Testimonials
Avant being a boutique local agency has that great personal touch. They were very welcoming from the day I registered with them over 2 years ago. Not only did they find me a job but also a potential career path! They are a great team and have looked after me extremely well. 
Finola Donnelly - May 2012
"Alison and her team were extremely helpful and professional throughout our search for a permanent person.  I had the utmost confidence in Avant's ability to source appropriate candidates as a result of the thorough assessment process they facilitated in getting to understand what kind of person we were looking for and why.  They were a delight to work with and we are extremely satisfied with the person we ended up recruiting. I would have no hesitation in using Avant as our preferred recruitment agency or in recommending them to other organisations." - January 2013
Michelle Carse - State Manager SA/NT mlcoa
Keep up the great work!
ITP The Income Tax Professionals, Linda Murphy - Aug 2012
I have had the pleasure of working with Alison Hucks and Avant Personnel, Darwin, since 2008. As a qualified auditor I conducted audits of the business against the industry best practice standard, the RCSA Service Delivery Standard (RCSA SDS) and more recently against AS/NZS ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.The quality management system of Avant Personnel is well established and thoroughly documented. The system was initially certified under the RCSA SDS in April 2008. Over the following 3 years the rating from these audits increased steadily until Avant Personnel were ranked in the top 7% of audit performance.Avant Personnel are now certified in AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems. The business continues to have a well developed and maintained management system. There are no nonconformances. Management commitment to the system is very evident, and the business has always demonstrated a strong focus on customer service and quality. 
CEO Certex International, Dianne Gilbert - - March 2012
I registered with four temping agencies in Darwin and Avant was definitely the friendliest and most welcoming agency and the one that I was most convinced would be trying to find me work. I felt the Avant Consultant really made an attempt to get to know me and what sort of work would suit me. Some other agencies I visited didn't have any conversation with me at all; all I did was fill out forms. Avant is also the only agency who did find me work! Thank you Avant!!
Katey Justice – July 2011
I would like to say a huge thank you to you & everyone else at Avant for your support & professionalism over the last couple of months.  The genuine warmth and friendliness of everyone I have dealt with at Avant is unrivalled. All communication has been timely and professional, and the regular follow up by phone and onsite visits demonstrates the supportiveness of the team. I have never felt like 'just another number' and the service provided by Avant goes above and beyond that of other agencies. I will be recommending Avant to both employers and job seekers.
Susan Clee - Mar 13
Completely satisfied, if we could have found a way to make 3 days a week work to keep her we would have.
YWCA HR Manager, Carla Pollard - June 2012
Extremely happy with the temp admin people. 
Tristar Industries, Diane Aisbett - March 2012
Alison and her team were extremely helpful and professional throughout our search for a permanent person.  I had the utmost confidence in Avant's ability to source appropriate candidates as a result of the thorough assessment process they facilitated in getting to understand what kind of person we were looking for and why.  They were a delight to work with and we are extremely satisfied with the person we ended up recruiting. I would have no hesitation in using Avant as our preferred recruitment agency or in recommending them to other organisations. Michelle Carse - State Manager SA/NT mlcoa  January 2013
Michelle Carse, mlcoa
The Avant Consultants are remarkably friendly, attentive and supportive! From the first meeting and onwards. Lovely. They make you feel appreciated. Thank you for arranging this job placement so quickly. Hopefully you have more in store for me. Thanks.
Nicolien De Koning - Mar 2011

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To do or to don’t. Part 5 in our series being organised @ work.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Are you proactive at work or are you a procrastinator? Do you get all your work done on time or do you rush to finish things by the required deadline?  Are you a ‘doer’ or a ‘don’ter’?  Every job requires work to be done in a certain manner, by a certain time.  It’s how we schedule that work and how we complete that work, that’s the key to productivity and also the key to an organised, less stressful life.

 Most of us diarise or schedule work and make to do lists.  The way you diarise, schedule and list work that makes the difference.  I have known people to write to do lists of work they have already done, just for the satisfaction of crossing the tasks of a list!

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Email Overload! - Part 2 in our series on being organised @ work

Friday, April 5, 2013

I don’t know about you, but I find managing emails a real pain!  I remember when emails first hit the workplace (yes I’m old). We were told way back then, how efficient emails would be, how time saving; how we would be more productive.  Yes, to a large extent this is true.  Yet like most things (especially technology), it depends on user input; or for the most part with emails – user organisation.

 Whilst I would never confess to be good at email management, I don’t believe I am a slave to my emails.

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Organise Your Time - Part 4 in our series on being organised @ work

Friday, April 5, 2013

We’ve all heard of time management and some of us have even been on courses to learn about it.  Quite frankly it’s an oxymoron – time is not to be ‘managed’; time is spent.  How you spend your time comes down to a number of factors, some of those being:

  • your general health & well being
  • your motivation levels
  • your initiative
  • your skills & abilities
  • your environment
  • your relationships
  • etc!

 When it comes to work, where inevitably we try to meet deadlines, return all emails, meet our boss’s expectations; we then add in the above factors plus the pace and demands of business today and we end up with an equation that equals stress and a loss of time ‘management’.

So how do you organise your time at work to alleviate stress and spend your time well?  Try these tips:

  • Apply the 5 minute rule:  optimise your time by focussing on the task at hand for a good 5 minutes, even if it means letting the team know and putting your phone on DND.  Every 5 minutes look up, check your messages, respond to anything urgent and then get ba

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Organise your thoughts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Part 3 in our series on being organised @ work

Alison Hucks, Principal @ Avant and long serving Darwin recruiter

Sometimes getting others to understand what we are saying, or to understand what we are trying  to communicate -  feels sort of like herding cats. Everyone one of us approaches things with our own perspective, our own agenda, our own paradigm.  So how do we get others to understand us?  First and foremost we need to organise our own thoughts. 

Whether it be an idea for improving efficiencies; or explaining how a certain task is done; or trying to let a colleague know that you need help; or asking for additional resources; whatever the reason - whenever we want others to understand what we are communicating  its a great idea to practise the following: 

  • Make notes:  not Wikipedia lengths, a few key bullet points will do.

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