Specialist IT recruiter, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, continues to make significant growth in Federal Government labour hire, up 140% year on year as reported by market research company, Intermedium. The Intermedium Annual Labour Hire Report 2010-11, just released, confirms Finite IT is now ranked third overall writing 345 contracts valued at $50,670,000 representing a 6% market share. The report confirms that a total of 6,581 Labour Hire contracts were reported in AusTender during 2010-11, with a combined value of $864.5 million. In comparison with 2009-10, there was a decrease in value of 1% and a decrease of 2% in the number of contracts.

Last year Finite IT grew contract values by 44% and was ranked in ninth position with a 3% market share. Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented “that the expanded Canberra team, combined with a successful local acquisition in 2010, has greatly assisted our significant growth in the ACT Federal Government market. We are also making steady progress winning further Federal Government business around the country, which is very encouraging.”

Finite IT’s male contingent stepped forward en masse this year to grow stylish facial hair for the annual Movember fundraiser to raise awareness and money for leading men’s health charities, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue, the national depression support group - both do exceptional work for the Australian male community.

19 hirsute individuals representing five of Finite’s six national offices throughout Australia agreed to participate and endured all the usual names, itching and may have noticed a few extra white hairs in the process. With the generous help of colleagues, family, friends and valued suppliers, Team Finite 2011 managed to raise in excess of $5760 in donations (an average of $300 / person) setting a new internal Movember fundraising record and gaining a lot of team camaraderie in the process. Team Finite mo bro’s were last out in force in 2009 and plan to be growing hairy upper lips for good causes again in 2013.

The recruitment industry last night recognised its best and brightest at the SEEK Annual Recruitment Awards (SARAs) in Sydney.

Now in its ninth year, the SARAs acknowledge the outstanding performance of recruitment agencies across Australia. These prestigious awards also give jobseekers the chance to vote for the agency they deem most successful in candidate placement and delivering the best client service.

A record number of jobseeker votes were received this year. Finite IT were recognised in the large IT recruiter category as a Finalist.

On Friday 21st October 2011, 240 recruitment industry professionals gathered at Sydney’s Luna Park to celebrate the 2011 Recruitment Excellence Awards.

This, the fourth year of running the Awards, saw a huge increase in the number of nominations, according to organiser Thomson Reuters.

Finite IT was delighted to win the prestigious Deloitte Recruitment Excellence Award for Best Business Management for the second consecutive year. This category recognises firms who display innovative techniques in managing their firm for successful financial results.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, commented that “the Finite Group are very fortunate to have some excellent management talent throughout our business nationally, and are thrilled to receive this top industry recognition for two years in a row.

Finite’s recently relaunched website, www.finite.com.au was also one of three finalists in the Best Recruitment Agency Website category

Leading national IT recruiter, Finite, is pleased to announce another year of solid growth and record group revenues.

· Revenues up by over 18% to $280M

· Permanent recruitment fees continued to recover well, growing by 42%

· IT contracting and consulting revenues grew by 24%

Commenting on Finite’s results, managing director, Tracy Thomson, confirmed that “the IT market had been extremely buoyant nationally during the first six months of the financial year but was adversely affected by slowing demand in Sydney and Melbourne during the second half. The two speed economy seems to summarise things well with hiring in QLD, WA and to a lesser extent SA, continuing to surge on the back of the commodities boom, but with NSW and VIC definitely slowing in line with consumer sentiment. The ACT remains a bright spot with Federal Government IT spend continuing and IT executive hiring also remained buoyant throughout the year”

Looking forward, Thomson believes “the current hiring pattern is likely to continue in the short to medium term but with some sectors being more impacted than others by further gloomy news from abroad, or if a new Federal election is called soon. The impact of the NBN Co roll-out remains a very positive prospect for the ICT industry generally.

Candidate salary / rate expectations in NSW and VIC are only starting to re-align with a less optimistic outlook and we expect these to level off in the coming months, with the exception of some continuing high demand skill sets. Luckily, Australia’s economy remains as a stand-out performer, which obviously bodes well. It’s probably a case of let’s wait and see for now and hope for the best.“

Finite’s ranking in the BRW Magazine Top 500 Private Company list published on 25th August 11 was 203rd, up from 227th place last year.

Leading national recruiter, Finite IT was out in force in this year’s 41st Sydney City2Surf 14km fun run on Sunday 14th August. Seven runners braved the elements to run the picturesque route from Sydney’s CBD out through the Eastern suburbs, up the notorious “Heartbreak Hill” and then down again to Bondi. Attracting a record 85,000 entrants this year, City2Surf retained its position as the largest organised event of its type in the world.

Finite’s General Manager, Duncan Thomson, noted that “the rain this year did put quite a few runners off, but for those that did participate, it was still a wonderful atmosphere with lots of support along the route”.

This year Team Finite were raising funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, the peak national body for prostate cancer in Australia. Unfortunately, every year, around 18,700 Australian men are diagnosed and more than 3,000 die of this disease, making prostate cancer the second largest cause of male cancer deaths, after lung cancer. Collectively, the Team Finite raised a whopping $4500, comfortably beating last year’s fundraising total by $500.

http://www.fundraise.city2surf.com.au/team_finite_0

The Finite Group has ranked 47th in BRW’s prestigious Best Places to Work list 2011, a catalogue of the 50 best employers nationally, released on June 23rd.

The BRW Best Places to Work Awards are now widely acclaimed in Australia. Based on one of the world’s most comprehensive studies of workplace culture, The Great Place to Work Institute Australia, the quality of this year’s BRW Top 50 Best Places to Work was higher than ever. It was these businesses who broke out from the rest of the pack during challenging times to retain a loyal, happy and engaged workforce.

Finite has been fortunate in receiving this accolade for three consecutive years since the awards started in 2009. Finite is widely recognised as Australia’s leading specialist ICT recruiter, with 6 national offices, a highly professional and motivated workforce and a successful IT Professional Services subsidiary, FinXL. Finite’s clients largely comprise of large Banks and Financial Institutions, Telco’s, Corporates, Utilities, IT Vendors and Federal and State Government Departments.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, commented “how gratifying it is to receive this recognition, particularly as so much of this award is based upon staff feedback through the trust survey completed by all employees which measures the company against five benchmarks: credibility, fairness, camaraderie, pride and respect. Having now received this accolade for three years in a row, with more of our employees involved than ever before and with more companies entering each year, it is indeed a great honour for everyone involved in helping to make the Finite Group such a great place to work”.

Finite IT and its specialist executive recruitment division, FinXEC IT Executive Recruitment, has been confirmed as an Executive Search and Recruitment Services Panel member to the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC), effective from 1st June for an initial 2 year period. The new Executive Search Panel will assist in sourcing talented senior executive-level officers from government and the private sector to fill positions at the Senior Executive Service (SES) levels, or equivalent. The Commission will be extending access to the panel to agencies in other levels of government. A full range of Executive Search services will be provided.

Finite IT’s specialist Executive Recruitment division, FinXEC was established in 2006 in direct response to growing client demand for a dedicated IT executive recruitment service that recognises the specialist needs of this highly important top segment of the IT industry in Australia. Recent retained search assignments include the successful placement of several CIO’s in top Private and Government sector clients.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, commented that ”it is always reassuring when leading Government agencies recognise the need and benefits that arise from including specialist providers to their panels rather than relying entirely on generalist agencies that may not have the in-depth industry experience across all sectors, especially IT. We are very encouraged by the growing number of Executive Search enquiries that FinXEC is receiving as its placement success and reputation grow. FinXEC has recently extended its services to both the Perth and Adelaide markets through our highly experienced Senior Consultant team.”

