Sept 11 Newsletter

Welcome to our newsletter!

It’s been a huge month for us here at Beaumont Consulting.

Firstly we celebrated our 10 year anniversary with a surprise party for our Managing Director, Nikki Beaumont. It’s not easy keeping secrets from your MD, especially when she keeps hovering over your desk when you’ve got countless emails coming in from friends and family from all over the world! Still, we did it and what an amazing evening we had. We invited many of Nikki's friends and family and even flew in her parents and her oldest friend from the Sunshine Coast. Anthony Sork was our dashing MC for the evening, he did a sterling job of co-ordinating all the well wishing videos and speeches from friends of Nikki’s over the past 10 years or so. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house! The evening was finished off with the presentation of a wonderful book of photo’s and memories over the course of Nikki’s life and as Nikki said herself, what a wonderful way to start our year of celebrating our 10 years in business!

We also held our annual company conference last week, the theme of this conference was the Year of Success which gave us an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate our success and achievements over the year as well as set our goals and expectations for the year ahead. The day was capped with a gourmet dinner, plenty of champagne and our annual awards presentation which gave us the opportunity to recognise some of our top achievers in the business.

Please join me in congratulating this year’s winners:

Service Excellence - Leanne Wells
Appreciation of Contribution - Kate Blackwell
Personal Achiever - Michelle Maye
Top Biller – Permanent Services - Janine Runaghan
Top Biller – Temporary Services - Amy Braisby
Best New Starter - Renee Johnson
Values Award - Justine McKnight
Outstanding Support Person of the Year - Kamila Sutcliffe
Manager of the Year - Dawn Toynton
People’s Choice - Patricia Leech

For information of any of our members of staff please visit our website.

Enjoy our newsletter!
Patricia Leech – Operations Manager

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Market News

While the global economy remains unambiguously patchy the Australian dollar hits a one month high with the Australian dollar trading at $US 1.0720 US cents rising from $US 1.0624. Velocity Trade foreign exchange dealer Jeremy Jukes has said "There is positive sentiment ... whereas a few weeks ago there was talk about rate cuts" concluding that "people have come to realize that the Australian economy is not as bad as expected."

Ric Battellino, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) stated that “price increases for a range of manufactured goods were larger than expected in light of the appreciation of the exchange rate and the ongoing caution among consumers”. Even though the outlook for 2011-12 remains 'cautious' due to global volatility, higher utility costs, a possible rise in unemployment, and weak housing and equity markets, Battellino encourages Australians to stay positive.

The ABS reported the number of people employed remained relatively unchanged during July/August. A decrease in full-time employment, down 22,200 people was offset by an increase in part-time employment, up 22,100 people.

Vote For Us!
As you probably are aware by now it’s our 10th anniversary and this year we really want to make it special by winning the SARA award for best Small Generalist Recruiter. You can vote for us here.

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Temp of the month

Thismonth our $100 Temp of the Month prize goes to Laura Durkan.

This is what the client had to say:

Laura has been a great help to the team during her time here us and we have really appreciated the extra pair of hands. We will miss her but wish her all the best for her future travels and safe return home.

Laura is a hard worker and is always so helpful. Her positive attitude and her willingness to learn has been such a delight to have her on board. Laura will definitely be missed when she continues her travels overseas.

Well done Laura from the team at Beaumont!

Make recruiters come to you: Twelve tips to get yourself headhunted

22 June 2011
Simon Mortlock

Sick of searching for your ideal job? Want recruiters to reach out to you instead? Here’s what you can do to increase your chances of being headhunted.

1) Remember: It’s just as important in the back office
In the past it was much easier to catch a recruiter’s eye if you had a high-profile role in the front office and were referred thanks to your strong performance. The internet has changed all this. Back and middle-office candidates must be just as clued up about headhunting as their revenue-generating colleagues.

2) Google yourself: Before you do anything else, put yourself in the shoes of a headhunter who’s trying to find you on the net. If you can’t find yourself or the results are patchy, you have some work to do.

3) Build your online profile: Headhunters are increasingly using professional networking sites during their search process.

4) Show off your achievements: Like your CV, your online profile should not just be a boring list of your job titles and tasks. Make sure you include details about projects and achievements, while avoiding disclosing confidential information.

5) Use updating as a subtle reminder: It helps to update your profile on professional networking sites fairly regularly because each time you do, your whole network is alerted. Just be careful not to state explicitly that you're currently looking for a new position.

6) Open up: Recruiters get frustrated by potential candidates who keep their profiles hidden.

7) Become a groupie: Don’t just have an online profile, join online groups and actively comment and start discussions within them.

8) Get more media savvy: Proactively write commentaries in the media on topics where you have a right to call yourself an 'expert'.

9) Network, even if you hate it: Simple!

10) Use your university contacts: Attend your university and school networking group meetings, there may be people here worth talking to.

11) Make it easy for colleagues to find and refer you: Make sure people know who you are in the business you're already working in. There may be internal opportunities that you don't even know about yet!

12) Register with two or three good recruiters: Being on the books of recruiters will of course greatly increase the chances that they’ll come to you when they get a new mandate. But don’t spread yourself too thin. It’s advisable to only register with two or three firms and to choose recruiters who are experts in your job field.

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Getting to know you…

Ever wondered what we get up to when we're not at work? This week we are getting to know Rachel Hannah.....

1. What is your role in Beaumont Consulting? Accounts Receivable & Customer Service.

2. What was your first job? After school and Saturdays I worked in a hairdressers – I was 15!

3. What was your favourite subject at school? Mmmm History & PE.

4. If you were stuck on a desert island, what is the one thing you couldn’t do without? Books, can I take a library there with me?

5. What is the first thing you notice about people? How friendly their face is and if a laugh comes easy to them.

6. Who is someone that inspires you and why? Simon McKeon – he is Australian of 2011. A quiet man who has MS and has for the past 10 years been on the MS board, he is a Director of World Vision and chooses to work part time for Macquarie Bank as Executive Chairman to be able to meet his charitable commitments and family life. His disabled sister also lives with him and always has…he just appears as such a giving man without showing off about what he does. Still many people wouldn’t even know who he was. I think he might like that.

7. What do you do in your spare time? A lot of driving kids around and watching them play sport and I love it! Never thought I would, but it is a thousand times better than being indoors. When all the driving is done I love catching up with friends and sharing a champagne or two.

8. What was the last book you read? Grand Days – Frank Moorhouse, I am working my way through Booker Price Winners and Runners Up.

9. If you could be famous for anything what would it be? I wouldn’t want to be famous at all so can I say an anonymous philanthropist?

10. What’s the best decision you have ever made? Coming to live in Australia from England and building a wonderful life here.