Skillset Staff Values Awards.

We love to celebrate our staff achievements and good news. On this page we will be sharing our Values Victory Corner Nominations from each month.

These nominations showcase our Vision, Purpose and Values in action. Well done to the staff that have been nominated.

Nominees will also be awarded a certificate to proudly display!

Patrick Hoolihan

Community

Pat is always willing to jump on anything asked of him when requested. He has been involved in supporting the development of multiple award nominations and has not hesitated to support the marketing team with obtaining information to assist in showcasing the nominees to the best they can be! Well done Pat!

Julia Brown

Helping Others

Julia is a breath of fresh air. She is always happy to help, really collaborative, takes pride in her work, and acts in a professional and respectful way at all times – already showing how well she fits with the Skillset values. It is fantastic having you on the team Julia.

Professionalism

Julia has been a very helpful and extremely valued member of the team. She is always willing to help and brings a positive vibe to everything she works on. A real breath of fresh air 💖

Rodney Ney

Helping Others

Going the distance.

Helping Others

Thank you for helping out with the interviews in Dubbo lately and the short timeframes that I have given to you 🙂

Professionalism

Stepping up into higher duties, to lead the GTO Team over the next few weeks.

Amy Fragar

Community

Because she coordinates the coffee runs which is a lovely way of serving the community.

Renae Lawson

Helping Others

Renae offered to help the very busy payroll team with data entry to help the team meet their end of financial year deadlines.

Sheeree Day

Professionalism

For the incredible work she has completed over the end of financial year period and for her vast knowledge about our business that is invaluable and appreciated, and which deserves recognition. Thank you for all you do Sherree!

Alex Banner

Helping Others

For holding down the fort while certain “people” were away partying in the USA

Anthea Koehn

Helping Others

Anthea has done a phenomenal job making sure Reception is covered. She works so hard in the background to ensure the smooth running of our business. It is very appreciated AK and doesn’t go unnoticed xx

Ben Ruddy

Helping Others

Ben is always willing to lend a hand and help out regardless of how busy he is.

Grace Sharwood

Helping Others

Grace has been essential in getting new businesses for us to recruit and she will also help in any other area that needs it appreciate the support 🙂

Professionalism

Determination

Amanda Heeley

Helping Others

She is a good Bad Cop 🙂

Cara Curtis

Collaboration

Cara was a wonderful support to me during the Parkes Work Ready Workshops. Her enthusiasm, positivity and input was so appreciated to help the day go smoothly and added value to the students who attended.

Amy Fragar

Professionalism

Amy is the definition of professional in our workplace – she is always on time – respectful – so knowledgeable in what she does and how she performs her job and to the highest level, we don’t tell her enough that she is so essential to the Recruitment Team and keeps everything in check and ensures work is done to the highest standard – You are so appreciated!! You do a fantastic job!!

Holly Clarke

Helping Others

Holly – what are we going to do without you?! You are the most wonderful, helpful, kind, giving person! We will miss you while you are on Maternity Leave. In the last month I have seen you grow as a person, and nothing is too much trouble. Your level of care and compassion is outstanding! Even though you are about to have your baby you have worked so hard to prepare everyone while you are gone xx

Amy Fragar

Helping Others

Amy is always willing to help and be a team player. She’s first to put her hand up to volunteer or she does thoughtful and helpful things without being asked.

Rodney Ney

Collaboration

I am always so appreciative of Rodney’s support with our recruitment needs in Dubbo, he never says no to attending interviews and is always available to answer any questions we have!

Renae Lawson

Helping Others

Renae is always open to helping and sharing her knowledge to help you understand and learn.

Ella Reece

Helping Others

Ella has helped me learn so much in a short time, I love her management style! #Dreamteam

Tahrynn Hadson

Collaboration

Thanks to T for putting her hand up and getting involved in the Social and Skillset Awards committee. Even though payroll and events are very different areas of the business, T has made valuable contributions and made the planning phase very enjoyable. It’s great to have her as part of it!

Ben Ruddy

Helping Others

Ben is an extremely supportive manager and is always there to help you when needed.  Thanks for his support at Try a Trade and helping to pack up 🙂

Holly Clarke

Helping Others

For her unwavering support and assistance with filling the reception role, and offering her time to help with training and onboarding before heading off on mat leave. Generous with her time and knowledge sharing… and a genuine team player all round.

