Our Achievement, ways to improve and future plans

What we have achieved

In the last couple of months, Help an Employ Me has significant achievement in different sectors. The first section to be mentionable is the communication between three large companies at Brunei and Bangladesh and their expression of interest towards us. The value proposition of Help and Employ Me which was created skilled employment opportunities for the disadvantaged people has attracted many organisations.

On the other hand, Help and Employ has been receiving significant responses from number of people who are willing to get skilled and employed as they are living in a poor condition. However, Help and Employ has been successful in terms of marketing as a new not for profit organisation. The acceptability from the community and support from the community has lead to the word of mouth marketing or viral marketing which has made a big difference.

The reflection of this success is the presence on social media. Today the organisation has received appreciation from more than 200 viewers in facebook, the new advertisement campaign video has already reached to nearly 100 views in just a couple of days time. Moreover, the changing life story in this blog is a good reflection that how people are happy to change their lives like dream come true. The biggest success lies there when we are able to see that out initiative is really working and people are about to change their lives which was always the core purpose.

Ways to improve

Unlike our achievement there are several key issues we can improve on. First of all the response rate with the clients need to be faster. Today we receive around 10 responses daily who are willing to enrol with us and get employed but at his early stage of the organisation operation we are unable to enrol the number of people. However, the demands from the employers are also growing as more and more companies are looking forward to get into collaboration with us.

In this gap the improvement required is to get more volunteers for trainers and administration. We are getting more demand than what are capabilities are at this moment .Therefore, we are looking forward to develop a community awareness program in search of volunteers who are willing to provide support by sharing their expertise. The administration also need be well collaborated and managed. We need clarify our expenses and income from sponsorship. However, currently the funds available need to be well allocated.

On the other hand we need to be more prominent on the print media and in local community school, colleges, universities as well as in the local council programs where there is more access to the prospective students and volunteers. At the end we would like to focus on organising ourselves and take planned actions as a part to take the organisation further

Future Plans

In the near future we would like to build a complete training centre which will be completely different from other training institution where people needs to pay and our one will be free cost. The centre will be the main head quarters for all kind of operations. Collaboration with large organisation around the world will be the biggest objective. Moreover, we will be having more customized training according to the companies’ requirement. Taking our noble cause further in the later when we are completely established we look forward to open college and university for disadvantaged people.

However, in terms of operation we look forward to cover our operations in Asia and Australia by 2020. However, we look forward to become more global than country based. We wish to train and produce skilled workers for everyone in this world. In this regard collaboration with governments of different countries for employee transfer into their countries will be our biggest future challenge.

Stakeholder's and creating a Win Win Situation

Below is the analysis of our approach towards creating a win win situation between us and our stakeholders.

Government
Who? – Government Business Grants, Embassy of different countries
Our Benefit – We get grants and new clients
How? – Promote government and embassy initiative and organise specialized events.
Their Benefit – Political benefit/exposure, goal achievement.
Approach – Personal link, proposal submission and application

Angel Investors
Who? - Venture Capitalists, Relatives with money
Their benefit – Use their contribution as CSR for their other companies
Our Benefit – We get exposure and funding
Approach – Send and explain what we do and let them know how we do it (overall process)

Media & Social Media
Who?-Television Channels and Newspapers (Channel 7, ABC, The Age, Herald Sun)
What we do for them?-Free advertisement/marketing in our events
What we get?-Featured article on their newspaper or on the news for promotion
Approach - Send proposal invite them to see what we do and free corporate lunch.

Other Not for Profit Organisations
Who? -City to Street, Grameen Bank
How? – Formal correspondence, terms of collaboration, advertising each other,
Our and their benefit- Exposure to wider community and broad scope of publicity, advertisement in each other’s website
Approach – Formal agreement of terms.

Business Partners
Who?- Grameen phone, Biman Bangladesh Airline, Telekom Brunei, Unilever Srilanka.
Their Benefit – Save training cost and employ trained and skilled workers/staff.
How?- Pay registration, Sponsorship of events, fittings, equipments, food etc.
Approach – Pitch for what we do, send proposal, personal collaboration.

Students/Clients
Who? – Our prospective clients for training and employment
How? – Advertisement on TV and print media, Viral marketing, community based campaign, flyers and Department of Welfare and other community offices.
Their benefit – Trained and employed without any cost and change life
Our Benefit – Get more business client collaboration, Sponsorship, grow the organisation

Volunteers/Paid Workers
Who? -Teachers/Trainers/Office admin staff
How?- Certificates, appreciation from the government and community, vouchers, free food, job experience authorization, free t shirts and other equipments
Our benefit – Avofing high scale payments for salary
Their benefits – Spend time for a noble cause with appreciation from the greater community.
Approach – Let them know and create the feel to change the society and solve unemployment problem.

