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Company History

2010

March 2010                               Company is unofficially 10 years old, but we wait for 6 December 2010 to celebrate the formal birthday.

2009

June 2009                                  Company CEO is appointed as one of only 40 international judges for PublicAffairsAsia magazine's

                                                      inaugural 2009 Gold Standard Awards to be held in December 2009.

April 2009                                   New milestone! 900 officers trained.

March 2009                                e-Learning Grant Recipient 

                                                     Along with our partner Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Learning Options,

                                                     TPARC is awarded ACT/ federal funding for an e-learning project under the Australian Flexible

                                                     Learning Framework.

                                                      Our team is one of only four ACT business/RTO partnerships in the State to receive funding from

                                                      federal government for our project  to embed e-learning in the small and micro-business sector.

2008

2 August 2008                           TPARC contributes to new publication aimed at middle and senior public affairs
                                                      managers in the Asia Pacific area. www.publicaffairsasia.com.

                                                      The Public Affairs Recruitment Company was approached to provide the Australian perspective
                                                      on the public affairs industry and invited to join the Advisory Council.

1 August 2008                            Milestone! 800 officers trained.

2007 1 January 2007                Milestone! 600 officers trained.

2006 18 September 2006        Company moves into larger premises due to expanding business in recruitment and training.

2005 1 January 2005                Milestone! 400 officers trained.

2003 April 2003                          The Public Affairs Recruitment Company commences professional development courses in Canberra.

2001 October 2001                    The Public Affairs Recruitment Company wins New South Wales/ ACT Microbusiness Award -
                                                       Women in Business Category within 10 months of establishing the business.

2000 6 December 2000            Establishment of The Public Affairs Recruitment Company.

              March 2000                    A phone call from a senior colleague asking for public affairs staff triggers a change in direction

                                                       for the business from major  communications campaign work to recruitment (but it takes 9 months

                                                      for the market to convince us to do it).

1999 24 September 1999         Establishment of KA Paxton Enterprises which commenced the recruitment business.