change roles, please send them my way. There are also opportunities in Chatswood working with our Northshore Branch Manager Dawn Toynton.

Enjoy our newsletter and have a great month.
Nikki Beaumont

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Market News

The Australian dollar has continued to rise into record territory following the recent five day break with the dollar trading well above 107 US cents.

Traders are also being encouraged to invest in high-risk, high-yield assets such as the Australian dollar as the local currency continues to rise on the back of strong commodity prices and continued optimism in the global economy.

This is in stark contrast to the European Central Bank which raised rates earlier this month, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which last raised its cash rate in November and is expected to raise it again in the next few months.

As the economic hangover continues in Europe and the US the effect on Australia ’s staffing shortage is unclear. For many, the traditional route of working in Europe was a way to make enough savings before returning with large cash sums to invest in the local economy. The Global Financial Crisis brought this to an abrupt end and whilst the British Pound and US Dollar plummeted the Australia Dollar grew in strength thanks to it’s relationship with China . Many Australians are now waiting for the British Pound to return to it’s considered norm before making a move home.

The lack of job opportunity in the UK and US have seen an increase in immigration to Australia however it’s still not enough and as markets calm the numbers are decreasing. With another mining boom around the corner the chief economist of HSBC, Paul Bloxham, said population growth was slowing at "just the wrong time" and that wage pressures, and thus higher interest rates, would be the likely result.

As the political parties continue to argue about “boat people” and immigrant detention centers the real issue is being hidden. Australia needs to grow it’s population and fast.

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A bad job as stressful as being out of work

By Julia Medew - smh.com.au

A bad job that asks too much without giving back enough is just as stressful as having no job at all, a big Australian study has found.

Researchers from the Centre for Mental Health at the Australian National University analysed surveys of more than 7000 Australians over seven years to see how their employment status and work conditions affected their mental health.

The surveys asked people of working age about symptoms of depression, nervousness, and how often they had felt calm and happy in the previous month.

Participants were also asked about their workplace conditions, including how much control and flexibility they had, the complexity and weight of their workload, how they viewed their job security and whether they thought their pay was fair.

After taking into account various factors that could affect the outcomes, such as previous education and marital status, the researchers found a direct linear relationship between people's mental health and the quality of their jobs, with those in well-supported, flexible and secure jobs enjoying much better health than those in jobs lacking such characteristics.

However, in a surprise finding, they also discovered that the mental health of people without jobs was comparable and often better than those who were working in poor quality jobs characterised by high demand and complexity, low job control and unfair pay.

In addition, the research published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, showed that although mental health improved when people moved out of unemployment into a good job, moving into a poor quality job was more detrimental to mental health than remaining unemployed.

Social Media Webinar

At Beaumont Consulting we have been working with Lara Solomon of Social Rabbit on our use of Social Media. To keep you up to date with all areas of social media Lara is holding FREE webinars on 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th May. 10am-11am AEST. Just follow this link.

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Temp of the Month

This month our $100 Temp of the Month prize goes to ….. Wayne Geddis.

This is what the client had to say:
“Wayne has been working with us for the past five months. Over this period he has time and again met & exceeded all targets & expectations, and has been a fantastic member of our team. Congratulations Wayne!”

Well done from the team at Beaumont!