We recently had the privilege of interviewing Leela Galvez for the Employment Services Show Podcast. Leela is an employment services and recruitment expert, and humanitarian worker who has had the opportunity to work both nationally and overseas. Empowering others has always been her goal through active listening and working with vulnerable customers to meet their goals. Her experience centres around working with customers identified as Aboriginal Australian Peoples, disadvantaged youths, people with Disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse clients. She has transitioned in the em ..read more

I recently had the honour of interviewing Phil Pollard on The Employment Services Show Podcast. Phil has been in Personal development, training, and coaching as well as employment services combined for over a decade. Phil grew up in Frankston in Victoria, and started off his career driving trucks and worked within the sales area of the interstate and international transport industry for most of his life. He was on the verge of a second divorce, and being broke for a third time when he stopped playing the blame game, and discovered a complete new view of life. He then took action and learned ..read more

We recently had the honour of interviewing Amy Dyer (very recently married) as those in the industry may still know her as Amy Keirnan. Amy has been in employment services now for 11 years. She currently lives in Armidale NSW but spent most of her life in the rural Queensland town of Warwick and went to university in Toowoomba where she completed a Bachelor of Business. Amy is currently the Regional Employment Services Manager for DES and jobactive contracts at BEST Employment. Some of the topics that we covered on the full podcast episode: 1. A story about a particular job seeker with a dis ..read more

We recently had the honour of interviewing Angela Dion on the Employment Services Show podcast. Angela is the head of transition to work at MTC Australia and is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. She values people being nurtured to fulfill their potential. Angela has worked in the employment services industry since 1995. She initially commenced as a contract trainer where she was delivering employment and soft skills training across Sydney to people that were unemployed. Then moved into case management, followed by roles as business centre manager in the Job Network ..read more

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Nicole Stock who is the Regional Manager of Monash/Peninsula Victoria region for atWork Australia. In just 2.5 years, Nicole impressively worked her way up from Job coach to now regional manager. Some of her previous achievements are, Mornington Peninsula Businesswoman of Year and hiring and developing a successful team of over 300 people for the Peninsula Hot Springs. With over 25 years of experience in leadership and business development, through assorted Senior Management roles, Nicole is dedicated to leading strong teams and achieving success i ..read more

In July I had the honour of having Ron Maxwell as a guest on The Employment Services Show podcast. Ron is the CEO of VERTO and a highly accomplished senior executive leader with more than 20 years’ experience in the commercial sector. He drives strong organisational performance, particularly in the not-for-profit sector, where he has held a number of senior-level management positions. Since 2014, Ron has led VERTO as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It’s been a period of significant change and growth, with VERTO now in a strong position both financially and in terms of structure. Under Ron’s le ..read more

This week, I would love to introduce you to my special podcast guest Ashley Cairns. Ashley is the Regional Manager of Multiple Solutions, located in Adelaide, Australia. Ashley has the proven ability to achieve five-star performance ratings and consistently achieves yearly revenue budgets. She’s a diverse and experienced business manager within the disability employment services sector with an interest in building the most effective team and workplace culture through professional, supportive, and direct leadership. Some of the topics that we covered on the full podcast: 1. What it takes to ..read more

Dean Lloyd is the perfect example of someone who can turn their life around if given the chance. After having served a prison sentence, he now helps men who have been released from prison turn their life around that through consulting, employment, preparation, and getting them connected to the community. Dean has lived and worked amongst the most privileged and most discriminated in our society. From the heights of property and prestige to the depth of hell battling substance abuse. He's evidence that when supported appropriately people are able to change. I’m excited to interview Dean on my ..read more

I first met Chad Hookey about 3 years ago and I never forgot what a great leader he was then and still is until now. The type of leader who goes above and beyond to coach his team and make them feel valued. So I was excited when he finally said yes to appearing as a guest on my podcast. He’s currently the Community Development Leader at Ability Options and has over 20 years experience in senior management, working in a combination of retail, employment and NDIS services. Just to list a few of his many achievements in Employment Services; The region he managed was successful in gaining realloc ..read more

With over 15 years’ experience in employment services, Stephen Sofos is one of the most mission-driven employment services practitioners I have ever met. He not only gets what it takes to build employer relationships and carve job opportunities, he’s also an incredible jobseeker motivator. And this is what makes him one of the most successful reverse marketers in the industry. Also, he has one of my favourite LinkedIn Employment practitioner profile summaries. I’m going to copy and paste it here. “WHY I do what I do - I believe everyone that wants to work, has the right to work. WHAT I do ..read more