Stellar Recruitment-industry Update

This is a special edition Industry update as part of our companies’ recent achievement of changing 20,000 lives. In 2012 Stellar Recruitment set a goal of placing 20,000 people into work before 2020, and we are proud to announce that as of November 2019, we achieved this goal and want to celebrate the people who helped get us here. This podcast features leaders from across the company who have been a part of the Stellar journey, sharing their stories of people’s lives who they have helped change, and who in turn have touched them in some way as well.   Highlights   0:30 – Andy Marsland, Business Manager of Oil and Gas 9:45 – Rachael Fitzgerald, Business Manager Perth 14:15 – Jesse Egerton, Division Manager, Trades & Labour Mining 22:40 – Robbie Mcilraith & Shaun McCambridge, Founders of Stellar Recruitment

This episode features Sussanah Osborne - Production General Manager for BHP. Susannah has had an impressive career that has spanned across Australia, New Zealand, Mongolia, Singapore, Canada and Spain. In this podcast she reflects on the decisions she made that dictated the direction of her career, how she sees the future of the mining industry, her experiences as a graduate all the way through to a leader of teams. She offers actionable advice on how others can learn from those around them, engage with mentors and how to be effective on the home front as well as at work. Highlights 1:00 What has driven Susannah’s career and her decision-making process when advancing between roles 5:55 How the thirst for knowledge has driven her need to succeed 8:35 What her vision was at her time of graduating 10:30 Sussanah’s take on how to reverse the downward trend of mining engineering as a career 14:15 Pivotal moments that stand out in Sussanah’s career 17:00 Tips on how to transition between an expert in your field to

Sonia Winter is the General Manager and SSE for BHP at the Poitrel mine in Queensland. She was one of the first female mining engineers to graduate in 1994 and today is a leader and mentor for many young engineers and mining professionals across the industry. In this podcast, Shaun discusses her work ethic behind achieving what she has to date, her pivotal choices in her career and how she balances her demanding role along with being a full-time mum.    1:00 – Sonia’s vision as a young graduate and the pivotal moments in her career 3:15 – How she developed her EQ and IQ 5:15 – Importance of pushing yourself out of your comfort zone 7:45 – What Sonia looks for when hiring team members 9:00 – How Sonia has used and found mentors in her career 10:55 – About challenging the status quo to achieve positive outcomes 14:40 – Moving from being a mining engineer to managing 17:40 – About balancing career and motherhood 20:25 – Habits and rituals Sonia uses to create more success 22:30 – Tips for work life balance 23:60

This episode features Tom Scantlebury – Expert in Customer Experience Management. Tom has 20 years experience in customer experience management, chaired customer experience forums, he has appeared as a keynote speaker and thought leader for Australia’s biggest brands and he has shared the stage with Obama, Branson and Opera. He is an expert in experience management for both Customers and Employees. What is the elevator summary of what customer experience is and what your firm does in this regard? Customer experience management is hard to measure and hard to capture, a customer experience is how people feel about that business through the entirety of their journey with you. Those interactions can start long before they become a customer and sometimes long after they leave. On the flip side – employee experience is the equivalent – how do your employees feel throughout the employee life cycle. That’s what CX and EX are and essentially what we do is, we provide the management to that, we put some methodology and

This episode features Lydia Gentle – Engineering Manager at BHP. She has been awarded the Order of Australia medal for her service to engineering, has worked on various projects internationally and is a successful mentor and leader in her field. In this podcast she discusses her experiences from getting started as an engineer, to her progression as a leader in the largest mining company in the world. She shares her philosophies on leadership, mindset as well as the future of engineering and how aspiring engineers can best prepare themselves and learn about entering the industry.    Rewind back to when you were 17, I understand you had a pretty pivotal conversation with your teacher that set all this in play? Yes I did! Growing up in north Queensland where you’re exposed to the farming industry and agriculture, I was talking to my teacher and he mentioned I should be an engineer and honestly, I had no idea of what engineers even did. It was a pivotal time for me, I was absolutely in awe of my maths teacher and

