Chris South Email & Phone Number

Auckland, Nz

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Roi-AI is an automated technology solution built specifically to enable those in the recruitment sector to maximise revenue from their own brand channels. Utilising chatbots, activity tracking and email/text automation, we enable recruiters to focus on the human element of recruitment whilst Roi-AI takes care of the rest.#whatwillyouautomate

I've been invited as a keynote speaker to talk on a range of recruitment and recruitment marketing topics throughout New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

London, Gb

The Prominence Group of companies was sold to a private investor mid-2024.

London, Gb

As Founder & Managing Director at Prominence, I had the pleasure of leading a fantastic international team of marketing experts who work together to ensure our customers look as brilliant as they truly are! Prominence is Asia Pacific's leading marketing agency for the recruitment sector. Areas of speciality include:> Outsourced Marketing Delivery & Strategy> Digital & Social Advertising> Brand Identity & Design> Website Copy Writing> Online Salary Survey Checker Tool

London, England, Gb

Hays Group PLC is one of the world’s largest specialist recruitment firms, with close to 8000 employees operating throughout 33 different countries. Success in the USA is seen as a critical factor to the ongoing growth of the Hays global profile. As Senior Manager I successfully launched and ran the second United States Hays office, located in Houston, Texas. I was responsible from early strategic planning through to operational management and high level Business Development, select achievements are included below:► Financial Resultso First candidate placement within 2 months of operationo Reached monthly profit in year one o Delivered profit throughout year twoo Ahead of budget in year two► Strategic & Operational Managemento Created and delivered on a first year business plan, focusing on Executive Search for Oil & Gas professionalso Recruited and trained an expert team of Business Development Professionals, Recruiters and Managerso Built a high performance culture focused on excellent service delivery o Successfully launched the Construction & Property brand and market tested and optimised the Information Technology specialismo Invested in office infrastructure whilst maintaining a strong profit conversion ratioo Speaker on building a new business, Hays Annual Sales Conference o Presented management plans and updates directly to the Vice President & President of Hays North America, Global Oil & Gas Managing Director & Hays Group CEO► Business Developmento Agreed multiple supply agreements with a diverse client baseo Negotiated multiple retained assignments for both one-off jobs and global recruitment campaignso Prepared responses and presented for multiple RFP / RFI tenders that included both domestic and international MSP and RPO agreementso Account Director for one of largest client accounts o Partnered the Hays brand with a number of key industry associations

London, England, Gb

Took over a small team of IT Recruiters servicing primarily permanent / direct hire placements, tasked with growing it into one of the top three specialist brands within Hays and top three IT Recruitment Firms within New Zealand. Responsibilities included internal recruitment, consultant training, performance development, budget management, team profile branding, marketing, key account management and preparing national bid responses (RFP / RFI).► Achievements o Achieved, 35%, 90% and 40% growth for 2010, 2011, 2012 respectivelyo Increased Contract Revenue from 5% to 45% of total business revenueo Became the third largest specialism within Hays New Zealando Grew the IT Recruiter team to one of the three largest in the New Zealand Marketo Put in place a strong succession plan, from Trainee Consultants through to experienced Business Managerso Implemented a consistent outcome focused recruitment methodology o Championed the correct utilization of the company candidate databaseo Promoted early adoption of social media (Linkedin) as a recruitment toolo Optimised the IT contract offering by introducing dedicated Contract Consultants and Candidate Resourcerso Directly managed the largest Hays client accounto Promoted the Hays IT profile via industry associations and events

London, England, Gb

Recruiter for both permanent and temporary professionals across a number of sectors including Construction, Property, Software Development, Project Services, IT Infrastructure and Telecommunications►Achievementso Grew personal contract revenue from $0 to $35k a montho Assisted job seekers by providing advice and suggestions on their job search, career decisions, resumes or Linkedin profileo Worked with clients to fully understand their job requirements and to source highly qualified candidates in a timely mannero Participated in an early trial of Linkedin Recruiter, focused on maximising candidate profile generation through social media

CV Company provided job seekers with assistance from a recruiter's perspective, clients included new Graduates through to Senior Executives seeking board level position. Services included CV writing, LinkedIn profile creation / editing, interview coaching, keyword optimisation and job application training.I fulfilled this role concurrently with Hays employment.