Emma Turcato

Helping Others

Emma has assisted me in multiple ways with work related questions and she is approachable.

Andrew Chadwick

Professionalism

Andrew has really hit the ground running and has been able to throw himself into anything asked of him by multiple different teams. Thank you! (and good luck when the baby comes)

Astrid Acreman

Helping Others

Astrid has gone above and beyond spending her personal time on helping to create a presentation for our leadership training.

Alex Banner

Professionalism

She is always showing kindness and thoughtfulness to every single person on the team. Alex treats everyone with the same level of respect and decency. She makes sure everyone feels valued and heard. Working with Alex is a breath of fresh air in a world where not everyone takes the time to be so considerate.

Renae Lawson

Helping Others

Renae has been incredibly helpful during my start at Skillset. She is quick to offer information and share contact information that is beneficial to the Work Ready program. She shows genuine interest in what I’m working on and has been super encouraging. When I’m not sure of something, she makes herself available to assist. I am very grateful, thanks Renae!

Amanda Heeley

Professionalism

Since she has come back, she has hit the ground running, getting straight back into the swing of things and already we are seeing her impact with knowledge and standard of work that she does – I am very grateful I get to work with someone who is so passionate and thorough to go to if I need assistance.

Nicole Lees

Community

Nicole has done an amazing job in organising Try a Trade almost completely on her own on top of her own workload. A huge task in co-ordinating exhibitors, schools and suppliers. Nic has smashed the target of getting 25 businesses to attend already. Nic is passionate about the event and making it an enjoyable day for school students and exhibitors.

Jessica McKay

Respect

I just want to say thank you. Thank you for accepting me as your new manager. Thank you for being open and honest with me, and placing your trust in me, especially while we have been navigating our way through the last few months. You are a fantastic person to work with, and a considerate and thoughtful manager, leading by example demonstrating your dedication to Skillset through your hard work every day no matter what. I look forward to continuing to work with you… I have a huge amount of respect for you, and I appreciate all that you do… so thank you.

Ella Reece

Professionalism

Ella has been doing a phenomenal job building the Labour Hire side of the business! When she commenced working in the department the hours billed were 262 in January Week 1. As of March Week 2 the hours are sitting at 1127. Amazing job Ella- your commitment and professionalism is outstanding- keep up the great work!

Collaboration

Ella has worked tirelessly to help build our crew over the last 3 Months. Not only has she sourced casual staff she has been instrumental in acquiring the services of Two qualified team leaders for Orange & Bathurst.

She deserves recognition for her efforts with Land Works.

Sherree Day

Helping Others

Over the last few months while the GTO team has been short staffed, as well as working on our audit, Sherree has really helped. She has worked hard to ensure that missing timesheets have been chased up and enquires answered.

It hasn’t gone un-noticed and has been greatly appreciated.

Grace Sharwood

Collaboration

Grace has been working tirelessly to get new business for the GTO side and we appreciate the hard work

Helping Others

Helping out

Jayde Kay

Collaboration

Jayde jumps in at every request with a smile on her face. With a busy workload, Jayde is always happy to collaborate with all staff members, and sometimes at very short notice! Thanks also for her yummy baked treats and making Skillset staff events fun.

Amy Fragar

Collaboration

Amy continually shows a willingness and eagerness to assist where she can in all areas of Skillset. Her flexibility and can-do attitude make working alongside her a delight!

Helping Others

Amy embodies this value like the amazing human she is – always demonstrating understanding and the offerings of help where required – she has also done a great job with Hannah whilst Holly was away on top of an already full workload! You are amazing!!!

Ben Ruddy

Helping Others

I would like to nominate Ben for all the support he has given me and my caseload whilst i have been off, I am so grateful for the support.

Jessica McKay

Helping Others

Jess’s help and support in delivering the Connecting Women to Trades program has been invaluable. She has been a key contributor throughout the entire program coming up with great ideas on how to engage participants, and she is always willing to help others with a smile on her face whilst remaining professional. I am very grateful to have worked closely with Jess in my CWTT time.

