RECRUITMENT NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2009

The end of year is finally here.  Companies and organisations have less than one month to achieve final set targets.  Employers are focussing on final implementation and contingency plans for trading during this festive season and New Year, both the employers and employees are chasing final targets and everyone is thinking of the holiday season.  Yes, oh yes, the holiday season is here.  Certain industries require more staff during the peak season and the start of the New Year.  This is the perfect time to find the gems out there! WE can provide you with those gems.

Dynamix Recruitment has an extensive candidate database INCLUDING our unique training candidate database.  We offer customised recruitment solutions to your organisations needs.  This we will discuss with you upon final agreement.

Dynamix Recruitment offers our clients the following solutions:

• Perm and contract placements,
• Verification checks includes credit, criminal, qualification, drivers licence and reference checks,
• Advertisement placements and response handling.  
• Onsite recruitment
• National and International Placements

The Benefits of using our services:                                

• We offer a one stop Learning development and Recruitment and Selection solutions
• Our recruitment database includes clients that attended Dynamix Training (Private Individuals)
• Customised recruitment solutions;  we will create recruitment solutions to your needs
•  The advantages of Dynamix candidates are that they have received Microsoft accredited training which is globally recognised and ISETT SETA accredited. 
• Our internationally developed courseware is mapped to unit standards. 
• These accreditations ensure that the Dynamix trained candidates received exceptional training.
• Our recruitment division is APSO accredited

Dynamix Learning Solutions officially launched Dynamix Academy.

Is your career choice Developing Games; Designing Web Sites; IT Support or Business Administration?  If so DO NOT make the mistake of choosing a College that WILL NOT give you an Internationally recognised Certification.  There will be in excess to 500 000 matriculants leaving school at the end of 2009. We have been advised via the media that approximately 189 000 employees have lost there jobs in one quarter of this year. ONE QUARTER. Should this trend continue it will mean in excess of 750 000 employees will have lost their jobs over a period of one year.

What can YOU do to make yourself stand out head and shoulders above the rest? 
Dynamix Learning Solutions has delivered quality training programmes for over a decade, having taken over 400 000 bookings, with a capacity of 8 000 delegates nationally per month.  We have Internationally Authorised courseware for thousands of titles spanning dozens of certification and product specialist tracks.  We are a Microsoft® Certified Gold Partner - Learning Solutions, Pastel Authorised Training Centre and hold many of the industry’s highest accreditations, including government ISETT ETQA, International Testing Centres and more and we have recently launched the Dynamix Academy focused on offering the best possible training to the school leaver.

Why Join the Dynamix Academy?
Our academy mode of instruction is Trainer Led and focuses on delivering training that is both practical and theory.  We provide all of the following:

• Microsoft Authorised Courseware, notes and supporting materials
• Software
• Student portal
• e-learning
• practice tests
• Labs and assessments
• Official Microsoft Examinations

PLUS
We will offer Dynamix graduates formal guidance in Interviewing skills and your data will be placed on our internal recruitment database.

WHAT COURSES DO WE OFFER

Microsoft Business Certification (MBC) Program – 1 Year
Validates skills in using the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the Windows Vista operating system, meeting the demand for the most up-to-date skills on the latest Microsoft technologies.

Career Opportunities:

• Office Administrator
• Clerk
• Receptionist
• Secretary / PA
• Data Capturer
• Typist

Graphic and Web Design Professional – 1 Year
Candidates will begin with the base knowledge when they command HTML and EML code.  From there their skills are broadly matured to ensure that there is not a single site that they will not be able to develop.  Add rich media functionality such as animation and coll graphics and you have winning sites that equate to money and revenue.

Career Opportunities:

• Webmaster
• Web Developer
• Brand Desinger
• Web Entrepeneur
• Graphics Designer
• Flash and Animation Designer

IT Technical Support – 1 Year
This programme focuses on building a range of vital IT related skills from the ground up.  You will be ramped up to the advanced skills for maintaining computer, hardware and the networks that connect it all.

Career Opportunities:

• Support Specialist
• IT Helpdesk
• Network Technician
• Computer Technician
• Desktop Support

IT Support Engineer – 1 Year
This certification validates the knowledge and skills required for Windows infrastructure design working with Windows Server 2008.  Candidates for this certification are IT professionals who want to be known as leaders and problem solvers within an organisation.

Career Opportunities:

• Server System Administrator
• Monitoring Operator
• Network Administrator
• Enterprise Systems Administrator
• IT Systems Manager
• IT Security Administrator
• Systems Architect

IT Systems Developer – I Year
The Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Certification tracks are based on Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications that demonstrate understanding of application development.  Each certification focuses on the features and functionality of key technology areas in the Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5

Career Opportunities:

• Program Managers
• Software Application Specialists
• Wed Developers
• Database Developers
• Systems Administrators
• Software Developer
• Silverlight Media Developer

Game and Animation Developer Elective – 1 Year
The XNA Framework has been designed with extensive capabilities specific to GAME DEVELOPMENT exercises and to maximise code reuse across target platforms.  Games can be developed for the extensive installed base of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Xbox 360.  Since XNA games will be written for the runtime, XNNA Framework can be written using the C# language.

Career Opportunities:

• Game Developer
• Animation Developer
• Silverlight Developer
• Rich Media Creator

Dynamix is approved by all the major banks and they can be approached for loans.  Alternatively contact us to talk about the payment options that we can offer.

Email your details to cape@dynamix.co.za and quote in the subject line “Dynamix Academy” or call us on (021) 418 8760

For a fun and interactive engagement visit us at
www.dynamixacademy.com

CONTACTS:

RECRUITMENT & SELECTION	DYNAMIX ACADEMY
Faiza Saban	Chantelle Whitehouse
Recruitment Manager  Recruitment Division  Email: faizasaban@dynamix.co.za	Business Development Manager Learning Solutions Division  Email:  chantellewhitehouse@dynamix.co.za
Landline: 021 418 8760	Landline: 021 418 8760

This is our final newsletter for 2009, we wish you happy holidays and a prosperous new year.

 

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