ICT Group Denies worker time off to visit dying Grandfather

How does that Title grab you? Make you want to scream and pull out your hair?
I know it does to me as it directly implies to my son and his employer. My wife’s dad in pretty well on his deathbed for the Doctors told a family member to call in all the family to come to his bedside as his struggles to hold on.
My son who works for ICT Group ask for an additional day off (without pay) so he can travel out of town to have a visit with his grandfather before his pop pass on. The Company refused his request, so then he ask can he leave work early so he may go home pack and get on the road. Still the company refused. The company told my son he can have 3 days off when the grandfather passes and on his return work he has to bring in proof on his grandfather passing.
There no compassion even in Xmas season for this company and thier employee’s.

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Want Better Work Teams? Hire More Women…

The Harvard Business Review recently highlighted a recent study by Professors Anita Woolley and Thomas Malone, in which the researchers studied how team/group diversification would impact overall team intelligence (you can view their explanation of the findings in Defend Your Research:  What Makes A Team Smarter? More Women ).  Big surprise to all us husbands, they found that teams with more women are smarter!  From the article: “The standard argument is that diversity is good and you should have both men and women in a group. But so far, the data show, the more women, the better.  We have early evidence that performance may flatten out at the extreme end—that there should be a little gender diversity rather than all women. You do realize you're saying that groups with women are smarter then groups with men? Yes. And you can tell I’m hesitating a little. It’s not that I don’t trust the data. I do. It’s just that part of that finding can be explained by differences in social sensitivity, which we found is also important to group performance. Many studies have shown that women tend to score higher on tests of social sensitivity than men do. So what is really important is to have people who are high in social sensitivity, whether they are men or women.”  So, why didn't the study find that regardless of women or men – that the group with just the smartest 10 people was the smartest group?   Conventional wisdom would say give me the 10 smartest people and I'll have the smartest team.  Here's the problem, in almost any example in real life, this doesn't work out.  Take the top 5 scorers in the NBA in any given year, put them on one team, and they'll almost always get beat by another team that was put together as a “team”.  There are many ingredients that need to come together to make a great team – yes, intelligence is one, but it takes more than just intelligence, and those other items are why women performed better in this study.  Here are some of the factors that the researchers pointed to of why women dominated teams performed better: Communication: women team members tend to listen more to each other Constructive Criticism: women tend to share criticism more constructively than men Open to others ideas: the women had open minds about others' ideas and theories Authority: the women weren't as autocratic as their male counterparts What this study really does is speak more about team dynamics and what makes a team successful than to the differences between men and women.  The researchers also found that extreme diversification, i.e., all women or all men teams performed the worst of all – so some level of gender diversification is needed for high performance. Not in a position to fire all of your male employees and hire more women?! Not to worry – the ingredients aren't secret, but the training of the soft skills needed to be successful might be more work than just de-manning your company and moving forward. Editor's Note : Tim Sackett, SPHR is the EVP of HRU Technical Resources in Lansing, MI. Tim loves everything talent acquisition and believes every corporate recruitment department in America can and must get better. He has 15+ years of human resource leadership experience, across multiple industries, on both the corporate and agency side – so he gets it from both sides of the desk. Want more?  Um, OK… He has a Masters of HR and… well, he was recently voted #5 best assistant little league coach of his son’s five team league. Check out his newest blog venture at  www.timsackett.com . Because he's got A LOT to say, and FOT just isn't enough for him.  

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BRW 2011 Best Places to work

I just got my nice fresh smelling copy of BRW’s top 50 places to work. Looks like, unlike last year, they may have got it right by giving google position 1. Perhaps this makes their rating system slightly more credible.

