Frank Recruitment Group Named in LinkedIn’s Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies

According to LinkedIn, the ranking is a reflection of a firm’s diligence and dedication to integrating social media into their business and it shows which staffing firms are harnessing the power of LinkedIn exceptionally well as a vital part of their business.

The list is based on extensive analysis of the interactions between over 60,000 staffing firms, 627,000 consultants, and 450+ million members on LinkedIn over the past year.

Kashif Naqshbandi, Chief Marketing Officer at Frank Recruitment Group, said: “We are incredibly proud to make LinkedIn’s ranking of Top 25 Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies in 2016.

“Our business has gone from strength-to-strength in 2016 after receiving landmark investment by TPG Growth, backers of Uber, AirBnB and Spotify.

“We also reached our 1,000th employee in September and have ambitions to continue to grow our staff throughout 2016 and 2017.

“One of the vital ways we communicate with our current and prospective audience is through LinkedIn and we are proud to be recognized by LinkedIn for this engagement.”

In 2016 Frank Recruitment Group’s global niche IT recruitment brand total has leapt from four brands to six, and the FRG global office location count has reached eight, with newly added Philadelphia and Berlin offices joining our established London, New York, Melbourne, Singapore, Newcastle upon Tyne and San Francisco offices.

For more information about Frank Recruitment Group visit frankgroup.com. For careers or current vacancies visitfrankgroup.com/vacancies. And to connect with Frank Recruitment Group on LinkedIn visit linkedin.com/company/frank-recruitment-group.

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Award Winners Global Recruiter Award winners celebrate their success.

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The recruitment businesses and individuals recognised in last week’s Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Awards, headline sponsored by Daxtra, have been reacting to their success.

“Strategy is often easier than tactics and so to win the GR's prestigious award naming Gravitas as the Best Specialised Agency in Asia is a proud moment in our history,” said Daniel Wallis, founder and managing director, Asia for Gravitas. “Over the last six years we have built a business that now covers over thirty insurance niches across two Asian offices. The growth of our service niches, our growth in general, and this recognition demonstrates that our mission statement set six years ago is being realised. That means a great deal to us a company, as specialism is embedded within our core.

“The  journey however is long, with our mission far from complete,” he continued. “With further insurances niches identified and a replicable model enabling geographic expansion we maintain a clear mission, strategy and tactic plan that remains true to our inception six years ago.”

Karen Tok, CEO of ScienTec Consulting placed her company’s success in three Award categories within the context of the past 12 months: “This year has been a great year for us,” she said. “We have increased the number of key accounts and small-sized RPO projects, both of which cannot succeed without strong strategic planning and project management. We are glad that our focus on in-depth understanding of our clients’ businesses and coming up with out-of-the-box solutions to overcome their challenges, are now paying off – recruitment services go beyond understanding clients’ requirements and presenting relevant resumes.

“Gaining recognition for these categories inspires us to continually deliver innovative solutions to meet and fulfil our clients’ needs. I would like to thank Global Recruiter and our clients for these awards,” she concluded.

Annie Yap, group MD and chief strategy officer of Life Science Board explained how their success highlighted the business’ desire to make a difference to the industry it serves: “Our vision to start Life Science Board was to add value to society as the portal specialises in this sunrise and life saving industry,” she said. “We wish to be the branding and marketing agency for the industry to attract more talent to join us. Being recognised by our peers at the Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Awards was indeed an extraordinary moment. We aim to be a game changer by developing our patent pending Smart Profiling Engine (SPE). The Engine has an algorithm that emulates an experienced recruiter shortlisting and filtering CVs. That will help users to be much more efficient to filter through tons of CVs.”

Looking to the future, Yap said she would like to see Life Science Board as the number one place in people's minds when they were looking for a job in the life sciences industry.

At SThree, regional sales director Stuart Clark reacted to his company’s stand-out performance winning Best Overseas Operation and sales team manager Manjit Kaur gaining a Highly Commended for Best Recruitment Consultant: “I am extremely proud to be a part of our Singapore team and to have won these awards,” he said. “The past years haven’t always been plain sailing but we’ve constantly grown our team, all of whom have worked tirelessly to maximise the success of our region.

“I am excited for the future opportunities we’ll be creating for our customers and playing our part in driving the industry forward."

"It came as a pleasant surprise to be highly commended as best recruitment consultant of the year which is a huge motivation for me to uphold the high standards a recruiter should offer and create a difference in this industry," commented SThree’s Manjit Kaur. “The Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Industry Awards have grown in popularity over the years as the sector increasingly appreciates a set of awards that represents a recognition for recruiters.