Government, tough on Not for Profit Organisations?? Tax a worry???

Not for Profit organisations/Charities will get a $500 million boost but the federal budget will also close a tax loophole.

The government will provide $53.8 million over four years to establish an independent "one-stop shop" to regulate the not-for-profit sector, News Ltd and Fairfax report(Sky News). ACL Chief of Staff Lyle Shelton states that “Because the overwhelming majority of charities with commercial arms plough profits back in to the charity, it is not known why this new tax is necessary and what other administrative burdens might come with it,”

It will mean that from July 1, the organisations/charities will have to pay income tax on the profits they keep hold of in any newly created businesses that do not go back into their charity work. Tightening tax concessions for charities would cost Australia’s 600,000 not for profit organisations more than $50 million annually. According to the Government Budget 2011-2012.The Government will reform the tax concessions provided to not-for-profit (NFP) organisations to ensure they are targeted only at those activities that directly further a NFP’s philanthropic purpose (Budget 2011-2012)

The Government will also seek advice from the states and territories with the intention of developing and introducing a definition of ‘charity’ that can be adopted by all authorities. The adoption of a consistent definition across all authorities would considerably assist the sectors.


Helpandemlpoyme thinks that introducing this would benefit charities who has good intentions and who work hard to achieve their goals and mission. Introducing this would drive away those not for profit organisations that have become a scam. However, this would cost organisations but weighing pros and cons, in long term enforcing tight tax concessions would keep charities that have good social intentions and eliminate charities that are scams.

For further information:
http://www.skynews.com.au/politics/article.aspx?cId=Politics&id=609792&vId=2383955

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Human Resource expert gives Advice on Interviews

Today Help and employ me blog is bringing you an exclusive interview with a human resource expert Sandamali Perera who is the Human Resource Director of Unilever Sri Lanka. She had spent many years in the human resource industry and three years she had spent interviewing people every day. We hope this would assist you in preparing for an interview.

Helpandemployme:

Hi Sandamali! You have spent three years interviewing people. What is it like to be in the interview seat?

Sandamali:

Well it was quiet interesting actually because you meet new people every single day and the experience of finding out whether the person is appropriate for the job was quiet amazing. Some people clearly had no idea what they are going to get or hadn’t done their homework which I found quiet unfortunate. You HAVE to do your homework. It’s a must.

Helpandemployme:

What do you mean by homework?

Sandamali:

It means you have to know what the company is and what they are doing. You have to be prepared for various questions about yourself, what are your plans for future and about the company.

Helpandemployme:

Please advice the readers on telephone interviewing.

Sandamali:

Oftentimes, human resources will conduct phone interviews firstly. There are no wrong answers. I see a resume as a proposal—there’s no way to demonstrate everything you’ve done. Phone interview is simply trying to find out more about the applicant as a person and match them up with the corporate culture to see if it’s a good fit. It’s best to be honest in order to determine that.

Helpandemployme:

What do you think about providing examples?

Sandamali:

Of course. Provide examples. You may say you were responsible for in “bringing in $10 million account.” But how so—exactly? I’ll drill down to get as many details as possible. The more I have to pull answers out of you, the more I make a mental note that it’s hard to get this person to communicate. Use concrete examples and say, “I have done this.”

Helpandemployme:

Does talking about teamwork gives you extra points?

Sandamali:

It’s good to be part of a team. I like when people tell me “I was part of a team.” It’s one of the keywords I look for—that you work well with a team.

Helpandemployme:

What do you think about the dress code to the interview?

Sandamali:

Dress code depends on your environment. It’s always a good idea to ask before you come in. If you don’t feel comfortable asking HR, call the receptionist and ask. Generally, a tie and sports jacket is fine for men; a dress shirt and skirt or dress pants works for women.

Helpandemployme:

Is it ok to talk about firings?

Sandamali:

It’s okay to address firings. I’d much rather have someone say, “I was terminated, and here is the reason I was given” and move on. Don’t make up excuses or bash your former employer—I might know that person!

Helpandemployme:

What else should a person do?

Sandamali:

I think it’s nice to receive a thank you—these days an email is just as acceptable as a written note. If I never hear from you, I’ll think you’re not interested.

