Boosting the Team
Since July we’ve taken on six new starters, working across our business. We believe that our people are our main asset, so we invest heavily in training. When a consultant joins Austin Fraser we enrol them on a 12-week induction programme, which covers the basic elements within the recruitment cycle.
Our induction programme is designed to enable new starters to become confident and competent recruiters. They begin with a 12-day formal induction programme, comprising office orientation, the recruitment industry and cycle, systems training and candidate and client familiarisation, which includes exercises, role-play and live sessions.
After this initial 12-day induction, the new starter is ‘buddied’ with an experienced team member. Their line manager, in consultation with the training manager, will then schedule the remaining key areas of the 12-week programme to reflect the new employee’s market/sector influences; as well as provide training around effective questioning, commitment, objection handling and writing for advertising.
Having successfully completed the 12-week induction programme, each consultant is given a personal development plan to enhance their individual skills. We track and measure this through a monthly business review. We then allocate any further development needed to the most relevant person within the organisation.
New recruit Adam Dowd commented, "I joined Austin Fraser because I wanted to be my own boss. In my previous role as an estate agent, rewards were based on team commission rather than individual performance. And now I really have an opportunity to shine.
“Austin Fraser has a great working environment - everyone gets on and has been really supportive since I started.
“When I first joined, there was a learning curve, but mechanical design engineering is such an interesting sector that I've picked things up quickly. I secured an important deal early on, which I'm really proud of. And despite being here for just three months, I've already made a number of contacts and built up a good rapport with our clients' management teams."
Jobs | Testimonials
TNEI
TNEI is an independent energy consultancy specialising in new energy technologies. In its fast growing and dynamic market place, TNEI needed experienced engineers to manage a diverse range of projects.
"Austin Fraser is more proactive in their dealings with TNEI Services than any other agency we work with. The quality of the candidates is excellent, as Austin Fraser take the time to identify what we are looking for and only supply us with relevant CVs.
We are extremely satisfied with the level of service we receive; Austin Fraser has supplied us with six new recruits since February 2011. We hope to continue working with Austin Fraser for the foreseeable future. They are professional, friendly and extremely efficient."
NPA Solutions
NPA provide specialist software solutions for businesses, from analysis to application, development and implementation. Engineers working for NPA have technical expertise in COBOL, PRO-IV, Delphi, Visual Basic, Java and internet applications.
"Austin Fraser provides excellent results. I requested assistance from Austin Fraser to provide a Business Analyst and a Crystal Reports Consultant. They provided superb candidates and delivered on all my expectations. I would have no hesitation in recommending Austin Fraser for any business recrutiment needs. I feel their approach is just right, helpful but not pushy plus the right amount of communication. Austin Fraser is on my list of approved and preferred suppliers."
Motors.co.uk
Motors.co.uk is the UK’s second biggest on-line used-car classified network, selling over 150,000 cars for dealers and private sellers. Currently one in four buyers uses motors.co.uk in the search for their next car.
“I am very happy to recommend Austin Fraser. They helped me to recruit all of my team members. The specialist candidates that where sent through to me are all very talented individuals with positive attitudes. This has saved me so much time.
Austin Fraser seemed to always be able to find the right people within a short notice period as well. I know I can rely upon them when I need to recruit people urgently. They also follow up to check if people are performing well. I have used four or five other recruitment agencies in the past years, Austin Fraser is considered to be the best one by far.”
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Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist
Job Reference: NCWSMLON_37042
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: City of London
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus
A unique opportunity has arisen for a Web Systems Manager to join a highly successful web based business that has had a recent implementation of Magento 2012. The business has grown from strength to strength over the last year and now has 5 major websites and brands. The role requires a wide breath of technical IT knowledge, as you will be providing some systems support, but predominantly on Magento usage (not programming), having a strong analytical background and can process data to dev teams and to improve web site and systems performance.
This Web Systems Manager role will either suit a graduate who is looking to develop their expertise in a business who has a strong IT and analytical background, or a professional with strong systems background and some eCommerce experience.
Key Skills:
- Strong background in IT systems.
- Some web, dev, scripting experience
- Analytical background
Desirable:
- Magento
- eCommerce
- Operations
If you are keen to progress as a Web Systems Manager in a niche role with an opportunity to learn an be trained in a rapidly growing web based environment, then please apply to be immediately considered.
Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist - £28-35k
Skills
Magento, eCommerce, e-commerce, e commerce, Web Systems Manager, Systems Manager, IT Support, Infrastructure Support
Lead Java Developers
Job Reference: GXS-5882_35953
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: Hampshire
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £52000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
My client is a household brand and offers some great benefits, career progression and the opportunity to learn new cutting edge technologies.
As a lead developer you will be responsible for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA. You will provide day to day management of your team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.
My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location.
As one of the lead developers you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;
-Solid experience of java/j2ee development in a SOA environment
-Web Services (SOAP)
-Oracle/ MySQL
-Tools (CVS, Subversion, Ant, Maven, Cruise Control and Eclipse)
-Application Server environments
-RUP-UML and agile
The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the 4 development teams.
Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.
In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role.
For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com
Skills
java, j2ee, soa, developer, lead, webservices, SOAP
Senior Java Developer
Job Reference: GXS-1432_35953
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: Berkshire
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £55000 per annum + Great Benefits
As a senior developer you will be responsible for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA. You will provide day to day management of a junior team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet applications and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.
My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location coupled with great benefits.
As an important addition to the development team you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;
-Solid experience of java/j2ee development in a SOA environment
- Server side development
-Oracle/ MySQL
-Spring and Hibernate
- Experience with web technologies
Desirable;
-EJB (Seam Framework)
-JavaScript
The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. You will be an all rounder. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the java development team.
Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.
In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role including an 8% pension contribution despite what you contribute.
For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com
Skills
java, j2ee, spring, hibernate
