Professional recruitment consultancy comes to PE

As part of the AST Group`s local offering in the Eastern Cape, Computer Appointments, a member of the AST Group, will now serve the Eastern Cape region.

Computer Appointments specialises in the professional recruitment of IT personnel for companies across an extended range of industries. It offers a complete personnel consultancy for the recruitment and selection of permanent staff and contracting services, from trainee to executive level.

"We see the tremendous growth opportunities in the Eastern Cape," says Kim Boyd, Regional Manager of Computer Appointments. "Candidates and clients in the region will have access to a specialised consultancy that is uniquely positioned and established in the IT industry."

"All our consultants have an in-depth knowledge of the industry, labour legislation requirements and the HR practicalities of running an IT business," explains Albert Wright, Account Manager of Computer Appointments in the Eastern Cape and based in Port Elizabeth.

"We are regularly consulted by applicants and clients and provide up-to-date information on recent developments and legal issues. Computer Appointments is a member of the ITA, ITARCS and CSSA and provides an ethical, professional and confidential service at all times," continues Wright.

"By providing our clients and their contractors with a professional service and reliable contractor management, we minimise the risk for our clients."

Computer Appointments has recently been successful in the placement of resources in the international market, enabling the company to offer diverse opportunities to its broad applicant base.

"On the opposite end of the scale, we are now finding that people returning to South Africa contact us to help them find career enhancing positions," points out Wright.

Computer Appointments has been successful in attracting and recruiting affirmative action contractor candidates for a number of clients, on both a contract and a permanent basis.

"As our base of applicants from the previously disadvantaged sector increases, so does our ability to penetrate this market segment. WS&L Training, the training division of AST Cape, trains and develops affirmative action candidates who are then placed into the business community by Computer Appointments," concludes Wright. "This will assist local companies in meeting employment equity programmes."

Computer Appointments is committed to achieving employment equity within the organisation and has a defined and focused equity plan.

AST has recently expanded its presence in the Eastern Cape with the establishment of a local branch in Port Elizabeth, providing the region with unique IT solutions that will dramatically improve the way in which organisations operate in the Eastern Cape.