By Stellar Recruitment
The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.
4 min -
Managing Director Peter introduces RUD
4.55 - How RUD started
06.18 - Courtney breaks down RUD's values and how they came about
10.50 - The RUD team have a theme each year linked to Strategy and their
13.55 - How does RUD achieve such great retention?
17.10 - Peter speaks about working with Courtney and their culture
17.50 - Intro to the "Imagine When" wall
21.20 - RUD's Vision and what is coming up.
28 - What makes RUD a great place to work and why would someone want to work with the RUD team
When describing Emeco, Stellar’s Managing Director Shaun, uses adjectives like innovative, dynamic, growth-centric, amazing longevity, fast-paced, and customer-centric and that they are like a sports team with everyone playing their role with a focus on winning and with this it can be very rewarding to work at Emeco.
Ian covers how the business started, the Emeco DNA and what it has morphed into today as well as what type of person will go well in the business.
Emeco has some amazing loyal and long-standing team members, Ian shares his thoughts on why he thinks this is. John Worsfold, the former AFL great is now a key team member at Emeco, listeners will get to hear about the role he plays in the business.
Other topics covered in this episode include the exciting things coming up for the business and what great career opportunities Ian would pass on to people considering a move.
During this podcast we hear from two of Stellar’s very own (and successful) team members, Kymberly Tupai – Manager of New Zealand’s North Region and Georgia Mackie, Brisbane’s Principal Consultant for Corporate Services. These two ladies are making bold moves in their space and are here to dig into what it takes to secure your next your next career opportunity and the key considerations when deciding to make the change!
1:53 - Knowing Your Reasons for Change
3:34 - Benefits Offered by the Company
5:10 - The Team Behind the Company
5:34 - Organisational Culture
6:40 - Passion for the Business
7:41 - Growth and Educational Opportunities in the Company
8:50 - Company Stability
10:11 - Personal Brand
Knowing Your Reasons for Change
When looking to change careers or move on in your career, knowing why you want to make that shift is crucial. It is important to pre-empt the concept of counteroffers and how you will manage this process. It is a hot market with a lot of promises so deep diving into the key aspects of the role and how this will impact your career journey is critical.
Benefits Offered by the Company
When looking at a new prospective career, look at what the business can offer you from outside remuneration only. It is important to open the conversation and look at the different ways your potential employer supports their employees and if perks such as wellness plans or reimbursements are included. Remember that your base salary is just one part of your compensation package.
The Team Behind the Company
When going through the interview process, meet the team and ask for names. Nothing affects office culture more than your co-workers. Speaking with your future team members prior to starting can shed some light on the group dynamics and managerial structures. Further into your role, consider all interactions and if they are timely and courteous; are these the people you would like to work with? Candidate due diligence is looking at your network and seeing if they have worked with or know someone with a mutual relationship.
Organisational Culture
Understanding the culture of the business and what it is like to stand out in the business should be heavily considered when looking at a company’s office culture. The ‘office culture’ and ‘vibe’ are intangible assets that can be tricky to decipher prior to starting. Asking questions about the office culture and aspects such as flexible hours or team-building events are beneficial. This could also be a good opportunity to gain insight into whether the employees at your new job enjoy working for the company and if they feel like their work is valued.
Passion for the Business
From the first interview, you get insight into the vision and goals of the company. Ask yourself- does the company vision excite you? Passion is a key driver and motivation tool for coming to work each day so if there is a unified vision that aligns with your own personal goals, you can determine whether the job is the right fit for you.
Growth and Educational Opportunities in the Company
Prior to starting at your new role, ask about advancement opportunities. Working for an organisation that supports and encourages personal growth is what you should aim for. Understand the structural dynamic of the company; is there potential to move up in the business? Or are there lateral movements that are more suitable? It is important to recognise that some employees are not looking to step up, they just want to add to their skill set.
Company Stability
A crucial tool for organisations is to allow opportunities for growth and financially support your employees. Conduct thorough research on your potential employer before making any official decision. Making observations on whether the company are in the media for the right reasons and deciphering whether the company have a track record of redundancies or cutbacks is critical. It can be an exciting process, but you must consider the element of risk.
Personal Brand
Throughout the recruitment process, ensure you have taken measures to protect your individual brand. Know your salary expectations before entering the interview process and be aware of what your expectations of the business are. It is likely you can make suggestions that may benefit your own personal career growth throughout the offer process. How you conduct yourself irrespective of taking the job is key.
Let’s go on an inspiring journey by listening, learning and taking key actions from our own recruitment experts as well as industry leaders and inspirational individuals.
