23rd May 2013
Matt Stewart, National Business Development Manager – As we hear more and more reports on the decline of traditional Manufacturing in Australia it’s important to understand that Manufacturing in Australia is not all about production lines and large factories of workers.
21st May 2013
Dave Eley, QLD/WA State Manager – …if you are looking at getting into a trade, having a basic level of hand skills is important. Not only will it show you have a passion to a potential employer but the experience may also guide you into the trade that suits you best.
20th May 2013
David Brown, MIGAS CEO – Friday night marked the QLD, WA and National Awards night for MIGAS. It was also our 25th anniversary. Woohoo, what a night.
20th May 2013
David Brown, MIGAS CEO – “Group Training is one of the most underrated employment mechanisms in Australia’s employment market” That is a big statement, so let me throw you a few facts that were recently unearthed in a small benchmarking survey that 16 Group Training Schemes contributed to.
17th May 2013
In a recent blog by recruiter Matt Gosney, formerly of MI-Recruitment, Matt asked, “Is there a limit to how much you can motivate someone?” He believes that you can only motivate someone to a certain point and that people are just not able to be motivated past that point. I agree with his point completely and believe this is even more true for apprenticeship or traineeship interviews.
9th May 2013
Matt Stewart, National Business Development Manager – One of the most common objections to using a Group Training Company or “Outsourced Apprentice Development Organisation (ADO)” is that it’s too expensive. However, some recent research has revealed it’s actually MORE EXPENSIVE to Do It Yourself.
1st May 2013
Nick Couper, NSW/VIC State Manager – Last week I wrote a blog on how rewarding working for a Group Training Orgainisation can be… well a few weeks ago MIGAS held the annual New South Wales/Victoria Awards night. Well what I can say is WOW!!! For everyone involved, from the organisational staff involved to the industry training partners and most of all the apprentices and trainees, we could all say that this was evidence and proof of how rewarding it is.
23rd April 2013
WARNING: This content contains images that some people may find shocking. The photos show a recent injury to an Apprentice Boilermaker.
19th April 2013
Nick Couper, NSW/VIC State Manager – After a few months of learning the initial necessary skills to be independent I realized that I was still using all the knowledge I had developed in my time in the various roles I had held in the hospitality industry, such as sales, customer service, people management and attention to detail. Once I had mastered this through dogged determination and hard work, the results began to follow.
16th April 2013
David Brown, MIGAS CEO – Unfortunately poor customer service abounds everywhere. As many of my friends would know I have been trying to buy a Ducati Multi-Strada (motorcycle) for some time now. Recently I got serious and started to go through the pages of Bike Point looking for just such a bike. I found a second-hand bike at Kippa-ring and one on the Sunshine Coast at a dealer. I also found a second-hand bike at a large Newcastle dealer.
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