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Playing Cupid in the Job Market

The Straits Times, 24 Nov 2011

'Our business philosophy for achieving continual success is based on the consultative, caring and partnership approach with our clients, candidates and consultants.' - Mr Joshua Yim, founder and chief executive officer, ACHIEVE Group
 

ACHIEVE Group acts as a matchmaker between companies seeking talent and people looking for the right job

ACHIEVE Group plays two significant roles in the job market.

On one hand, it helps companies that are looking to hire the right people they need to drive the growth of their businesses. On the other, it helps candidates find the right jobs and career opportunities that will improve their lives.

In the last five years, the group matched over 5,000 candidates with the right organisations in Singapore.

Says Mr Joshua Yim, ACHIEVE’s founder and chief executive officer: “People are the most critical assets behind any organisation’s success.

“We see ourselves as being on a mission to fulfil people’s dreams and aspirations while bringing out the best in others.”

The group, which serves local conglomerates and multinational corporations in the Asia-Pacific region, is also a specialist in human resource consulting.

It has a service for companies to develop capability assessment centres and guide books for managers on interviewing skills and psychometric assessments.

The group can conduct employee engagement surveys for clients and use the results to propose ways to enhance behavioural capabilities of the staff in a company.

Coaching services, including the development of coaching skills, are also offered to supervisors, middle managers and senior executives.

Another of ACHIEVE’s services helps firms to build practical and cost-effective competency models and systems for training, performance and talent management, and succession planning.

Most of the group’s 50 staffs are consultants managing the recruitment process smoothly because they understand their clients’ needs.

“We provide impeccable human resource solutions with speed being one of our key strengths,” Mr Yim says.

“Our business philosophy for achieving continual success is based on the consultative, caring and partnership approach with our clients, candidates and consultants.”

This includes understanding clients’ people management issues, and even challenging their perspectives to arrive at effective solutions. The group can do this by leveraging the knowledge built up since its start in 1990.

Excellent service with the best outcome for clients and job candidates is the best way for the group to show it cares for them.

Many clients and business associates partner the group because of the trust forged over the years, says Mr Yim, who cities the group’s M.A.T.C.H talent acquisition methodology.

            M – matching clients’ needs and expectations based on thoroughly understanding their human resource challenges.

            A– assessing the motivation of the candidate to ascertain the level of interest in the career opportunity.

            T – timely management of recruitment process to take key decisions and actions from proper and tight follow through.

            C – constant communication with the client and the candidate on the status of the recruitment process.

            H – handholding the candidate via frequent follow-ups to ensure proper assimilation into the new organisation.

The group successfully entered the Enterprise 50 awards list for the first time this year. It is the latest accolade for the group and Mr Yim.

“It helps to strengthen our brand and gives us better standing in the market,” he says. “We are on the right track in terms of our performance and business practices.”

He also describes the E50 award as a personal milestone for himself and a clear benchmark distinguishing the group from some of its competitors.

The group opened a Malaysian office this year and is planning to start operations in Taiwan in 2012.

Mr Yim says: “We believe relationships are very important and we take the extra time, effort and energy to nurture strong relationships with all our clients, candidates and our own people.”

Source: The Straits Times