The Q3 (Jan-Mar 2011) Labour Hire Report compiled by Intermedium from contract data published on AusTender up to 16 May, 2011, has just been released which monitors IT contractors employed on a time and material basis with Federal Government. Interestingly, the average value of contracts was $114,000 in Q3 2010-11, up from $105,000 in Q3 2009-10. IT Labour Hire reported within the quarter has an overall contract value of $134M and consisted of 1,178 contracts.

Finite IT was the second largest agency provider to Federal Government during this quarter with a total of 79 contracts, an overall 6% market share, representing a very significant 169% uplift from the same period in 09/10. The average value of contracts written by Finite has also climbed to $103,000, up from $100,000 during the same period last year.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, commented that ”following Finite’s acquisition of Collective Resources in April 2010, our larger Canberra based team has had more exposure to a wider range of Federal Government clients and this is starting to show in the results, which is very encouraging."

Australia’s recruitment industry celebrated in style last night, as the jobseeker’s favourites were honoured at the SEEK Annual Recruitment Awards (SARA’s). The 2010 SARA’s now in their 8th year were presented at an exclusive cocktail event in Sydney. The SARA’s acknowledge the value the recruitment industry provides to both clients and candidates alike.

Based on the votes of jobseekers, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions was named as this year’s winner in the Large IT Recruiter category. This makes Finite officially “Australia’s favourite large IT Recruiter” as voted by our candidates.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, and other team members were there to collect the award and confirmed “how delighted Finite were to be recognised in this way by our candidates / job seekers, and with such formidable competition for this coveted award”.

Finite were pleased to sponsor a small team to take part in the 2010 MS Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride on November 7th to raise funds for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS). MS is the most common disease of the central nervous system and affects more than 20,000 Australians.

The course comprised a scenic 90KM route from Sydney through the Royal National Park and on to Wollongong and took the team just over 4 hours to complete in almost perfect cycling weather. Team Finite 2010 comprised of Lucas Laxale, Joe Ward, Duncan Thomson and guest James Uster, who collectively managed to raise a very respectable $2150 for MS, which included a $300 donation from Finite. Our thanks to all team supporters for their generosity.

Overall event fundraising has reached an exceptional $3.4 million so far - more than any MS Australia event has ever raised - which will fund a wide range of services and support to help minimise the impact of those living with the disease and also fund research to find a cure.

Finite IT Recruitment Solutions has been selected as a preferred supplier for the MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA (MAV) contract for the provision of permanent and contract ICT recruitment services to 39 Victorian Local Councils and 4 Regional Libraries. The contract will run for a minimum of three years.

Winners and finalists of the third annual Recruitment Excellence Awards were announced last Friday night (22nd Oct 10) at the stunning Opera Point Marquee in Sydney. This year, Finite IT was delighted to win the Deloitte Recruitment Excellence Award for Best Business Management. Deloitte’s Award, as advisors to the recruitment industry, recognises firms who display innovative business management techniques, including successful strategies that have increased sales and implemented innovative remuneration strategies for consultants.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, commented that “Finite are very honoured to have won such a prestigious award that recognises all the energy and creativeness of Finite’s management team during what was a very challenging 12 month period for the industry at large as the recruitment market recovered from the GFC slowdown. We are very fortunate at Finite to have some great management talent on board around the country who will be absolutely delighted with this recognition for their continuous hard work and efforts.”

Leading IT recruiter, Finite, is pleased to advise that it’s Perth office has now relocated to much larger premises to accommodate the company’s continuing expansion in WA. Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, confirmed that “the WA IT market is extremely busy and Finite’s business has been expanding quickly in line with increased client demand for our range of services. Our new office is still located within St Martin’s Tower, but now has additional meeting rooms, a larger General Office and further enhanced facilities to enable the team to continue its rapid growth since first opening in May 2009.”

The new office details are:

Finite IT Recruitment Solutions

Level 21, St Martin's Tower

44 St Georges Terrace

Perth, WA 6000

Tel: 08 9219 3500

Fax: 08 9219 3599

perth@finite.com.au

Leading national IT recruiter, Finite, is pleased to announce another year of growth and record group revenues, up by 4% year on year to over $235M.

Permanent recruitment fees recovered from a very low base in July 2009, growing by 22% overall, and started to recently accelerate from February 2010 onwards signalling the return of strong hiring confidence within the Australian ICT market, last seen in early 2008.

IT executive hiring was particularly badly hit from the downturn, but has since rapidly recovered, with an abundance of senior positions now available nationally.

IT contracting and consulting revenues generally held up much better during FY 09/10 as most clients used different budgeting strategies and more flexible service offerings to maintain business as usual and prioritise project expenditure only.

Commenting on Finite’s results, managing director, Tracy Thomson, confirmed that “ICT market opportunities had recovered significantly as Australia emerged ahead of other Western economies, and that this was likely to continue in the short to medium term providing further major international problems do not emerge. The Australian ICT market has moved back firmly in favour of the permanent employee as quality ICT permanent candidates are back in very high demand, particularly within key growth technologies. Attractive talent retention strategies should be back featuring as a top priority for forward thinking employers looking to retain key personnel and implement growth strategies.

The Finite Group has not only managed to retain our full team of client facing managers and consultants without any cutbacks, we used the less pressurised market period to invest in innovative new technology, iProfile, open new offices in Perth and Adelaide, continue to develop our ‘employer of choice’ and ‘sustainability’ practices, and look out for worthwhile acquisition opportunities such as our recent purchase of Collective Resources in Canberra. We are now starting to reap the rewards from this strategy including: enhanced national client coverage, stronger brand recognition, a much larger and more current candidate database, and growing awareness of our ‘Top 50 Places to Work’ status achieved in 2009 and 2010. Our Consultant and Account Management team has grown by over 20 new appointments in 2010 alone with further new appointments imminent.

Despite the slower hiring impact attributed to the Federal election, the Finite Group has experienced our strongest July yet, providing excellent momentum and which is hopefully indicative of a very strong year ahead.”

Leading national recruiter, Finite IT was pleased to sponsor a record sized team of 12 participants in this year’s 40th Anniversary Sydney City2Surf 14km fun run on Sunday 8th August.

The picturesque route from the CBD up through the Eastern suburbs towards Watson’s Bay and then down again to Bondi attracted a record 80,000 entrants this year making it the largest organised event of its type in the world.

Finite’s General Manager, Duncan Thomson, noted that “this years ‘Team Finite’ age span ranged from 9 through to 50 years old. It was also a close run race with our fastest runner completing the course in a record 59 minutes, just 1 minute ahead of our second placed runner. For the rest of us, there were some very respectable times achieved in what was a beautiful sunny, but chilly winter’s day.”

Team Finite also broke another record and managed to raise almost $4000 for their nominated charity, Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, to assist with their important work.

http://www.everydayhero.com.au/team_finite_2010

The 2010 NSW/ACT Family Business Australia/Deloitte Growth Award was recently awarded to Finite IT.

This first generation brother and sister team have remained true to their core values and kept a niche market in the recruitment industry. Whilst many players in the recruitment market have struggled over the last year, Finite IT has exceeded their growth plans and has now expanded into a National business with locations in most capital cities.

Their key to growth during turbulent times has involved recruiting likeminded ambitious team members and keeping true to their externally focussed strategy rather than becoming insular.

The Deloitte Growth Award has been established to recognise and reward the fastest growing private enterprises in NSW and ACT. The award recognises family businesses that have achieved the fastest average turnover growth over the last three years.

