John Davidson & Associates (JDA) adds a personalised touch to all its activities – whether it be organising a meet and greet with candidates before embarking on a new assignment or on leave breaks: or with clients at remote mining and construction sites, to sponsoring the National PNG football team. JDA’ partnerships also include strong ties with indigenous people in PNG and Indonesia, where they have an enviable on-the-ground presence.

Combined with the expertise and experience of their recruitment consultants based throughout Australia, JDA’s overseas reputation is the reason why JDA has grown from strength to strength. With offices and affiliations in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa, New Caledonia and China, JDA has a truly international face, finding employment for skilled expatriates throughout the world.

As the global labour market has increasingly more and more options for employment, JDA continually finds ways to expand its range and quality of candidates, at the same time, position themselves to respond immediately to vacancies and planned projects in their target markets.

JDA is a member of the National Personnel Associates and preferred supplier to many major resource mining and construction companies in Australasia. JDA’s scope of services has a strong safety and sustainability focus with HAD recently establishing an exclusive relationship with the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) to recruit and promote environmental industry expertise.

JDA supports other Australian companies be successful internationally, helping numerous Australian export-orientated companies expand their markets, achieve sales and grow their business in the regions that JDA knows well, using JDA’s established network of contacts. When it comes to providing recruitment solutions to the resources sectors internationally, JDA First by Choice.

Honouring exporters

THE Member for Kallangur Ken Hayward will represent the Premier Peter Beattie to present the awards in the 2005 Moreton Bay Export Awards at the Morayfield Community Centre this Saturday night.

Success in today’s competitive export market takes commitment, tenacity, innovation and courage. But as the saying goes, fortune favours the brave. That’s why the Queensland Government hosts the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards throughout Queensland each year – to recognise and congratulate those Queensland exporters who bravely stood up and met the export challenge.

Export growth has continued throughout 2004/2005 with recent figures showing the export of Queensland goods experiencing a 30% increase compared to the 2003-2004 financial year.

Queensland’s economy remains the strongest in the country with estimated growth of more than four percent in 2004-2005 nationally.

The aim of the Moreton Bay Region Export Awards is to identify and reward the most successful and innovative local exporters. The awards promote export heroes in their local region, there by stimulating greater involvement in exporting among Moreton Bay Region businesses.

The businesses participating in this year’s awards highlight the diversity of the export culture of Moreton Bay, as they represent the largest of manufacturers through to small business operations. An application for the 2005 Moreton Bay Region Export Awards will be regarded as an application for the prestigious 2005 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards.

Finalists and winners will be announced at the state awards ceremony hosted by the Premier Peter Beattie, Premier and Treasurer of Queensland at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in October.