people2people news | September 7, 2010
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The Greatest Temp Recruiter Hero…
Posted by Lisa: November 28, 2008(to the tune of the Greatest American Hero - if you don’t know this you ARE a philistine and should stop reading now.)
Look at what’s happened to Mel,
We cant believe it ourselves,
Suddenly she is below 50 temps,
They’ve all been given to house!
Believe it or not, she’s been here for 3 years
Now she is off and she’s free-e-e-e
Heading off to the sunny Gold Coast,
Das, Bump and Melanie-e-e-e-
Just like the start of a new day
It’s hit us right out of the blue
Melanie’s packed and she’s ready to go
There is nothing left here to do….
Believe it or not, she’s gone out the front door
Now, she is off and she’s free-e-e-e
But I’ve looked at her desk and it’s remarkably clear
I think she stole stationery….
Good luck Mel - we will miss you 
Mwah!
Lisa
Movember - The Final Countdown
Posted by Kaden: November 28, 2008Praise the lords, the final hours of social exclusion are near. My girlfriend might start speaking to me again! Ironically, I’m feeling a strange sense of inner peace and wisdom after donning a Mo for almost 30 days. Earlier in the week I decided to change things up a bit, going for a more ‘traditional’ style modelled on the great Tom Selleck and viola…! I look like a French guy. Not really what I was going for but these things can’t be helped. It’s also increased my similarities to my Father, which is mildly disturbing to say the least. I won’t be panicking until I start wandering the house with no pants on, telling anyone who’ll listen how cheap ‘the pictures’ were in my day. God help us all…
I must make special mention to all the people who were kind enough to sponsor me throughout this ordeal. Thanks to all 6 of you, I am deeply honoured. I’m still wondering what happened to the rest of you who assured me you’d get on board. Was it the photos? Were they a bit risque? Putting photos on the net can be a little risky, as they can end up cut and pasted onto a body in a scene from some dodgy seventies porn flick. Not that I would know anything about that kind of thing; I’ve just heard stories. As long that body’s better than mine, no harm done.
It’s not too late to sponsor. Visit https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?action=sponsorlink®o=1461921&country=au to make a donation. it’s a great cause. See you all again next year!
Kaden The Mo Man Kennedy
How long will this last?
Posted by manda: November 24, 2008
As published in 9 to 5 magazine on 24 November 2008
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Posted by Kaden: November 20, 2008Ok, so I’m a bit early this week. Annual leave tomorrow, and off to Adelaide for a wedding. The beauty about these little ’shindigs’ is you get to see lots of relatives that you haven’t seen in quite a while. In my particular case, around half the guests are people I haven’t seen for something like 10-15 years. Usually this is a great time to brag about how well you are doing. ‘Living in Sydney, great job, nice car, white picket fence…’ blah blah blah. Somehow I think it’s going to be a hard one for me to pull off this time around. It’s hard to impress the relatives when you look like Chopper Read.
I can hear it now… ”G’day Kaden, haven’t seen you in quite a while. How was Long Bay?” (Sniggers- ‘He had so much potential…’)
Movember, and especially toward the end, is often a time where participants tend to shun society. Holing up in one’s house with thirty tins of canned soup and the entire back catalogue of Knight Rider and The Benny Hill Show seems like a good idea. Or is that just me?
Anyway, the problem with weddings is that there’s a lot of cameras around. There’s also usually a video camera (most often wielded by a slightly immoral drunk uncle that nobody seems to know). Footage from said machinery is ample, distributed widely, and in my case, used as blackmail/comedy material at various later dates in my life. Needless to say, I feel that the addition of a Mo to this process is only going to exacerbate my ongoing humiliation. WHY!!?
Please help me! The pathetic amount of money I’ve raised is meaningless compared to my ongoing personal debasement and social estrangement. It won’t even pay for 15 minutes of psychiatric help. To support me, please visit https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?action=sponsorlink®o=1461921&country=au
Stay tuned for the final diary entry. Who knows the depths of my depravity…
Kaden “Chopper” Kennedy
Cop a dose of Harden Up!
Posted by the Editor: November 20, 2008Given the recent media frenzy on the economy I was delighted to finally read an article which gives a different perspective than doom and gloom.
Michael Pascoe in his recent SMH article was on the money and I urge everyone to follow this link and consider viewing the current economic conditions through a different lens.
Mark Smith
Director
Fit and fabulous with people2people
Posted by manda: November 17, 2008The JP Morgan Corporate Run was held on 12 November at Centennial Park. This event has continued to grow since its inception in 2000 and this year over 7,500 “corporate types” ran the 5.6 km course around the perimeter of the park. The run is conducted internationally and the Sydney event raises money for the Children’s Oncology Foundation.
At people2people we take our fitness seriously and sneakered up to give the course a real shake. Realistically, the shakeup was really more of a mild stirring, but we gave it our best shot anyway.
A lot of hammy and glute stretches before the big event. For some, this was NOT their best angle.
After the warmups, we thought it a good idea to get a pre race shot as we weren’t sure (given the level, or lack thereof fitness of some of our participants) who would be standing for the post run shot.
Surprisingly, all participants were accounted for and still breathing (we could hear them, panting and gasping is more of an accurate description) in our post race shot !