Deloitte Private Partner, Raelene Berryman said, “that over the years Deloitte have been sponsoring the Growth Award, there has not been any commonality as to which industry, generation or strategy amongst our winners. The one thing they have in common is a passion for family values and longevity of the business and family unit.”

*Family businesses, such as Finite IT, have a myriad of day to day concerns to deal with but those who can implement growth strategies, stay focused and take calculated risks do well even in difficult economic times,” added Ms Berryman.

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Leading national recruiter, Finite IT, has been voted again as one of BRW magazine’s “50 Best Places to Work” for the second year in a row, and also confirmed as a “Great Place to Work”, as featured in the flagship 24th June edition which highlights Australia's highest ranked workplaces and employers.

This year’s Australian survey conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute, had 160 company entries and surveyed a total of 16,930 employees, considerably up on the number of entries last year.

BRW magazine has ranked the top 50 workplaces which include a mix of large and small firms, and local and international companies across a range of industries. Companies are judged by their own employees and the results evaluated against a proprietary trust index. There are two parts to the appraisal: a “culture audit” of the organisation’s policies, practices and procedures, which is undertaken by human resources employees, and a “trust index” survey, which is completed by all employees. The trust survey measures companies against five benchmarks: credibility, fairness, camaraderie, pride and respect.

Finite IT’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that “Finite has always placed great emphasis on providing an upbeat and friendly workplace environment with good career and development opportunities. These accolades are a fantastic testimony to the hard work of our talented managers, sales team and support staff that work so hard to make Finite what it is today. Having a happy and motivated workforce in place always helps provide exceptional recruitment delivery outcomes to our many highly valued clients.”

Finite IT has developed a broad range of programs over several years to achieve this “employer of choice” result, including incentives, social events, training, team building and career development opportunities. There are open vacancies within each of Finite’s six national offices.

Finite Recruitment is pleased to announce that it has recently purchased the specialist IT recruitment business Collective Resources, based in Canberra. The purchase is in line with Finite Recruitment’s strategic plan to grow and strengthen its existing services to Federal Government and the Canberra ICT market, building upon the success of its established Canberra business.

The acquisition includes Collective Resources substantial Contractor base, transfer of all Sales Consultants and numerous high profile ‘preferred supplier agreements’.

Finite Recruitment was established in 1998 and has developed an excellent reputation nationally for delivery of quality ICT Contract and permanent personnel. The combined Finite Group entities will now produce turnover revenues in excess of $250M per annum.

Integration of the two Canberra offices has already commenced creating one of Canberra’s largest providers of specialist IT Contract and permanent staff to leading corporations and Government Departments within the Australian Capital Territory. This, together with Finite’s other four established interstate offices and its new Adelaide, SA office, will enable the combined group to further enhance its levels of service and products to the extensive combined client base.

Finite Group’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented on the purchase as “an excellent opportunity to acquire a highly regarded high performing Canberra agency with a substantial contracting base and a stable and talented team. It will also provide Finite with the ability to increase our service capacity at a very busy time in Canberra with demand for quality ICT personnel continuing to increase ahead of the next Federal election.”

This year’s Ironman Australia Triathlon took place on Sunday March 28th 2010 at Port Macquarie, NSW. Approximately 1,500 competitors of ages 18-75, were competing from over 30 countries and every State and Territory in Australia. This gruelling challenge consists of a 3.8km swim, 180.2km bike and a 42.2km run and competitors have only 17 hours to finish the race, with cut off times also applying to each segment of the race.

Participating this year for the first time was Finite IT’s very own Joe Ward, who managed to complete the event in an amazing 13 hours and 16 minutes. Joe is one of Finite’s keenest athletes and a real inspiration for the team with his enthusiasm and participation in endurance events such as these. Well done Joe on a fantastic result and despite your sunburnt “scabby head” – we are all very proud to have a genuine Finite Ironman on board!

The Finite Group is pleased to announce the return of Debbie Bleckwehl in the position of State Manager, Queensland. Debbie previously held this position with Finite for several years prior to taking maternity leave in 2007 and more recently has been working with specialist IT analyst Gartner. Debbie is widely known and highly regarded within the ICT industry, having successfully worked for periods in the Canberra, Victorian and Queensland markets.

Debbie is one of five former Finite senior employees that have opted to return to work for the Finite Group during the past 12 months reconfirming Finite’s status as one of Australia’s “top company’s to work for” and “a great place to work”, both accolades awarded to the Finite Group during 2009 by BRW Magazine and The Great Place to Work Institute, Australia.

Finite Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that “the company was delighted to have Debbie back on board leading the Queensland team at this exciting time, especially with the local ICT market starting to expand again. We accept that employees do move on from time to time for various reasons and will always endeavour to leave on amicable terms. It’s always a real pleasure to welcome top performers back into the business”.

The Finite Group’s male contingent stepped forward en masse this year to grow stylish facial hair for the annual Movember fundraiser to raise awareness and money for leading men’s health charities, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue, the national depression support group, who both do exceptional community work.

20 hirsute individuals representing each of Finite’s five national offices throughout Australia agreed to participate and endured all the usual insults, itching and a few extra grey hairs in the process. With the generous help of colleagues, family and friends, Team Finite managed to raise in excess of $4500 in donations (an average of $225+ / person) and had a lot of laughs and fun in the process.

Leading national ICT recruiter Finite, have posted Group revenues of $226.8M for FYE June 09, a year on year increase of 1%, representing their 10th year of consecutive income growth.

Commenting on the results, Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, said that “although this is a modest increase, it was achieved organically in an extremely tough market and at a time when most industry peers went backwards, and therefore represents further significant market share gain for Finite.

We have been fortunate in weathering the storm well and have re-emerged in remarkably good shape with our exceptional customer facing team intact and outwardly focussed on new growth opportunities. Many of our major clients are now firmly back in hiring mode and Finite continues to perform well with new client tender opportunities, award recognition, and well above average consultant retention.”

Finite are currently looking for top performing personnel in each of their 5 national offices and are planning to open a new office in Adelaide, SA, shortly following the success of their new Perth, WA, office.

Leading national ICT recruitment and consultancy group, Finite, only opened their new Perth office for business in May, but is already on target to turnover $8M in revenues this financial year alone and has just moved into profitability after 4 months.

Commenting on these impressive results, Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, noted that “the WA market has bounced back much quicker than any of us really anticipated and we’ve found the WA business community very open to a fresh supplier with a solid national reputation built upon service, delivery and value. When we took the decision to move forward with Perth, our projections for year one were roughly half of what the branch is now achieving as a run rate. We have also been very fortunate to attract an exceptional local team of talented individuals who have managed to hit the ground running from day one.”

Finite’s fourth Consultant will be joining the Perth team shortly to further strengthen the scope and spread of their service capability. In addition, Finite have signed preferred supplier terms with eight new client organisations within WA to date, with several more under negotiation.

The Recruitment Excellence Awards 2009 (REA) were announced at a stylish gala dinner event on October 23rd at Sydney’s exclusive harbour side location, Doltone House . The aim of the REA’s, an initiative of recruitment extra magazine and its publishers, Thomson Reuters is to recognise quality business practice among Australian recruitment firms and benchmark service, performance and innovation across a range of business types and sizes.

Finite was runner up in the REA “Best Brand” Category.

With the Australian economy emerging from recovery mode, hiring intent is still grappling with the various measures taken to reduce overheads in the downturn, including the shelving of new ICT projects, the introduction of reduced working hours and increased reliance on temporary workers / contractors to keep things moving in the interim. Notably, Finite is now experiencing a marked change since the start of the new financial year, with a sharp spike in demand for permanent IT workers again. This is most noticeable in the Sydney market where new perm hires are up 47% this quarter compared with the final quarter of 08/09 financial year and the increase in demand is also evident in ACT, QLD and WA.

