Welcome to the Amicas Global Alumni Association (AGAA)!
As you know, ‘Amicas’ is the Latin word for ‘friends’ which we deliberately chose as the name for our business to reflect the spirit in which it was set up and our core beliefs. The second part of our name 'Global' represents our vision of forging friendships around the world. With this in mind, it seemed a natural next step for us to establish a forum which would provide a focal point for our efforts. The concept of AGAA was therefore borne.
Our vision is to connect professionals all around the globe regardless of location. Specifically AGAA will serve a multi-function purpose :
- To act as a business networking forum to provide another avenue of marketing for members, facilitate introductions between members, and open up new business opportunities for members. For example, we will publish a Member Profile in our quarterly newsletters focussing on a different AGAA member each time.
- To act as a global support system particularly for those about to embark on a new phase in their life in a different country. Our ‘Buddy’ scheme is one such initiative. We know that it can be daunting to relocate to a new place and not know anyone or be unfamiliar with your surroundings. The AGAA Buddy will be on hand to ease you into this transition. We realise that many employers provide a similar system in the workplace however our Buddy scheme has been designed to be more socially oriented.
- To act as an information exchange centre which will include market updates, breaking news, travel anecdotes and job alerts to keep our members informed.
- To provide benefits exclusive to our members offered by our recommended third party suppliers in lifestyle-related areas (see below).
We hope that you will want to become a part of the AGAA network and help us grow it over time.
We are proud and excited about our creation and look forward to sharing this with you.
What Do We Offer?
We believe it is important to have a healthy work and lifestyle balance. AGAA have a network of suppliers that we work with to provide you with services we hope will help you to achieve your personal or business objectives and we will continue to introduce new services that will benefit our members.
" Happiness is not perfected until it is shared" Jane Porter, English Novelist
Are you still wondering what it is you really want to do?
Do you find yourself jumping from one job to another trying to find THE job?
Stepping in to a new role and want to ensure a successful transition?
Do you want to improve your own effectiveness at work – as a team member, as a manager, as a leader?
A professional coach can help you improve your game at work and in life. To find out more, contact Toni Butler to arrange a free, no obligation, Discovery Session.
Toni has a special package option for Amicas Global Alumnus. Visit www.ktbactions.com
Since 2004, Organising Solutions has been bringing the best of the international organising industry to the Asia-Pacific Region. We work with multi-national corporations, SMEs and private clients who view personal productivity training as an investment rather than an expense.
Exclusive to AGAA members, Organising Solution is offering 10% discount on public workshops and courses. Visit www.organisingsolutions.com
Chris Gray is a leading property expert who provides opinion and commentary regularly on Sky Business News, A Current Affair and other news media. He is a regular columnist for Real Estate Journal (REINSW), Queensland Property & Lifestyle (REIQ) and other property media. A property investor since age 22, Chris today builds property portfolios for time-poor investors – searching, negotiating and renovating on their behalf. For a FREE copy of his latest book, The Effortless Empire: The Time-Poor Professional’s Guide to Building Wealth from Property, visit www.yourempire.com.au
AGAA members are entitled to a free consultation with Chris Gray to design a property investment strategy to suit you.
Chess Moving Australia operate on a global scale through their partnership in UniGroup Worldwide UTS which is the world’s largest removal company with 150 offices in 30 countries with a turnover of US$1.5 billion.
Chess Moving Australia provide the full range of services including regional, national and international household goods and commercial relocation together with storage services. Their storage facilities are fully customs bonded, offering secure storage for import containers, security archive filing and storage of effects pending shipment.
