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e brought a stand at Cornwall Hill early in 2004, as However, being the mother of two young girls, I decided to
Wwe realised that living in an estate would become leave the corporate life after 10 years and in 2000, started
the norm over the next few years, and Cornwall Hill had my own company so that I could spend more time with my
a reputation of being the best security estate around. We family, but also still be able to work and make a difference.
wanted our children to be able to walk in the streets, ride I also realised that there was a market for outsourcing
their bicycles and as a family, to be able to enjoy being payroll and HR services, especially for smaller to medium
outdoors and still be safe. We built our home during 2004 size companies, as they often cannot afford full-time HR and
and moved in towards the end of that year. payroll managers. I knew that I could provide a one-stop
service at an affordable price, without compromising on
I started my career at the SABC, in Human Resources quality and accuracy.
(HR), and was then given the opportunity to move to a
very different sector, a factory environment, as a Human I feel that with the numerous new estates being
Resources assistant to the HR director where I was exposed built around us, catering for all ages, Cornwall Hill
to blue collar workers and unions. This was where I became should seriously embark on an upgrade / upliftment
a human resources practitioner, as the director just threw of standards, maybe catering more for the younger
me into the deep end. However, thanks to that, I can safely generation. I am fully aware of the money involved in a
say that he is partly responsible for me being able to handle project like this, but there are many ways to save money
tough HR situations. and so invest in such an upgrade. Cornwall needs to
keep up with all the new, modern estates that are not
I then moved to the corporate environment, the property just offering a secure environment and a school facility,
management industry, where as the HR manager, I was but play areas for small kids, outdoor exercise areas and
responsible for the HR and payroll departments for about beautiful gardens. If we don’t spend this money, I feel
800 employees. I realised that multi-skilled employees would that in the long run, Cornwall will not be the place of
be more employable in the next few years and I therefore choice as the new, modern estates offer so much more
took on payroll aspects as well. value for money.

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