About Us
Starf Online was launched in September 2008. Starf® - founded in 1998, was based on the idea that managing staff is a day-to-day process and managers must have an integrated system that effectively provided them with the structural support they must have to be effective. We have created an integrated set of tools that allow people to focus on what is important, making the emotional job of human resource management, for large and small employers, simple.
We know to do that, staff need to realise what is important and managers can have a simple tool to help them. The tool must be clever through its simplicity, it must be relevant (so it’s easy to get agreements with staff about what works), it must be systematic (so it can be improved), be efficient (to save time in the process) and be best practice (to reduce risks).
Starf is Global and has a reputation for being a leading provider of best practice human resource consulting, training and software.
The goal of Starf is to continue as the world’s leading best practice online HR tool for employers. Starf provides the best possible way to create alignment with your human resource and with Starf, you can use the information collected to continually improve the performance of your business. Our customers make the best decisions, it’s that simple.
Unlike our competitors, we achieve the best ROI (Return on Investment) for our clients' human resource, we maintain a lean in-house team of committed professionals and provide a flexible system that works best to manage our customers’ business goals.
We source support and infrastructure from carefully selected suppliers and source our sales and marketing through a network of Licensed Sellers. We certify independent Starf Pro® Coaches and Trainers as well as license those who may be working with our larger client organizations. Starf Coaches and Trainers intern with us under supervision to a certified standard.
At Starf we understand our customers benefit by our willingness to transfer our knowledge.
Our Company Values Our Cultural Values The People Behind Starf News and Blogs
Our Company Values
Abundance
We recognize Starf is suitable to any employer and we can do business with everybody. We know the benefits of co-operation and have open relationships with our stakeholders to share the abundance.
Simplicity
We know that our customers know more than us about their business. To keep it simple, we give them a structural support tool that they put “how” they do “what” they do into and Starf® helps them do what they already do well, better.
Discernment
We strive for acuteness of judgement and understanding.
Best Practice
Our systems always respect the individual needs of individual employers.
Revolutionary
Our systems always respect the individual needs of employees.
Inclusive
All stakeholders in Starf® receive a measurable ROI (Return on Investment).
Educational
Starf® Pro certifies HR1, 2, 3 & 4 training participants, to assist client organizations to validate their human resource data for decision support.
Our Cultural Values
Accountability
Being responsible for all your actions
Courage
Always stand up for what you believe in
Integrity
Doing what you want to do and doing what you say you will do
Leadership
Setting a positive example by treating people with dignity
Optimism
Always look on the bright side of life
Passion
Enjoying the pursuit of personal excellence
Performance
Sustained profitable growth
Recognition
A global leader in social practice
Today
Having fun, making time work for you
The People Behind Starf
Ranald Hendriks – Managing Director
Ranald is the author of the Starf system. He has over 20 years experience in HR and has worked with hundreds of organizations across almost every industry sector, with both large and small organisations employing from the tens of thousands to less than 5. He is a member of the Human Resource Institute of New Zealand and also the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.
Email: ranald.hendriks@starf.net Ph: +64 21 645 355
Alan Shum – Executive Director
Alan has been with Starf from inception and is now a shareholder and Director. In his 8 years with Starf he’s also gained honours in Computer Systems Engineering from The University of Auckland. Alan leads our software development team.
Email: alan.shum@starf.net Ph: +64 21 453 723
Jo Macleod – Implementation Director
Jo is a Starf® Coach/Trainer and a Registered Psychologist with over 20 years experience in HR. She has an MA in Occupational Psychology from Canterbury University and one of the world’s leading authorities in Psychometrics. Jo is also a Director in other companies. Jo leads our implementation consulting team.
Email: jo.macleod@starf.net Ph: +64 21 043 8039
Carole Pedder – Training Director
Carole is a Starf® Coach/Trainer and a Chartered Accountant and Partner at Withers Tsang & Co. - a Chartered Accounting practice in Ponsonby, New Zealand. She sits on other Boards including Charities and Associations. Carole leads our Starf® Pro Training.
Email: carole.pedder@starf.net Ph: +64 27 282 8038
Vivienne Berry – Values Director
Vivienne is a Starf® Coach/Trainer and recognized as a leading Values Consultant internationally. She leads Starf® consultants to client organizations that are interested in defining their values to gain a greater alignment with their people (to improve the validity of the data they collect in the Starf® system, to improve their decisions). Vivienne also delivers our Starf® Pro Trainings and is a Director of other companies.
Email: vivienne.berry@starf.net Ph: +64 21 522 804
News and Blogs
November 2008 - World first online human resource service revolutionises recruitment and performance management activities.
Starf Online is the first online recruitment and performance management service for small to medium sized businesses. It reverses the conventional hire for skills, fire for values adage.
Starf Online is a revolutionary new system that gives managers the tools and support to effectively and efficiently manage people. It also adds an enormous degree of understanding and structure to the art of human resources.
The system is based around clearly defined job descriptions which include measurable success and failure measures for each skill area. These job descriptions become the yard stick whereby performance can be easily monitored and improved by both employer and employee.
Performance reviews and performance management become an exciting and inspiring opportunity for all parties. Bad hires are minimised, workplace morale improves and the level of respect that employees have for their managers and the business increases.
Company founder, Ranald Hendriks says he got the idea from over 20 years of consulting to business in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, USA and Germany, and probably making every mistake when running his own businesses – that there was a real need for structural support to assist managers in creating agreement with their employees and profit for the shareholders. “We’re not taught how to manage, so it tends to be emotions that run the employment relationship and Starf® will change all that.” says Mr Hendriks.
For further comment please contact Ranald Hendriks:
Phone: +64 21 645 355 Email: ranald.hendriks@starf.net
Web sites: http://www.starfonline.co.nz, http://www.starf.net/ , http://www.secretjobagent.com/ , http://www.rogerjob.com/