Special mention must go to our CFO Suzanne Mackenzie who set a blistering pace and was home in 27.22 minutes. The minor medals went to Kaden Kennedy 30.20 and Catherine Rowe 30.55.
Of course, feeling like death during the run turned into, “we must do it again next year!” I of course shall be reminding everyone of that comment when it’s 6.00am, 5 degrees, pitch black and lightly drizzling rain in the middle of July 2009.
Happy training!
manda milling- team captain
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The Movember Files - Day 14
Posted by Kaden: November 14, 2008To be frank, and usually I just stick with Kaden, this Mo business is starting to irritate me. Having a beard was fine; no shaving at all. No facial hair was easy, I just whacked on a generous helping of shaving cream in the morning and went to town. Having a delicately shaped Mo, however, is a completely different story. They say you don’t choose the Mo, the Mo chooses you. Well, the one that chose me is bloody difficult to contend with at 6:30am after a few bevvies the night before. I have enough trouble getting from my bedroom to the bathroom at this time of the morning, let alone dealing with the meticulous mathematical equations required to ensure the symmetry of this sickly looking ferret that’s attached itself to my face.
It’s not like I’m getting any support from Management either. My boss and I had a meeting with two professionals yesterday, which began with, “and this is Kaden, don’t worry, he doesn’t usually look like this”. Thanks very much. A colleague asked me to show one of his candidates out, and the same boss said ” Nah, get someone else to do it, Kaden looks like he’s just come out of a cave”. I’m in the room!
Why does Movember have to fall around the same time as my yearly performance appraisal? I’m not looking forward to that one…
On the positive side, I am starting to cop the ‘Mo Salute’ on the street from random Mo growers. There exists a certain comaraderie between people who have banded together to make complete fools of themselves. What worries me is that it’s so completely obvious that I don’t normally sport a Mo. How do they know this isn’t my regular look? Things are only going to get worse I think. Only 16 days to go…
To support me in this worthy cause, please visit https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?action=sponsorlink®o=1461921&country=au to donate any spare money and help fight prostate cancer and male depression. I think I might need some of the proceeds by the end of the month if I don’t raise a bit more money. In closing, I’d like to point out that the photo below is a simulation of the look I get from most people on the street. The people who aren’t giving me the ‘Mo Salute’. I am not an animal!!
Kaden “Magnum PI” Kennedy
Golfing Gods smile on p2p Director!
Posted by the Editor: November 12, 2008The finals of the St Michaels Golf Club 2008 Championship was played on Saturday 8 November 2008 and Simon Gressier, Director - Accounting at people2people, was in the B Grade match. After a titanic struggle where the lead changed frequently, Simon and his opponent were all square coming into the 18th. Simon played his drive down the middle (this is not a dream he was having), his opponent had sprayed his drive wide, just clearing the trees to be sitting on the 10th fairway. Simon played his shot first and left it about 2.5 metres off the green to be sitting about 15 - 20 metres from the hole. His opponent played a cracker to be sitting in the middle of the green about 7.5 metre from the hole. Naturally he was thinking one putt for a win and at worst two putts to square the hole.
Does Simon putt it or does he chip it?…. Chip it it is…. the ball leaves the club cleanly and is rolling to the hole, it veers to the left and it looks like Simon will have a small putt for par …but wait…as the ball slows down it veers to the right ………NOTHING BUT HOLE. PANDEMONIUM (well as much as Simon and his caddy could muster given the need to maintain a suitable level of golfing decorum – they are not Americans after all!).
In the blink of an eye, Simon’s opponent’s 7.5 metre putt for a win has suddenly become a 25 metre putt (in appearance at least) for square…..he just missed.
Sometimes the golfing gods can be good to you (or not).
My advice is to ensure that Simon is on your team at the next p2p GolF Day!
Mark Smith
Director
Movember - 7 days in…
Posted by Kaden: November 7, 2008There comes a time in every man’s life when he starts to ask himself questions. What am I doing here? Was it rubbish day today? Will these socks go another week? We often answer these questions in unusual ways, particularly by our actions. The purchase of fast cars and motorbikes, the dating of women half one’s age, learning the electric guitar, all expensive flights of fancy that generally last one week before we move on to the next thing. And the there is Movember…
For those of you who are unaware, Movember is a national initiative to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer resaerch and mens mental health, particularly depression. Last year, more than $15 million was raised which was a phenomanal effort. Men participate by growing a moustache for the 30 days of November, all the while collecting money and insults from all those who wish to sponsor them.
This year, the Directors and employees of people2people convened in a small, dark room and decided that I would carry the torch and grow a Mo this year. I get the feeling this is partly due to the fact that I’m the only male in the office capable of growing facial hair, and partly because I’m generally the office idiot. You know you’re not off to a good start when, on day 3, your partner tells you to wash your face because ‘you’ve got a bit of dirt on it’. Guess I’ll keep on plugging away…
I’ll provide updates and a photo every Friday to keep you all informed as to how the Mo is going. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please visit https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?action=sponsorlink®o=1461921&country=au and follow the instructions. Bring back the Mo! (Okay, it’s not so great yet but give me another week…)
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How do I know a role is going to be put on hold?
Posted by manda: November 7, 2008
As published in 9 to 5 magazine on 10 November 2008
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