Finite can also confirm that the ICT contracting market is continuing to hold up well with further quarter on quarter gains being recorded across other states, and particularly strong in Sydney, Canberra and Perth. Demand however, is not consistent across all sectors with Banking and Finance, Telco’s and the Resources sectors leading the way, but both State and Federal Government sectors are still patchy with further rounds of budget reviews, hiring freezes and restructuring still heavily impacting demand.

Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that “there is lots of good things happening in the Australia ICT market again, the biggest problem that clients are currently facing is the shortage of good quality experienced personnel. We are finding that there is resource available in most skill sets but not with the 5 years+ experience sought after, nor with high level security clearance, as required by many Federal Government clients. The tighter Australian sponsorship criteria is also making it more difficult to bring in international experienced ICT specialists to fill these gaps, particularly since the US and UK markets are still depressed and current availability of top candidates high”.

Specific hard to find skill sets around the country include:

NSW – Application Project Managers; Siebel Specialists; Senior Java Developers; Oracle Payroll / HR Consultants; Support Analyst Programmers; Perl / Linux Engineers; Digital Media Specialists.

VIC – Solution Architects; all SAP Professionals, Business Analysts; Datawarehousing Specialists.

QLD - Sharepoint Developers /Architects; Security Architects; Datastage Developers; SAP BI/BW Developers; all SAP Professionals; Java Developers.

ACT – Coolgen Developers; Sharepoint Architects / Snr Developers; Project Managers.

WA – RF / Comms Engineers; Solutions Architects; Senior Java Developers.

With new financial year budgets now allocated, August through until Christmas is normally Australia’s busiest hiring season within ICT and those skill sets in high demand will become even tougher to fill assuming that business confidence continues to improve and economic growth persists.

Finite IT were delighted to sponsor 5 participants to enter into The Sun-Herald Sydney City2Surf 2009 held on Sunday 9th August. Four of the 5 were first time runners, including 8 year old Rory, plus the two Finite Directors and two new staff members. Timings ranged from one fantastic run in under an hour, three comfortably in under 2 hours and our token walker who made the most of the scenic 14 km course from Hyde Park in the City to Bondi Beach. This year a record 75,000 entered the race, making it the world’s biggest running event.

In addition to completing the full run, “Team Finite” also managed to raise over $2000 in independent donations for Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research. CCIA is the only independent medical research institute in Australia dedicated to research into the causes, better treatments, prevention and cure of childhood cancer.

Finite’s General Manager, Duncan Thomson, commented, “the team had a ball, great weather, a spectacular course and the opportunity to keep fit while raising some much needed funds for a very worthwhile cause. Donations are still coming in and hopefully, we can encourage a few more to join us again next year."

A consortium headed up by Finite IT has been awarded 8 of the available 9 categories for the new NSW Government C100 Contract, which replaces three previous Contracts for provision of Contractors / Temporary Workers to whole of NSW Government. Only one other agency scored as highly as Finite.

The agency panel has now been reduced to only 18 primary recruitment agencies, with Finite IT and its two sub partners, Kelly Services and Conduit Recruitment, successfully appointed to service 8 of the 9 job categories. These include all three IT categories G, H and I which Finite will service as one of only 4 agencies to win all 3 IT categories!

The new contract came into place on 20th April 2009 and contractors working for any agency that has not been appointed to the new panel have 90 days to transition over to a new approved supplier. With an estimated value of $400+M this contract is set to provide best price and best value for government agencies and other eligible customers.

Commenting on the tender win, Tracy Thomson, Finite’s Managing Director confirmed that “the new arrangements will offer a dynamic new streamlined recruitment service to government with a much simpler hiring process and greater certainty of a quality outcome for all concerned. Working closely with our two key recruitment partners, this opens a new chapter in the way we conduct business and has already identified a number of innovative new ideas that we are adopting as a team to service this exciting new opportunity.”

Finite IT have been a top performing supplier of IT contractors to NSW Government for 10 years, are Australia’s largest privately owned recruiter (BRW Oct 08) and leading “IT Recruiter of Choice”.

Leading IT recruiter, Finite IT, has been confirmed as both a “Great Place to Work” and also one of BRW magazine’s “50 Best Companies to Work For 2009” in their flagship 30th April 09 edition, which highlights Australia's highest ranked employers.

Finite ranked as 18th Top Australian Employer and was the only recruitment company to be featured in the top 50!

The inaugural BRW list of the Best Companies to Work for in Australia has attracted more entries than expected and has already gathered enough momentum to establish itself as an annual BRW feature. The Best Places to Work special edition, out on April 30, highlights Australia's premier places of employment including a snapshot of why each company made the list. BRW has ranked the top 50 workplaces, based on research undertaken by the Great Place to Work Institute. The final list has a mix of big and small firms, and local and international companies across a range of industries.

The Best Companies to Work For edition reveals where companies ranked. It explains how and why these businesses keep employees happy and includes case studies of the top ranked companies. Stories will consider the importance of culture in the workplace, and demonstrate how a happy workforce can translate to the bottom line.

Finite IT’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that “although Finite has always placed great emphasis on providing an attractive and friendly workplace environment with good career and professional development opportunities, these accolades are a fantastic testimony to the hard work and determination of the national management and support team that have worked so hard over many years to make Finite what it is today. We have always believed that it is essential to have a happy and motivated team in place to provide exceptional recruitment delivery service with real passion and pride, to our many highly valued clients.”

Finite IT has developed a broad range of programs over several years to achieve this “employer of choice” result, including incentives, social events, training, team building and career development opportunities.

Click here to see Finite in the BRW Top 50 Mag.

Despite the current economic downturn, leading national recruiter Finite IT Recruitment Solutions is forging ahead with its expansion plans with the opening of its new Perth office. Located within the very heart of the Perth CBD in St Martins Tower, Finite is confident the WA market offers new long term business opportunities.

We are being asked “Why are you opening a new office when so many established recruiters are downsizing or closing branch offices?” says Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson. “Although the hiring market is definitely subdued, we believe this is a great time to source an experienced local team and to start marketing our capabilities. We are also fortunate to already have some large national Preferred Supplier clients with Perth based operations, and this should position Finite well when things pick up again.”

Heading up Finite’s new marketing drive is Business Development Executive, Lindsay Braganza, a highly regarded Senior IT recruiter with many years of local WA and international experience (please see attached PHOTO). Lindsay spent 5 years working in the UK market and more recently within the Perth IT marketplace, giving him broad market experience and a strong business development base to build upon.

The new office contact details are:

Finite IT

Level 26, St Martin's Tower

44 St Georges Terrace

Perth, WA 6000

Tel: 08 9219 3500

Fax: 08 9219 3599

perth@finite.com.au

Finite IT are pleased to advise that group sales revenues continued to rise by 9% during the 6 months to 31 st December 08, up from $109M to $119M in an increasingly difficult Australian IT market. Commenting on the result, Finite’s MD Tracy Thomson said, “although the economic downturn is having a dampening effect on most industry sectors, there are still opportunities out there for those prepared to search them out. Competition amongst recruiters has never been fiercer, margins are under increasing pressure again, however the strength of our ongoing relationship with our many blue chip and government clients is maintaining a steady flow of quality job positions to fill”.

“Contracting and consultancy revenues (through subsidiary FinXL) were holding up much better than permanent fees which year on year were down considerably, and we do not foresee any let up during the next 3-6 month period. Finite’s main focus continues to be on the quality of our client service delivery, maintaining our extensive industry networking capability and investment in new innovative, world leading technologies such as the new free candidate iProfile service launched into Australia by Finite earlier this month”.

