Where do We Find Our Graduates?
August 28, 2009 by ProGrad · Leave a Comment
ProGrad recently held another assessment day in Sydney. The 40 recent university candidates were invited due to their success on a telephone interview held the week before. ProGrad recieves over 500 applications each week in Sydney and Melbourne from graduates who are looking to get into a business to business sales career. So how do we find our superstar graduates and how do people become aware of what ProGrad do? The team at ProGrad aim to market and spread the word in a number of ways.
Firstly, we post each of our current job opportunities across internet job sites including mycareer, careerone, seek and graduatejobs. ProGrad also contacts universities, graduate fairs and career fairs with an aim of speaking to candidates that are near the completion of their degree.
ProGrad also aims at informing graduates with the use of social media including our mini websites, Facebook page, Flickr page and Twitter.
If you are interested in becoming a ProGrad graduate, please call us directly on 02 8235 8300 or visit ProGrads main webpage at www.prograd.com.au
ProGrad Module 3: Negotiation Skills
August 12, 2009 by ProGrad · Leave a Comment
ProGrad is an assessment, placement and training centre that assists university graduates in finding roles within business to business sales departments. ProGrad facilitates 4 training courses throughout their graduates first year of employment. Module 1 is An Introduction to Professional Sales and Marketing, Module 2 is based on SPIN Selling, Module 3 focuses on Negotiation Skills and Module 4 is aimed to educate the graduates on Key Account Management.
A recent ProGrad module 3 course was held in Sydney. The following are some feedback and comments left by graduates.
“I can directly apply this training course to my role. The content and delivery was fantastic. Role plays definitely helped to apply the theory.” Jessica, ProGrad Graduate.
“The negotiation training was superb. This is a course relevant to all areas of work and life. I particularly enjoyed the role play activities. John, the trainer is an excellent teacher. The insightful ‘real world’ examples tied in very well to the course.” Jonathon, ProGrad Graduate.
If you are a recent graduate who is looking to start your career or undertake in ProGrads training courses, please call the ProGrad management team on 02 8235 8300 or visit the ProGrad website at www.prograd.com.au
Taking Holiday Leave
June 22, 2009 by ProGrad · Leave a Comment
A recent survey conducted by Tourism Australia concluded that Australian employees have accrued more than 70 million days leave, which is equivalent to around 14 million weeks. So why aren’t Australians taking their holiday leave? The main reasons include financial pressures, work anxiety while away, fear of job security and feeling guilty for taking the leave.
When Australians do take the time off from work, many admit to being able to be contacted via email or mobile phone and check their work emails regularly while away.
Currently many employers would prefer their employees to take short amounts of time off throughout the year instead of building up their holiday leave and taking it all at once.
Have you had a holiday lately?
Sophie
ProGrad is an assessment, placement and training organization for graduates. If you would like more information on our training services, please call our office directly on 02 8235 8300 or visit our website at www.prograd.com.au
The Importance of Discretion
April 23, 2009 by ProGrad · Leave a Comment
During these tough economic times, when it is even harder than ever to secure an interview - it is absolutely essential to be discreet about which interviews you have lined up.
At ProGrad, we run a weekly assessment centre for recent University Graduates and see all too often the dangers of being open about your interviews. Your friends are very likely to be your competition within the job market - and so our recommendation is to be very careful about discussing your interviews with them!
The more people you tell about your interviews - the more likely it is that you will increase the level of interest in them. In telling your friends about opportunities, you are simply encouraging them to apply also.
Almost every week, we are seeing candidates lose out on interviews to their very own friends! Simply because they expressed their enthusiasm for the company they were seeing, and got their friends interested also!
Our recommendation is to keep every interview highly confidential, and be discreet about who you talk to about it!!
At ProGrad we are a specialist in graduate recruitment, if you would like to speak to a ProGrad Graduate Manager about a role, please call us at our Head Office on 02 8235 8300. Alternatively, you can email us for more information at info@prograd.com.au