This role involves managing menus and food preparation for both the guest restaurant and the staff canteen.

The Restaurant:
The kitchen specialises in preparing innovative seafood cuisine featuring local produce, offering other alternatives also.

Position Summary:

• Overseeing the operation of the restaurant & staff canteen
• Managing budgets & monitoring expenditure
• Negotiating terms with suppliers
• Menu planning
• Communicating with Chefs & kitchen staff regarding menu items
• Monitor kitchen hygiene & ensure that legislation is adhered to
• Maintain high standards in food preparation

Key Competencies:

• Tertiary qualifications (Certificate III in Commercial Cookery)
• Strong A La Carte skills
• Experience as an Executive Chef in a 5 star environment
• Solid kitchen management &leadership skills
• The ability to motivate a close knit kitchen team in a remote location
• Excellent communication skills

Please note: This position will involve relocation to the island on a permanent basis, with single accommodation only available.  Applicants are advised to consider whether remote living suits their current aspirations.

In the first instance, please submit your application online for this position by selecting the Apply option below.  We will be contacting applicants individually to discuss further details about the position.

APPLY ONLINE

Recruitment Cairns

• Established, local business
• January 2012 start date
• Busy enviroment
• Small office team

Our client has an opportunity for a Receptionist to be the first point of contact for visitors to their successful automotive panel beating business. If you are looking for a role in a busy office with the opportunity to learn new skills, this could be your new job for the new year!

Position Summary:

• Answering all incoming calls promptly
• Direct calls & take accurate messages
• Process service and repair queries
• Book in vehicles for repair
• Data entry
• Liaising with customers, insurance companies, mechanical employees
• Preparing invoices & explaining charges to customers
• Delivering friendly & efficient customer service

Key Competencies:

• Fantastic telephone & customer service skills
• Accurate & strong data entry skills
• Experience in an automotive or insurance related role will be highly regarded
• Recent experience in a Reception position
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain client relationships
• Excellent personal presentation
• Background automotive knowledge would be an advantage
• Permanent Residency or Australian Citizenship essential

If you are looking for an ongoing role in the Cairns area and meet the above criteria, submit your application online today.

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• 2012 WHS Harmonisation – Are you prepared?
• Legal Wisdom with Travis Sturgeon
• Identify Stress in Workplace
• Steps to Implement when Changing Work Culture
• Be the Employer of Choice
• Psychometric Tools for Employers

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• International Financial Firm
• Competitive salary & benefits package
• Career growth opportunities
• Full Time Permanent Role

The Company & Working Environment:

• In exchange for your loyalty and hard work, our client offers:
• Close knit, welcoming environment
• Energetic & driven team
• Dynamic work environments with a positive atmosphere
• Ongoing training opportunities

Skills:

• 4 years minimum experience
• Qualifications or equivalent in Financial Planning
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Knowledge of current Financial Planning Issues
• Able and confident in managing client relationships
• Ability to work to deadlines

If you are a qualified Para Planner looking for a great opportunity in Cairns, apply online today or contact us 07 4050 3888 or apply online http://www.digital88.com.au/ss/candidate

Employee job descriptions are written statements that describe the duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, and reporting relationships of a particular job.  Job descriptions are based on objective information obtained through job analysis, an understanding of the competencies and skills required to accomplish needed tasks, and the needs of the organization to produce work. Job descriptions clearly identify and spell out the responsibilities of a specific job, and also include information about working conditions, tools, equipment used, knowledge and skills needed, and relationships with other positions.

Employee job descriptions provide an opportunity to clearly communicate your company direction and they tell the employee where he or she fits inside of the big picture.

Whether you’re a small business or a large, multi-site organization, well-written employee job descriptions will help you align employee direction. Alignment of the people you employ with your goals, vision, and mission spells success for your organization. As a leader, you assure the inter-functioning of all the different positions and roles needed to get the job done for the customer.

Employee job descriptions set clear expectations for what you expect from people. If employees aren’t doing what you want them to do, you need to make certain that they clearly understand your expectations. This understanding starts with the employee job description.

Whether you’re recruiting new employees or posting jobs for internal applicants, employee job descriptions tell the candidate exactly what you want in your selected person. Clear employee job descriptions can help you select your preferred candidates and address the issues and questions of those people who were not selected.

Well-written employee job descriptions help organization employees, who must work with the person hired, understand the boundaries of the person’s responsibilities. People who have been involved in the hiring process are more likely to support the success of the new employee or promoted co-worker. Developing employee job descriptions is an easy way to involve people in your organization’s success.

For effectiveness, you must regularly look at and use employee job descriptions as part of your day-to-day work. In addition to the updating of regular goals and objectives suggested above, employee job descriptions are an integral part of the performance management and evaluation system. They are used to determine salary increases and bonus eligibility.