Finite IT will also be opening a new Perth, WA, office shortly as a strong vote of confidence that the WA IT market will pick up again in the not too distant future

Finite IT Recruitment Solutions leads the Australian recruitment market by offering their candidates an award winning iProfile – the online CV that gives them control!

Finite IT, Australia’s largest independent IT recruiter of choice, today announced it is leading the way by providing all of its candidates with an iProfile, the innovative online CV that has already been adopted by almost 3 million people in the UK, to help improve the candidate’s chances of finding a job quicker.

Tracy Thomson, MD of Finite IT, commented: “We tend to have a cautious scepticism about new technologies but the opportunity that the iProfile presented us was too good to miss. Providing our candidates with the best possible service is paramount to us and the iProfile is a proven, award winning product that will enable us to match them to IT jobs faster than ever before.“

Each person that sends their CV to Finite or registers at www.finite.com.au will be automatically introduced to the iProfile service and will instantly see the benefits of using the 21st century online CV over a traditional CV. Users will have immediate visibility over who’s received it, who’s viewed it, plus it encourages direct feedback from recruiters. Unlike other recruiter’s offerings to candidates the iProfile is unique in that once built the candidate takes ownership of it such that they can re-use it whenever and wherever they want. iProfile holders are encouraged to log their achievements, skills and successes whenever possible rather than waiting until they are job seeking again. Furthermore, the iProfile is much more secure than sending your CV randomly in response to job adverts – considering ID fraud is becoming an increasingly important issue, the iProfile is one way that IT professionals can ensure their personal details remain safe as they control who has access to it at anytime.

As the iProfile is dynamic and structured, Finite recruiters will automatically be informed whenever any of their iProfiles are updated, saving them time previously wasted calling candidates for which they hold an out of date CV. Finite’s recruiters will also benefit from having the most advanced resourcing tool on the market, enabling them to identify the best candidates for their vacancies faster than anyone else. It is anticipated that up to 500,000 iProfile’s will be created within Australia during the next 6 months as other launch recruitment partners come online and more and more IT candidates realise the many benefits that this new product has to offer them.

Glen Perry, MD of iProfile in Asia Pacific (http://au.iprofile.org) commented: “We’re delighted that Finite is leading the Australian market by becoming the first recruitment company to introduce their candidates to the iProfile. In the UK over 90% of IT professionals now own an iProfile and with many more Australian recruitment companies currently signing up to also provide this service, we’re expecting the iProfile to catch on just as fast.”

iProfile is an Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association (ITCRA) endorsed product.

Leading national IT Recruiter, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, is pleased to announce that its Canberra office has relocated to new, larger, state of the art offices located at:

Level 2, Ethos House

28-36 Ainslie Place

Canberra, ACT 2600

Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, confirmed that the Canberra office has had a phenomenally good run recently, notwithstanding that the Canberra market has been pretty subdued for the last 12 months following the Federal election and Gershon Review.

We are particularly fortunate to have such a talented, long serving team in Canberra which the business has been developing since opening our branch office there in 2003. Five years of hard work building our ACT presence is really paying off with Finite now partnering with a wide variety of Government and private sector clients through Preferred Supplier Agreements. Branch revenues for FY 2008 were up by 80% year on year and is an indicator of our market penetration and ongoing drive to establish quality client partnerships.

The new Canberra office will effectively double Finite’s team capacity and comes on the back of a further six successful tender wins with leading Government Agencies in the last year.

With the Gershon Review recommendations having now been accepted in full and being implemented over the next 3 years, Finite are looking forward to 2009 when hopefully more IT resourcing opportunities will start to emerge again in the ACT ICT market.

Major projects beckon in 2009 says Finite

by Stan Beer

While a number of pundits are talking doom and gloom about jobs because of the economic downturn, the message from one of Australia's largest IT recruiters is surprisingly upbeat. Finite IT Recruitment says a number of huge projects are due to come online in early 2009.

Finite MD Tracy Thomson and General Manager Duncan Thomson told iTWire that there are some very large projects in the financial services, telecommunications and government areas that will require considerable numbers of skilled IT staff.

"We are very fortunate in that we have a lot of preferred supplier agreements in place with longstanding clients," says Ms Thomson.

"There is one particular project in the financial services industry that is likely to involve a major ramp up of activity involving a large amount of integration and transformation work."

"We think this project alone will require substantial numbers of people, which will create significant demand across Australia for Project Managers, Business Analysts and other specialists with a combination of financial services and IT backgrounds."

According to Ms Thomson, the sort of numbers required for such projects can't be satisfied from any single Australian city.

"For that project, we'll fill as many roles as we can from the local market but we expect that we'll have to source people from all over Australia, as well as offshore," says Ms Thomson.

Another industry big sector that is likely to require large numbers of people, according to Ms Thomson, is telecommunications.

"We are a major supplier to the telco sector and with projects such as the National Broadband Network due to be announced, we expect a lot of demand to come from that area," Ms Thomson says.

In the area of Federal Government, Duncan Thomson expressed doubts about whether the recruitment objectives of the recently released Gershon Report could be achieved quickly.

The Gershon Report, among other things, recommends halving of contractor numbers in Federal Government and replacing them with permanent staff.

"I don't think in reality they'll be able to achieve their objectives soon, this initiative will need to be carefully thought through and detailed planning will need to be put in place. This is bound to take some time to work through," Mr Thomson says.

"The Federal Government has always been a large user of contractors. Contracting has some clear advantages over permanent employment and not everyone will want to convert. The challenge of recruiting specialist IT permanent staff in Canberra is also quite tough. When we're staffing for the Federal Government, we're pulling people from all over the country."

However, Mr Thomson believes that the New Year will hopefully see the Federal Government market open up again in a big way.

"While the Canberra market is tough right now, we're hoping to see some recruitment opportunities in the new year as budgets get allocated. I think we'll see a bounce back in the second quarter and you have to remember that even the economists are predicting that we'll still see growth in the Australian economy in 2009. Notwithstanding, the Canberra market could really benefit from a much needed kick start," he says.

According to Tracy Thomson, while the market is getting tougher for many IT recruiters, Finite is in a better position than many to ride out the downturn.

"We have a good spread of clients across financial services, government and telecommunications and our policy has always been to focus on preferred supplier agreements (PSAs)," she says.

"Suppliers who have been working on high margin ad hoc business during the good times, are not so fortunate now that the market has turned."

"We have more than 80 PSAs in place across Australia and we're still hiring recruiters ourselves."

"In fact, we're looking to open an office in Perth in Q1 2009. We're already doing a lot of work for mining, engineering, telecommunications and systems integration sectors over there and our clients are keen for us to establish a physical presence there."

Leading specialist ICT recruiter, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, has achieved another record year of solid growth, despite a softening jobs market. Year on year group revenues increased by 40% from $161M up to $226M, a record $65M increase in organic growth, on the back of continued strong service delivery team performance nationally and some additional high profile client wins.

Finite IT has also been recognised within leading business magazine BRW‘s flagship Top 500 Private Companies listing published this week:

FINITE IT MAKE THE BRW 500!

Finite IT were delighted to make its debut in this year’s BRW Top 500 Private Companies published this week, coming in as the 219th largest private company in Australia. Finite IT is the second largest private recruitment company listed this year out of only 4 recruitment companies to make the top 500 listing.

FINITE IT NAMED AS FINALIST IN INAUGURAL BRW / ANZ PRIVATE BUSINESS AWARDS!

