Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category
It would be great if your success in a company was purely based on completing your day to day duties in a competent manner. As we all know, this is only half of the picture. When it comes to increased responsibility, new challenges, pay increases and a career progression plan, you may need to take [...]
ProGrad have started to see a huge increase in demand for technical graduates to enter roles in the areas of helpdesk, consulting, analyst, engineering and general technical support over the last 12 months. With technical people often spending more time on the telephone and on site with key clients, they are regularly confronted with potential [...]
ProGrad and employers know that recent graduates who fall into the Gen Y category are technically savvy and are established online on various social networking sites. This can be a great advantage in entering the workforce as you will be able to offer the company your online knowledge. However graduates beware! Your potential employer is looking [...]
For any recent University graduates looking for a careers portal that is specifically designed for graduate job seekers, look no further. ProGrad own and maintain a graduate job website www.graduatejobs.com.au and target advertisers specifically looking for grads. We all know the frustrations experienced during the job hunt that follows University. Roles are few and far [...]
Employers will need to have the following in place to ensure maximum success with the new recruits. If these things are not in place, the new recruit might feel insecure in the role which may lead to a disillusioned employee who is neither productive nor profitable for the company. If the following criteria can [...]
One of the biggest frustrations that job seekers have, is the amount of time spent applying for roles online, for such limited return. I can understand this, when hours are invested in clicking around websites, browsing and attaching generic, badly written resumes. Typically, what follows is lots of recruitment companies gathering resumes (sent by lazy [...]
Major employers spent an average of $6,000 per graduate hire in 2009 – down only marginally despite a big increase in the candidate pool, according to new research from the Australian Association of Graduate Employers. The annual AAGE employer survey, carried out by research firm High Fliers, polled 185 member companies during August and September. [...]
YouTube is being utilised by a number of employers to attract new staff, and some of their videos involve “Lip dubbing” which seems to be attracting GenerationY candidates to roles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhUeAy35qc is an example of a popular lip-dubbing team promiting their organisation. But does this really work? Are candidates really attracted to this type of promotion? I couldnt help [...]
One of the most common styles of interviewing, is to ask “behavioural based questions”. Whilst this is a common line of questionning in interviews, many are still under-prepared. Not knowing what to expect can lead to more nerves which will have an impact on your performance in the face to face interview. This line of [...]
ProGrad attended the B&T awards on Friday 4th December as a proud sponsor of the event, and presented the award for “Young Achiever of The Year”. The award was presented to Bruce Mundell from Mindshare, and was presented by Davinia Noble, ProGrad Sales Director. Other award winners on the night were: Interactive agency – Deepend [...]