Hannah Foxhall

Helping Others

Han has hit the ground running and has been wonderful, working across both GTO and Labour Hire 🙂

Anthony Dawson

Respect

With lots of changes to reporting and information sharing taking place recently, all with tight deadlines, there has been large demands on the management team to prepare new information on our programs in very different formats. Despite having his own huge workload and pressures, Anthony always respects colleagues’ timelines and provides information that is relevant, reflects the brief and always within the timeframes set, helping to ease the pressure of staff tasked with coordinating and collating the contributions. Thank you, Anthony!

Tyler Buckley

Helping Others

Tyler is always willing to help others both internal and external, she is proactive and a hard worker.

Professionalism

Tyler has been leading the Youth Connect Team professionally, and meeting outcomes while being short staffed.

She has also been called upon to undertake other duties ad hoc and has always completed these along with her other duties.

Ella Reece

Collaboration

Ella has really embraced her new role and has been working so well with all the other teams such as landworks and payroll to create great collaboration leading to successful outcomes both with her labour hire team members and internal staff. I think she has really been living the vision and purpose of the business and love seeing her happy smile. Keep kicking goals Ella!

Patrick Hoolihan

Helping Others

Thanks for helping with sign ups in Orange on a week you were already extremely busy 🙂

Jayde Kay

Collaboration

Jayde has been instrumental in helping revamp the WHS Committee. She has breathed fresh life and enthusiasm to the safety program of Skillset. She has spent countless hours preparing documentation, policies, and manuals. Thank you, Jayde!

Sherree Day

Professionalism

Gets em sorted.

Swathy Ayyappan

Helping Others

Swathy is always very willing to help and will always be the first person to volunteer herself. A true team player.

Ben Ruddy

Professionalism

Good dad jokes! Great mentor and Manager! Enormous M&M Addict! 🙂

Grace Sharwood

Professionalism

She has been working really hard and we can see the results…she is killing it in SALES!!!

Helping Others

Always willing to help

Helping Others

Grace is a lolly monster!!

Anthea Koehn

Professionalism

Anthea has been working incredibly hard to get Skillset ready for the GTO Audit which is crucial for Skillset’s accreditation. She goes above and beyond to make sure everything is perfect and is passionate about making sure Skillset is operating at best practice. All while doing this, she is completing her everyday tasks and goes out of her way to help others when they need assistance. Thanks, Anthea, for everything you do!

Jessica McKay

Integrity

According to Wikipedia: “Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or earnestness of one’s actions.” This definition should have a photo of Jess alongside it! She always works hard and at an incredibly high standard in everything she does; she is passionate about the company and what we are striving to achieve; and is always there for her colleagues – supporting and assisting, no matter how busy she is already. Skillset would not be the great place it is, without people like Jess.

Bijaya Adhikari

Helping Others

Bijaya was an asset to the payroll team long after she had transitioned over to the Finance team and commenced her new role, she was still helping with anything she could with a smile on her face in true Skillset style.

Isobel Kelly

Helping Others

Issy stayed back after hours to help clean up in preparation for the school returning after the air conditioning installation.

Tahrynn Hadson

Helping Others

Tahrynn is so wonderful in helping me with my work for sales such as getting me the numerous quotes I bombard her with, she is professional and always courteous in helping me get them done so I can continue to perform my role with efficiency – I am very grateful for her time and dedication to her role to keep things running smoothly.

Ben Ruddy

Helping Others

Ben is phenomenal at his job. Ben is always willing to help those in his team and is always willing to go the extra mile for others. We would be lost without him!

Hannah Huges

Collaboration

Hannah is always happy to answer questions, support candidates and works across multiple teams to support the delivery of our values as a business.

Holly Clarke & Rodney Ney

Collaboration

Holly and Rod have worked closely together to facilitate GTO interviews across the Western Region, including in Dubbo and Coonabarabran. This has allowed interviews to happen in a safe and timely manner, meets KPI’s and has provided great outcomes.

Emma Turcato 

Helping Others

She has a helping hand offered out always. Personal front or professional front she has always got you covered if you need any help.

Jessica McKay 

Professionalism

Fantastic Marketing

Patrick Hoolihan 

Helping Others

Pat is always willing to help out even when it’s not necessarily his job. The world would be a better place with more Pat’s.

