Clicks Run for the Kids

Last Sunday, a 123 member-strong ‘Team Clicks’ gathered in Melbourne’s Royal Botanical Gardens for the 2011 Run for the Kids in support of the Good Friday Appeal, which raises money for The Royal Children’s Hospital.

With the perfect mix of long and short-distance runners, Team Clicks were confident they could place in the top 10 in each category, and we didn’t disappoint! Team Clicks placed 7th in the long course and 5th in the short course, a fantastic result!

Huge congratulations to Mark Brandi, who placed 136th overall in the long course, and Adrian Lobo, who placed 67th in the short course. Well done guys!

But the day wasn’t just about results. Clicksters had a chance to gather post race for some breakfast and a hard-earned coffee at the Soul Kitchen van. And there was plenty of entertainment to keep the younger Clicksters smiling.

A huge thanks to all those who took part. The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal is a very worthy cause and we really appreciate your support.

Team Clicks enter Run for the Kids every year, so if you are interested in hearing from us about next year’s run please email naomiw@clicksrecruit.com.au
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Merry Christmas from Clicks!

‘Tis the season to be jolly – and Clicks staff and contractors were keen to get into the festive spirit at this years’ contractor Christmas events held in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.

Clicks host Christmas events in each state every year to thank our contractors for their hard work and efforts throughout the year. It’s a great opportunity for contractors to catch up and network with peers and Clicksters alike.

Celebrations kicked off in Canberra at The Boathouse by the Lake on the last Wednesday in November, where Clicks contractors were entertained by a classical duo from the School of Music. Abhishek Pandey took home the lucky door prize, a hamper filled with various goodies. Congratulations Abhishek!

Melbourne and Sydney held their celebrations last week at Martin Place Bar and Number 5 at Southbank respectively, and both in stormy, wet conditions. This didn’t dampen the Christmas spirit though, with plenty of lucky door prizes and a Nintendo Wii up for grabs!

We would like to wish our clients, contractors and candidates a very happy holiday season, and a safe and prosperous new year and we look forward to working with you all in 2011.

Clicks Canberra Times Fun Run

Last month a record number of participants represented the Clicks team in the 35th Canberra Times Fun Run. A team of 32 runners and 45 walkers gathered on a sunny Canberra morning to don the bright green Clicks t-shirt and pound the pavement in aid of a very important cause.

More than 6000 Canberrans competed in this years Fun Run, raising over $91,000 for the Heart Foundation ACT Division and other charities. Team Clicks managed to raise in excess of $1397 for the cause, and also supported the local Scout group by enjoying plenty of sausage sandwiches after the race!

Clicksters Samuel and Nick Costello took out the Brothers Open – Team of 2 title with a combined time of 01:20:08. Peter James was our fastest Clickster, crossing the line with a time of 00:36:54 which put him in 43rd place overall. Congratulations guys!

A big thanks to everyone who participated, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

For more information on the Canberra Times Fun Run visit http://www.canberratimesfunrun.com.au

Clicks grows its Federal Government business

According to the latest Intermedium report on the Federal Government contracting market, the market grew in the three months to June, with a total of 1,553 new IT labour hire contracts were issued by federal government employers, worth a total of $143.1 million.

This was up compared with the June quarter last year, when 1,295 contracts worth $135.2 million were issued.

In the June quarter Clicks had a 4% market share, and grew government sales by 68% compared to a year earlier.

Clicks Contractor of the Week!

Congratulations to Kerrie Monzo and Jayanti Mathur, both winners in our June iPad Promotion.

Jayanti is currently contracting for one of our Federal Government clients in Canberra, and won our first iPad.

Kerrie Monzo is contracting at RTA in New South Wales, and won last week’s iPad.

Photos of the happy winners and their iPads coming soon!

We have had an amazing response to this promotion, with over 300 nominations received so far! Many of these nominations were accompanied by detailed explanations as to why they felt the nomination was deserved, so congratulations to all those who were nominated. It’s always nice to get a pat on the back!

For more details on our iPad Promotion, click here.

We look forward to announcing next week’s winner. Good luck everyone!