More than 100 new jobs for Newcastle energy company

The Green Energy Advice Bureau (GEAB), an energy consultancy specialising in the procurement of renewable business energy, plans to create more than 100 new jobs.

The vacancies will be created by the launch of its academy in Newcastle, and include positions such as lead generators and energy consultants.

Marc Whitelaw, academy director, said: “This is a hugely exciting time for GEAB as the new academy will bring fantastic opportunities and a lifeline to many during unprecedented times.

“Successful candidates will be given the platform to both professionally and personally develop as the next generation of successful energy consultants under fantastic tutelage.”

A major increase in staff numbers, such as GEAB is planning, can cause unforeseen problems for staff performing HR, admin and accounts job roles if the company’s method of recording time worked has not been updated.

For example, it is very easy for staff to fill in paper timesheets incorrectly. Sometimes this can be deliberate time fraud, but sometimes it is just new staff getting confused, or people forgetting to fill in their timesheets until a week later, by which time they’ve forgotten their exact shift details and are likely to just fudge it.

Even if the details are all correct, most paper timesheets must then be manually transferred to a database (usually an Excel spreadsheet) before being sent to payroll software.

There are many opportunities for human error to kick in during this time-consuming process – e.g. making an unrecognised typo in entering, or misreading employee’s handwriting (1 or 7? O or 0 or D?).

Incorrect data can also foul up HR tasks too, making it much more difficult to spot issues like adherence to the Working Time Directive or someone taking three 30 minute breaks plus lunch.

At Time and Attendance North East, we offer specialised attendance management software which can work either with smartcards or with biometrics.

Our smartcards are about the size of a credit card and fit nicely into most wallets. The Radio Frequency technology means that you don’t need to physically swipe the cards, just hold them up near the reader terminal. This reduces wear and tear. We also sell Long-Range smartcards, which can be read from several metres away.

For the ultimate deterrent against time theft, we can provide a fingerprint reader and/or a facial recognition unit. Smartcards can be lost, or swapped with colleagues to input fake times. This isn’t the case with body parts!

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