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OneShift.com.au Media Release - 6 Feb 2013: Call for further state government contract staff reform

Announcement posted by OneShift.com.au 08 Feb 2013

Startup jobs site chief, Genevieve George, has called for further improvements to the NSW Government’s temporary staff tendering processes.
OneShift.com.au — Media Release — 6 Feb 2013


Call for further state government contract staff reform

Startup jobs site chief, Genevieve George, has called for further improvements to the NSW Government’s temporary staff tendering processes.

Ms George, Managing Director of OneShift.com.au, said that while the Government’s contingent workforce pre-qualification scheme is a step in the right direction, more needs to be done.

“Public sector managers and human resources teams should be able to connect with jobseekers as quickly and smoothly as possible,” she said.  “Even under the new arrangements, small businesses will struggle to compete with the recruitment giants like Hays and Randstad.  Much more competitive pressure is needed.”

The new scheme replaces State Contract C100, a closed panel contract which until 19 April allows for just 16 recruitment firms to fulfil more than 100 state government entities’ vacant non-permanent jobs.

“The C100 contract represents an unacceptable bottleneck to matching public sector employers with potential employees. Successive governments allowed themselves to be held to ransom by recruiters,” Ms George said.

The Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee is currently inquiring into recent job losses, in state governments around Australia, as 
well as wages and conditions.

Ms George said, “What is needed is a massive shake-up of public sector contract recruitment by removing the inefficient middle men.  The only solution is to allow government agencies to advertise temporary roles without recruiter interference.”

Submissions are due to the Senate committee’s state government employment inquiry by 15 February with the committee reporting its findings in June.


OneShift.com.au is a startup job-matching website that connects jobseekers with employers, based on their location, availability and skills.  Registration is free for both jobseekers and employers, and it is free for employers to advertise jobs.  Employers can connect with up to three potential workers for a small fee.  More than 70,000 jobseekers and employers have signed up at OneShift.com.au since its June 2012 launch.


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