Anthony Thorncraft 

Community 

Anthony is doing a great job leading the Land Works program. He has developed a great team and his monthly results show he is meeting his targets and exceeding them, Land Works is growing from strength to strength. He showcases all of the Skillset values and is happy to help out where he can.

Holly Clarke 

Helping Others 

Thank you for helping me get my head around being back at work after mat leave

Holly Clarke 

Helping Others

Holly is always open and honest about helping others – she has always offered assistance if required and is always welcoming to help others if approached – she has gotten me out of a few pickles by being willing to help and its never a bother to her

Amy Fragar 

Helping Others 

Amy continues to go above and beyond to help team members and support contracts outside her own GTO space. Thanks for everything you do Amy!! 🙂

Swathy Ayyappan

Collaboration

Renae Lawson

Community

Tahrynn Hadson

Collaboration

Tahrynn always ticks the boxes for Skillset’s values, particularly professionalism, collaboration and helping others. This award is to specifically recognise her assistance with cleaning up the S Drive HR files, to prepare for the transition to Sharepoint.

Emma Turcato

Helping Others

Sherry Merchant

Helping Others

Grace Sharwood 

Collaboration

Anthea Koehn

Collaboration

AK is truly magic and has supported us above & beyond through our MCO recruit! Even when we thought she may have an aneurysm…. We love you AK!

During my short tenure in this organization for like 1 month and closely working with Anthea, I have noticed that she is selflessly helping others and always there to provide a helping hand even if she is busy and caught up and has deadlines to meet.

Isobel Kelly

Professionalism

Always helping out in a professional way.

Isobel is always very professional when directing client enquiries to the appropriate consultants and she has excellent phone etiquette!

Tyler Buckley and Renae Lawson

Community

This is a joint nomination for Tyler and Renae who got me a Dogwood Voucher 🙂

Kerry Moore

Collaboration

For thinking outside the box for her photo kpi for the week and contributing an epic story about an ex-apprentice, Josh Edwards who was working at the Women’s FIFA World Cup. Kerry organised photos and assisted with liaising with Josh for media opportunities. The story had people talking across our footprint.

Hannah Huges

Collaboration

Always helping out in a professional way.

Hannah has been working across her normal job, as well as the MCO recruit. And balancing both really well.

Sherry Merchant

Helping Others

Because Sherry is an IT wizard, and we would be lost without him.

Nicole Lees

Collaboration

It’s always amazing to see the connection Nicole has with the apprentices and staff at Moolarben. She has clearly worked incredibly hard to be an invaluable part of their apprenticeship journey!

Helping Others

Team work

Sherree Kovac

Professionalism

Sherree always works to get any information needed for any question i ask of her even at busy times she is always willing to help.

Claudia Limon

Professionalism

Claudia has put in a huge effort to make sure the recent Workforce Australia Local Jobs Essentials Day in Orange was a success. Claudia secured the venue, followed up with exhibitors and helped promote the event through the Local Jobs network. Claudia also arranged catering for the event for both participants and service providers and put a great deal of effort into setting up and cleaning up after the event. On the day Claudia was on hand to assist service providers and participants with their needs. Her hard work ensured a successful event, and we know that her input into future planned events will be invaluable. Great work Claudia!

Hannah Hughes

Collaboration

Hannahs great communication skills and friendly attitude make collaborating with her so effortless!

Emily Gallwey

Collaboration

Emily went above and beyond to support Kerry get her car back from repairs without disrupting her days off. I really appreciate the empathy and consideration she brings to the workplace.

Anthea Koehn

Collaboration

Anthea has recently been collaborating with the Finance, Payroll and GTO teams to audit and review the incentives in RR. This work is really important and she has gone above and beyond to ensure the data is accurate and current. She has also put measures in place to ensure the data continues to be correct. Thanks AK for all your work here!!

Tahrynn Hadson

Professionalism

Jacqui Sands

Collaboration

Hannah Hughes

Community

Hannah has done some amazing work across the expos and try a trad events, networking with schools and providers -developing our database of potential candidates in the regional communities.

Tahrynn Hadson

Integrity 

Tahrynn demonstrates true integrity in all she does. She challenges status quo respectfully and raises important queries through her daily tasks. Tahrynn leads her team in a supportive, collaborative and enthusiastic way and is always obliging to step up and help when required. Well done Tahrynn.

