08th Dec2009

ProGrad sponsor “B&T’s Young Achiever Award”

by Berleena

ProGrad were proud sponsors of the B&T Awards ceremony, held at Randwick Race Course, Sydney on Friday 4th December 2009.

Bruce Mundell, from Mindshare won the award for his excellent contribution to new business and also his enthusiasm for charity work.  He was presented the award on Friday by ProGrad.

ProGrad are specialists in graduate recruitment and actively encourage organisations to home-grow their own talent.  Young people can achieve great things in the work place and their drive and determination enhances their success in any environment.

Bruce is a great example of a “young achiever” (sub-30) who has gone above and beyond the expectations of his organisation to over-achieve.

The awards ceremony was a great evening for all, and we look forward to being a part of the event again next year.

If you’re looking to recruit your next “young achiever” please contact ProGrad on 02 8235 8300.Or email info@prograd.com.au

For more photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=168060&id=126475642525&saved#/pages/Sydney-Australia/ProGrad/126475642525

You can also follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/progradgraduate

07th Dec2009

ProGrad Melbourne Assessment Day

by Berleena

Our next ProGrad Assessment Day in Melbourne is taking place on Tuesday 15th December and spaces are limited.

This is the last ProGrad assessment day of the year in Melbourne and will be sure to attract more candidates and employers than before.

We’re looking for recent University graduates with a keen interest to get involved in B2B sales and marketing careers with organisations in Media, FMCG, Pharmaceutical, IT, Telco, Finance and Events/ Entertainment.

No experience is required as ProGrad offer a full, comprehensive training program upon placement, which is funded by our employers and simply facilitated by ProGrad.  We have over 600 employers that have engaged with ProGrad over the last few years and therefore are described as Australia’s leading recruiter in the graduate market.

If you’re interested in becoming a ProGrad graduate and learning more about our opportunities, please contact the Graduate Development team on 02 8235 8300.  For some information about past placements and recent successes that we have had, please look at our website, by following this link: http://www.prograd.com.au/Case%20Studies/Case%20Studies-15.aspx

07th Dec2009

ProGrad are growing the team

by Berleena

ProGrad are yet again looking to recruit for our own in-house graduate program in Sydney.  We are looking to start a new group of graduates in the New Year and have already commenced the interview process.

We like to recruit through our own process, using recent graduates who have made it through the ProGrad assessment day.  This ensures our selected graduates have been assessed for their capability in sales and our interview process is then about assessing a cultural fit for the business.

ProGrad has been in Australia since 2005, and have grown dramatically over recent years.  This growth has been due to the efforts of our own graduate recruits who demonstrate genuine passion and flair for our business model. 

As a Business Development Executive within ProGrad, the role combines a B2B sales component with the involvement of assessment days and telephone screening initially.  The graduates have an intense induction period when joining ProGrad and are then on a career progression plan which ensures their ability to do all elements of the role within the first 12 months of joining.  Graduates then embark on a Management development program to ensure their continual development within the business.

ProGrad are expanding into the US market in 2010, and will also be offering international travel to employees over the forthcoming years to ensure further development of their careers.

If you’re keen on knowing more about the ProGrad roles and our in-house graduate program, please contact us on 02 8235 8300 or email info@prograd.com.au

02nd Dec2009

Join our ProGrad Linkedin Group

by Berleena

ProGrad have a linkedin group as another tool to stay in touch with our placed graduates.  If you are a ProGrad graduate and would like to keep in touch, please join our group http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=1773523&sharedKey=60514049AF8C

We will be sure to keep you up to date with ProGrad news, and events in 2010!

If you’re not part of ProGrad but would like to know more, please contact us on 02 8235 8300 and ask for one of the ProGrad Graduate Development Team.

02nd Dec2009

ProGrad Facebook Group

by Berleena

If you’re a recent ProGrad graduate and you’d like to follow our Facebook Group, please do by clicking here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-Australia/ProGrad/126475642525

ProGrad have successfully placed over 2,000 graduates in Australia over the last few years and we’d like to keep in touch with as many of our graduates as possible.  ProGrad have some exciting plans for 2010 which will be broadcast on our Facebook page.

If you’re a recent graduate and you’re looking to be part of the ProGrad process, please contact us on 02 8235 8300 for more information.  ProGrad are a specialist graduate recruiter and we specialise in placing graduates into corporate careers with no experience. Full training is provided with all of our roles and so you do not need to have previous experience.

We hope to hear from you soon! ProGrad Graduate Team.

02nd Dec2009

Audit your sales team, with ProGrad

by Berleena

ProGrad have developed a tool to assist you in auditing your sales team.  Prior to putting training courses in place, or hiring more sales people, it is a good idea to audit the current team.

With our Training Needs Analysis, we can spend time with your team and identify their true strengths and weaknesses.  More importantly, we can identify their true learning style which then guarantees their success in the consequent training course.

Training is a luxury, and not a right.  It therefore needs to be treated as such within the business, to ensure that any investment is carefully analysed and an ROI can be deonstrated.

ProGrad have successfully been delivering TNAs with our clients over the last 18 months with some fantastic results.  If you’d like to know more about this offering, please click http://www.prograd.com.au/Training/Training/Training%20Needs%20Analysis-501.aspx

Alternatively, feel free to call us directly to discuss on 02 8235 8300.

02nd Dec2009

Online Training

by Berleena

ProGrad would like to assist placed graduates with online training tools which can be utilised “on the job”.  We’re thinking of providing an access for candidates that are looking for assistance to manage and monitor their own performance levels.

More than ever, in the current economic climate sales managers are spending more time selling, and less time managing.  As a result, they’re perhaps not able to spend as much time with the teams as they have done previously.

Rather than get frustrated by this, why not take matters into your own hands and manage your own performance.  Set your own KPIs, set your own time planner, and set your own performance review.  Don’t expect more from your manager, but give more as an employee.

If you have any ideas or suggestions of things that could be incorporated in this online training, please let us know.  Otherwise, watch this space as we’ll try to have some tools go live very soon!

For more information about ProGrad and our training, please contact the ProGrad office on 02 8235 8300.

02nd Dec2009

Melbourne Assessment Days – update

by Berleena

ProGrad have seen a huge spike in graduate positions in Sydney over recent months, however Melbourne has only constitued approximately 20% of the roles available to us.

With this in mind, ProGrad will be running more Melbourne assessment days in early 2010 and we will keep you posted of those dates as they become available.  We are still working heavily in the Victoria region to find more graduate opportunities for you and will keep you updated.

If you’re a Melbourne candidate and would like to speak to someone at ProGrad about our opportunities, please contact us on 02 8235 8300.  Alternatively, we can be emailed at info@prograd.com.au

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