Together, each month, we unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences and industry knowledge; unlocking our own transformative change, so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.
During this episode, Shaun McCambridge, Stellar’s Managing Director, sits down with Rotem Rotenburg, Director of Cobild, to discuss the company and an exciting new role that has arisen.
Cobild is an award-winning and successful construction organisation based out of Melbourne, who are continuing to grow each day. They are now on the lookout for a Construction Manager to join the team and play a pivotal role as they embark on their 10-year plan. Shaun and Rotem dive deep into Cobild’s values and vision for the future and what is involved in this new and exciting career opportunity.
ROTEM’S HIGHLIGHTS:
1:18 - The Cobild Story
3:58 - Current projects in the pipeline
6:19 - Voted one of the Best Places to Work
9:28 - Not your typical builder
10:40 - Philosophies around customer retention and engagement
12:57 - The Construction Manager - Key Aspects
15:56 - Style of Person that will fit well in this role and business
19:11 - Drivers to be better and going from Strength to Strength
20:57 - Relaxing away from Cobild
22:18 - 10 miracles over 10 years
25:22 - Formula for a business continuing to grow and scale
26:52 - A great career move for the next Cobild Construction Manager
The Cobild Story
Being a family-run business, hard-working attitudes have been installed into the business and the team since day one. Starting out in landscaping and fencing then moving on to small scale construction work, the business grew quickly and now completes quality, high-end homes and construction projects. From humble beginnings to a significantly scaled business, there is a continual drive and energy to succeed and look after each other.
Current Projects in the Pipeline
There are currently four key sectors for their scopes of work. Mansion style houses in affluent suburbs, high-end multi-residential and boutique apartments, mixed use retail and office apartments, and commercial office spaces. Partnering with clients is the journey, not the projects taken on.
Voted one of the Best Places to Work
Put simply, it’s the people. They are driven, motivated, and high performing. Wins are shared, challenges are worked on together and there is care, trust, and respect for one another. The values are based around relationships - “we say what we mean and we do what we say. Everything we do is a little bit different and that breeds success with our people.”
Not your Typical Builder
Everything is easy, nothing is too hard and solutions are found. Having a great rapport with everyone is not the typical way in the industry. Normal builders go one way, Cobild goes another - down to operations, how people are treated and the interaction with clients from start to finish.
Philosophies around customer retention and engagement
There is a specific demographic of clients who are young at heart, care, are energetic, and want to be taken along for the ride. There is ongoing touch with customers and communication that forms a big part of the customer dynamic. These values contribute to the 95%+ customer retention and referrals, this is something the business thrives on.
The Construction Manager - Key Aspects
To help with the direction of the business and the vision for success, someone will be brought in to help at an operational level, continue to drive client relations, support the team, accelerate current programs, and deliver on quality. This person will be part of high performing team, take pride in their work and be an exceptional team player. There is an opportunity for this person to embed themselves in a great culture.
Style of Person that will Fit Well in this Role and Business
Someone who has a lot of empathy, understands clients’ and teams’ needs who can give them support to excel, and can really define what success means to them and the business. They are driven, passionate, in it for the long haul, and what to have a positive impact on the already high performing culture that is Cobild. This person wants to be part of something bigger and will always remember it isn’t just about construction.
Drivers to be Better and Going From Strength to Strength.
It is really important to have a greater purpose, it isn’t just about the work completed it is about having an energy to enrich peoples lives. Life is a gift and we have all had challenges but it is important to look at the good in life and from there, everything gets better.
Relaxing Away from Cobild
Mediation, reading, spending time with the family, keeping active, and doing what you love. Nothing too crazy - do the simple things and enjoy life with the important people in your life.
10 Miracles Over 10 Years
Creating 10 miracles in 10 years is a huge and rewarding project. Miracles are unique, special, and resonate with the business such as the camp out planned for last year, which was unfortunately derailed by the pandemic, to go and help rebuild bushfire affected communities. 2021 is about achieving 2,021 smiles and is well on track for success.
Formula for a Business Continuing to Grow and Scale
There is a clear vision of where the business is headed and the best people are on board the journey. This means investing in everyone involved with the business and giving them the freedom to succeed and care about the WHY.
A Great Career Move for the Next Cobild Construction Manager
The right person and right candidate is going to have a platform to grow, to be challenged and to call somewhere home for a long time. There is consistency in the business and there is a dedication to helping employees grow and feel comfortable each day.