If the job description is just going to sit in the Human Resource’s file cabinet, or only be reviewed at times of hiring, then it will become a waste of paper and will not help the company reach their goals.

Please visit out HR Resources page and choose from 300 well written Job Descriptions to set you and your business up in reaching your goals.

A job seeker must now be aggressive about the job search which means doing more than just sending off an application or your CV. Of course, you need to ensure that you have a strong cover letter and CV as a HR professional typically only spends seven seconds scanning each resume. Therefore, tailoring your cover letter and CV to each position you apply for will help the chances of land you the next step, the interview.

That said, sending a strong cover letter and CV is integral BUT it is not the only steps you should be taking during your job search. Since you can assume that there are at least ten other individuals applying for the same position, you need to find ways to stand out from the crowd. Once you have applied for a position, follow up with the company to see where your application stands. However, this requires a balancing act, and as a guide you should only follow up once unless otherwise told to, as calling too much will put you in the pile of “bothersome” applicant. Following up and speaking to a HR representative shows that you are truly interested in the position, and going the extra step. When all of the applicants who have applied have similar traits or experiences, calling after submitting your application might help you get into the “to interview” pile.

Another way to follow up after submitting your CV is checking your professional network and seeing if you have connections directly to the company you applied for, or if anyone in your network knows someone in the company. Word of mouth and networking events will help achieve this, but also using social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook will make the process even faster. Look on LinkedIn to see if the company has a company page, and look at the profiles of HR representatives for the company you are interested in, and see if you are somehow linked and connected to any of them. Use these social media advantages to find some sort of link or connection to the company that you want to work for, and ask your network for an introduction.

In conclusion, these days a job search requires an individual to spend a fair amount of time researching and following up with positions that they are interested in receiving. A CV explains what you did and what you are capable of, but personally following up and using your networking skills to make connections shows why you are the one that should be selected for an interview and offered the job!

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The Benefits:
Large Accounting firm
Competitive salary & benefits package
Career growth opportunities
Immediate start

The Company & Working Environment:
In exchange for your loyalty and hard work, our client offers:
Close knit, welcoming team
Enjoyable work environment with a positive atmosphere
Ongoing training & development opportunities
Initiatives designed to assist employees in self improvement

Key Competencies:
Minimum 2 years Audit and Assurance experience within public practice
A degree in Commerce or Business or equivalent
Currently completing your CA qualification
Ability to work well as in a team and work to deadlines
Strong communication skills and be able to interact with a variety of individuals.
Commitment to quality and self-improvement.

Travel will be required with this position especially during the busy season.

You understand the importance of continuity to clients and are in a position to make a long term commitment to advising them.

Submit an Job application online or email danielle@signaturestaff.com.au

Our client is looking for a hands on Head Chef to manage their mid sized kitchen on an island resort in the Whitsundays.

Position summary:
Multi faceted restaurant catering to resort guests
Managing around 10 kitchen staff
Ordering stock
Rostering
Preparing buffet style cuisine
Some banquets & room service work

Key Competencies:
Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
Demonstrated kitchen management skills
High level of professionalism
Excellent communication skills
Ability to lead a team in a busy kitchen
Applicants must hold permanent residency in Australia

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your job application online today.

It is very important to listen to the employee carefully during the exit interview, but it is even more important to act over the feedback and information the employer receives.

Why are exit interviews important?

Many employers fail to recognize the reason why their employees leave. Exit interviews are considered a very important and useful tool for the manager. Proper exit interviews are an excellent source of learning the strengths and weaknesses of both; the managers and the organization. It helps the employer understand the correlation between the organization culture and the employee, and the techniques to best satisfy and keep hold of valuable employees.

Managers know the importance of exit interviews, but when an employee exits, managers are too busy finding a replacement and planning a transition strategy with their team while managing their workload. When the employee finally exits, the managers think that they have lost the opportunity. In fact, it is considered more beneficial to conduct an exit interview after an employee has left.

Exit interviews are a unique chance to receive candid feedback from employees to identify the negative traits of the management. The departing employees can be completely honest about their reasons to leave, their experience with co-workers, or their say over the company policies. The employer needs to conduct an exit interview with all the departing employees to identify the systematic or chronic defects in the organization.

However, the departing employee does not have anything to worry about, but some might fear the damaging relationships that go far beyond employment terms. The employees majorly fear a bad job reference due to which they restrict themselves to remain as discreet as possible during the exit interview.

As previously mentioned, exit interviews do not serve the purpose by conducting a single or a handful of interviews. They must be conducted as much as possible to identify the weak areas of the organization. It is very important to design and implement an effective strategy for conducting exit interviews and administer them regularly. The organization can learn a lot about itself from these interviews.