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FUTURELINK FLEXIBLE STAFFING

CEO: Melinda Cookson
www.futurelink.co.za
service ensures minimum interruption or downtime
FUTURELINK: OFFERS SUSTAINABLE
for your organisation.
OUTSOURCED STAFFING SOLUTIONS.
Permanent Recruitment
Melinda Cookson is the proud CEO of Futurelink, a
national staffing solutions company. A large database and years of experience have uniquely
positioned Futurelink to help place permanent staff
Melinda entered the staffing industry in 1995 as a that help their clients’ organisations grow. Driven by a
business development manager for a reputable national passion to see both the individual and the organisation
staffing company. Five years later and armed with succeed, Futurelink ensures that the right people
fantastic training and work experience, she took a huge are selected for a business. The personalised service
leap of faith and started her own recruitment agency. ensures that the client’s requirements and detailed
job specifications are matched against relevant
From those humble beginnings and with over 20 years’ candidates. The service includes:
experience in the industry, the company has expanded ƒ Complete sourcing and response handling; from
and now has staff located in most of the major regions advertising to database searches and
of Southern Africa.
networking etc.
Futurelink offers temporary and permanent staffing ƒ Screening, shortlisting, reference checks, criminal
solutions as well as value-added services for a wide checks, credit checks and education checks.
range of operational requirements. Their clients are ƒ Three-month guarantee post placement, with
diverse and come from various industries; including regular follow-ups (both client and candidate) to
manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, retail and “cement” the placement.
the corporate sector. “We operate at a level of excellence that sets us apart
The company prides itself on offering customised in the marketplace. We view ourselves as the experts
solutions to ensure that each client receives the service and we pride ourselves on placing the right candidate
that is right for their operational needs. Melinda says in the right position,” says Melinda.
that she and her company are committed to making a Outsourced Projects Division
difference and that nothing is too much trouble when
dealing with clients. The Outsourced Projects Division specialises
in customised solutions for processes such as
In order to honour this commitment, Futurelink’s staff manufacturing, warehousing, logistics etc. Futurelink
are encouraged to have a can-do attitude to their work takes a holistic, outcomes-based responsibility for
roles and operate with complete integrity. “We rely your entire project or process including the total
on our staff to participate fully in the daily operation human resources: administrative, payroll, industrial
of the business and we have a culture of trust and relations and workforce element, as well as overall
respect,” says Melinda. supervision and management. This solution will
Staffing Solutions ensure that each client’s quantitative and qualitative
objectives are met. The service offering includes
Through Futurelink’s exceptional service offering, the ongoing feedback and communication to meet
complete human resource function is handled; from key accountabilities.
sourcing, hiring and payroll through to performance
management. Planned or unplanned, temporary or Outsourced Cleaning Services
long-term staffing solutions are available. All staff The Outsourced Cleaning service provides compre-
are screened, referenced and ‘ready to go’. This hensive cleaning and hygiene services to commercial

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