During this episode, Shaun McCambridge, Stellar’s Managing Director, sits down with Mark Tobin, Followmont’s Managing Director and CEO. Mark provides insights into Followmont’s humble beginnings and what makes this family-owned business such a success. He highlights their continued focus on people and service as well as the importance of providing people with growth opportunities which in turn drives the success of the business. Learn more about their need for Linehaul Drivers and Mechanics that will underpin their continued growth.
Mark’s Highlights
1:04 Followmont’s history and overview of the business today
5:10 Values that are alive
8:10 Followmont’s strategic plan
12:50 The right people, the right place
12:25 Mark’s own journey within Followmont
20:10 Mark outside of work
20:20 Why Brisbane is an amazing place to live
24:10 Why people enjoy working for Followmont and why it is different
28:00 Jobs Opportunities
Followmont’s history and overview of the business today
The business was founded in 1984 off the back of a rail strike; it was five men that each decided to put in a couple of thousand of dollars to buy one truck.
Two of those men drove from Rocklea, Brisbane to Cairns dropping off magazines at news agencies along the way. Starting predominantly in magazines, they then expanded from magazines to media, pharmaceuticals then to all general freight.
Over the years it has remained a family business with Mark’s father being one of those five men to today where the business is continued by his broth and himself. Followmont has had massive growth Starting from one truck, Followmont has had massive growth and now is over a thousand across New South Wales and Queensland.
The legacy has always been providing service to the customer; doing it today not tomorrow. Today the business continues to be driven by service and it is the number one value.
The Followmont business isn’t about the customer size; it is about how to move freight quickly around a network. It has diversified over the years with the type of freight and leverages its locations rather than specific customers; it also spreads revenue streams across a number of different industries to allow for sustainability and make business decisions for the long-term.
Values that are alive
This is something that became instilled in the business during the second generation; the values have been in the business for about 12 years and with a football background, Mark knew that the business needed something to bring it all together.
5 Core Values: Service, Unity, Passion, Integrity and Innovation
Mark highlights a few of these:
· Unity is about being in this together without ego.
· Innovation is about being solutions focused and not about the problems
· Integrity is linked to the customer and the business does it today not tomorrow
They are aligned and Mark states that about 20% of his focussed on the values within the business and how they are displayed through his and the team’s behaviours.
Followmont’s strategic plan
Having a plan on one page is a definite for a fast-growing business and is used as a roadmap.
The business know the plan from the board right throughout the business; it focusses on performers, customers, and its people.
Followmont have a 5 and 10 year plan and everyone has an understanding of it and everyone is linked to the big picture.
At the moment the focus is on area as it continues to grow; looking at acquisition opportunities that match their own values. With 70% of freight in Australia moving from Victoria to Queensland, they are concentrating on venturing into Victoria. They plan to mirror on what has made them successful in Queensland and New South Wales.
Followmont has a big focus on regional areas and supporting the communities.
The right people, the right place
When building their team the focus is on the right people, the right place and where people are given the opportunity to grow with the business.
Mark says that it is amazing to see people, especially youth, being given opportunities in ways they have never been before.
They also have a big focus on diversity which is vital in a fast-growing business and wider economy. The transport industry has a real talent gap that will only increase in the next 3-5 years.
Followmont’s people are the ones who deliver our values and service, so its’ people drive that drive their business.
Mark’s own journey within Followmont
He has loved of the business from day dot; as a kid he was around the yard loading trucks.
Trained as a mechanic in Rockhampton and he wanted to work as every position within the business. 15 years ago, he started to transition and become the CEO and surrounded himself with an amazing group of senior leaders who have the care factor. To this day he still loads a truck, understands rate cards and every part of the business.
Mark outside of work
Business still runs at least 20% of his mind; the business is his family and he is proud to have built a business based on family values.
If he is networking, it is largely with family and friend he has met through the business.
Mark lives on a property with a few cows; he loves the water and football. Further to that he loves living his purpose which is mentoring and helping others.
Why Brisbane is an amazing place to live
He loves being in Brisbane, especially because of its friendly people.
You can move around easily, you also have the river, great weather, amazing beaches with access to the hinterland and rural life.
Overall living is affordable and there are great opportunities.
Why people enjoy working for Followmont and why it is different
Followmont keep it real; it is definitely a family business with family values and it flows top down.
They are a transport company that is driven by people.
They have really worked on communication and everyone knows what the plan is.
They also put back every cent back into the business for long term succession.
The equipment is European or American that is new or very well maintained and fitted out.
Jobs Opportunities
There are a variety of different jobs.
Shorter haul is a couple of pick-ups a night and you are back home every night and get paid a really good rate over and above the kilometre rate to ensure they are on time and do a good job
Living away/ line haul is driving a truck for 4 days
Shuttle haul which...
The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.