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You heard it
here first!
Welcome to the
fourth edition of Agentalpha! It’s the publication’s first birthday and to
celebrate, we are throwing in a spot prize. Recapping on our last issue there were many that took
advantage of our recruitment sale so congratulations if you received the
great savings we offered with our last promotion. We also announced our flexible approach to our fees,
introduced our newest member of our team, Manjit – who no doubt most of you
will have at least spoken to if not had the pleasure of meeting by now. We also discussed who our clients are
and how we seek to personalise our relationships. In this issue we would like to introduce to you our newest
venture – healthcare recruitment, and invite you to check out our new web
pages. One of our consultants
makes it to National Radio – hear what she has to say on volunteering in
between jobs and of course, don’t forget to check out our latest candidates
too… you may just want to snap one up!
Please feel free to email us your feedback/comments. Also, if you would like to add
anything to our newsletter, do not hesitate to call!
A Note From Our Managing Director
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Colin Mathieson
Managing Director and Owner
Alpha Recruitment
The End of the Beginning, or the Beginning
of the End? We’ve heard a lot
in recent weeks about the “green shoots” that seem to be appearing in world
markets and almost as much about the fact that the “global financial
crisis” appears to have reached its low point with a lot of
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confidence returning to lending for
growth. This is good news both
for us here in New Zealand and for many of our clients who provide goods
and services to overseas clients.
However we may have only just reached the end of the rapid slide in
employment, with the prospect of more jobs being disestablished albeit more
slowly in the coming twelve to eighteen months.
As mentioned in a previous
newsletter the overall
population of New Zealand continues to grow at around 40,000 people per
annum, another city basically.
Combined with a low
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number of new housing starts this year and into early 2010, this will mean
demand for new housing will definitely lift, which will impact on our local
businesses from late 2010 onwards.
Can’t wait.
We are working hard for our clients
finding great people. Whatever
the state of our economy great people
matter,
and we are excited by the prospect of better times to come, although
understand that they may be some time away. In the meantime I know our Alpha consultants will be
keeping in contact with you and assisting any way that they can, and in the
meantime I hope to have the opportunity catch up with you over breakfast.
Colin
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Who’s excited about the beginning of Spring? We are, especially since it’s our
publication Agentalpha’s first
birthday too! In fact, to celebrate
the occasion we are giving away a spring breakfast for one lucky client and
a colleague of their choice with our Managing Director, Colin
Mathieson.
Colin’s background is with Deloitte Consulting as
a Management Consultant where he spent nine years.
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Colin has a lot of valuable knowledge which he is
happy to share over brekkie, and he is happy to advise or answer any
questions you may have regarding general business matters! So what’s your
fancy? Croissant, muffin,
pancakes, bacon and eggs? Start thinking because next Thursday, on September 10th
you may just get a call from us! If you know of anyone who would like to take this
opportunity, we welcome an entry from them too!
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Who Loves Us?
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Auckland Regional Public Health Service
"Auckland Regional Public Health
Service have used the services of Alpha
Personnel since 1996, for both temporary and permanent positions.
Over this period I have been impressed with their professional approach,
Alpha staff have taken the time to learn about our service and our
requirements, thus ensuring that each appointment fits well within our
team. I have always
found the staff to be professional, approachable, honest, understanding and
ready to listen and get on with it."
Helen
Richardson
Team Leader
"It has
been a pleasure working with you Jennifer and I’d like to
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say that Alpha are an awesome recruitment agency to be involved with and I think
that is a reflection of the warmth and professionalism that you all
project. Ki a tino pai rawa atu to mahi I tenei ra."
Tony G/Alpha Temp
"....I
also wanted to let you (Ashleigh) know that I appreciate your quick
and honest responses to all of my queries during this process. This
is part of why I trust Alpha so much...."
Seka
"Hi Sarah,
thank you for taking time to make contact with me. ... I have my name
registered with 3 or 4 Agencies however I never hear from them from 1
month to another. You are the only Consultant who takes time to say Hello and asks about my situation. Well done, both to you
and Alpha, you have top class Client skills and I have recommended your
Company to a couple of my colleagues over the past couple of months.
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Keep up the
good work.....Thanks once again."
