Founded in 1988, Peoplebank is an Australian-based leading talent solutions service provider across Asia-Pacific specializing in technology recruitment. Today, the client portfolio of Peoplebank has extended to public organizations, banking and insurance, information technology companies and worldwide enterprises. In addition to internal employees, Peoplebank also employs more than 1,000 contractors who are assigned to a wide range of organizations and industries.

Peoplebank has been named “Employer of Choice” and the “Best Recruitment Agency” by JobMarket again this time. Ms. Carrie Tsui, General Manager of Staffing Services was delighted to remark that employees is one of the key contributors for winning these accolades. She wished to take the opportunity to thank them for their hard work and support and also shared the success with them.

“For the past 30 years, Peoplebank has been resourcing outstanding professionals for our clients, centering on creating an excellent workplace that raises passion for employees to realize their career aspirations. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining high performing professionals hence we will ensure all employees are professionally equipped and given opportunities to develop.”

I.T. Professionals in Demand
Carrie described Peoplebank’s business scope ranges from traditional headhunting to contract staffing services, etc. Speaking of demand for IT professionals, “the market remains competitive during and after the pandemic. With shift of work arrangements, people choose to work remotely or work from home therefore the demand for back-end technological support and services remains strong.”

New Job Opportunities After Contracts
IT contract positions are often being perceived as short-term and lack of stability. As a solution, Peoplebank has a Next Job Program under which contractors can be redeployed to work for other suitable clients when their contract ends. “Today, many companies hire IT candidates on contract basis. We have a large client base therefore whether our contractors’ assignments end in 6 months or one or two years, we can offer them new job opportunities with our other clients. This way, the impacted contractors will not feel lost or panicked in the job searching process.” Carrie remarked that this competitive advantage can be attributed to Peoplebank’s long-range market-centric approach to IT talent recruitment for all these years.

In addition, Peoplebank retains a high-performing talent pool for clients by providing relevant HR insights regularly which include collecting anonymous employee feedback on compensation and benefits as well as employee engagement satisfaction. Clients can rely and use these insights to implement updated policies and workplace practices that align with market practices.

Care for Physical and Mental Wellness of Employees
Moreover, another effective way to stay in touch with employees is through their employee benefits program Peoplebank Plus+ which provides a platform for employees to not only enjoy exclusive staff discounts and services but to review employee benefits and policies related to physical and mental wellness anytime.

“Peoplebank is dedicated to creating a family friendly environment. For instance, we will organize themed parties or activities to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and Halloween. We encourage our colleagues to bring along their children to join whenever the occasions permit. The company also offers hybrid-work arrangements such as flexible working hours, to enable our staff to achieve a good work-life balance.

Furthermore, the company supports employees to work-from-home or change career paths within the organisation, and partner with vendors to offer mental health and wellness programs to to help them to manage stress and support their wellbeing, address physical and mental wellness.

In terms of corporate social responsibilities (CSR), Peoplebank partners with various NGOs and education institutes to host career workshops to provide guidance on resume writing or interviewing techniques for job seekers or tertiary students; and even offer one-stop job matching services for potential candidates to find, the right jobs where they can excel and realize careers aspirations.