Finite IT was one of three named finalists in this year’s inaugural BRW / ANZ Private Business Awards Ceremony held at Melbourne’s Park Hyatt Hotel on Wednesday night in the Fastest Growing Private Business with Turnover Greater than $100M category. This recognition is on the back of another record year of growth for Finite IT with year on year revenues up by 40%. Finite IT has consistently posted record breaking organic growth for each of the last 3 years.

Commenting on the current ICT jobs market, Finite IT’s MD, Tracy Thomson, acknowledged “the much softer market that we are now in with business confidence reportedly at an 18 year low which was certainly slowing down the hiring and decision making process. With spring almost upon us and a widely forecast interest rate reduction likely to happen in September, this will hopefully deliver a much needed boost to the economy. Notwithstanding the mixed feelings in the market, there are still good ICT requirements out there to fill”.

Leading IT recruiter, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, has posted another exceptional set of results for the period Jul – December 2007:

Group Turnover (including subsidiary FinXL IT Professional Services) for six months to December 07 increased to $110M (up from $73M for the same period in 2006 – an increase of over 50%).

Year on year: Contracting / Consultancy revenues grew at 52%; Perm revenues (including executive recruitment) grew by nearly 30%.

Commenting on the continuing very strong Group performance, Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, confirmed that:

“Finite’s ‘IT only’ focus makes us very well placed to benefit from the exceptional organic growth opportunities still available within the buoyant IT marketplace throughout Australia (and increasingly the Asia Pacific). Despite the well reported “Skills Shortages” Finite are still managing to source and place high quality IT personnel in record numbers on the back of increasing demand in virtually every sector.

Notwithstanding the recent Federal Government election and traditional seasonal lull in December, demand has picked up rapidly again in January and we forecast that revenues will continue to grow on the back of continuing high demand, particularly within the Financial Services, Telco, Government and IT Vendor sectors.

Our ongoing investment in ‘our people’, ‘our offices’ and ‘our systems and infrastructure’ are also continuing to attract high calibre consultants and support personnel looking to join the Group.”

Some of Australia’s finest business leaders and entrepreneurs were publicly recognised at the National Entrepreneur Of The Year award ceremony held in Melbourne’s Crown Casino ballroom last night. The five category winners from around Australia have come through from an original group of 83 regional finalists and represent the best of the best in entrepreneurial talent in Australia at the moment. Collectively, these entrepreneurs are providing jobs to over 10,000 people and are generating annual revenues in excess of $3 billion.

We are delighted to confirm that Finite IT’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, became the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 National Category Winner for “Services including Financial, Business & Property”.

Tracy commented that “this was another fantastic national achievement for Finite IT following on from our earlier regional win in August, and could not have been possible without the support of such a talented and highly motivated team behind me. It’s also great to see the recruitment industry back on top within the Services category and recognition for the very important role our industry plays in supporting business and government on a daily basis.”

Further information on the Entrepreneur of The Year Awards program is available on the Ernst & Young website www.ey.com/au/eoy

Finite are back in the BRW Magazine’s Fast 100 list of fastest growing Australian SME’s with an even better position than 2006, moving up from 87th to 76th place! The list is based on average % revenue growth taken over the last 3 consecutive years to June 07, with Finite scoring a very respectable 59%.Reported group revenues were $160.9M for FYE June 07. Finite had the largest turnover of any of the featured SME’s in this year’s list.

“The 100 fastest–growing companies battled skills shortages, a restrictive investment capital environment, increased red tape and compliance costs, and onerous taxation regimes to produce a collective turnover of $1.68 billion” – BRW Magazine.

Specialist agency Finite IT Recruitment Solutions has posted another very strong performance, with full year group revenue to 30th June up by 43% to $107 million. Finite also made its debut in this year’s BRW Fast 100 published on 12th October which recognises Australia’s fastest growing SME’s.

This marks a further year on year increase in revenue for Finite of $32 million, achieved through purely organic growth within the current IT market as a result of our broad experience in the banking and finance, telecoms, commercial, vendor and government sectors.

Finite MD, Tracy Thomson, commented “that prospects remain good for further growth within the IT recruitment sector for the foreseeable future, notwithstanding that it is getting harder to source quality personnel. IT contracting and consultancy services remain very strong as is the ongoing demand for IT executive’s. Finite has undertaken a major office expansion program over the last 12 months across all four offices, including the relocation of our Sydney head office into new purpose built offices in May, and our imminent move into new larger Brisbane premises in November. This has contributed to our growth capacity and attraction as an employer of choice. We have also been fortunate in winning some significant new clients during the last 12 months whilst maintaining high performance service levels with our many long standing and highly valued relationships”.

Finite are currently experiencing a surge in demand for Networking / Infrastructure skills along with Developers (particularly Java, J2EE and .Net) in Sydney, with Architects, Testers, Business Analysts and Project Managers also in high demand; in Melbourne its also Network / Infrastructure related roles along with and Business Analysts that are most sought after; the Brisbane market is also crying out for Network / Infrastructure staff and Developers; and in Canberra, the highest demand is currently for Developers (mainly Java) and Project Managers.

Finite’s MD, Tracy Thomson, was very honoured to receive recognition as the “Entrepreneur of The Year” Eastern Region winner in the Services Category at a black tie awards ceremony held in Sydney on August 16th. Tracy will now go forward to the national finals which will be announced on November 29th in Melbourne. There will also be one overall Australian Entrepreneur winner that will be selected to participate in the international finals that will take place in Monaco in 2008. The Awards program is run annually by Ernst & Young around the globe and co-sponsored in Australia by Qantas and Westpac.

Finite IT Recruitment Solutions has posted another very strong set of results for the period Jul – December 2006:

Group Turnover (including subsidiary FinXL IT Professional Services) for six months to December 06 increased to $73M (up from $54M for the same period in 2005 – an increase of 35%).

Contracting / Consultancy revenues grew at 34%; Perm revenues (including executive recruitment) grew at 55%.

Commenting on the performance, Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, confirmed “that Finite was well positioned to continue to fully service the Australian (and increasingly the Asia Pacific) IT sectors through its “IT only” focus. Bearing in mind that our growth is purely organic and not through acquisition, we continue to attract additional new key client accounts that have created an additional eight new full time positions within the last two months alone.

We forecast that revenues will continue to grow on the back of the continuing buoyancy of the Australian and global IT sectors. There is continued strong demand for contracting and consultancy services, particularly within the Telco, Government and Financial Services sectors, and the demand for IT permanent and executive recruitment services is also accelerating, particularly within the Vendor and Financial Services sectors”.

Leading IT recruitment agency Finite has recently launched a new executive recruitment division, FinXEC IT Executive Recruitment.

Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that she” has been aware of a gap in the specialist IT recruitment market for some time at the executive level which is currently covered largely by generalist search firms rather than IT only specialists. Although Finite undertake an increasing amount of permanent executive recruitment assignments, this new division, FinXEC, will give greater emphasis and focus on this important part of the market. Aimed exclusively at senior IT professionals, it offers a number of unique advantages that will assist clients in attracting and securing the right people to develop and implement their technology vision. Through either discreet and confidential approaches to carefully researched and targeted candidates, an advertised selection process, or through conventional contingent recruitment, we know these proven approaches combined with effective advocacy of the client organisation and opportunity, will secure quality high performing executives.”

As part of one of Australia’s pre-eminent IT recruitment firms, FinXEC offers access to unparalleled networks in sourcing top executive talent. For more information please contact FinXEC on 02 8243 6868.

Following a further very busy six month trading period up to the end of December, with Group revenues up by almost 50% compared with the same period in 2004, leading specialist IT agency Finite IT Recruitment Solutions have announced five new appointments across three of their national offices.

