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Most contractors would agree that their average daily rates have either reduced over the last 10 years or have not moved. It seems rare to see big companies doing big projects and offering consultants $1300-$1800 a day freely for long term contracts.Instead we see conservative offerings of short-term contracts with considerably lower budgets or, to reduce costs even more, Fi...

In the SAP world there are always peaks and troughs. One of the peaks we experienced recently was a major spike in companies implementing SAP SuccessFactors all at the same time. These companies and consulting firms were all looking for the same talent, at the same time, in an area that already has a shallow talent pool. With a lot of large scale government SAP projects like...

St Patrick’s day is the Irish festival of the Patron Saint of Ireland. He was born in Roman Britain way back in the 4th century, kidnapped at the age of 16 and sent to Ireland as a slave only to later escape. He had a rough start but he returned to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity and by the time he died on March 17th, 461, he had established monasteries, schools...

Head, shoulders, knees and toes…While remaining productive and alert in an office can often be directly related to amount of caffeine within our bloodstreams, few realise that stretching and movement can help keep the mind as active as a strong cup of joe. Unfortunately, no matter how well an office workstation is designed, it involves few opportunities to change our body’s ...

On today's blog Kate Mumme, Speller's Project Coordinator, shares with us her transition back into work after maternity leave.I’ve been very lucky with my return to work after the birth of my daughter, Lola in January 2019. The whole Speller team have been very supportive of my time off and the transition back into the office. Every situation is different and there will alwa...

Part 1- What we do for SAP CandidatesFrom the outside, it appears to some people that all recruiters do is put up ads on Seek.com, sit back and let the applications roll in. However, behind the scenes it's quite a bit different.So, what does the day-to-day life of an SAP recruiter look like? Let’s take a peek at the Speller International process:CV Review We receive CV’s fro...

It’s that time of year again and love is in the air. Valentine’s Day is the day where flower shops are run off their feet, restaurants are booked weeks in advance and chocolate sales go through the roof.But love comes in many forms and so this Valentine’s day our very own Scott Anstey decided to find out from one of our much-loved contractors, Thanh Phung, why he loves his j...

Today we sit down and chat to our newest team member, Leah Penney.Leah is Speller’s Payroll/ Accounts Support, and so we ask her a little bit about her history, what she is looking forward to in the role, and how she spends her free time. Let’s hear from Leah!Tell us a little bit of Leah Penney history?Born and raised in Geelong, I made the transition to the ‘big smoke’ in 2...

With the summer holidays coming to an end and Judy on Maternity leave, Jack Bland has taken the reigns to review our last quarter. Let’s see what the numbers say! What skill did we place most of? What skill was highly sort after? Is the SAP market hot… or not? Place your bets because it’s time to find out…For your own comparison here is Judy’s Q1 (FY19/20) Quarterly crunch a...

As the first month of 2020 comes to an end, Speller has already seen a lot of movement in the SAP job market.This movement makes it clear that we will see growth in the Change and Training space. As a result, organisations that are looking to implement SAP and upgrade their systems, have the end-user front of mind and as such are making sure to bring in people to manage the ...