GWS Personnel began in Parkes in 1994. After opening more branches in Dubbo and Orange in 1996 and Bathurst and Wagga Wagga in 2006 they made the strategic decision to be a foundation partner in Spinifex Australia in 2012. In this merger Peter O’Donnell became Chairman of the Board for the group.
In August the Spinifex group plans to launch one, combined business that will offer services across New South Wales, with nine offices and a team of 50 behind the scenes. Spinifex have eight business service lines that they specialise in recruitment for; executive search, mining, government, local Councils, business support, industrial temp, IT and traffic control.
The local team at Parkes are as follows…
Damien O’Donnell, part of the group executive with the MD runs the country section of Spinifex. Katie Mapperson, the offices longest term employee, is the group conduit for IR Advice. Kris Kent has completed a secondment as acting Regional Manager in Northern NSW, the groups Byron Bay office and has now returned to lead the Parkes team in the Western Region. Phil Cartwright, is instrumental in the group IT and systems, having recently co ordinated the successful implementation of industry best cloud based software and infrastructure across NSW and Wendy Cheney, has been in the business for many years, bringing a wealth of experience to the group and has performed functions across the whole company. Wendy now leads admin including RTW.
For more information on any of the services the Spinifex group provide, give them a call on 6862 6061.