Jobfind, one of Australia’s highest performing jobactive employment organisations, is proud to announce a new partnership with Australia’s leading staffing, maintenance and care services provider, Programmed who employ around 30,000 people each day.
The new partnership will deliver real job opportunities to unemployed Australians. It will empower job seekers and assist them on a career pathway across a wide range of industries, as well as help employers to fill their vacancies with appropriately trained and selected employees.
CEO of Angus Knight Group (which owns Jobfind), Cameron Judson said “Programmed are one of our nation’s largest and leading employers, successfully employing tens of thousands of people each week. They strive to put people first, with a focus on safety, training, developing skills and supporting communities. We work with thousands of job seekers from diverse backgrounds, looking to find meaningful work, changing their lives forever. By combining forces and providing linked-up services, we are empowering more Australians into great jobs.”
Programmed’s Staffing and Training CEO Nic Fairbank said, “Bringing together the experience of Jobfind with Programmed’s leading staffing and training services across Australia will mean more employment pathways will be available to more people to help them create meaningful employment and careers for life. We are looking forward to working in partnership with Jobfind to help jobactive participants succeed in work and in life.”
This new partnership complements Jobfind’s existing relationship with over 890 employers across its jobactive program.
About Programmed
Programmed is a leading provider of Staffing, Maintenance and Care services across Australia and New Zealand, one of Australia’s top thirty companies by revenue, and a top ten private employer. Our business model is built around our ability to recruit, deploy, manage and maintain a large, directly employed workforce of professional, skilled and semi-skilled staff with a wide range of capabilities from our 100+ branches across metropolitan and regional areas throughout ANZ. Our 30,000+ team members serve more than 10,000 customers every day. Our customers cover all sectors including education, health, infrastructure, manufacturing, utilities, transport and mining.
Founded locally in 1951 and now owned by Japanese company Persol, Programmed has grown over the past 70 years organically and through extensive acquisitions.
About Jobfind
Jobfind was established in 1998 and is a leading provider of employment, recruitment and post-employment services having placed and supported many Australians. Nationwide, with significant ties to Melbourne from the North of the City to the Mornington Peninsula, we are proud to support our jobactive, DES and Parents Next customers.
At Jobfind, we deliver life changing opportunities for individuals and committed workers for employers. Our highly dedicated staff and exceptional service motto reflects our commitment to quality for more than 20 years, two decades of experience helping the hardest to help back into work. Jobfind is proudly part of the Angus Knight Group.
About the Angus Knight Group
Now in its 30th year, the Angus Knight Group develops individuals, communities, and organisations via employment, training and workforce solutions. Servicing diverse markets within the Government, corporate, indigenous and community sectors, Angus Knight combines customer-focused insights with productivity prowess to empower clients to meet their full potential – be it personal, commercial or philanthropic. Operating in over 200 locations in Australia and the UK, Angus Knight has helped more than 1 million people in work. We are 100% Australian owned and our 15 companies employ more than 700 people to deliver services in Australia and the UK.
