As part of Avant’s ongoing commitment to Community Spirit, the Avant team recently took part in the inaugural Homeless Connect event, which aims to provide services to homeless people as well as raise community awareness about the issue of homelessness in the Darwin municipality. An initiative of the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors, Homeless Connect was first established in San Francisco in early 2004, and the concept has grown considerably as a means of providing a practical response to homelessness.
Discover the Avant-Angkor Connection
I have been truly awestruck by the scale, beauty, grace and ingenuity of Angkor Wat* and the temples of the Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia.
I switch on my computer as I start my day at work and immediately the reminders pop up on the screen, begging for immediate attention. Already my brow is creased, I shake my head wondering what on earth I was thinking when I scheduled and re-scheduled all of these tasks for today! Did I really think that today I would have more time available than I did this time last week?
The team at Avant was thrilled to have ‘Recruitment Guru’, Ross Clennett in the office recently and had the opportunity to benefit from his industry experience and knowledge. His half day training program focused on best practice in recruitment and responding to industry trends and market.
As economic circumstances change for some Territory businesses and as we see an increase in active job seekers in the market, we have the wonderful opportunity to cement the future of your business in the Northern Territory by making quality recruitment decisions. With an increase in applicants now is the time to be discerning.
RCSA Service Delivery Standard: delivering results to the industry
Since its launch in March 2005 the RCSA Service Delivery Standard has helped recruitment businesses adopt best practice in the delivery of their services to clients and candidates.
Get ready for the next business cycle- Preparation counts in changing economic climate
Lessons are learnt and skills are honed by experience. The 2001-2002 financial year was an extraordinarily difficult one for the majority of businesses worldwide. It was an exceptionally difficult year for the majority of NT businesses. The impact of September 11 was felt around the world, the collapse of Ansett hit Australia hard especially in the regional areas and the NT, there was SARS which impacted tourism greatly and forced the cancellation of the Arafura Games here in Darwin.
BusinessDictionary.com defines quality as “Strict and consistent adherence to measurable and verifiable standards to achieve uniformity of output that satisfies specific customer or user requirements.”
The focus on continuous improvement by Australian businesses has led to a strong move to quality assurance, or industry accredited endorsements, over the past decade. In the changing economic climate of today, quality (procedures, processes, products and services), will become vital to ensuring business success into the future.
The dictionary definition for “karma” is: “the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person’s existence, regarded as determining the person’s identity”. How does this apply to you in today’s job market?
Gone are the days when On Hire Casual positions are limited to secretaries and file clerks. On Hire Casuals (or sometimes referred to as 'Temps') currently work in a variety of roles including: accountants, financial officers, marketing coordinators, scientists, lawyers and IT professionals, for example.
Often referred to as "Temping", registering as an "On-hire Casual" with Avant can open the door to many opportunities for you, with a broad range of career benefits.
A high attrition rate in a business or organisation can result in an incredibly significant expenditure. The fact is, that here in the Northern Territory, we have a highly transient population and what we should be asking ourselves is; "Is retention the best business focus in this environment".
Sending your staff to training seminars, workshops and courses can be a great way to reward your team. But are we making the most of our training dollar? Are training opportunities linking with our business goals?