This week Shaun speaks to Greg Savage - world renowned recruiter, author, speaker and entrepreneur with over 40 years’ experience in the recruitment industry. Greg has scaled 4 highly successful businesses, is a regular on the international speaking circuit and soon to be author of his first book 'The Savage Truth'. Topics discussed in this podcast:   ·       What it takes to be a successful recruiter in 2019 ·       Winning the hearts and minds of a team to achieve great things ·       The effect of AI on the future of the Recruitment Industry ·       The importance of reputation in recruitment and business Can you give us the 3-minute summary of your recruitment CV? I started in January in 1980, I worked in executive search in Australia for a few years, went to London worked for accountancy personnel which is the company that became Hays, this was before the internet, so it was all old school recruiting in it’s truest sense. I then came back to Australia with the same company and when hays bought that compa

In this Industry update, Shaun speaks with Stefanie Maras; Corporate Services Division Manager at Stellar Recruitment and discusses the current state of the market as well as the expected trends we will see over the next 12 months Topics covered: ·       Overview of Corporate Services division  ·       The state of temp to perm placements across the board ·       How employers are leveraging the entire Corporate Services division in their recruiting processes ·       Recommendations for employers in the current hot candidate market ·       Market predictions over the next 12 months   I assume that some of your partners enjoy the fact that they can leverage your wider team to service some of the wide range of roles within the corporate services division as well? I am finding that a lot of our clients do value being able to access that whole recruitment circle, they might start with a business development role and they have a really great experience and they come back and say ok great I know you have a HR and A

In this episode, Shaun speaks with Michael McNab; founding Managing Director of McNab Construction and discusses the history and story of the business and unpacks the unique McNab culture and approach to success in the SE Queensland construction industry. Topics covered: ·       Overview of McNab Construction  ·       The McNab Story – from beginnings to running a company with a $290 million turnover ·       The McNab culture, and how it is instilled in both employees and customers ·       Work ethic and what attracts and retains the best employees   85% of your business is repeat, which is remarkable in construction. Why do you think customers continue to choose to partner with you? It’s really about our people, there’s some simple ethos’ when you work with McNab, I expect you to be solutions focused, I expect you to make a buck but I expect you to put your customers first and foremost. Our industry can be very adversarial, and we get there as well, but the important piece is that the customer is the focus a

In this Industry update, Shaun speaks with Tim Waddell; General Manager at Form Building & Developments in New Zealand and discusses the story behind what built the company and the brilliant opportunities available now in the New Zealand construction market. Topics covered: • Overview of Form as a business  • Origins including the stories of the founders  • How they grew to an $160 million dollar business in 11 years • Culture and what it takes to be a member for the Form team • Current opportunities in the New Zealand market Why do clients choose to partner with Form? Delivery is a big part of it. In the Bay of Plenty there are many large industrial kiwi fruit projects where they must be completed by a date, likewise in Auckland with school projects and other time sensitive jobs. We have that relationship with clients and consultants that we do deliver. They like the element that we can self-perform part of the works with our own tradesman, and we are not reliant on subcontractors in the heated Auckla

Listen to the (6 minute) audio update below where Justin Campbell covers his take on the current market dynamics. During this update he covers: Current rates of pay  The importance of investing in front line leaders to attract and retain key talent The importance of career paths and running a fluent and efficient recruitment process How we are assisting our clients to create new talent pools Other dynamics that we are seeing today that we witnessed in the last boom His prediction on market conditions in the coming months As the recruitment leader of Stellar’s Western Australian team, Justin has built a strong team of recruiters while further strengthening the business’s partnerships. Many Perth based businesses and industry talent choose to do business with Justin not only because of his local industry market knowledge but also his honesty and commitment to achieve results. Justin has been working within the mining market for now 5 years and is frequently onsite and in front of both clients and candid

On this episode Shaun and Mark discuss the the challenges faced by the Mining Industry today. Mark Powell covers his take on the current market dynamics. During this update he covers:   - Current rates of pay (East and West coast)   - The importance of investing in front line leaders to attract and retain key talent  - The importance of career paths and running a fluent and efficient recruitment process  - How we are assisting our clients create new talent pools  - Other dynamics that we are seeing today that we witnessed in the last boom - His prediction on market conditions in the coming months  Mark has been working within the mining market for now 11 years and is frequently onsite and in front of both clients and candidates so if you have any additional questions please feel free to reach out to him or one of his team. His experience is across mining companies, mining contractors, OEM’s and specialist maintenance consultancies and encompasses open cut, underground and multiple comm