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About UsDirector/Consultants Profile
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Val entered the IT recruitment industry in 1984 having gained previous work experience in banking, finance, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and the newspaper industry. She has successfully undertaken recruitment assignments in Hong Kong, the UK and New Zealand.
Val is an Associate Member of the Institute of Personnel Consultants (IPC).
Val's reputation for understanding client's operational and business requirements has made her particularly effective in customer service, support, projects and consultancy appointments both in the vendor community and in the user community. Technical assignments requiring specific skills are also Val's forte.
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Initiative intends to remain a smaller specialist consultancy providing an increasing range of added value services to its clients by association
Associates of Initiative Business Consultants include:
Peter is a licensed Private Investigator and Crisis Management Consultant offering a range of discrete services to Initiative’s clients in the areas of corporate security, personnel security including detailed security screening of current or prospective employees. A retired senior police officer, Peter is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Virginia, USA and can offer a comprehensive investigative service both nationally and internationally. Peter is New Zealand’s representative of the Emerald Group, a worldwide network of security specialists.
Initiative has established a relationship with iE3, an Auckland consortium of the industry’s top independent contractors. Through iE3 we can offer, on short or long term contracts, some of the best available resources who choose to work on a contract basis. iE3 provides a full managed contract service so there is no difficulty with the status of the contractor or liability for tax deductions etc.
Flyon Group provides a variety of innovative training solutions focused on presentation skills development, advanced training for trainers and facilitators, life management and team development programmes for corporates. These guys are a class act, and we are proud to have had a long and highly effective association with Flyon Group.
These services can be tailored to a clients or individual’s needs and can be built around your ever changing business needs.
The Experiential Training Company (E.T.C.) has a proven track record of providing quality consultancy, facilitation and experiential training services to corporate clients since 1987. E.T.C’s facilitators work with clients to help identify and prioritise real workplace issues for action, heightening team and individual accountability.
Workplace challenges and simulated activities are used to focus the action learning process. Emphasis is on reflective learning. Our facilitators work as business and behavioural coaches to help leaders, managers and teams achieve better results through better interpersonal relationships.
If you want increased productivity through stimulating, interactive and accelerated work-based learning then call the team at E.T.C. They have some interesting ways of measuring performance – talk to them on, (09) 263 9487 or Trevor/Lyn/Helen@etc.co.nz.
We are pleased to be associated with The Zone who we work with in conjunction with several clients who use profiling techniques as part of their employee selection process.
The Zone are a firm of Occupational Psychologists and Human Resource Consultants offering a wide range of people-based services including psychometric assessment, job analysis and employee development.
The Zone have developed long term strategic relationships with a number of NZ's leading blue-chip companies, through a values-based approach which focuses on the workplace as a place where people grow. From this perspective, realistic people strategies are developed ensure that people come before profit, while recognising that in business, one cannot exist without the other.
To discuss how The Zone's unique philosophy can help to grow your organisation and it's people, contact info@mtcg.co.nz or visit www.mtcg.co.nz.
We enjoy a good rapport with other professional agencies in our field, IT and Telecommunications.
By working co-operatively together we can achieve wider reach for our candidates and clients alike.
 | Initiative operates to the Code of Conduct and Code of Practice published by The Institute of Personnel Consultants/RCSA. |
| We observe the Pre-Employment Guideline and Advertising Guidelines of the Human Rights Act 1993 and respect the provisions of The Privacy Act 1993. |
| Our best references are our candidates as well as our clients, we keep both well informed and treat everyone as an individual. We believe that there is a job in this world for everyone irrespective of ability. |
| We elect only to work with candidates with integrity. We pre-screen candidates using a Declaration and Authority Statement and have the capability to carry out detailed security checks via Peter Ward and Associates and their worldwide association with the Emerald Group. |
| As Consultant/Director we offer guaranteed continuity of personal service, unlike larger agencies where high staff turnover and frequent change make it very difficult to establish long term relationships and work in partnerships. |
| We are highly effective in the Auckland market which is our business base, it is where our network is strongest, our professionalism recognised and our principal focus of activity. We are less effective outside of Auckland. |
| We seek to add value through association with other business professionals and specialists in related fields. |
Initiative will offer a distinctly different and refreshingly innovative approach.
Initiative bases its initial assessment on a personal interview of approximately one hours duration, reference checking and the use of psychological services add further dimensions to the assessment. Initiative Consultant/Directors understand that "Beauty is in the eyes of the Beholder" and therefore the more effort put into understanding the client, culture, recruiting manager and the needs of the job, the more likely it is to attract and identify suitable applicants.
During the course of a personal interview, through the use of structured and open questioning techniques, we seek to establish the following:
| Cultural fit and environmental preferences |
| Work preferences |
| Strengths and weaknesses |
| Aspirations |
| Key Competencies/Gaps |
| Work ethic assessment |
| Integrity check |
| Leadership/management potential |
This assessment is then matched to the job description and person specification and judgement applied, we adopt a pragmatic approach and believe in calling a spade a spade. We do not fly kites other than with clear markings on!
Another innovation from Initiative is to use the candidates own resume supported by a Consultants Assessment (typically one page) drawing out the relevance to the job applied for. This approach has won strong support from candidates and clients alike, candidates who have put a lot of effort into their resumes do not see it being compromised, clients see how the candidate presents information rather than a sanitised version produced by a consultant, appropriate expectations are set of the candidates written skills and ability to present information in a structured format.
Post placement servicing is an integral part of Initiatives service and is based on:
i) Initial contact with the candidate and client
during the first week of appointment.
ii) A further check between month 1 and 2 of
appointment.
iii) A further check one month later.
iv) On-going contact as required.