AGAA members will be entitled to preferential rates. Please contact Phil Bishop at Chess Moving and mention that you are an AGAA member when asking for a quote. Visit www.chessmoving.com.au
The Happiness Institute (incorporating Sharp & Co. Executive Coaches) is Australia’s pre-eminent positive psychology coaching organisation offering consulting and coaching, as well as seminars and workshops to individuals and organisations. Our aim is to make as many individuals, couples, families and businesses as happy and resilient as possible by teaching proven strategies such as goal setting, healthy living, optimism, communication and relationship skills as well as how to effectively identify and utilise core strengths. The Happiness Institute is pleased to be able to offer its services to clients and associates of Amicas Global at a significant discount. For more information please visit www.thehappinessinstitute.com
Refund Home Loans – Inner North Shore, Sydney, Australia
At Refund Home Loans we offer a mortgage broking service with a difference. We actually share our commission with our client! We don’t charge any fee for our services and we help you choose the most suitable loan for you from over thirty-five of Australia’s leading banks and lenders!
I am currently offering FREE health checks to Amicas Global members.
Interest rates move up and down all the time and with rates at the current level, this may be a good time to find out if you have the most suitable loan on the market. Many of our customers have saved themselves thousands of dollars. Some have made their existing repayments go further, while others have got extra cash in their pocket.
For a health check on your existing loan, please click the link below or call Yvette on (61) 0435 008 787.
It only takes a few minutes and you could save thousands.
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Contact Singapore is an alliance of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower. It aims to attract global talent to work, invest and live in Singapore.
With offices in the Asia Pacific, Europe and North America, Contact Singapore is the one-stop centre for those who wish to pursue a rewarding career in Singapore, as well as individuals and entrepreneurs who are keen to invest in or initiate new business activities here. Contact Singapore actively links Singapore-based employers with global talent and provides updates on career opportunities and industry developments in Singapore. We work with private sector partners to facilitate the interests of potential individual investors in Singapore.
For more information on working, investing and living in Singapore, please visit www.contactsingapore.sg or email us at Australia@contactsingapore.sg
Heywood Innovation is a successful Sydney-based branding and communications company with comprehensive strategic and creative skill sets applied through a network of offices in Singapore, London and Mumbai.
Employer branding is a core activity underpinned by EmployerBrandGuidanceSystem, our tried and tested process that helps employers attract, engage and retain top talent. For 20 years we have been trusted advisers to organisations large and small where branding and communication advice has been critical to their future success – advice that is commercially sound, achievable and builds their business. We are known for our innovative thinking and finding new ways to get better results. Our international experience with clients in Italy, Japan, London, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain has provided us with significant global insight to the brand building and communication needs of organisations competing in a changing world. The employer branding methodologies we apply are universal in their application and can be applied globally.
For Amicas Global alumni we offer attractive discounts and package deals on a broad range of branding, communication and web development services. To assist Amicas Global clients gain critical insight to how employees perceive their employer and the employment experience, we offer online employee surveys at a 50% discount on normal prices. In changing markets this is a necessary first step to engaging and retaining employees.
For more information, please visit www.heywood.com.au
Announcing Complimentary One Hour Employer Branding Presentations
Amicas Global have entered into a strategic relationship with Heywood Innovation (HI), one of Sydney’s longest standing and most respected branding and communication consultancies.
Through this partnership we have developed ‘EmployerBrandGuidanceSystem 2010’ a presentation designed to deliver competitive insight to legal and professional services companies. We are delighted to be able to offer this complimentary presentation to clients and invitees of Amicas Global.
