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Preggi Bellies is Australia's leading strength and fitness class designed specifically for pregnant and postnatal women. Operating throughout Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, they have a strong and loyal team of specially qualified group exercise instructors. There are now opportunities for passionate instructors to join their team as a leader of their original fitness and strength classes for pregnant and postnatal women or leading their new and exhilarating 'Back to Body' program.

A generous starting rate is provided per session. Rate increases are provided on a yearly basis. Bonuses are also provided for signing up new participants that are sent by the head office to attend on a trial basis.

Before starting with Preggi Bellies you will need to undertake their initial three day specialised training course. This is the most comprehensive course of it's nature. It's been developed in conjunction with obstetricians and follows the Australian College of Obstetrician guidelines. Once on board, you'll receive ongoing training, including 2-3 free workshops every year (CEC accredited).

Preggi Bellies pride themselves on the liaison and support they provide for their instructors. In support of this, a conversation with Naomi in their head office revealed an unprecedented fitness industry staff retention rate. Preggi Bellies has 40 - 50 instructors working across three states with an average time with the company of more than seven years! (Naomi began as an instructor approximately 6 years ago).

If you're interested in learning more about working with pregnant or postnatal women, follow this link and select the relevant Preggi Bellies profile on HealthyPeople.

An unrelated true story:

I was waiting on my bike at a pedestrian crossing to get over a busy road in Melbourne this morning when a couple riders decided to shoot across the road against the red man. No sooner had they cleared the road when they were flagged down by a couple of policemen in bike gear waiting on the other side. One rider stopped but the second took off! One of the policemen jumped on his bike and took off after him. It was a full on police chase on bikes! Regrettably I can't tell your whether he got away, but as he took off into the distance he was clearly giving it a red hot go.

I don't condone running red lights on bikes, whether an intersection or pedestrian crossing, it gives all riders a bad name. However it does seem a little excessive to be busting riders across a pedestrian crossing against the red man. I am not entirely sure how this benefits anyone.

Do you ride a bike? Do you have an opinion? If so, please share it with the wider community on our blog.

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Our industry has suffered a number of body-blows in the press recently. Many of the comments relating to a lack of faith in our product and our people (eg. www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2766840.htm). In an environment where the general public are repeatedly reminded that anyone can become a qualified Personal Trainer in just weeks, there is considerable value in being able to clearly recognise differences in experience and qualifications.

Enter Centrality.

Last November the Centrality group launched it's 'Centrality Health Consultant' (CHC) program. This is a new certification for the health and fitness industry that provides another way for you, as a practitioner, to differentiate yourself to both employers and clients. As well as setting clearly defined expectations, CHC certification includes professional indemnity insurance, one free industry accredited training day a year and the ability to work towards getting a health insurance provider number.

The CHC certification program involves an ongoing monthly fee of $29 which includes;

• Professional Indemnity insurance
• One full day of industry accredited training every 12 months in a session of your choice
• Discounts on industry events
• 24/7 email assistance.

For more information on registration, a look at their TV commercial and a full list of upcoming training sessions head to http://www.centralityhc.com/. Public Liability insurance is also available for an additional fee.

How do you become a 'Certified' CHC? You must first have a relevant industry qualification (minimum Cert IV in Fitness). You are then required to demonstrate success with at least five clients via completion of their 'Best Practice' framework booklets. Once these booklets have been signed off by an appropriately qualified professional your certification can then be approved. From a Certified CHC you have the opportunity to progress to a Senior and ultimately Master consultant, each accreditation carrying it's own minimum requirements. At Senior and Master levels you're eligible to receive a health insurance Provider Number with two major health insurers.

I think this CHC certification is a great way to provide industry professionals with the ability to differentiate themselves, ultimately leading to greater confidence in us all as an industry. A lot of work has gone into the development of this certification, in particular, securing insurance and provider numbers. I congratulate Paul Reid and his Centrality group for providing a service with real potential to make a difference.

If you're qualified as a Centrality Health Consultant, you can now indicate this in your HealthyPeople registration, making it easier for employers to recognise your additional qualifications and experience.

I welcome your views on this. Please add any comments to our blog.

IN OTHER NEWS:

• A rare National Fitness Division Coordinator role with Genesis is now available (Melbourne based). Check the details at http://www.healthypeople.com.au/applynow_professional.aspx?Vacancy=678&StateID=6&CategoryID=28

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Employers are now able to create an 'Employer profile' on HealthyPeople.

This profile allows you as the candidate to learn about their facility, the type of staff they employ, view some images and, if you wish, send them an application. No longer do you need to approach employers unannounced, trying to find out who the best person is to speak to. You now have the opportunity to get an application to the right person in the first instance, quickly and easily.

How do you find these profiles?

• Perform a specific search via the Search/Block employers link when you are logged in
• Via the tags associated with job ads
• Via the logo on an existing job ad
• Or via links from the employers web site

As this is feature is only new there will be a short period before all employers provide the relevant information. Where it is present, I invite you to make full use of it.