Moreover, at the conclusion of the interview, it’s perfectly acceptable to ask, “When you do you think you’ll be making a decision?” When you get home, send an email of thanks, saying “I look forward to hearing back from you in the next few weeks.” If you don’t hear anything, send an email after a few weeks along the lines of, “Just touching base and wanted to let you know I’m still interested in this position.”

Helpandemployme:

Thank You Sandamali for your time!

Success through Confidence, Determination and Courage

Rani was a 35 year old mother of five children who was living in a rundown house when we found her. Her husband recently died of severe disease called cholera. Cholera is a disease that is transmitted by ingesting contaminated water or food. She had tried many ways to save her husband but poverty hit her like never before. She had done everything from polishing shoes to begging to feed her children as well to pay for her husband’s disease but unfortunately things were not going in her way.  Her husband was the only income support she and her children had for survival. After her husband’s death she didn’t have anyone to ask support from.  Her life was crashing down. Determined to get her life back together she went down to government unemployment office. That where we found her.

Mr. Sachithra Sarachchandra was a follower of our blog and he works at the Government Unemployment office. That’s where he met Rani. He listened to her story and he immediately contacted us.  That was the beginning of a new life to Rani.

After hearing her story and a thorough interview, one of the talents that stood out from her was her ability to sew.  We focused on that and made arrangements to enhance her sewing skills. In near future we will be able to get her employed in a Garment factory as they demand cheap labour. She will be able to support her kids really soon.

Help Agus to get a job

Candidates details:-

Name: Agus Aroyono
Academic status: Completed year 11
Technical skills: Good at doing house chores, landscaping maintenance, mostly excellent in completing janitor work
Age: 22 years old
Date ready for employment: As soon as possible
Candidate code: AG0209


If you are interested in providing him a job, talk to us today. No hidden cost.

"Your help today is their life for tomorrow"

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Employment, income generation.

Hello Everyone. Happy Easter.

We will share to you readers the importance of being employed. We have identified that by being employed, it acts as an income generation; with it (being employed) community will be economic independence. For those with children, it helps to generate income for the family to buy necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. 

It is no doubt that nothing is free in this world, as easy as understanding that some toilets are charged for usage. In this modern world, 'beggers' are deemed to be inappropriate. A person with healthy condition is expected to earn their meal each day by working and receiving salary by the end of it.

How would you like to dream to stay in this house?

And the answer is.... It is not impossible!

We are here to help you, making your dream comes true with the full support of your own commitment.

Talk to us today.

Affecting the Economy

Unemployment rate in an economy exists when number unemployed equals those of working age who are without work but who are available for work at the current wage and are actively seeking work (McTaggart 2010).  When a country has a high unemployment rate that means an economy is underutilising the resources. Currently Australia’s unemployment rate is at 4.9% which is the lowest in the industrialised world. Bur however, in developing countries the unemployment rate goes up to 35% which is unfortunate. Countries that have the highest unemployment rates are listed below:

• ·      Zimbabwe-95%
• ·         Liberia-85%
• ·         Vanuatu-78.21%
• ·         South Africa-25.3%
• ·         Spain-20.4%

When Unemployment Rates are high the government have to give benefits. The disadvantage of this is that the money which can be used for other important projects such as: infrastructure, education, defence, health is now used for unemployment benefits. Furthermore, unemployment creates poverty and income equality and wastes some of the scarce resources used in training workers (Anderton 2003).  Due to poverty and inequality people’s standard of living decreases. This is the main reason why unfortunate people exist in our society. People are unable to buy clothes or food and pay for education as a result of poverty and income inequality. However, some may argue that income differentiates according to individual’s skills. Different jobs required different skills. Nowadays if a person wants improve on their computing skills so that he/she could work in an IT company there are specific courses which focuses on that. The problem is that we can afford the courses maybe because our parents are doing better jobs e.t.c but it is unfortunate that some people cannot. This is why we exist. We provide in house training for these people and enhance their skills required by the job. Not only people’s standard of living increases when they are employed but also it would affect the economy as well. 

Below is a video about current unemployment status in Australia

References:

McTaggart, D, Findlay, C & Parkin, M 2010, Macroeconomic, 6th edn, Pearson, NSW

Anderton, A 2004, Economics, 3rd edn, Causeway Press, UK

Making a Difference

You and I know that there are lot of Human Resource Agencies. We did a research and a survey regarding currently established Human Resource Agencies in all around the world to find out how we can be different to the other agencies. We got mix responses but however, we felt that people is losing faith on the agencies as we heard the worse stories from the people. We thought of posting some of the responses for your own knowledge. 