But the list of the top 50 companies according to BRW 2011 is,

1. Google
2. E-Web Marketing
3. NetApp Australia
4. Juniper Networks.
5. Atlassian
6. Davidson Recruitment
7. OBS
8. Ikon Communications.
9. MRWED Group.
10. Altis Consulting.
11. Cordelta
12. The Pysio Co
13. Auscoal
14. Coca-Cola Amatil
15. Distribution Central.
16. Kiandra IT.
17. Swaab Attorneys.
18. Readify.
19. Sentis
20. JDS Australia
21. Orbis Global
22. Porter Davis Homes
23. Bluefin Resources
24. McAfee Australia
25. Amgen Australia
26. Deloitte
27. Employment Office
28. Viteknologies
29. RedBalloon
30. Wavelength International
31. Simcorp
32. Telcoinabox
33. Nova Group
34. Ansarada
35. Ezypay
36. OMD Australia
37. Silver Chef
38. Unique World
39. Diageo Australia
40. Zinc
41. Advanced Solutions International
42. SAS Institute Australia
43. MediaCom
44. The Smart Group
45. C3 Business Solutions
46. Check Point software solutions
47. Finite Recruitment
48. Pitcher Partners Advisors
49. Austereo
50. Philip Webb

Interesting, I notice that no one has actually made a review of any of the above companies. I’d love to hear from people who have actually worked for any of these companies.

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The Cobra Group – Taking Advantage Of Young Minds

A few years ago I was looking for work in the sales and marketing industry and came across an ad on Seek.com which I applied for. After going for 2 interviews with this organisation I was introduced into a whole new world known as “The Cobra Group”.

The Cobra Group is a sales and marketing organisation that specialise in direct face to face marketing. Looking back on my time at The Cobra Group I believe that the leaders of The Cobra Group take advantage of the people in the organisation by promising them long term dreams, the end goal they promise is that one day you will be able to own your own company and have the potential to earn $100,000 per year gross, which looking back now isn’t really much at all.

The people in the organisation are not paid a wage because they are paid on a commission basis for the sales they make. We were taken on as sole contractors but never really educated on the fact that we needed to pay our own tax and superannuation.

I honestly believe that the senior people within The Cobra Organisation have set up the organisation to really only benefit themselves and the money they make and they are able to convince people to work hard by making false promises to young people.

I worked in this organisation for over 2 years and worked my absolute butt off yet however was in a worse position then when I first began because I owed a considerable amount of money to the ATO.

The only way to get ahead in The Cobra Group is by recruiting team members underneath you, the catch is the only people you can convince to walk around 8 hours a day, door knocking, selling various products and services with commission based only pay is young people, who fall for the illusion of success in the future.

I want to warn everyone out there of The Cobra Group as I see it as almost a slave labour organisation that promise dreams in the future that are very rarely reached. Has anyone else had experiences with The Cobra Group?

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The Cobra Group

The Cobra Group Cobra Group | Pages | homepage Skip to content Home About us News Companies The Appco Group TecProtec Get Covered Promoz Direct CRS Racing Sales Group International Australian Power Gas Firstfolio CRS Yachts Regular Giving Directors Investments Foundation Contact us Meet the new MP4-12C GT3 sports car McLaren joins forces with CRS Racing in development and support of the new MP4-12C GT3 sports car The Cobra Group of Companies The Cobra Group is a young diversified Group of Companies with interests in Sales and Marketing Insurance Energy Financial Services High-Tech Security Field Marketing and Promotions Business Process Outsourcing Mid-Range Super Yachts and Motorsports The combined annual turnover of the Group exceeds a billion dollars and we estimate that on a daily basis there are over 100,000 people worldwide who connect to the Group in some way to earn their living The Cobra Group now has presence on five continents and speaks to over one million people every day in more than 20 countries 800 locations across 10 Group companies APG continued expansion Australian Power amp Gas achieves 250,000 net customers as it continues to post record growth across the eastern seaboard For a child’s smile Appco Group Support helping Save the Children Brand new office in Malaysia Appco Group Malaysia has just opened a brand new office in Kuala Lumpur On behalf of all the children 4th Save the Children Awards Ceremony saw FRs rewarded with trip to Uganda Major cornerstone investor for APG Nippon Gas agrees to buy a strategic stake in Australian Power amp Gas Beyond expectations Appco Group Sports plays a vital role for APC More NEWS stories Share | copy Copyright 2010 Cobra Group All Rights Reserved

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The three keys to attracting top talent; Resources crucial to Skilled Group; plus more

The three simple keys to attracting and retaining top talent…. Resources now crucial to Skilled Group….Green credentials important in attracting young candidates.

