Australian Professional Recruiters Group

On the 3rd December 2009, APRG held their fifth annual Local Business Leaders Forum which was attended by 137 leaders of local business.

This year's forum again featured key note speaker Anthony Sork, who this year explored the impact of Leadership Behaviour on Organisation Climate, Employee Engagement, Risk of Attrition, Discretionary Effort and Performance. Anthony is founder and Managing Director of Sork HC - Human Capital Experts. Recognised as one of Australasia's best leadership, climate, engagement and performance consultants, he is also an author, speaker, trainer and executive coach.

The APRG Local Business Leaders Forum's key objective is to acknowledge the support of APRG clients and to show our appreciation by providing them access to industry experts who share their insights on timely and relevant people issues.

APRG's MD Robert Bromage is growing a moustache for Movember this year and is looking for recruits to join the APRG team.

Movember is about raising much needed funds and awareness for men's health specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Important when you learn that close to 3,000 men die of prostate cancer each year in Australia and one in eight men will experience depression in their lifetime, many of whom do not seek help. Rob is keen to get as many people onboard, to help increase the awareness and the amount of money raised. He is asking you to join his team and either grow a moustache as a Mo Bro, or sign on as a Mo Sista and help out with raising funds. To join the APRG Movember team go to Movember Australia Official Website registration page and follow the steps.

For the third consecutive year APRG was successful in the annual Q400 Awards. APRG is ranked 293rd among Queensland's top 400 privately owned businesses for 2009. The Q400 awards are a unique program that provide public recognition of the achievements of Queensland's local business heroes - the owners of the state's leading home-grown enterprises.

APRG are pleased to advise that we have recently established APRG Magnitude to look after your volume recruitment needs. If you need to fill multiple positions and want a customised recruitment strategy that's designed for on the job performance and delivered to a deadline, then this service is especially for you. APRG Magnitude is ideal for contact centre, customer service or volume operational roles.

Nirmal Sumanaratne has been appointed to look after this practice and has over six years experience in contact centre operations specialising in telecommunication and IT. Throughout his career Nirmal has worked in a variety of call centre positions which included managing a team of 22 customer service representatives, in addition he was also involved in training and recruitment. Nirmal has been with APRG since May 2008 and has worked in a number of volume recruitment projects focusing in contact centre, operational roles and specialist customer service roles.

1000 people have now been placed into jobs since start of business – 1st of February 2005. Congratulations to the team on a great effort and thank you to all those who have supported us.

By completing the online registration, our candidates save time on the day of their meeting and are able to meet with their consultant immediately upon arrival. No forms to fill out. A time saving and environmentally friendly initiative by APRG.

With 18 years work experience, Stephen has built a successful business career in the areas of credit management and specialist finance/accounting temporary recruitment. Prior to this he served 10 years in the Australian Defence Force rising to leadership roles. At APRG, Stephen’s key focus is assisting employers and jobseekers at all levels with temporary and contract recruitment needs, specialising in the areas of accounting, finance and credit management.