Jessica McKay

Collaboration

Anuj Dangol

Helping Others

Anthea Koehn

Helping Others

Amanda Heeley

Professionlism

Julia Maher

Helping Others

Amanda Heeley

Collaboration

For stepping up while Ben is away and being a good leader

Emma Thomas

Helping Others

I have seen her always helping others whenever they are stuck and takes on their workload. She also helped me lots of times when I am struggling in my professional and personal life too.

Jane McWilliam

Community

Jane is always motivating people to strive higher at work. Always willing to create opportunities for people in our communities who are looking for help.

Amanda Ferguson

Collaboration

Helping out the GTO Team!!

Katherine Stapley

Collaboration

Kathy recently met with a wonderful candidate called Joseph and instantly referred him to labour hire! We were able to interview, screen, conduct a medical and job offer within 24 hours of meeting him. Thank you for the assistance Kathy, great collaboration between teams.

Professionalism

Kathy has carried herself with a great amount of professionalism coming into the end of her contract with Skillset.

Anuj Dangol

Helping Others

He is always willing to help other, good co-worker.

Ben Ruddy

Respect

Because he deserves it!

Tyler Buckley

Professionalism

Committed approach to her clients.

Emma Turcato

Helping Others

Well done to Emma for working on our amazing presentations. She has played a huge part in making us shine in front of external stakeholders.

Jessica McKay

Collaboration

Jess is going above and beyond in her role. It can’t be taken for granted the work that marketing does for all the different departments of Skillset.

Sheree Kovac 

Professionalism 

Sherree handles all the payments for workers comp and does an awesome job, she communicates with Safety and is very professional.

Isobel Kelly

Helping Others

Isobel has just started with skillset and is learning fast she is always there to help. When she doesn’t know the answer to my hard questions, she is always wanting to find someone that does so that my question can be answered in a timely manner. Keep up the good work 🙂

Anuj Dangol

Community

For always helping others across every sector and being so cheerful!!

Community

Anuj is so selfless and inclusive and uses food to bring people together.

Holly Clarke

Helping Others

Holly has hit the floor running in GTO and is willing to help out everyone in the team.

Sarah Markut

Collaboration

Whilst Kym has been on leave, Sarah has been shadowing me and assisting with labour hire. She’s been great with meeting new clients, discussing prospective roles and learning about a new aspect of recruitment. Thank you for all your help this past week Sarah!

Emily Gallwey

Helping Others

She is really helpful to everyone and reaches out to the depth for finding a solution. She never gives up and she always has a way to solve any problem.

Jacqui Sands

Collaboration

Jacqui has been an amazing promoter of the new My Dream Career Campaign. She has been getting great photos, and developing great content. Thank you Jacqui for your amazing work and sharing your apprentice and trainee stories!

Bronwyn Elliot

Helping Others

Bron has had a lot on her plate personally but still manages to put everyone else first and lend a hand to make sure no else feels over worked or stressed

Kym Hilliard

Helping Others

Helping me with my client interviews/job briefs as a new consultant.

Sheree Kovac

Professionalism

Very efficient in her duties

Derryn Grobler

Helping Others

Perm were having some difficulties filling an urgent role and Miss Derryn helped the team by filling the role with one of her fab labour hires. Thanks Dezzie, owe you a wine!

Kerry Moore

Collaboration

YC and recruitment collaborations.

Victoria Lawton

Helping Others

Without Victoria I would not be able to do my job as efficiently as I can. Victoria provides great admin support for our office with our growing case load.

Patrick Hoolihan

Collaboration

Helping with WHS Inspections

Millie Sal Y Rosas

Collaboration

Millie has really shown great collaboration in the finance team where she has jumped in and completed work that is not normally her allocated tasks without complaint and has kept the team on track as well as maintaining her existing workload to a high standard.

Holly Clarke

Helping Others

She is always there when I need her and helps with everything even if she is still learning how to do it.

Renae Lawson

Helping Others

Renae went above and beyond throughout the reporting period for Youth Connect.

Sarah Markut

Professionalism

She has really elevated her game since changing to Perm. So professional so early on in.

Matthew Markwick

Integrity

For his quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Bronwyn Elliot

Professionalism

Always helping out.

