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​WHY TAKING A BREAK CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVEIf you’re getting slammed at work, sometimes a break is the furthest thing from your mind but while it might seem counter-productive to step away from you desk for a few minutes, taking a break is the best thing to do when things are crazy on the job – for you as well as your productivity.Research conduc...

​When hiring new staff, companies have several options in how to structure the terms of employment. For a long term ongoing requirement, a full/part time permanent placement is preferred, while for a short term requirement or a skills shortage, a contract position is often the best fit. Somewhere between the two of those lay fixed term contracts (FTC). FTC are part permanent...

​“NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?”It’s the question interviewers always finish up with and the one our minds so often go blank on. You had questions, loads of them, but what were they? They were there a minute ago! Where once a hundred questions lay in wait, a single tumbleweed blows through the ghost town of your mind…In all seriousness, it is important to remember t...

​I am a SAP Project Manager and have worked in several engagements with Speller International. In my spare time, I love to climb 8,000m mountains in Tibet and Nepal. “Why do you do it?” is probably the most common question I am asked by customers, colleagues and friends alike. Before answering the question, I’d like to share with you my “Project Manager” take of an 8,000m ex...

​The year of 2013-2014 at Speller International has brought new innovations to the company, many new permanent placements and contractors to the Speller family and has seen us working for yet another year with so many clients, some new but mainly those who we have had a long standing relationship with from day one.So what specifically has been going on? LOTS! WHO WE WELCOMED...

​Where did the year disappear to? It’s the end of the financial year already and time for me as a manager to reflect on the company/team performance, to review the SAP market and to put new goals and plans in place for moving forward.In order to understand where we are going as an individual or a company, I believe it is important to first look at where we have been. As a re...

​Whether you’re a hardcore tech warrior or a simple smart phone user, it seems these days you just can’t escape the Cloud. It’s everywhere you look. Pegged in May 2013 by McKinsey Global Institute as one of the emerging ‘disruptive technologies’, Cloud storage has become an integral part of, well, everything from your iPhone’s backup to many SAP offerings. So integral is Clo...

​So, when it comes time to recruit for your project, what really is the difference between a Specialist Recruitment Agency and a Consultancy House? Both avenues have huge benefits (and both are close to our heart) but let’s break it down and take a look at the cold hard facts. Here are some of the key decision-making factors around this tricky topic below.WHAT’S YOUR M.O?Let...

​Last night, in that icy wind, I slept on the hard concrete floor of Etihad Stadium with over 100 other CEOs in Victoria. It wasn’t so much the cold that bothered me, but more so just how hard and uncomfortable a few pieces of cardboard on concrete really was.I arrived and set up my sleeping area, which I thought had been ok, until CEO’s who had attended previously pointed o...

​Last month I mentioned that we have been busy reviewing our administration processes. Always keen to make things as streamline as possible, our Office Manager Shannon Matthews has been working with our online timesheet system, TOL to improve how we manage the communication of our OH&S procedures to our contractors. Implemented mid May, our contractors can now read and a...