In the Sydney office, Finite is very pleased to bring on board experienced Consultants, Sandra Bristowe and Lydia Arapovic, both come with a very solid track record of success within the Sydney IT marketplace.

In the Melbourne office, well known industry high flyer Colin Cunningham joins Finite as a Senior Consultant. Colin has over 15 years of experience working in IT and seven of those as a successful established IT recruitment consultant. Colin’s proven business development and account management skills will be put to good use on the back of Finite’s continuing client PSA wins.

Finite is also very pleased to welcome back Jill Crossland (formerly Jill Thiele), Consultant, after a two year break working within the industry in London. Jill was one of the original IT&T Careers personnel that came across to Finite in 2002 as part of the successful business acquisition. Jill’s main thrust will be on developing permanent assignments. Jill is also joined by Sophina Balaranjan, Admin Support.

Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that “the company remains very well positioned to continue it’s expansion on the back of the continuing buoyancy and demand from the Australian IT sector. With the tightening candidate market, we strongly believe that Finite’s IT only focus is the best way to serve our clients and continue to source the best IT talent for their needs. We are delighted to have the new team members on board”

Aaron Young has recently joined Finite IT Recruitment Solutions as a Senior Consultant in their successful Brisbane office.

Aaron’s remit is to develop new and existing vendor and commercial markets within Queensland. With more than eight years industry experience in IT Recruitment, most recently as an IT&T Team Leader, he has very broad account management experience with many of the leading blue chip organisations within Australia.

Having first entered the IT&T recruitment industry in1996 establishing a local IT&T division for a global recruitment company, he joined a leading National IT&T Specialist firm in 1998 as a Senior Account Manager where he managed a small team of consultants. He then moved to CSC Australia, a Global IT vendor, and worked within the Asia Pacific IT Security and Risk Management Practice. Aaron has extensive account management, people management and client development experience within the government and private sectors, IT professional Services and IT Vendor firms. Aaron’s recruitment experience includes all levels of IT&T positions in both permanent and contract roles.

Prior to entering the IT&T market Aaron has held serval senior sales roles.

Sydney , Australia- 12 October 2005 - Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Australia's premier gambling and entertainment group has recently appointed Finite IT Recruitment Solutions as one of three Suppliers to deliver specialist IT Recruitment services. The new national agreement incorporates permanent and contract recruitment across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Rudi Ille, Finite Victorian Manager said “Tabcorp is moving to a model of several core Recruitment suppliers and formalised service agreements, and we will be helping them to consolidate their IT recruitment process and provide them with the right people in the optimum timeframes. We have already made some placements in the first couple of weeks. This new Tabcorp agreement represents another excellent opportunity that ideally suits Finite’s proven national service delivery model for top ASX listed corporations.”

Tabcorp offers great opportunities for employees. The company manages many leading customer brands in Australia, including the Star City and Jupiter’s casinos, TAB, Tabaret, Keno, TAB Sportsbet, Sky Channel and radio 2KY, serving millions of customers every day.

“The Technical Services group is one of the largest internal Information Technology shops within Australia with over 850 employee based in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne,” said Robyn Blanch, Resource Manager, Tabcorp Technical Services..

“The movement towards three IT specific providers for the provision of both Contract and Permanent recruitment acknowledges our desire to develop strong partnerships that enable us to identify and source great Technology professionals who are looking to be part of a dynamic and growing Australian Company,” Robyn said.

“In establishing our panel we required agencies to meet strict criteria. Along with two other companies, we selected Finite for their differentiated approach, speed to market and proactive solution mind set.” Robyn said

Australia’s favourite recruiters were honoured last night at SEEK’s Annual Recruitment Awards at a ceremony held in Sydney, where Finite received the “runner up” award in the “large IT” category. The awards have been running since 2003 and are decided through popular choice achieved through client and candidate votes. They are designed to acknowledges the value the recruitment industry provides to Australian commerce and government at large. Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, was there to accept the award on behalf of her team.

Sarah Reeve has recently returned to Finite as a Senior Consultant in its Sydney head office after a two year absence.

Sarah was one of the initial Consultants to join Finite back in 1999 and she rejoins to focus on developing major clients in the Media, Logistics, Finance and Consulting industry sectors, amongst others.

Sarah has 11 years IT Recruitment experience in total, 5 years in the UK and the last 6 years developing an excellent reputation in the Sydney marketplace.

Sarah will be responsible for recruiting both contract and permanent staff across all skills and role levels within Technology.

Mark Guild has been appointed as a Resourcer, within the Sydney Telecommunications team. Mark holds a commerce degree in HR and has worked previously as a systems administrator and project coordinator. Mark came to Australia from Scotland in September 2004

Up and coming national IT recruitment specialists, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, were looking for a point of difference to publicise their highly respected recruitment services and opted for a new approach to their advertising campaign, utilising domestic airport terminals around Australia.

Finite’s General Manager, Duncan Thomson commented “that we were very surprised and excited to hear that we would be the first IT recruitment specialist to undertake such a national campaign. The main eastern seaboard airports are used on a daily basis by many of our clients and candidates and seemed an obvious medium to communicate directly our key market differentiators, speed and quality. We found the team at Eye Fly, who handles the airport sites were very responsive and thought we should be first to put it the test!

Finite appointed FNL communications to handle the creative for this project, after reviewing a number of ad agencies. “We found a team that we felt were on our wavelength, understood our brand objectives and passion for recruitment” said Duncan Thomson.

“FNL Communications have produced award winning work with subtlety and humour in their creative. Their size, energy and youthfulness and the fact that they had not worked within recruitment before were also viewed positively. Initially four ads were commissioned with a client focus. Catchy tag lines and very straight forward messages:

No more staff ups!

Human resourceful

Lose the bags

A1 IT CV’s ASAP

Melbourne , Australia — IT recruitment specialist - Finite IT Recruitment Solutions - has recently made several new team appointments to accommodate the continued upward demand for quality IT resources in Victoria from local and national clients.

Finite’s Victorian Manager, Rudi Ille, commented that Finite’s Melbourne branch “continued to place record numbers of IT candidates into both permanent and contract roles across most industry sectors” and forecast that “market opportunities existed for further significant growth with demand for good IT resources showing no signs of abating in the near future.”

Three new Melbourne appointments have been confirmed comprising: new Senior Consultant, Mark Wighton with over 6 years of successful experience in IT recruitment. Mark was a former Team Leader with Spherion and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double Major in Human Resource Management and Marketing; new Consultant, Mason Ng, a well known professional in both government and commercial circles through his previous IT consultancy and sales background with KAZ Technology Services; new resource coordinator, Ciara Crossan, who has also been working within the IT sector for the past two years with EMC and Xerox.

Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, exhibiting at CeBIT for the first time, gets a special visit and encouragement from Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Senator Coonan, visiting CeBIT to officially open the Future Parc, made a special visit to Finite’s stand within the AIIA Software Showcase to meet the Finite team and hear first hand about the specialist IT recruitment services that Finite successfully offer to Federal and State Governments along with many of Australia’s largest financial and telecommunications Corporations, Utilities and Education bodies.

As the only specialist IT recruitment agency exhibiting at CeBIT this year, Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson commented “that Finite were very honoured to get a special visit from the Senator and that the response to the stand had been really encouraging with IT recruitment and staff attraction and retention very much at the forefront of CEO and CIO priorities. With demand continuing to grow across several key skill sets many companies are finding it difficult to attract experienced quality candidates, particularly within target timescales to meet project deadlines. Finite is very fortunate to have an extensive network of industry contacts and a substantial qualified candidate database at our disposal, enabling us to source good quality candidates for virtually all highly sought after skill sets. Business pace continues to be brisk and Finite is well positioned to continue its impressive growth curve for the foreseeable future.”