...Mike NZ
Parole Board
"Alpha staff were professional, client
focused and very efficient. The staff made absolutely sure that my needs
were identified before any applicant was referred. This meant that I had
referred to me only applicants who met my specific requirements and not
someone else's! The Alpha staff are open and honest and operate to the
highest professional standards."
Alistair Spierling
- Manager Administrative Support Service
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WIN - WIN – WIN – A Mysterious Gift
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HOW?
This takes two clicks; one click to select your
response and one click to send your response.
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We decided that although we like our bubbly, it
doesn’t mean everyone does – so from now on, we will be giving away a
mystery gift… don’t worry – we promise it won’t be a key ring or business
card holder…
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…or anything like this
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QUESTION:
Which one of the following do not effectively “spring”?
To answer, just click on the picture…
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A very hearty and warm Congratulations to our latest winner, Lianne Lee
from Aarque Graphics!
Lianne feels that the
most important aspect of a recruitment agency is the quality of
candidates. (With service a
close second).
Thanks for
entering our competition Lianne,
we trust you enjoyed your hand delivered bottle of bubbles!
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21 New Jobs for Wellington!
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As we all know, jobs are a little harder to come by these
days, and unemployment is rising. However the team at Alpha are extremely
proud to say we have been working with the British High Commission to fill 21
new vacancies in Wellington. The High Commission has built a new Passport
Production Centre for the Australasian Region inside their Thorndon
premises. The centre opened on July 31st and is the biggest operation of
it’s kind outside the United Kingdom.
Alpha was responsible for a large part of the recruitment
process, and received over 450 applications from all over New Zealand. We developed an in-depth screening
process
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to ensure we were able to find candidates of the calibre and
skill sets that the BHC were looking for. It was vital that the new employees were team players
who would excel in a large group, which would soon be processing an
estimated 85,000 passport applications annually!
As well as initial screening, skills testing, criminal/credit
and reference checks, Alpha provided assistance and advice with interviews,
and the final selection and appointment of the chosen candidates. We are
pleased to report the group of newly trained staff have gelled as a team
and are already meeting the targets for issuing British passports.
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Yes, we finally did it. Alpha has set up a healthcare division. We are currently working with candidates
locally and abroad, within a range of professions.
Although we are quite new to this – we do have
partners in the field so we are talking to as many experts as we can in
order to learn as much as we can.
We are focusing on providing candidates coming from
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overseas with a thorough understanding of New
Zealand, our culture and what is like to live in our stunning country. If you have any information you can
share with us regarding the medical industry, be it articles, do’s vs do
not’s, where the best spots are to work and what makes one medical
professional stand out from the next – we want to hear from you!
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Click on the following links to view our new web
pages aimed at enticing off shore medical professionals to join us in NZ.
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Volunteering in between work
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We are noticing an increase in the number of
candidates who are undertaking volunteer assignments for charities.
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This is a great way to keep your skills current, and
contributing to society while you are looking for paid employment.
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One of our senior consultants in Wellington, Ashleigh
Graham was recently interviewed by RNZ on the subject.
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Click here to hear the complete
broadcast
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The BEST On Our Books!
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Generalist
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Sales Rep Superstar
45K base plus
Lana is confidence plus. Lana describes herself as a hunter
and this was apparent in interview.
Lana has sold within the media advertising industry, beauty industry,
homeware and courier industry to name a few. She can turn her hand to anything and no responsibility
is beneath her. If you are
looking for a Sales Rep to build the business through their bright spark,
confidence, professional follow through and negotiation skills – Lana’s
your best bet.
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Senior Administrator/PA
Up to $39 per hour
Beyonce has extensive experience and skills within the
administration field to include EA/PA level. She really enjoys contributing to the team and being
able to give input and use her initiative. Beyonce is a very diplomatic and loyal candidate, who
has proven her flexibility and professionalism on a number of temporary
assignments with Alpha.
Beyonce is your ideal candidate for any short or long-term temporary
requirements!
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Receptionist – Temp
Up to $28 per hour
Fergie is a very well presented candidate with reception and
general administration experience.