Julia Maher

Helping Others

Julia is always going above what she needs to when she has been given a task list.

Amy Fragar

Helping Others

Amy is a great person and is always wanting to help others.

Rodney Ney

Collaboration

Rodney is a clear communicator and works professional with all staff, hosts and candidates.

Julia Maher

Collaboration

I believe Julia should be nominated for collaboration as over the the couple weeks we have worked closely together to ensure the GTO roles are being looked after. When I then transitioned into perm, Julia’s ability to pick up on where I left was very appreciative and showed great collaboration.

Renae Lawson

Collaboration

Renae works tirelessly in the Career Development team to keep the Youth Connect and CareerLink programs ticking over seemlessly. She is constantly referring to other teams and is jumping on referrals from other teams back to CareerLink and Youth Connect. She is consistently helping and training the new staff whilst staying on top of all the reporting requirements for the programs. Well done Renae – definitely the quiet achiever in the office.

Amy Fragar

Helping Others

Amy is constantly helping anyone and everyone around her. She is truly an asset to Skillset!

Nicole Lees

Helping Others

Nicole is always up to helping others and making them feel included.

Collaboration

Nic has helped me out a lot with the understanding of all things Mining and helping with the underground site interviews.

Matthew Markwick

Collaboration

Matt’s seamless ability to finish the activation of a new host through working together with the GTO Team.

Tahrynn Hadson

Professionalism

Awesomeness and extreme efficiency.

Melanie Kelly

Helping Others

Despite Mel having to man reception quite a bit this past week due to COVID impacts, she has just taken it in her stride as well as managing her own workload, deadlines and on-boarding of multiple staff. She even took it upon herself to ensure Bathurst staff got their coffee fix on Wednesday when coffee van didn’t show up.

She is always positive and helpful and we are lucky to have her a part of the Skillset family!

Ben Ruddy

Respect

Ben is a great Manager always there for his team treating everyone with respect.

Patrick Hoolihan

Helping Others

For never batting an eyelid to help others.

Nicole Lees

Helping Others

At a recent site visit with Nicole, I received feedback from a supervisor that they really appreciate how Nicole is invested and supports the apprentices, trainees and labour hire on site. This supervisor, who was previously through CWGA said it is greatly notices and appreciated how she is on site and goes above and beyond. Well done Nicole!

Katja Williams

Professionalism

Katja embodies all of Skillsets values, however she stands out with professionalism.

Benjamin Ruddy

Respect

Ben is one of the best at what he does and he treats everyone fairly and with respect

Ben Ruddy

Helping Others

Ben continues to always help others in need and never makes anyone feel like they can’t ask him for help. 🙂 Keep up the good work beno

Benji Ruddy

Helping Others

He is always happy to help out his team in anyway that he can

Grace Quinton

Helping Others

Grace embodies so many of Skillset’s values (collaboration, professionalism, helping others) and has demonstrated these values by assisting with the recent Mining recruitment in Mudgee.

Lauren Casani

Integrity

Lauren should be commended on her efforts to pick up the pieces when moving to GTO. Lauren has taken over a massive workload and is doing an incredible job. She never gives up and will always give 100%. Well done Lozzie!

Rodney Ney

Professionalism

Rod has gone out of his way to help me complete my Safety inspections, as I have not been able to get to Dubbo, Rod has displayed his professionalism & stepped up and completed the overdue inspections.

Eliza Schoenmaker

Helping Others

Courteous and helpful to all visitors and staff

Amanda Ferguson

Collaboration

Amanda’s hard work in the schools and community, reflect brightly throughout the company. This week Amanda and the GTO team have been working together to help an SBAT.

Bronwyn Elliott

Helping Others

Bron has put in a huge effort to ensure all eofy rates were updated and the payroll team could achieve their deadlines.

Nicole Lees

Helping Others

At a recent site visit with Nicole, I received feedback from a supervisor that they really appreciate how Nicole is invested and supports the apprentices, trainees and labour hire on site. This supervisor, who was previously through CWGA said it is greatly notices and appreciated how she is on site and goes above and beyond. Well done Nicole!

Kym Hillard

Community

Kym is a fantastic and fearless leader and an inspiration to both the recruitment team and the Skillset business as a whole. Thank you Kym for being dedicated and inspiring the Skillset community!

