Candidate Overview

There are many reasons to choose to work through Adaps and experience our “UNFAIR ADVANTAGE”.  These unique benefits are detailed below:

• Reputation and Responsiveness
• The Adaps Culture
• Database Capabilities
• Predictive Resourcing
• Sourcing Strategies
• Candidate Evaluation
• Contractor Care
• Payroll Solutions
• Adaps Benefits
• Adaps Virtual Bench

Our good reputation is confirmed by our strong performance.   

Uniquely, nothing in Adaps offerings to our contractors invokes a charge.  Most are surprised at our enthusiastic response to say “Yes” to their requests, even when the outcome will result in a cost to Adaps. We see this behaviour as the best way to build our relationship with our clients and contractors as a true long term business partner.

Responsiveness can be measured in many ways, but at Adaps we measure responsiveness by serving our clients better and faster, and similarly ensuring that potential candidates have the opportunity to choose Adaps before any other agency.

Selection of our staff ensures we have focused and high energy people whose main objective is to beat the competition and serve our clients in the best possible manner. In creating an environment that supports that activity level, we charge them all to view themselves as the “limousine drivers” serving our candidates and clients alike. This reinforces the corporate value that very early morning interviews and similarly, late night contact, are the cornerstones of success and creation of a winning culture.

Our culture is underpinned by the premise that People are our Business. We actively promote a people orientated culture and have a value set that reinforces this ideal.

Our approach to retention is one that continually builds on the respect and recognition that Adaps gives its candidates. In all dealings, we treat people with respect; not as a transaction or commodity, thereby fostering a mutual respect and willingness to partner in return.

Adaps has four core principles that guide the behaviour of its employees and the way they interact with contractors, clients and other key stakeholders:

• to engage with people
• openness and honesty
• a can-do attitude
• innovation and improvement

Adaps uses a cloud-based recruitment application called Bullhorn. It integrates emails and a calendaring system with candidate sourcing, applicant tracking, customer relationship management and job management.

With this integrated system, everyone on our team has complete and actionable visibility into every step of the staffing and recruiting process, from generating job orders to placements. Our recruitment professionals are not only alerted instantly as job orders come through, but have full view of quality prospects and all pending activity.  As soon as the job order is live, recruiters are able to send clients real-time alerts on top-notch candidates.

Resume parsing is automated and software search capabilities go much deeper and are more flexible than job boards, which broadens candidate pools and allows our recruiters to identify more candidates for each job opening.

Our CRM system gives us the ability to capture the whole business in one place. It records all the history, data, email and conversations. With one click we can verify information without digging through papers or searching email.

The Adaps CRM system is populated by potential applicants who we have identified from various methods of advertising, accessing social media and by networking with our current and past contractors. Adaps is also sought out by applicants due to our presence on Google, our website, our knowledge of our clients and our reputation. But what’s unique, is how we use this valuable information.

Please send us your current resume by going to the Update Resume section of our website.

Candidate information is stored in our database, Bullhorn. This cloud-based application allows our Predictive Resourcing™ team access from unlimited locations 24/7.

The first step in this process is to work with our clients to understand their likely future requirements, typically for the next twelve months. Our Predictive Resourcing™ team then conduct database searches to find potential applicants who meet our clients' forward planning' requirements.

These Candidate are contacted so that we can discuss how our Predictive Resourcing™ model can assist them and to ask if they would like to participate. Once they agree to participate, we track, on a regular basis, their availability, rate or desired salary and other matters important to them such as location, industry, types of applications and/or infrastructure preferences. This market intelligence is subsequently passed on to our clients for the skill sectors they have identified. Predictive Resourcing™ is provided free to both clients and applicants.

To participate in our predictive resourcing model, please contact Tania Whitney on 03 9867 1765 and email your resume to tania.whitney@adaps.com.au.  Tania is available Monday through to Wednesday each week.  When you email us, be sure to include in the subject heading “Predictive Resourcing Applicant” and in the body of your email provide your authority to participate.

Our sourcing strategies include but are not limited to:

• Advertising online on numerous Job Boards and also on the Adaps’ website
• Predictive Resourcing™ Model
• Searching our database of more than 60,000 professionals
• Referral scheme giving incentives to professionals who give us the details of other skilled candidates
• Networking through contacts, our own networking events and professional body events
• Linked In, Seek, Facebook and other online CV search techniques using search strings (e.g. in Google)
• We also have the accreditation to bring professionals from overseas on 457 visas for skills not readily available within Australia.  This service is available through professional service agreements with Adaps Virtual Bench.

If you are selected as a potential candidate for a role, you will initially be contacted by one of our experienced Client Managers. They will discuss the suitability of a contract before they agree to send your resume to a client.  Our Client Managers treat all professionals equally and fairly.  A client interview for a job will only be arranged if we're sure your skills and aspirations are matched to the needs of the client. Because of our industry leading client guarantees, we will only place you in suitable roles that you really want.

The full evaluation process includes:

• CV Assessment
• Phone Screen
• Face-to-face Structured Interview (Behavioural Event Interview)
• Job Knowledge Tests to test any specific knowledge requirements for a role
• Psychometric Tests – cognitive ability tests and personality / motivation questionnaire
• Reference Checks
• Probity

Adaps meets every candidate face-to-face (even in regional areas).

Adaps offers value to its candidate through its dedicated Contractor Care Team. We are cognisant of the different skill-sets needed to manage the various processes of the recruitment life cycle.  As such, we hire individuals with outstanding people skills, customer focus and attention to detail (as assessed by our organisational psychologist) to work in our Contractor Care Team.

Our Contractor Care team look after you from the moment you are sent the letter of offer, onwards and their primary aim is to make your time with us as smooth and pleasant as possible. This team thrives on delivering a high quality service ensuring client compliance and audit requirements are met, all administrative tasks and probity checks are completed, delays are minimised to onboard staff and contractors are given due representation.

If you decide to take up any of the contractor benefits that Adaps provides, there is no doubt that you will get to know our team well.

The Contractor Care team continually looks for new and innovative ways to improve client processes and improve the quality of the Contractor’s experience.

Similar to an employer giving you the choice of superannuation providers, some organisations will outsource the administration of your wage payments.  In these cases, you should be given the option of who manages your payroll, regardless of who placed you.

At Adaps we have a long history in payrolling for our contractors as well as providing solutions for other businesses. Our payrolling arrangement is completely transparent and we have no hidden fees or charges, unlike some agencies. The net result is more money in your pocket each week. If you choose to be paid via Adaps, you will also be able to take advantage of all of the benefits we provide to our direct contractors.

Contractors tell us that they enjoy the Adaps Club Benefits of emergency cash advances, loans for phones, computers, the seminars on tax matters and of course the Adaps legendary Christmas Party.

As an Adaps contractor, we want to help you get the most out of your pay and maximise your earnings.  We can also help you source your next laptop, phone or PDA at unmatched prices, interest free and deducted from your pay, pre tax over 3 months.

In 2007, Adaps launched an amazing new ‘Industry Best’ Rewards Program that is FREE to ALL of our contractors and payrollers. This exclusive benefit is called the Adaps ‘Work Life NAB’ Rewards Program. It includes a vast array of Financial and Lifestyle benefits - accessible via the Rewards website. Suffice to say, once you Contract through Adaps, all these privileges will be yours!

Expert Project Managers are paramount to the success of any project. Adaps has developed specific Project Manager testing tools to assess and recommend high quality Project Managers to our Clients.

The Adaps Virtual Bench is a separate entity but can still be accessed via this website. Click on the link to see what outstanding benefits we can provide to you!