Archive for August, 2009
ProGrad have a specialised field, in working with recent University graduates and placing them into primarily business-to-business sales roles across a variety of indsutries. We meet with several hundred companies each month, and regularly come across the standard objection, “I need someone with experience. Why would I recruit a Graduate during the recession?” We are [...]
ProGrad has had a major push over recent weeks to expand our “social media presence”. It has been hard to avoid, and now..I think we’re almost there. It will naturally be a work in progress for many months to come, but we’re finally on the band-wagon. What we’re finding out slowly, but surely…is that it [...]
ProGrad run assessment days each week, interviewing up to 40 candidates each session. We are always keen to hear feedback about ProGrad, whether it is good, bad or indifferent. Ultimately, it is this feedback which we rely on in order to make us more efficient. Here is some feedback from last week’s assessment day: “No [...]
ProGrad have a core activity which is the assessment, placement and training of recent graduates into business to business sales roles across a variety of industries in Australia. Over the last four years, due to client demand, ProGrad has started to extend the training offerings to more experienced sales teams. ProGrad have developed several new training [...]
Despite a tricky market place, ProGrad have experienced strong growth in the last 6 months. Due to our value proposition in the market, we have seen a marked improvement in market confidence around recruitment of junior people. As a result, ProGrad are looking to grow their team in two key divisions: 1) Business Development 2) [...]
ProGrad run regular assessment centres as part of the assessment process. Due to our client demands, we regularly invite companies to attend the assessment process in order to view potential candidates in the selection environment. This is a great opportunity both for the employer, and the candidate. With this in mind, we always recommend that candidates [...]
ProGrad are Australia’s only graduate assessment, placement and training company. We specialise in working purely with Australian University graduates and placing them into corporate careers upon leaving University. ProGrad receive in excess of 500 applications on a weekly basis from recent University graduates looking to kick start their career…all of which would fall into the [...]
ProGrad are currently looking for 3 Account Coordinators to work for an Australia Media Company. This well recognised brand is looking to grow the sales support function with three more ProGrad graduates. Due to the success of previous graduates placed there, the team will be experiencing more growth, once again using the ProGrad model. In [...]
ProGrad are currently updating their graduate case studies and are looking for recent ProGrad graduates that would like to contribute. We’d like to hear everything about your ProGrad experience! What was the application process like? What happened at the ProGrad assessment day? Why did you select your current role? What did you think of the [...]
ProGrad are currently recruiting for a global Events/ Conference Production company. They’re a long standing Client which have had some great successes with the ProGrad model. They’re now looking to grow the Sydney team yet again with a new graduate intake. There are several business to business sales opportunities available for ProGrad graduates within the [...]
