This weekend marked the finish of the 2018 Expedition Africa Adventure Race.
Team Parallel finished the brutal 560km course in a time of 125 hours 30 mins, to finish in 17th place of a strong field of 52 teams from 18 countries.
Take a moment and check out Team Parallel’s Finish Line Interview here.
Also, catch a glimpse into the race in the 5-minute video of EA 2018 – Day 4
Parallel’s Ronald Jessop shared some of his thoughts with us:
“The race was HARD! Very hard. The 4 of us had trained well and I was surrounded by fit and experienced team-mates, but somehow I still felt out my depth in the early stages of the race as the pace off the start-line was like a park-run, not a 567km monster.
Our coastal run of 20km was followed up by a 50km paddling stage into a head-wind – that stage took us into the night. A quick transition back onto our feet should have made us more comfortable but the navigation on the “Knersvlakte” was difficult – there were not many features we could use to navigate.
By midday the next day we set off on an epic ride of 230km. We opted out of the shortcut bike-carry because we wanted to save our feet, a strategy that paid off in the end. First collecting checkpoints north of Nieuwoudtville, we then cranked south a long, long way through various climatic conditions including some proper rain and mud to finish up at Wupperthal in the Cederberg.
Then a hike up the 2000m mountain of Sneeukop, which we summited at exactly midnight. Another ride, this time 100km northbound along the almost empty Clanwilliam Dam and Olifants River. And then, the crux of the race, a massive hike/scramble/ survival mission of 60km through a bushy canyon that has never seen people before and probably never will again. A very exciting 100m abseil charged us up for a fast last day’s racing, finishing up with a 60km bike ride for a full-course finish in 125.5 hours.
It made a big difference motivationally to know that the real Team Parallel back in the office were keeping an eye on that dot [on the live tracking map] and that we had to keep it moving!”
One of the contestant’s in the race said it very well,
“We do marathons to train for what we do, instead of training for a marathon”
We are extraordinarily proud of Team Parallel!
Future of HR Finalists!
We are thrilled to announce that Placement Partner has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Future of HR Awards. The 4th annual awards – hosted in partnership with Careers24, will be held in Johannesburg on the 19th of July, where we will be in the running for the HR Tech Service Provider of the Year trophy.
The awards and preceding two-day Summit, will once again draw together a host of CEOs, CTOs, HR directors and media pundits from both South Africa and abroad, to celebrate and explore the hyperresponsive, agile workplace of the Future.
We’d like to thank all of you, our valued business partners, for all your support over the last 17 years. Without you we would not be the company you see today.
Here’s to growing together and working toward a brighter future for all!
New Feature
Please NOTE – We have a new feature!
Capture more detail. Collaborate more effectively.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve developed a brand new feature, thanks to yet another wonderful suggestion from you – our partners in business and growth.
The notes feature allows you to keep accurate records on the CVs in your Postbox, helping you to make fully informed decisions and enabling you to collaborate better as a team.
Here’s how it works:
When working in your Postbox in the split screen mode, you will notice a new box in the bottom right corner of the screen –
Here, you can make personal notes on the candidate which will be stored as part of their profile. These notes are only visible to yourself and your team and will not be visible to the candidate at all. Don’t forget to click apply!
Once you’ve captured all the relevant info and you move the candidate to your quality database, your notes will be pulled through to their profile too:
Head over to our Facebook page and… tell us what you think of this new feature and your experience on the whole!0
APSO-lutely Delightful!
The Placement Partner team was well represented at the APSO National Conference which took place earlier this month and, as you can see, we had a ball!
It’s always a treat for us to spend the day networking with like-minded people from the industry but we particularly enjoyed having a chance to catch up with some of you. To those of you who couldn’t make it this year, you were sorely missed, but we always have next year’s conference to look forward to and we’ll gladly fill you in on what happened this year over a cup of coffee.
The energy and overall enthusiasm of the speakers really struck a chord with us this year. It seems everyone is optimistic about the future of the recruitment industry, in spite of the difficulties we face in our economy – It is this enduring positivity and optimism which characterises us as South Africans and really gets us fired up for the future!
Congratulations to our raffle winner!! Thank you to everyone who participated and took part in the fun. Sarah from Resolution Placement Agency is the lucky lady who took home a beautiful Lenovo IdeaPad 120S. Here’s hoping next year, it’ll be you!
Thank you for all the wonderful memories. We look forward to sharing many more 🙂
Team Parallel’s EA2018 Accomplishment!
This weekend marked the finish of the 2018 Expedition Africa Adventure Race.
Team Parallel finished the brutal 560km course in a time of 125 hours 30 mins, to finish in 17th place of a strong field of 52 teams from 18 countries.
Also, catch a glimpse into the race in the 5-minute video of EA 2018 – Day 4
Parallel’s Ronald Jessop shared some of his thoughts with us:
One of the contestant’s in the race said it very well,
“We do marathons to train for what we do, instead of training for a marathon”
We are extraordinarily proud of Team Parallel!
Team Parallel: Expedition Africa 2018
Expedition Africa is part of the The Adventure Racing World Series
This year on the West Coast our Team Parallel will be placed as Team #14!
What is Expedition Africa?
Expedition Africa is an adventure racing event that covers over 530kms in a period of up to 1 week.
A total of 52 teams will take part in Expedition Africa Namaqua West Coast this year with teams from countries including the US, UK, Russia, Switzerland, France, Japan and Norway lining up at the start. The ultimate in adventure racing!
This is a gruelling outdoor event and we are so excited to see what happens this year!
“Race village is bustling with excitement as athletes from all over the world gather for this year’s Expedition Africa. Over the past two days, athletes have trickled into Vanrynsdorp, meeting team mates, catching up with foreign friends and essentially reuniting their ‘adventure racing family’.”
This was posted this morning to show the immense excitement as teammates arrive for the Expedition Africa 2018 Event!
The race starts on Sunday 20 May and you keep up to date with live tracking here!
and be sure to keep track of Team Parallel on their Facebook Group!