Following a further very busy six month trading period up to the end of December, with Group revenues up by almost 50% compared with the same period in 2004, leading specialist IT agency Finite IT Recruitment Solutions have announced five new appointments across three of their national offices.

In the Sydney office, Finite is very pleased to bring on board experienced Consultants, Sandra Bristowe and Lydia Arapovic, both come with a very solid track record of success within the Sydney IT marketplace.

In the Melbourne office, well known industry high flyer Colin Cunningham joins Finite as a Senior Consultant. Colin has over 15 years of experience working in IT and seven of those as a successful established IT recruitment consultant. Colin’s proven business development and account management skills will be put to good use on the back of Finite’s continuing client PSA wins.

Finite is also very pleased to welcome back Jill Crossland (formerly Jill Thiele), Consultant, after a two year break working within the industry in London. Jill was one of the original IT&T Careers personnel that came across to Finite in 2002 as part of the successful business acquisition. Jill’s main thrust will be on developing permanent assignments. Jill is also joined by Sophina Balaranjan, Admin Support.

Finite’s Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that “the company remains very well positioned to continue it’s expansion on the back of the continuing buoyancy and demand from the Australian IT sector. With the tightening candidate market, we strongly believe that Finite’s IT only focus is the best way to serve our clients and continue to source the best IT talent for their needs. We are delighted to have the new team members on board”

Six new staff members have been added to IT recruitment specialist – Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Staff numbers were increased to accommodate growing demand for quality IT personnel Australia-wide, directly inline with a booming half year result. The staff additions include new Regional Manager, Debbie Bleckwehl in Brisbane; Senior Consultant, Kham Xaysavanh in Sydney; and Consultant Michele Primmer in Canberra; all servicing clients and candidates in the buoyant ICT space.

The continued surge in staff numbers is a direct reflection of the growth in business across Australia. Finite’s revenues continue to grow rapidly with like for like Group turnover up almost 90% for 6 months to December 2004 over the same period in 2003. “This is such an exciting time for the business and the IT industry in general, with the demand for quality IT resources continuing unabated. The appointment of a new regional manager in Brisbane and experienced consultants in our national offices, shows our commitment to growing the team with high-calibre staff to support our extensive customer base including some significant new national accounts.“ states Tracy Thomson, Managing Director, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions.

Debbie Bleckwehl, the newest and Finite’s most senior recruit in Brisbane, has been in the IT recruitment industry for over 12 years. As a Certified Recruitment Consultant with the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (RCSA), Debbie has extensive government market knowledge and has demonstrated experience in growing recruitment business from the ground up. Debbie also brings with her strong relationship management experience and has become a recruiter of choice within key accounts.

“I’m thrilled to be leading a solid team of talented and enthusiastic people who have enormous potential in what is a challenging and exciting market. We look forward to continuing to attract and retain the best local candidates for our clients, through our unique company offering. After all it’s these quality IT specialists that are the ambassadors for our business and make sure our clients keep coming back!” says Debbie Bleckwehl, Brisbane Regional Manager, Finite IT Recruitment Solutions, QLD.

Kham Xaysavanh joins the Sydney office with an excellent, proven track record in account management and business development across both government and private sector clients. Kham has eight years sales experience in IT Recruitment, HR Outsourcing and Technical Education. She was drawn in by Finite’s consultative approach to business and personally aims to achieve long-term partnering business relationships.

Leading IT recruitment agency, Finite, wins “a further four” Preferred Supplier Agreements with major new clients, AAPT, Brisbane City Council, PMP and Australia Post, marking a further very successful year of growth for this highly respected national independent IT recruitment specialist.

Finite already had a modest, but successful established track record supplying AAPT in Sydney and this new mandate will enable it to step this up to a national account level. Brisbane City Council is another major achievement for Finite’s Brisbane office where there it is an entirely new relationship won on the back of Finite’s commitment to delivery of quality personnel through it's quality accredited recruitment processes and strength in delivery to the Queensland State and Local Government sectors. PMP and Australia Post are both significant wins for Finite’s fast growing Melbourne office and testimony to the team there’s professionalism, experience and ability to deliver customised solutions tailored specifically to client needs.

Finite's Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that "it is particularly reassuring when you are judged on the quality of your tender submission, proven delivery credentials and highly supportive client testimonials to be appointed by such significant high profile clients."

“Finite is continuing to grow at pace with year on year turnover up by over 37% and when the Group’s IT Consultancy arm, FinXL IT Professional Services, are included combined turnover is in excess of $40,000,000 representing growth of over 43% for year ending June 04.”

"We have been fortunate that we have been well positioned in terms of our highly experienced consultant team, our attractive centrally located CBD office locations, exceptional candidate database and our longer term focus on quality candidate care programmes, to be able to continue our group development strategy in the current strong IT market.”

Leading IT recruitment agency, Finite, wins a hat-trick of Preferred Supplier Agreements with three major clients, AMP, ING and Dimension Data (NSW), marking a further very successful period of growth for the Company since the acquisition of IT&T Careers last August.

Finite already had an excellent track record established with ING and Dimension Data, but the appointment with AMP was based upon the Company's commitment to delivery of quality personnel through it's quality accredited recruitment processes, strength in delivery to the financial services marketplace, and several client recommendations that brought it to the forefront in the highly competitive tender.

Finite's Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented that

"it is particularly reassuring when you are judged on the quality of your tender submission and client testimonials to be appointed by such high profile clients as AMP without any significant track record of working for that client."

Finite is continuing to review and evolve it's range of service's with continual improvements in technology (including the adoption of e timesheets), personnel development and the introduction of new innovative delivery solutions.

"Our success also has to be attributed in no small way to the excellent quality of the existing Finite team and also the very high quality of new consultants and resource coordinators that we are attracting through our commitment to quality, our impressive client base / sales growth, and increasing brand awareness within the marketplace."

Finite are currently relocating their Melbourne office to larger, more central premises to accommodate their recent growth in business in Victoria. In addition, a new office is currently being established in Canberra to address the huge volume of Federal Government IT projects underway this year.

Finite Recruitment Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that it has purchased the specialist IT recruitment business IT&T Careers Pty Ltd from Powerlan Limited for $2.5m. The purchase is in line with Finite Recruitment's strategic plan to become a leading national specialist IT Recruitment provider to the banking, financial, telecommunications, technology and Government sectors, building upon the success of the Sydney office.

The acquisition includes IT&T Careers substantial Contractor base, established offices located in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, transferral of all Sales Consultants and support staff and numerous high profile 'preferred supplier agreements.'

Finite Recruitment was established in 1998 and has already developed an excellent reputation in the Sydney market for delivery of quality IT Contract and permanent personnel. The combined entities will now produce turnover revenues in excess of $40m per annum.

Integration of the two Sydney offices has already commenced creating one of Sydney's largest providers of specialist IT Contract and permanent staff to leading corporations and Government Departments in New South Wales. This, together with the other two established interstate offices will enable the combined group to further enhance its levels of service and products to the extensive combined client base.

Finite Recruitment's Managing Director, Tracy Thomson, commented on the purchase as

"an excellent opportunity to acquire a highly regarded national agency with a substantial contracting base and a stable and talented team. It will also provide Finite with the ability to offer an enhanced service to our existing valued clients from IT&T's established and successful Brisbane and Melbourne offices, giving us an enviable national footprint and elevating us to the 'top 10' leading IT agencies in Australia.

Looking ahead, this important initial acquisition will provide a strong platform enabling us to take full advantage of any upturn in demand from our key markets and further growth potential in the medium to longer term."