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December 12 Newsletter

Nikki's trip to Nepal

I have just returned after spending a month in Nepal with my partner Drew and my 5 year old daughter Maddy trekking to a remote and very poor part of Nepal to deliver solar lights and much needed school supplies and warm clothing.

It was a hugely successful trip, the lights will literally change the lives of these families and the supplies we bought for the school were literally more than the government supplies over a 5 year period.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to help us make such a difference!

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Vinnies Job Club

Earlier this year Beaumont Consulting pulled together to raise $13,000 for the CEO Sleepout for one of our charity partners St Vincent de Paul (Nikki did the sleeping out!). Through this relationship, we were asked if we would like to facilitate a Job Club for Refugee and Asylum Seekers. We decided this would be a great way for us to contribute to the community using our professional skills and an opportunity to give non-monetary incentives to our staff.

Having only just hosted our second session we have now expanded the service to include residents from Vincentian House (one of the short term hostels for families in the city).

Up to 4 Consultants from both our Commercial and NFP divisions give half a day to conduct the Job Club. At our last session, we saw 9 clients on a one on one basis – assisting with resumes, applications and interview techniques. The feedback received from our Job Club participants, St Vincent de Paul case workers and Beaumont Consultants has been outstanding.

The cherry on the cake was an email received recently to tell us that one of the clients had secured full time work as a Trades Assistant through our support in helping him to communicate his skills and experience.

From a professional perspective, the experience has given us more than we could have hoped for. Not only do our Consultants feel they have contributed in a meaningful way, it has also given us a greater appreciation and sensitivity to the often very stressful experience of the job hunter. One of our Consultants said that she felt that it was one of the best lessons she could have learned in candidate care! We look forward to developing this relationship and our continued success with our St Vincent de Paul Job Club and would recommend similar opportunities to those looking for ways to invest into CSR initiatives.

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SEEK Award 2012

We wanted to say a huge thank you to all who supported and votes we received for the SEEK Annual Recruitment Awards this year. Although we were pipped to the post by another agency in Melbourne we were delighted to be awarded Runner up 2012 which officially made us the best small Generalist Recruiter in Sydney!

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Life Education Partnership

Our partnership with Life Education this year proved exciting both internally and externally. We ran a special initiative for our clients to raise money for the charity and for every job we received for a quarter we made a donation of $20 to Life Education. Recently we welcomed the charity’s lovely CEO Jay Bacik and Development Manager Carolyn Watson to present our donation of $9,000 and were lucky enough to be graced with the presence of Healthy Harold himself!

We can't thank everyone enough for the support we received with our initiative and a round of applause for our lovely team who braved through Ocsober.

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RCSA Award 2012

As a huge advocate of non-profit causes, winning this award has meant so much to us, particularly to our not-for-profit recruitment division. We’ve saved charities over $2 million in recruitment fees over the past 3 years and this award is is acknowledgement that what we are doing as a business within the industry, and in particular what we are doing for charities, is really outstanding in terms of our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility.

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Vinnies CEO Sleepout

On 21st June this year Nikki slept out for the 4th time as part of the Vinnies CEO Sleepout to raise much needed funds and awareness for the homeless and Vinnies. Collectively over 1000 CEO’s across Australia slept out this year and together have raised over $5 million. In support of her fundraising we organised a fun filled evening of trivia and prizes for 250 friends and family and raised a whopping $12,000!

Nikki is looking forward to her 5th sleepout in 2013, why not challenge your own CEO to join her? www.ceosleepout.org.au.

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Timely tips for keeping employees engaged this holiday season

From hrdaily.com.au

It's no surprise that many organisations will experience a seasonal dip in employee engagement as the end of the year approaches. But there are some simple ways to keep employees motivated, inspired and focused on performing their tasks rather than watching clocks during the next few weeks. And they all relate to performance management best practices.

Performance management is at the centre of the talent management process so it only makes sense that it has an impact on many of the elements that drive engagement. By following some best practices, managers and employees can both enjoy the silly season - without a slump in productivity.

Four tips to keep employees engaged:

Have a dedicated performance chat. Have a discussion with your employee about their performance, and any challenges, ideas, questions either of you have.
Provide feedback on competencies. Review the critical skills important to your organisation and the individual's desired career path, and keep their development top of mind.
Review the status of development plans. Ensure your employees are on track for completing their plans and assign any new learning activities required.
Check in on goals. Make sure they're still SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound), and clarify or make any adjustments as appropriate.

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Beaumont Award Winners 2012

This is our 5th year since we launched our annual awards at our company conference, and it is always one of the most enjoyable and memorable parts of the day. Take a look at our winners of 2012 -

Best New Starter – Vicky Alford

This award is given to someone who is less than a year in the role, someone who has made a significant contribution and consistently goes over and above.
This person is often asked to take on more than she bargained for
She packs in a huge workload and still we ask for more
She’s known for her bright and breezy personality, she’s fun to be around, she’s loved and appreciated by her team

Personal Achiever – Cherie Bousfield

This award goes to someone who consistently achieves throughout her role
We all know how consistency and high levels of activity leads to results, and you only have to speak those words and this person comes to mind.
She’s also consistently one of our highest billers and for the last months has always been in our top 3 billers, in fact often in first place.

Service Excellence – Michelle Maye

This award is given to the person who delivers an outstanding service to clients and candidates, and indeed internally.
Her reputation is just so great that she consistently gets referrals.
She’s professional, she’s an expert, she embraces all our core values

Appreciation of Contribution – Nicole Glasgow

This award is given to someone who we really appreciate, this award is to someone who puts in above and beyond, without being asked, who adds value and is a pleasure to be around.
Nothing is ever too much trouble
She’s flexible and adaptable

Outstanding Support Person – Taheeya Rahman

This award is given to one of the amazing support team that we have here, who we all know we couldn’t do our jobs without their help. They are the backbone of our existence, without them where would we be
This year we are giving this award to someone who we all agree has done a tremendous job!
She’s taken on a new role, she’s taken on much much more responsibility and she loves it although she won’t always admit it

Top Biller – Katrina Penman

This award is given to the consultant who has individually billed the most in the 2011 2012 year.
It’s been an interesting year with many many changes in her role
She’s ridden them all with professionalism and positivity,
She’s a little bit quirky.. but we love her to bits…

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Temp of the Month

Congratulations to Deborah McAuley, she is the lucky recipient of $100 Westfield voucher and here’s why she scooped Temp of the Month -

We would like to nominate Deborah McAuley for Temp of the Month. She has been a wonderful addition to our team, we actually wish we could keep her on as a permanent staff member. She continually goes above and beyond what is asked of her. Nothing seems to fluster Deb, even though we have had an unsettling period with our policies she quickly adapts to the change and gets on with what needs to be done. Her team mates commented:

Deb is very professional and patient. She is quick to respond to requests and does this within a few minutes if it’s a straightforward case. I have never heard any complaints from her. She is very patient, I agree to nominate her. And we should keep her when she comes back from her holidays!

Deb is lovely, hardworking, committed and very organized!

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