What a year

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a year draw to a close with such buoyant market conditions. While finding talent continues to drive the general topic of conversation, I’m certain our industry will end the year feeling positive – albeit a little weary.

It’s been a significant year for APSCo too as we continue to strengthen our foundations and build a stronger Membership community. I’m delighted to have welcomed some significant partners this year, not least Gadens, Squire Patton Boggs, and Westpac – with more influential brands ready to announce in 2022.

It is these partnerships that enable us to fulfill our Member needs and ensure we keep our APSCo community up to date with critical and relevant information.

The launch of our annual conference; Emerge, along with our focused committees and networks has enabled us to drive engagement among Members – not just within the ranks of management or at the coalface of recruitment but across key roles in finance and in-house counsel. 2022 will see the launch of new committees across NSW, VIC, and QLD – with an eye on other regions as necessary.

Our conference is planned for a return in May and we hope to reveal some further plans to address the ongoing need to promote our industry as a career of choice.

Our webinars have earned us some fantastic feedback during the year and we are fast becoming known for our strong content and a real sense of collaboration - I’d like to thank all of those speakers and contributors who have worked with us during 2021 to deliver a calendar of events that we are extremely proud of.

Many of you will know we undertook some work to revamp our Certification program, releasing six core modules that build a quality foundation for learning among recruitment professionals. As clients continue to focus on best practice and a standard of service that is fully compliant we expect our program to move from strength to strength. Working with our Members to fulfill our own objectives in delivering quality learning will be a big focus for us in the New Year.

With that, all that is left is to thank each and every one of you for your participation with APSCo this year, I wish you all a very safe and happy holiday season.

Thank you to the wonderful APSCo team; Carly, Gillian, Janielle, Josie and Paul – not long ‘til we can put our feet up! To our wonderful Board of Directors – your commitment and passion is greatly appreciated.