Fergie is a confident person and likes to get the job done! She is a flexible and hard working
candidate who is very keen and enthusiastic. Her skills include:-
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Call Handling
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Telephonist duties
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General Administration
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Cash handling
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Meeting and greeting the General
Public
Available immediately for any long and short term
assignments.
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Administrator/Editor
$40k-$50k
Kelly is a quiet and intelligent candidate
who has developed skills across administration, editing and website
administration. She is someone who can be 'thrown in the
deep-end and easily picks up new systems and skills. Over the
last two years Kelly's duties have included accounts, website
administration and quality assurance, excel spreadsheets/reporting, as well
as editing and proofreading. Kelly is very much a details person, and
always aims for perfection.
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Analyst/Advisor
$45k
Peter has strong intermediate-high level
experience in performance and quality monitoring, and service research. He
has a good knowledge of business and office procedures, especially within
New Zealand's public sector. Peter has a head for numbers, is trained in
qualitative and quantitative research and has used a number of computer
programmes and tools. He has a flexible and consultative approach to
work, enjoys a challenging project and is ready to start at short notice.
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Sales Rep – Chemicals
$47K base plus
Neil career has been mainly situated within the
cleaning chemicals and equipment industry. His current role sees him looking after the internal
sales in the branch as well as managing two members of staff. Prior to this his career has been
more focussed on weed control.
Neil has always had strong customer service aspects to his role
where he is responsible for really servicing his customer. More recently this is apparent
through his service delivery around chemical dispensary systems.
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Healthcare
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Paediatrician/Assistant
Surgeon $$ Negotiable
Although
yet to register with the NZ Medical Council, Mo is an Australian citizen
and is seeking an opportunity in New Zealand. He has practiced in Saudi Arabia and has been practicing
in Bangladesh since the late 70’s and is very keen to secure a role in
paediatrics in New Zealand. Mo
struck me as warm and personable medical professional. From 88 to 92 he treated medical,
surgical, obstetrics patients in respective departments, referring any
serious patients to the Emergency Department. Most recently and for the last five years he has held
the position of Medical Resident Officer.
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Medical Lab Technician
$$ Negotiable
Fiona is registered with the New Zealand Medical
Laboratory Science Board, and holds a New Zealand Work to Residence
Visa. Her 5 years of working
at Davao Doctors Hospital in the Philippines has given her a solid
grounding, and exposed her to laboratory testing in the areas of
Haematology, Clinical Chemistry, Immunology, Serology, Clinical Microscopy,
Microbiology and Blood banking.
Fern is qualified holding a Bachelor of Science in Medical
Technology from the Philippines, which has been assessed to Level 7 in NZQA
standards.
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Radiologist
$$ Negotiable
Nick is currently working as a Specialist
Senior Registrar in Radiology in Mumbai, where he has been for over 3
years. He also has 2 years experience of X-rays, Computed Tomography and
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, from Odessa State Medical University in
the Ukraine where he was a Resident in Radiology.
Nick completed his internship in Pune, India, and
has a Masters Degree in Radiodiagnosis, a Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Science. Nick is open to different locations, and is in the
beginning stages of registration with the NZ Medical Council.
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Physiotherapist
$$
Negotiable
Emma
has a BSc Physiotherapy Degree from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
and is a fully registered member of both the Irish the New Zealand
Physiotherapy Boards. She has nearly 3 years experience in total, having
worked at private and public hospitals, and in Physiotherapy Clinics. Emma
is currently working in Hamilton, but would like to move to Wellington to
continue her career. She is in New Zealand on a one year work visa, and is
in the process of applying for permanent residency. Emma would ideally like
to continue her physiotherapy work in the musculoskeletal and sports
therapy areas.
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Cardiac Physiologist
$$ Negotiable
Catherine has a BSc
Hons in Clinical Physiology and a Diploma in Professional
Practice. She is proficient in
the areas of:-
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12-lead ECG's
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Holter monitors (both ECG and BP)
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analysis of Holter recordings
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Exercise Stress Testing
She has just finished a two year clinical
placement in Northern Ireland and would love the opportunity of living and
working in New Zealand for the next two years.
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If you are
interested in
finding out more
on any of
these highly
regarded
candidates
please send your
enquiry through to
wellington@alphajobs.co.nz
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