Established by in-house recruiters for in-house recruiters The Firm was founded as a LinkedIn Group in December 2007. Now with over 8800 members in 67 countries it is a vibrant and supportive organisation that provides both tactical and strategic insight and support to our members.Our membership platform www.thefirm-network.com is a hub for members to gather insights, download useful resources and access online training and mentoring. Our interactive regional events provide the opportunity for Talent Acquisition teams to network and learn with their peers.I work within the Training & Consultancy arm of the business, providing live (in-person and virtual) training sessions for FTSE 100 clients in the UK and Europe.Popular topics of my training range from Diversity & Inclusion, Interviewing effectiveness, Stakeholder management to Recruitment 101.

eArcu is the market leading Talent Acquisition & CRM Suite, helping over 100 national and international organisations. From initial advertising, developing candidate relationships and tracking your applicants through the selection process, right through to offer generation and onboarding.We’re constantly evolving and continually changing the game - inspiring clients and candidates alike through the latest innovations in Chatbot, Gender-Neutral, Hiring and Animated Onboarding; all built into an award-winning suite. You get the reassurance of the trusted market leader and the excitement of award-winning creativity – all in one package

Experts in people performance.Co-founded in 1995 by Olympic Gold Medallist swimmer Adrian Moorhouse, Lane4 isn’t an ordinary organisation. We aspire to extraordinary things and help people to deliver exceptional results. We understand how to apply the psychology of performance like nobody else. Our purpose to build winning organisations and improve people’s working lives keeps us motivated every day. Although we’re focussed on pursuing excellence, we believe that talent is everywhere and that, with the right mindset and tools, anybody can achieve exceptional performance. Our culture embraces diverse opinion and constant curiosity. Whether it’s with our clients or colleagues across the world, it’s our rigorous insight, skilled team and humble confidence that help people to think, learn and develop.We care about the science and emotion of performance and work with our clients in three areas of specialism: People Change & Transformation Leadership, Team & Talent Development. Management Skills Training

I fulfilled a life's ambition to write and publish a book between interim contracts. This is a fiction book that charts the internet dating exploits of three men. You can read further here.... http://bit.ly/blokelore

HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. We serve around 37 million customers through four global businesses: • Commercial Banking• Retail Banking and Wealth Management • Global Banking and Markets • Global Private Banking Our network covers 67 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, North America and Latin America.With around 3,900 offices worldwide, we aim to be where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and ultimately helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions. HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges.My role was to manage a team of 9 Sourcers who service the needs of c 1,000 Specialist vacancies per annum across the UK.

McGraw-Hill Education is a leading digital learning company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that provides customised educational content, software, and services from pre-K through to postgraduate education. The company also provides reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions. McGraw-Hill Education operates in 44 countries and has more than 6,000 employees globally.This role involved hands-on recruitment of all vacancies within EMEA/APAC and LATAM, driving direct recruitment methods to source high quality candidates internationally. Advisor to recruiting partners process across several geographies, accountable for recruitment policies, methods, processes and tools across the globe.

Centrica plc is a British multinational utility company. Its principal activity is the supply of electricity and gas to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and North America. It is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the UK, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, It is also active in the exploration and production of natural gas; electricity generation; and the provision of household services including plumbingMy role was a maternity interim assignment to lead the Graduate Recruitment team that hires c60 Graduates, 60 Summer placements and a dozen Year in Industry students across the UK business per annum. Key achievements were:* Manage a process of exiting and selecting a new RPO provider on time and in budget,* Building an alumni database to provide the metrics behind the business case to maintain investment in this Talent stream.* Successfully presenting and introducing a new University Relations strategy to the main British Gas board

One of the world’s leading food companies, General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Yoplait and more Headquartered in Minneapolis, General Mills had global net sales of US$17.6 billion during fiscal 2015.My role straddled two interim assignments across 2 years and led the operational and strategical hiring requirements of the UK business.Key achievements were:* Reducing time to hire metrics by circa 13%* Improving Quality of hire metrics by 10%* Reducing cost per hire by 35%* Revamping a PSL across 50 suppliers to harmonise terms and conditions.

FMCG Manufacturer of household frozen food products.Having worked on the brand before its sale from Unilever, I was approached by the HR Director to be the first Recruitment Lead in the UK.I was responsible for setting up and managing the complete recruitment process for every level of vacancy within the organisation. This includes Preferred Supplier List Management, candidate sourcing, recruitment process design, stakeholder management and employer branding.Achievements:* Reducing management man-hours involved in recruitment by 1/3rd* Improving recruitment metrics ratio by 1/3rd * Introduced Competency rating mechanisms to objectify recruitment decisions* Produced a candidate briefing pack to more effectively market a company with a hitherto unrecognised employer brand that was only 12 months old

I completed a three month contract with BP, where I was responsible for the project management of the launch of “second life” virtual technology to facilitate a global graduate networking and conferencing event.

Unilever is one of the world’s largest fmcg organisations, marketing household brands in the food, ice-cream and home & personal care markets. My role on the UK HR Leadership team incorporated 3 main elements:* The country activation and on-going management of global talent projects such as the launch of a new behavioural competency framework, functional resource committees, Hi-Po planning & management and performance development planning* The operational management of an RPO contract with Accenture to provide country recruitment services. Unilever recruited approx 1,000 vacancies per annum and my role ensured hiring Manager compliance with a new global outsourced model. I delivered multiple training workshops to support this change in what was at the time the largest global HR outsourcing deal* Management of the country Graduate campus and Trainee recruitment cycle including staff management of a team of three

The BOC Group (now part of the Linde Group) was one of the world’s largest gas companies.My role encompassed day to day management of the Graduate scheme, including MBA hires.* Full responsibility for University relations and employer branding strategy* Management of the Response handling team and assessment process* Management of the training & placement process throughout the 4 year scheme* Management of the Salary Review process and co-ordination of all mentoring activities

A leading provider of networked computing solutions, with an annual turnover of $18 billion dollars and operations in 170 countries.Key achievements included:* Completely re-designing the interview and assessment process* Reducing per head hiring costs by 18% from the previous year * Conducting a re-tendering of the outsourced recruitment and response-handling contract, whilst moving to an on-line model* Meeting all hiring targets* Developing relationships with Key UK Universities

An interim assignment to launch the first ever UK Graduate scheme.

Managed the first ever RPO contract in the UK with Westminster City Council. Lead a team of 3 recruiters to operationally manager all hiring requirements across the client's sites.

Account managed a range of Financial Services accounts, hiring Marketing personnel for TSB, Barclays, Birmingham Midshires and Alliance & Leicester amongst others. Increased the market value of my territory from £150K to £450K in 3 years.