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ITCRA and RCSA developing joint policy on contractors

ITCRA and the RCSA have moved towards closer cooperation in key policy areas, after establishing a working group to present a unified position on independent contractors. And in other news, ITCRA’s new benchmarking report shows some interesting comparisons between the general and ICT recruitment industries.

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Which social media monitoring tool should I buy? | SOCIAL MEDIA …

Involved in the digital media and Marketing industry for many years, through working at the Economist Group (uk), Adshel, Universal McCanns, Zivo, emitch, OneDigital, IBM (client side), Agency .com & TBWA. Now in Bath … ABOUT JOHN'S COMPANY. Digital Ministry. Australian Digital Marketing News, Jobs and Opinion. The site where top Digital Marketers offer their opinion on our industry More info & Contact Details …

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Byron Thomas Recruitment – Finance And Accounting Recruitment Specialists

Byron Thomas Recruitment – Finance And Accounting Recruitment Specialists Home | Accounting Recruitment Solutions Jobs and Career Advice Byron Thomas Recruitment About UsAccounting JobsCareer AdviceMarket NewsContact UsWork for usSite Map Home Main Menu HomeAccounting JobsCareer AdviceAbout UsMarket NewsContact UsRegister with us Login Form Submit CV Username Password Remember Me Forgot your password Forgot your username Create an account Networks ImageSlideShow requires Javascript ImageSlideShow requires Javascript Designed by Joomla Templates Byron Thomas Recruitment Job Search and Career Advice The Exclusive Accounting Recruitment Company View our exclusive jobs on nbsp;&nbsp nbsp;&nbsp Byron Thomas Recruitment specialises in exclusively recruiting finance and accounting personnel in the below key areas Finance Director CFO Business Commercial Analyst Commercial Manager Cost Accountant Financial Controller Assistant Accountant Shared Services Manager Management Accountant Financial Accountant Finance Manager Accounts Payable Officer Supervisor amp Manager General Manager Payroll Officer Supervisor amp Manager Group CFO Credit Officer Supervisor amp Manager nbsp Featured Jobs ImageSlideShow requires Javascript ImageSlideShow requires Javascript Proudly Supporting ImageSlideShow requires Javascript Polls What is your biggest motivator during your job search Money Location Company Size Stability Career Progression Working Environment Company Culture nbsp Who’s Online We have 4 guests online Accounting Recruitment Solutions Jobs and Career Advice Byron Thomas Recruitment Powered by Joomla and designed by SiteGround web hosting Valid XHTML and CSS

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Command Recruitment Group

Command Recruitment Group Recruitment Agency Australia Job Search Command Recruitment Change Site Recruitment Services Candidate Services Services for our candidates including timesheets interview tips useful links and more Client Services Find out more about our services for clients including e-learning assessment centre and immigration facility Careers At Command We are continually seeking experienced recruitment personnel to join our ever growing teams Quick Job Search Education and Training Resource TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCES Do you have the skills required for the job Select from 4000+ training courses Begin your Career Training path here Discount Courses TAFE amp Degrees HOME | ABOUT US | PRIVACY | SITEMAP | CONTACT Copyright #169 2004 Command Recruitment Group Whether you are commencing a job search in Sydney Melbourne or anywhere in Australia Command Recruitment Group has the right job for you Our recruitment agency offers five specialist service lines for job searchers as well as career advice and industry information

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CEO Survey: Companies Will Need The Assistance of Recruitment Firms To Grow

The findings from the latest CEO Survey, conducted jointly by Australia Industry Group and Deloitte, bring good news for third-party talent solution providers. Firstly, three quarters of all businesses are planning to hire new staff in the next two years. The larger the company turnover the more bullish the hiring intentions;

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Young Kim on hardware design and the amazing Arc Mouse

‘Softie in question: Young Kim Job title: Senior User Experience Designer, Microsoft Hardware Group Check out the video below. Young discusses the innovative – and literally flexible –

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Turmoil at SKILLED Group

SKILLED Group will undergo a business-wide strategic review, and CEO Greg Hargrave will step down, following the company’s “unacceptable” performance over the past few months.

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Gel Group boosts team by five

Gel Group has made five significant appointments to its recruitment team.

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