Australian Professional Recruiters Group

On the 24th November APRG will be holding their 7th Annual Local Business Leaders Forum and this year's topic will be 'Managing Culture & Change'. This year's forum will feature key note speaker Ewen McKenzie will share his insights and views on how to manage culture and lead teams through a changing environment. More details will follow post the event.

For the 5th consecutive year APRG was successful in being named in the annual Q400 Awards. 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

Over 1750 people have now been placed into jobs since the start of business on 1st of February 2005. Congratulations to the team on a great effort and thank you to all those who have supported us.

In June, we welcomed Jasmyn Writer as a Lead Recruitment Specialist for APRG Magnitude and Robert Stout into our newly established Candidate Care Team.

Jasmyn has over 6 years experience across Health Insurance, Advertising Media and Performing Arts Industries, Jasmyn understands what success looks like in both Customer Service and Sales driven Contact Centre environments.

Robert will focus on maintaining the relationships with our candidates. Before joining APRG, Robert had 4 years experience in the customer service industry, spending this time in both retail and contact centre roles including telecommunications and banking industries.

Over 1500 people have now been placed into jobs since the start of business on 1st of February 2005. Congratulations to the team on a great effort and thank you to all those who have supported us.

APRG has relocated our Corporate Head Office to Level 14, 410 Queen Street Brisbane to cater for our current and forecast expansion plans. In addition to our growth plans, the focus with the move was to provide a better working environment for our staff and a location that APRG could be proud of when meeting with our clients and candidates.

APRG's offices have now reopened and are fully staffed and operational. You can now contact us on our main telephone lines, via email or by visiting our office.

APRG's offices will remain closed on Friday the 14th of January. Our office building appears to have escaped flooding however still has no electricity and telecomunication services. It is expected these services will be returned within the next 24 to 48 hours. It is hopeful that we can recommence business operations on Monday 17 January.

Temporary Contractors & Clients

IMPORTANT: Your personal safety is important. We ask that temporary contractors do not attempt to return to workplaces that have been affected by flooding until they have either been contacted by an APRG representative or have directly contacted an APRG key contact person.

The following is a list of APRG Key Contact people that will be able to assist you if you have an urgent matter that needs attention prior to our return to the office.

Banking & Financial Services Practice . Sally Roper on 0407 656 988

Accounting Practice . Brad Kent on 0405 154 202

Brisbane North Practice . Scott Wiseman on 0417 631 353

Magnitude Practice & QSuper Assessment Centres . Nirmal Sumanaratne on 0406 504 639

Corporate Office (APRG Operational Issues) . Gavin Stutz on 0421 500 862 or Robert Bromage on 0417 631 581

Candidates Currently in Recruitment Processes

All recruitment processes including application assessment and interviews have been temporarily suspended. As we resume normal business operations, we will respond to applications and reschedule interviews.

QSuper Assessment Centres

The Assessment Centres for the QSuper Information Officer recruitment being held 12th January, 13th January and the 14th of January 2011 have been postponed and will be rescheduled once we return to the office. We will be back in touch with you in early course to reschedule your meeting time.

We thank you for your understanding at this time and we wish all our candidates and our clients the best during this difficult time.

In the interests of the safety of our staff, clients and contractors we have made the decision to temporarily close the APRG office effective from Wednesday 12th January 2010 as a result of the recent rains and rising flood waters. Further communication will be provided to advise when the office will be re-opened and at this stage that will be either Friday 14 January 2011 or Monday 17 January 2011.

Temporary Contractors & Clients

The following is a list of APRG Key Contact people that will be able to assist you if you have an urgent matter that needs attention prior to our return to the office.

Banking & Financial Services Practice . Sally Roper on 0407 656 988

Accounting Practice . Brad Kent on 0405 154 202

Brisbane North Practice . Scott Wiseman on 0417 631 353

Magnitude Practice & QSuper Assessment Centres . Nirmal Sumanaratne on 0406 504 639

Corporate Office (APRG Operational Issues) . Gavin Stutz on 0421 500 862 or Robert Bromage on 0417 631 581

Candidates Currently in Recruitment Processes

All recruitment processes including application assessment and interviews have been temporarily suspended. As we resume normal business operations, we will respond to applications and reschedule interviews.

QSuper Assessment Centres

The Assessment Centres for the QSuper Information Officer recruitment being held 12th January, 13th January and the 14th of January 2011 have been postponed and will be rescheduled once we return to the office. We will be back in touch with you in early course to reschedule your meeting time.

We thank you for your understanding at this time and we wish all our candidates and our clients the best during this difficult time.