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january 2010







January 2010: Are you struggling with writing your graduate CV? If so, there might be a CV writing service to assist. Job seekers don't have long to create a good impression with a resume...

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January 2010: ProGrad are launching into 2010 with a number of exciting projects for recent graduates across a number of industries. Here we discuss how our model is starting to be utilised by a variety of different organisations.

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January 2010: ProGrad celebrated the end of 2009 with a boat race in Sydney's harbour. The two crews raced from Rushcutters Bay, with a clear winning team!

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November - December 2009







November 2009: ProGrad Young Achievers needed! ProGrad would like to acknowledge strong performance of our placed candidates. If you would like to nominate a ProGrad employee, please let us know!

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November 2009: Has the recession actually improved the talent pool for sales professionals? Over the last 12 months, we have seen an interesting change in recruitment strategies used by organisations looking to recruit...

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November 2009: ProGrad look back at a key client who over the last 10 months has seen a huge increase in sales results thanks to the recent ProGrad recruits. The graduates here are going from strength to strength.

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September - november 09









November 2009: ProGrad celebrate Melbourne Cup as a team, and spend the afternoon waiting for the race that stops the nation! After losing some money (well, not all of us) we enjoyed a few more drinks as a team.

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November 2009: Its almost time, for ProGrad to participate in the JPMorgan Chase Coporate Challenge, taking place at Centennial Park.

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November 2009: ProGrad kick start the graduate program within DiData, placing a strong group of candidates into their graduate academy.

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October 2009: ProGrad start to utilise blogging as a mechnism to discuss topics such as interview techniques and suggestions for the assessment day

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RECENT PROGRAD NEWS - JANUARY TO August 2009

August 2009: ProGrad finally join Twitter...its been a long time coming, but we couldn't ignore it any longer. Please Follow Us!!

August 2009: Blair Whitehead comments on the difficulties faced by companies, advertising for "experienced sales people", luring them with strong OTEs...but why would they leave their current role if they're successful in it?

August 2009: ProGrad run the City to Surf...or at least, some of us do. Tackling the 14kms in true style, some of our athletic team members make it in good time...and celebrate their triumph in Bondi.

July 2009: ProGrad celebrate Christmas in July, with our Sales Kick Off in Bowral. Celebrating a strong end to the financial year!

June 2009: As we approach the end of our financial year, the ProGrad team celebrate excellent results and a growing team

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April 2009: Noel joins the ProGrad Business Development Team. Noel brings with him an extensive understanding about recruitment, primarily within the technology arena.

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March 2009: Advertising Agencies are feeling recruitment slide. Celia Johnson from B&T Magazine discusses the impact of the economy on advertising and media agencies in Australia.

January 2009: ProGrad welcome Rob Hill to the Melbourne team as a Senior Business Development Manager. Rob joins ProGrad with a wealth of experience in the recruitment industry, working with organisations in IT, Telco, Media and FMCG.

RECENT PROGRAD NEWS - AUGUST TO DECEMBER 2008

December 2008: Due to increased client demand, ProGrad are now running assessment centres specifically aimed at technical candidates. These assessment days will run separately to our usual assessment centres.

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November 2008: ProGrad are recruiting again! With the introduction of a Melbourne office and large projects to complete in Sydney, ProGrad are once again looking to grow.

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November 2008: ProGrad open the Melbourne office with a team of business development executives, selected from the ProGrad assessment process.

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November 2008: ProGrad celebrate the Melbourne Cup in style, with "fashions on the carpet" and a team lunch.

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PROGRAD NEWS - March to August 2008

August 2008: "The ProGrad Sales Olympics" take place at our Sydney offices, which sees the team dress up in various sporting themes. All points gained go towards the medal tally, and various prizes are up for grabs.

August 2008: It's that time of year again...where the "athletic" team members don their best running gear for the City to Surf. Secret personal training sessions made this the most competitive run yet!

July 2008: ProGrad celebrate the end of a great financial year, and kick off the 2008/ 2009 with a Harbour Bridge Climb.

June 2008: The Recall Graduate team introduce a new concept, with their "Bad Taste Friday" theme.

June 2008: ProGrad welcome Kingsley Farrow to the growing team. Kingsley joins us as our Training Manager, responsible for the design and implementation of our Graduate Training Programmes.

May 2008: ProGrad kick off their new sporting event, with a weekly appearance at an indoor soccer league. What we lack in skill, we definitely make up for in our winning attitude.

March 2008: As a way of celebrating the top performance of the team, ProGrad put on their bowling shoes and get competitive!

prograd news 2007 to 2008

January 2008: Women are not being paid as much as their male counterparts in the workplace, even in the top echelons of the business world, a new government report has found...

January 2008: Career placements for IT graduates has finally recovered from the
dot com burst and looks set to overtake the national average across all sectors for graduate job placements...

January 2008: Sydney, Australia - TAFE (Technical and Further Education) NSW, the largest vocational education and training provider in Australia, now offers Nortel's* (NYSE/TSX: NT) Technology Solutions Academy courseware...

January 2008: There has been a definite shift to hiring sales staff to head companies, away from those with actuarial or legal backgournds, in the past decade. "If they can't sell the story it doesn't matter how good the product is."...

December 2007: Employment prospects for new university graduates are on the
rise, after the strongest job figures since 1990 were released yesterday...

June 2007: One of the ProGrad Graduate Team interviews two of our Graduates working at a leading media company. Over a year into their careers, they are now managing new ProGrad graduates that start...

May 2007: Chris and Mark from Telarus make an appearance in the Ambition section of the Australian newspaper. Both Mark and Chris were successful at the ProGrad assessment day and have started their career with a leading IT company...

April 2007: A graduate success story from Citrix where ProGrad graduates Stephanie and Dean have kick started their career and led the way for other graduates to follow...

March 2007: Fiona White joins Sterling Commerce in Melbourne and makes an appearance in ITWire. Read the article here...

March 2007: A recent survey has revealed that nearly 40 percent of businesses feel that they will struggle to fill graduate vacancies...

February 2007: One of the most important thing a graduate desires in their first position is training to help them form a better understanding of their position...

January 2007: In a generation where the graduate marketpalce is extremely competitive, there has been a gradual increase in resume's that are filled with fibs....

December 2006: Graduatejobs.com.au reports on the "Misconceptions of a Graduate"....

October 2006: ProGrad team up with the Sydney Kings and become a supporting partner of their sponsorship programme. This successful partnership has led to the introduction of our graduates in the sales and marketing division!...

June 2006: Following on from last month’s interview with Blair Whitehead from ProGrad, Australia’s only assessment, placement and training company; this month we ask his advice on the interview process...

May 2006: New recruit, Alex Adams has joined the Sydney ProGrad office. Selected from the ProGrad assessment day, Alex demonstrated a natural aptitude for sales and will now be assisting other graduates to kick start their own careers.

April 2006: For Graduates leaving University, keen to pay off their debts, that first job could be the most crucial step towards a successful career...

March 2006: MyCareer meets graduate recruiter Blair Whitehead from ProGrad, Australia’s only graduate recruitment agency. According to Blair, there are certain do’s and don’ts before you even get to the application stage...