Canberra civil service head Renee Leon, , a failed printer, and a multi-million dollar JobActive contract for directing job seekers to the CareerOne website
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Secretary of the Department of Unemployment,
Secretary of the Department of Unemployment,
Renee Leon.
In 2015 the Department of Employment and its head, Renee Leon, awarded a JobActive contract to Olympus Solutions Pty Ltd, a company controlled by one Fred Van Steel, whose previous business , Chippendale Printing went into liquidation leaving some 200 workers without a livelihood..
Van Steel's Linkedin profile shows little if any experience in recruiting or anything related to job placement.If anything his Chippendale Printing was an example of how workers can, without any warning, be be left without a livelihood by business owners and managers.
Reports on the matter said:
The fate of up to 200 employees is in question as Sydney company Chippendale Printing entered voluntary administration, just over a week after it claimed to be merging with now-defunct printer Beaver Press.
Chippendale managing director Fred Van Steel told ProPrint on Thursday 8 April the company was not in any financial trouble, despite persistent rumours claiming it was struggling.
"Quite the contrary, Chippendale has had very strong support from [private equity owners] Helmsman, who are continuing to provide strong financial support," he said.
On 8 April, both Van Steel and Beaver general manager David Francis toldProPrint they had reached a 'heads of agreement' over a merger of the companies, though this is now in doubt with both companies now in the hands of administrators.
The JobActive contract the Department and Leon awarded is estimated at AUD 50 million a year for the next 3-5 years. In securing the contract Van Steel and Olympus claimed, foreshadowing Malcolm Turnnbull's "agile and innovative" mantra, a new trademarked method of helping job seekers find work- access via the Olympus IT system to the CareerOne website.
The Olympus CareerOne website has since been removed, but archived copies can be sighted at
https://web.archive.org/web/20151005002054/http://olympus.careerone.com.au/
The Department and Leon have ignored repeated queries about their award of a contract for services that include a significant component that is freely available, and has been so in the public domain for a very long time.
Olympus Solutions has the capability to service large and small employers nationally with a one stop shop solution based on a succinct and streamlined national response to employment needs of businesses right across Australia, at no cost to the employer.
Two of the founding partners of Olympus Solutions, Fred Van Steel CEO of Ability Options and Ross Lewis, CEO of Break Thru People Solutions, pictured here, met prior to Christmas to discuss the joint venture’s innovative approach to employment and employer relations
In 2015 the Department of Employment and its head, Renee Leon, awarded a JobActive contract to Olympus Solutions Pty Ltd, a company controlled by one Fred Van Steel, whose previous business , Chippendale Printing went into liquidation leaving some 200 workers without a livelihood..
Van Steel's Linkedin profile shows little if any experience in recruiting or anything related to job placement.If anything his Chippendale Printing was an example of how workers can, without any warning, be be left without a livelihood by business owners and managers.
Reports on the matter said:
The fate of up to 200 employees is in question as Sydney company Chippendale Printing entered voluntary administration, just over a week after it claimed to be merging with now-defunct printer Beaver Press.
Chippendale managing director Fred Van Steel told ProPrint on Thursday 8 April the company was not in any financial trouble, despite persistent rumours claiming it was struggling.
"Quite the contrary, Chippendale has had very strong support from [private equity owners] Helmsman, who are continuing to provide strong financial support," he said.
On 8 April, both Van Steel and Beaver general manager David Francis toldProPrint they had reached a 'heads of agreement' over a merger of the companies, though this is now in doubt with both companies now in the hands of administrators.
The JobActive contract the Department and Leon awarded is estimated at AUD 50 million a year for the next 3-5 years. In securing the contract Van Steel and Olympus claimed, foreshadowing Malcolm Turnnbull's "agile and innovative" mantra, a new trademarked method of helping job seekers find work- access via the Olympus IT system to the CareerOne website.
The Olympus CareerOne website has since been removed, but archived copies can be sighted at
https://web.archive.org/web/20151005002054/http://olympus.careerone.com.au/
The Department and Leon have ignored repeated queries about their award of a contract for services that include a significant component that is freely available, and has been so in the public domain for a very long time.
Printer turned joob placement expert,
Fred Van Steele
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References
Fred Van Steel CEO of Ability Options and Ross
Lewis, CEO of Break Thru People Solutions
Australia’s pre-eminent employmentOlympus Solutions has the capability to service large and small employers nationally with a one stop shop solution based on a succinct and streamlined national response to employment needs of businesses right across Australia, at no cost to the employer.
Two of the founding partners of Olympus Solutions, Fred Van Steel CEO of Ability Options and Ross Lewis, CEO of Break Thru People Solutions, pictured here, met prior to Christmas to discuss the joint venture’s innovative approach to employment and employer relations
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