For an example, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact me on 0414 481 525 or email me.

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Employers are frequently asking me to 'head hunt' candidates for available management roles.

In these situations I source all candidates from our database of registered professionals. In particular, I rely on the details you provide in the 'About me' section of our registration process. This tells me where you want to work, your main qualifications, your experience and your desired roles.

If you are interested in being approached about some brilliant management roles, remember to update your details on our system.

As ever, please contact me if you have any questions.

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All job ads listed on HealthyPeople now have 'tags' to help you find other related jobs on the HealthyPeople web site.

'Tags' are key words or phrases that our system picks up within listed jobs. Tags include (among other things) the business name, suburbs and other specifics about the role, such as 'full time', 'training provided', etc..

How do tags on job ads benefit you?

Following are three examples:

• By clicking the tag of a particular business name you can view all ads posted by that employer, no matter what job category the jobs are listed under.
• If you're interested in 'training provided' and this phrase is in an ad, when you select this tag, any ads with 'training provided' will be included in the resulting list
• You can select a tag for a suburb and have any other ads in that suburb listed.

Incidentally, this may be your first email regarding our new blog.

There are two key features I'd like to make sure you are aware of.

Firstly, you can now comment on any postings in the blog. I wholeheartedly encourage you to do so. You have the abillity to do so anonymously (note: not anon to admin though).

Secondly, you can stop these emails regarding blog postings. There is a check box in the 'Update registration' section of our website.

If you have any feedback, comments or questions, please feel free use the comments feature below or contact me directly.

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I am currently seeking Regional Manager candidates for Holmes Place Poland and Czech Republic.

This is a challenging health and fitness manager role where great people skills and a passion for the Holmes Place vision of "Inspiring People to Live Well" is a must.

Candidates must have relevant industry experience and must relish the challenge of working in an environment where things are "a little bit different"! Driving sales requires the ability to inspire and coach the sales process. Holding the team to account for results will be a key priority in this role.

Quoted salary is 50,000 Euro (approx AUD$84,000).

You do not need to be able to speak another language - the important thing is that you have relevant industry experience (I was in Prague earlier this year and met with Neil Burton, the COO, and other managers, many were from the UK and all spoke English).

They are looking to fill the Regional Manager role ASAP (by December at the latest).

A job description is available here.

Club Manager roles also available!

Do you know of someone that you think would thrive in the Holmes Place culture? Let me know!

Tags : Club Manager Regional Manager Holmes Place Europe

Good day to all,

The big news from HealthyPeople is the addition of the comments feature on our blog (formerly newsletter) page. Aspects of this new feature include:

• Rather than a monthly newsletter email, you can now be notified of blogs as they are posted - you can turn this on/off in your 'Update registration' area.
• Where a particular post is of interest to you, you have the option to be notified of any other comments to that post as they are listed.
• You have the ability to post anonymously.
• If you think a particular comment from another user is inappropriate, there is a link to send a notification to myself and, if necessary, the comment will be removed.

I invite you to add a comment to say 'hi' to myself and other industry professionals, familiarise yourself with how it works and provide any feedback.

In addition to the above update we have a number of further improvements to the site being released over the coming weeks. I'll post a blog explaining each as they are added.

With regards to listing job ads, many of you may be aware that in addition to listing positions on HealthyPeople and Seek, we have also been listing positions on Facebook, Twitter and LinikedIn. A greater understanding of Facebook has resulted in the movement away from our Facebook Group to a HealthyPeople Facebook Fan Page. The primary reason for this is functionality. With the Fan Page you have the ability to comment/question anything that may be listed. My intention is to create greater communication opportunities between yourself and employers. If you are on Facebook, I invite you to become a Fan (http://www.facebook.com/pages/HealthyPeople/124295604311).

Whether via the comments on our blog, via Facebook or more conventional means, I look forward to any feedback/questions you may have.

Regards, Dennis Hosking.

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I was flicking through an old Marie Clare in a pizza shop (I'm human) the other day and came across an article comparing different things. One of them was the difference between becoming a Dog Trainer and  Personal Trainer.

It takes eight months of part-time training to earn a Certificate III in Dog Behaviour and Training, according to the National Dog Trainers Federation. This includes a study program and 96 hours of practical work.

To become a Personal Trainer takes eight weeks of part time study where you will earn a Certificate IV in Fitness. Practical experience is advised, but isn't compulsory.

Is it too hard to become a Dog Trainer? Or is it too easy to become a Personal Trainer?

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I don't know whether this is the real deal or not, but a great concept for an ad in the very least.

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When listed, your details are sent to all registered employers in the location(s) you nominate.

Once you have requested and been approved for listing on HealthyPeople, the paragraph you provide, along with your basic qualifications and the job categories you are now listed under, is emailed directly to all registered employers in the location(s) nominated by you.

There is no better way to ensure that all employers are aware that you are in the market for a new job.

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