Archive for October, 2009
ProGrad is an assessment, placement and training organisation for graduates. The first stage in our selection process is to telephone interview all of the graduates that apply to our opportunities. With over 500 phone calls made a week, voicemails are something that can both positivley or negativeley influence a decision makers opinion before they have [...]
You do not want to miss out on this role! ProGrad is currently recruiting for an exciting role for a publishing company in Melbourne. Our client is a diverse and rapidly growing publishing business producing books, magazines and new media products for a variety of market sectors. With an annual turn over reaching more than [...]
ProGrad is currently recruiting for a large multinational organisation across multiple locations in Australia. Our client is one of the best known FMCG brands worldwide and is currently going through a large expansion plan on a national basis. Due to the success of some of their most popular products they are looking to recruit multiple [...]
ProGrad recently welcomed back 15 successful graduates who came through our assessment process less than 2 months ago. These graduates have now all started full time work and returned to the ProGrad offices for a 3 day training course called An Introduction to Professional Communications. Feedback and comments are essential for us to be able to [...]
ProGrad’s second training course is called Solution Selling. Based on the Neil Rackhams SPIN selling module this two day course aims at educating ProGrad graduates in order to make them more successful within their sales based positions. Over 20 graduates attended the course last week in melbourne. Below are some comments that were left. ” [...]
Before applying to ProGrad David studied a Bachelor of Economics and was an airforce pilot in training. David decided to change his career path and pursue a career in sales. “I found the ProGrad website and applied.” “The assessment day was a very informative session. Good advice was given on interview techniques and the proposal [...]
ProGrad recently held a Module 4 course in Melbourne. Graduates who attended the 2 day training course had been working within their roles for 9-12months and were returning to be educated on Key Account Management. When asked “what is your advice for other graduates who are thinking of applying to ProGrad?” the following comments were [...]
ProGrad recently held a Module 2 training course in Melbourne. The 2 day course was developed to educate ProGrad graduates on Solution Selling, and used the Neil Rackham SPIN Selling book to do so. Below are some comments that were left by graduates after the training course. ” I really enjoyed the content and am [...]
ProGrad recentluy held a fantastic assessment day in Sydney. With over 50% of the attendees making it through the day to become a “ProGrad Graduate” Below are some emails one of the Graduate Mangers recieved shortly after the ProGrad assessment day. Dear Edward, “I sincerely want to thank you and the ProGrad team for giving [...]
No matter how many horror stories we tell our candidates about the disasters of Facebook during an interview process, it never ceases to amaze me how many horrors I see myself. Take last week for example. On Thursday, during a presentation to over 40 graduates we discussed the importance of ensuring that profiles and pictures [...]