“Participation in such awards was no easy feat and required a good preparation," says Kaur. "For me, it was a good four years of prep. This meant consistent optimal customer service, the demonstration of strong leadership with my team and making a difference within the industry. It was consistently going the extra mile for my clients, candidates and even my own team.”

Finally Michael Smith, managing director, Randstad Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia reflected on his company’s success in the category of Best Use of Social Media and Best Large Recruitment Business: “At Randstad, we are highly committed to our mission of ‘shaping the world of work’,” he said. “This encompasses every single thing we do – from helping candidates find their dream job to empowering organisations to achieve their goals – be it through direct interaction with our consultants, or through our thought-leadership initiatives.

“Most recently, we have been embracing a 'Tech and Touch' vision - where we focus our efforts into the integration of digital into all aspects of our business,” he said. “This digital integration is changing how we engage and work with our clients, and transforming the way our corporate support teams support the business.

“We're incredibly proud to say that it is through the strong support of our clients and candidates, as well as the hard work and passion of all our employees, that have allowed us to stand out from the competition and be recognised as a leader in the recruitment space – both offline and online.”

The Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Awards will be back again next year. Entries open April 1st 2017.

SRi Expands to Japan New consultant identifies sport as opportunity for business

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Executive search consultancy, SRi has expanded its offering into Japan. The company has appointed Yusuke Isoda as a consultant. Joining the SRi Asia team based in Singapore, Isoda will focus on his native Japan as the country prepares to host a number of major global events in the next four years, including the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Olympic Games.

Supported by a team of multi-lingual researchers, Isoda will use his experience in Japan to further extend the company's global reach that already includes offices in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK. He began his career at Japanese recruitment giant Intelligence's Tokyo HQ, before spending time at the company's Singapore and Vietnam offices. Isoda joins SRi from global energy recruitment specialist Spencer Ogden.

Helen Soulsby, SRi's Managing Partner for Asia, commented: "I'm thrilled to welcome Yusuke to the team at such a crucial time for our business in the region. Japan will play host to the world through the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Olympics, and Yusuke's in-depth knowledge of the country will allow SRi to maintain our position as market leader for senior hires in sports, media and entertainment throughout Asia and beyond.

"Asia is a very diverse continent and this appointment further demonstrates our commitment to understanding each individual market in order to provide a premium tailored service and help transform the way the industry works across the region,” she said.

Yusuke added, "I'm excited to be able to combine my recruitment expertise with my passion for sport in my new position. I'm looking forward to playing a major role in SRi's continued expansion in Asia and helping to build SRi's Japanese business."

Siemens Launches Digital Factory Consultancy Service for Singapore and Southeast Asia

Siemens launched its Digital Factory Manufacturing Design Consultancy in Singapore on September 16 at a ceremony officiated by the country's Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. S Iswaran, and Siemens CEO Mr. Joe Kaeser.

A first for Siemens globally, and claimed to be the very first-of-its-kind in the controls and automation industry, the consultancy aims to assist companies to assess the current state of their facilities and then structure a meaningful Industry 4.0 transformation roadmap to digitalize their factories. As well as Singapore, the consultancy will cover the other markets in Southeast Asia.

"As a world leader in automation and Industry 4.0, Siemens is able to provide our customers with the initial seed for transformation into a digital factory.  We are able to draw on our expertise and strong portfolio in electrification, automation and digitalization, and I am confident that with our help, our consulting customers will become practical showcases for other manufacturing setups in the region," said Dry Armin Bruck, CEO of Lead Country Singapore, Siemens, which covers Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the consultancy plugs a capability gap in the market, as while manufacturers, especially in markets like Singapore, are keen to digitalize their factories to remain competitive, many lack the knowledge and expertise of the smaller steps they can take to do so.

"Siemens' decision to establish its first manufacturing consultancy business here is testament to the importance of Singapore's manufacturing sector to the global supply chain.  By helping producers to develop digitalization roadmaps, the Digital Factory Manufacturing Design Consultancy will be an important partner to promote the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies in Singapore," said Mr Yeoh Keat Chuan, managing director of EDB.

With applications, such as next-level automation, predictive maintenance and remote monitoring, digitalization can help manufacturers improve their quality, productivity, flexibility, efficiency, throughput time and time-to-market.

The Digital Factory Manufacturing Design Consultancy possesses both the technical expertise and product portfolio to propose effective technology improvements to help customers not only optimize their manufacturing processes, but also digitalize their assets and machineries to enable analytics to better manage operations on a facility-wide level, says Siemens.



Keywords: Digital Factory Manufacturing, Automation Industry, Digitalization, ARC Advisory Group.