The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight

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The Australian HR team continue to impress
with the development of many new initiatives.
Customer care workshops, Induction days,
Driving Force meetings and Career Advisors
Career Days have been held over the past 6
months.
Scholarship Award Afternoon
Driving Force meeting in Australia
Career days have been held in New Zealand in
conjunction with local high schools where young
people attended the Training Centre for an
induction and then completed one day a week
for ten weeks to gain work experience and to
get an in‐depth idea of a career path.
However in Australia the career day consisted
of the HR Team spending a day with Career
Advisors. They took the initiative of bringing
the industry directly to those that influence
students’ career decisions. Mainfreight is one
of the few true Supply Chain Companies, and
so the day was designed to follow the supply
chain itself with day ending in a presentation
about Mainfreight Logistics - the key link in the
supply chain. Many of the Career advisors were
unaware of the IT demands and capabilities in
a logistics warehouse. The opportunities for a
broad range of careers proved for many to be
very informative and enlightening.
Martin Devereux presents Rebecca Draper with a
Scholarship Award
children about to study, or are currently studying
at a tertiary institution.
On a personal note I had a great opportunity
to go to Shanghai in January on a personal
trip. Of course it was on my list to visit the
local Mainfreight International team. There is
something special about the company when you
can travel such a long distance and to a country
that doesn’t speak your language and get a big
Mainfreight welcome and superb hospitality.
Thanks to Linda and the sales team for the
hospitality. Special thanks to Joan for being my
shopping guide. She is one great negotiator.
As always at the beginning of each year the
Mainfreight Group continues to invest in the
team and the future of the business with
Scholarships for Tertiary Education.
In Australia, for the first time, we had a
scholarship award afternoon and were delighted
to give Scholarships to, Rebecca Draper from
Melbourne and Andrew Luton from Newcastle.
Nominations are welcomed at the end of each
year from all Mainfreight team members with
New Zealand Scholarship Recipients