"I know a friend of mine whose sister was sent by an agency to Middle East for housemaid job. He hadn't heard from her since then. It's been a year and he doesn't know whether she's alive or not"- Sunil, Sri Lanka


" My friend got abused in the job. She was a carer in Oman but she got abused every day."- Niresha, Melbourne


" Called numerous times and fobbed off with nonsense like the agency was in the middle of an audit, then they were away on business (the whole agency?), moving premises etc. etc.  The website makes them look like a leading agency, but the office was small and grotty and staffed by three people in jeans / t-shirts lounging around doing nothing!"-Lucy, Melbourne


Listening to these stories was hard for us but it was quite an experience. These were unfortunate people who gave it all to make a better life for their families and for them. It is important for us to deliver what we say we are going to deliver for them, skills and a job. Not only that, it is also important that we give them a job that respects them for who they are.


Source: Sri Lankan reality Tv Programme 'Yeheli'- on true stories.

An Open Window for the Disadvantaged People

Help and Employ me is a recently developed organisation for the disadvantaged people particularly in the Asian region is providing a range of training to create a skill workforce targeting potential organisations all over the world.

Recently, there has been high demand of jobs created in the Middle eastern countries such as in UAE, Saudi Arabia and other international markets. It has been since long workers from different countries leave their own motherland to these countries without having any prior knowledge for the trades they are willing to work abroad.

A recent story in Dubai attracts the attention of Help and Employ Me. Abdur Rahman from India recently has spend nearly a 80,000 rupees (Indian Currency) to go to UAE for a construction work. He was motivated from his friends that if h goes t UAE he will be able to earn a lot and bring about a light of sun in their family with a higher income. Abdur Rahman did not have any prior knowledge of working in construction sites or as a the trade called bricklayer.

The condition at UAE was not as rosy as Abdur Rahman would have been dreaming. When he arrived at the first in his workplace in one of the renowned engineering company he was asked about what skill does he have as a bricklayer. He ended up being quiet and unsatisfactory results. The next moment he was rejected to the entry to the organisation and his Visa to stay there was cancelled. He had leave back home loosin all the savings he had spent to go there.

We took the case seriosuly and asked Abdur Rahman regarding his story and what was the main reason behind his failure journey to UAE. The answer was he was not trained to become a bricklayer. He never did anykind of work like that. According to his situation we suggested to get admission to our company so that we could offer him some training which will make him skilled and prepare enough to work abroad. On the other hand our communication and liason department contacted the organisation Abdur Rahman previously tried to work with and convinced them with appropriate documents that reveals tat Abdur Rahman is now a professional brick layer.

After 4 months and 6 months of practical and theoretical training Abdur Rahman left for UAE in a joint contract and agreement between his organisation and Help and Employ me Today he is able to send more than 10,000 Rupees to his family and leading a happy life.

Feel Good to help others

Who are we? And what do we do?

We are a social company working with the society giving what we have to HELP and get them employed. We are very passionate working on to address the issue of unemployment among the less fortunate people particularly those with less job opportunity due to less education and also limited skill know-how.

We believe that you will come across (atleast once) people that you know who are currently without a job, trying so hard to earn money to buy food. But what resources are available for them? What can we do with them? How can we create a better future for them? And lastly how can we help them?

Why do we care?

It lies within our promise to educate and polish people’s skills. We believe that by getting yourself employed, you will become more responsible and increase your general knowledge on ‘how to live a better life for tomorrow’.  Through our research from key learning paper written by Peter Henson from Department of Employment and Training, Western Australia; It is the belief of the Western Australian Department of Employment and Training in Perth that achieving economic independence through employment can play a vital role in reducing crime within our community. Henson also stated that one of the reason to for many individuals to commit crime is that they are caught in poverty and do not have enough money to provide for their needs. (Please refer to reference link 1)

We can assure you that being employee will be the best thing ever happen in your life, you will learn more on social skills as well as time management. According to The United Nations Human Development Index report ranks the Australian quality of life as second in the world, ahead of Norway. These were taken based on measures of standards of living, longevity, health, knowledge and economic factors. So planned ahead, get yourself in our training sessions and be the first to be employed. You will never know what you are actually good at. (Please refer to reference link 2)

How does it work?

Basically it is easy, follow these steps below:-

1. Download an application form
2. Send it in either by email or by hand together with your photo (if you dont have, we will take aphoto of yourself once u r in our training class)
3. NO fees required, its 100% FREE. - dont worry there is no hidden cost to you once you register right until you are employed

Reference:

1.  http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/previous%20series/proceedings/1-27/~/media/publications/proceedings/11/henson.ashx
2. http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

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