This one hour presentation covers:
- Employer challenges 2010 – as we move from recovery into a new employment landscape
- Employer (branding) objectives – a look at common motives for undertaking employer branding activity
- EmployerBrandGuidanceSystem – a unique 9 stage end-to-end employer branding process
- EVP and EVP Performance Indicators – we will help you look into the heart of the employment experience
- Data gathering (Online survey and TeamPlanSystem workshops)
- Outcomes – what you need to achieve through branding activity
- Post EB – key activities to ensure the success of your branding
The presentation will show that having a well-conceived employer brand will enable you to:
- Inspire and engage with your employees – improving morale and increasing retention
- Reduce employee turnover to achieve significant cost savings
- Define, develop and communicate your Employee Value Proposition
- Cascade your leader’s vision and the organisation’s values ensuring they are understood and embraced
- Achieve competitive positioning in the minds of target audiences and candidates
- Deliver measurable returns on marketing and sourcing $ invested
- Attract and retain ‘right-fit’ talent, improving business efficiency and reducing staff turnover
- Increase referrals and pro-active candidate applications – less reliance on advertising
- Be positioned as a preferred employment destination – employer of choice status
- Communicate more effectively
- Achieve competitive positioning in the minds of candidates
- Fill ‘hard to fit’ positions – attract specific skill-sets
- Create high visibility campaigns that engage with candidates and employees
- Illustrate the benefits of a highly engaged and retained workforce
- Achieve better customer engagement and satisfaction through the people you employ
- Improve morale and heighten loyalty – employees ‘living the brand’ and ‘sharing the vision’
- Advance skills and knowledge transfer – promoting knowledge sharing within the company
- Retain skills, experience and valuable IP
- Improve levels of morale, inspiration and passion
- Generate brand ambassadors – to encourage positive word of mouth promotion
- Align employees on behaviours and common sense of purpose
Our ‘EVP Performance Indicator’ additionally shows you how your EVP stacks up and our ‘Employee Engagement Surveys’ indicate employee perceptions and levels of engagement with their roles and their employer.
These complimentary presentations will be made available to individuals or teams. Please view the attached invitation -
Invitation to Amicas Global Heywood Innovation Employer Branding Presentation.pdf
For further information please contact Mimi Fong or Jacqui Ashley at Amicas Global.
Abacus Visa is a boutique immigration and legal services firm which specialises in providing a highly client focused and cost effective inbound visa service to Australian employers that are seeking to employ temporary workers from overseas and also to individuals who are seeking to migrate to Australia. We provide services both Australia-wide and worldwide.
Immigration law is one of the most complex and fast-changing areas of law in Australia. Abacus Visa is staffed by a team of experienced immigration lawyers and registered migration agents who are well versed in all aspects of immigration law and procedures.
For business clients, Abacus Visa manages your entire expatriate program on your behalf through our comprehensive and custom designed visa service which will enable you to focus on the task of recruiting the best possible employees for your business.
For individuals, Abacus Visa provides a comprehensive and individually designed service to ensure your visa application process flows smoothly and efficiently.
For more information on Abacus Visa and their services, please visit www.abacusvisa.com.au.
Do you, your colleagues, or employees spend a significant amount of time every day sitting in front of your computer? Do you suffer aches and pains, bad posture, poor concentration, fatigue or higher stress levels as a result of this?
The My5 Health & Wellbeing Program has been specifically designed for easy application at the workplace to help address many of the health issues that result in sitting down for long periods and long term computer usage. It is an interactive wellness software program that draws on a variety of different wellness approaches which assists in releasing muscular tension and stress, improve posture and flexibility, whilst stimulating concentration and performance levels.
My5 can help make a tangible difference to every person's health and wellbeing, and can complement existing workplace wellbeing initiatives or be simply used at home.
For further information or to discuss a free 14 day trial of the product, please contact Tim Norris at tim.norris@my5.com.au.
www.my5.com.au
Announcing Complimentary One Hour Muscle Balance and Stretching Workshop
Amicas Global and My5 are pleased to offer a complimentary one hour muscle balance and stretching workshop at your premises exclusively for our clients, suppliers and AGAA network. Please view the attached for further information -
Invitation to Amicas Global My5 Muscle Balance and Stretching Workshop.pdf
Who Can Join AGAA?
Membership is free and is open to lawyers, HR and marketing professionals including Amicas Global clients and candidates - former, existing and future.
How Do I Join?
To join and receive our benefits including our quarterly newsletter, please click here to download and complete our membership form which you can then email to alumni@amicasglobal.com. One of our consultants will be in touch with you.
We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to the AGAA community!