Renae Lawson

Professionalism

Renae received feedback from two career link clients that she had been extremely professional.

Amanda Heeley

Professionalism

Amanda takes all requests and direction in her stride without any questions asked. Specifically Amanda implemented our Marketing requests when getting photos and seeking content for the post. Amanda’s quality of photos and content has been excellent. Thanks Amanda!!

Community

For always creating a positive community spirit within the workplace – Amanda greets everyone with a happy “Hello Friends” and always takes time out of her busy day to have a conversation with different people. Amanda is just a joy to be around! x

Lauren and Derryn

Collaboration

The LH girls are an amazing team, who function incredibly well together in fact they do everything together. come to work together, go to lunch together, get sick together. cut the cord girls!

Kerry Moore

Collaboration

Kerry’s work within the Dubbo and it’s surrounding area is vital to the youth connect program and makes team work easy.

Professionalism

Kerry always acts in a professional way when dealing with her clientele

Rodney Ney

Professionalism

Rodney is professional and able to communicate clearly in all aspects of the work and office.

Eliza Schoenmaker

Professionalism

Always friendly and helpful to staff and guests.

Jessica McKay

Collaboration

As a team of two Jess has worked so hard to get me across all things marketing over the past couple of months. She has made it her priority to ensure I feel supported and that my ideas are valued. We don’t just work side by side, we work together and I love that!

Grace Quinton

Respect

Grace Quinton is a very respectful member of the skillset team. She respects her candidates and hosts and always strives to give the stakeholders the best experience. She respects all coworkers and should be commended on this! I love your work Champion!!

Anthea Koehn

Helping Others

For her hard work in organising the invite lists for our 40th celebrations. Anthea has liased with many many people to complete the list and get the correct data for Mudgee, Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst (all up about 450 individual names and direct contact details). Thank you for being such a huge support for team marketing!

Lauren Casani – Helping Others 

Lauren is a flexible and adaptable team member, whatever is asked of her she does not hesitate to jump in and give it a red hot go! This week she is moving over to help the GTO team with their recruitment, kudos to Lauren for Helping Others.

Amanda Heeley – Helping Others 

Taking time to review work completed by others in the team and proof reading to ensure it is a high quality.

Patrick Hoolihan – Professionalism

Pat will always fit in or adjust his schedule to accommodate WHS inspections or D&A Testing.

Amanda Ferguson – Helping Others 

Amanda goes above and beyond to help others both work colleagues and clients

Emma Turcato – Helping Others 

Emma has shown great initiative in helping out with whatever and whenever she can, and especially with the upcoming Celebration Events. Emma has been a great addition to the Skillset team and has reinvigorated our marketing activities with her ideas! Well done Emma!

Mel Kelly – Helping Others 

Is always happy to help out when needed

Matt Markwick – Helping Others 

Going the extra distance in looking after injured Staff

Jacqualine Sands – Collaboration

Jacqui and I worked quickly and efficiently together to ensure a preferred candidate was signed up and placed with a current host prior to the end of the Financial Year.

Robyn Isbester – Professionalism

Robyn goes above and beyond helping clients and she has been fantastic with apprentices who have recently been handed back from their host employer.

Robyn Isbester – Collaboration

Working hard to reach targets despite a disrupted month.

Eliza Schoenmaker – Helping Others

Eliza is always willing to help out whenever she can. She will always offer a helping hand and is a very thoughtful young woman.

Eliza Schoenmaker – Professionalism

Eliza shows great professionalism when at reception. When I walk past her desk and she is with a candidate or speaking on the phone she is very well-spoken and is able to deal with difficult candidates in a professional manner. She is a delight at the front desk and should be commended for her incredible work for her first job out of school.

Lauren Casani and Derryn Grobler – Collaboration

Lauren and Derryn do such an amazing job in Labour Hire. Since Lauren made the move from GTO they have worked extremely very well together as a team and are always meeting all expectations and deadlines they have. They are one of the best working teams within Skillset. Keep up the good work girls!

Bronwyn Elliot – Professionalism

Bron is super efficient and awesome at her job.

Millie Sal Y Rosas – Community

Keeping the accounts moving along whilst keeping the Peru contractors very happy.

Benjamin Ruddy – Integrity

A gentleman of complete integrity.

Rodney Ney – Collaboration

Working together to get the best outcome for trainees.

Katja Williams – Professionalism

Katja has a very professional approach to her job, Katja’s communication and phone manner with our clients is exceptional.

Kym Hilliard – Professionalism

For taking on whatever gets thrown at her without skipping a beat.

Renae Lawson – Collaboration

Working hard to reach targets despite a disrupted month.

Sherry Merchant – Professionalism

Getting off the fags and helping with IT issues. What a legend!

Alex Cuttiford – Professionalism

Alex is always going above and beyond to support YC clients. His dedication and passion shines through everyday. He always conducts himself in a professional manner.

Jacqualine Sands and Amanda Heeley – Collaboration

YC received a referral from Jacqui, Amanda stepped in immediately to offer support in the absence of staff members and register YC client.

Amanda Heeley – Helping Others x 3

Manda excels at being helpful and professional, she is proactive, knowledgeable and consultative with her advice and uses her research skills to provide accurate information.

Always willing to help out.

Amanda has picked up the slack while Pat is away, doing extra meetings and compliance, which is a massive help to the whole team!

Patrick Hoolihan – Community

Pat is great around the office space and manages to bring everyone’s spirit up along with increase team morale!

Ben Ruddy – Helping Others 

Ben is always willing to give a helping hand. Wether it be within or outside his team. He is a great leader and peer for all staff within Skillset.

Derryn Grobler – Collaboration x 2

Derryn is a joy to work with. Always happy to collaborate and work together, by being responsive and answering whatever questions come her way. Derryn is a wonderfully positive addition to the Skillset team.

Derryn has been amazing this past week with helping us place an apprentice that was out of work, it just goes to show that Skillset will always work as a team to get the best outcome for our candidates! Thank you Derryn

Nicole Lees and Victoria Lawton – Collaboration

Warmly welcoming me back to the Mudgee region as the YC representative. Supporting the transition and assisting with renewing external stakeholder relationships and meetings.

Amy Fragar – Professionalism

Fragar needs to be recognized for her professionalism, always takes things in her stride, she is a great team member and will go above and beyond to help other team members when needed. You’re a Star Amy!

Jane Sisley – Integrity

Jane has gone above and beyond towards ensuring all internal staff members’ needs are met along with ensuring that the Flannery Centre is secure and in working condition.

Kym Hilliard – Helping Others

Kym’s professionalism and always happy to help others, Kym is a fantastic asset to the Skillset team and should be recognised for going above and beyond.

Robyn Isbester – Professionalism

Robyn no matter what happens is always so professional when helping clients. She is extremely knowledgeable and passionate when holding her consultations.

Melanie Kelly – Helping Others

Matt Markwick – Helping Others x 2

Nomination 1 – Matt is available to help whenever and wherever needed. He is happy to research and provide information and answers to questions no matter the time!

Grace Quinton – Professionalism and Community

Rodney Ney – Collaboration

Amy Fragar – Collaboration

Katja Williams – Helping Others

When Katja heard we were at risk of losing a School Based Trainee, as they were not happy at their current placement, she straight away was able to discuss with another lead that had come in and get Term’s of Business signed, so the School Based Trainee will transfer to another host, and not be a cancellation. She saved the trainee.

Amanda Heeley – Helping Others

Amanda is always ready to help if I need it. She is quick to answer any questions I ask and will go above and beyond if I don’t understand something. Its never a problem if I ask for help.

Lauren Grundy – Professionalism

Lauren deserves to be recognised for all the hard work she does. In particularly stepping up when required and making sure that she doing her job to the best of her abilities

Sherree Kovac – Helping Others

Sherree is always happy to help out the team.

Matt Markwick – Professionalism

Thorough knowledge of his Job, and professional execution of it.

Jacqui Sands – Collaboration

Jacquie is great at collaborating with Youth connect as is all of the team. Jacquie went above and beyond during the peak enrolment period at the beginning of the year and would call to double check if someone was eligible before signing someone up. And as a result we managed to pick up a few registrations into youth connect that might have been missed.

Bronwyn Elliott – Helping Others

Bronwyn always is willing to help out with any issues

Renae Lawson – Professionalism

For always conducting herself in a professional manner, offering each candidate up to date and current quality career support