David Evans Email & Phone Number

Brisbane City, Qld, Au

Queensland, Australia

My worldwide recruitment connections help me supply individuals or teams much needed in Australia, NZ, and KSA wherever visa application support is made available. Whether you need professionally qualified individuals from the GCC, UK, Europe, or elsewhere or perhaps multiple workers from the Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, etc., let me know, and I'll take action to fulfil your requirements.

Queensland, Australia

The Covid virus/ crisis prevented me from supplying staff to overseas clients -so I took the time to fulfil my ambition of writing my first novel - entitled “ Lucky/ Unlucky “.The 2nd manuscript has now been professionally edited, and I hope to find a publisher in 2024. The genre is Historical Fiction with both dark and light shades of humour. A sequel to the aforementioned is some 50% completed.

Gold Coast, Australia

Placing candidates from Australia into the KSA/ Middle East market where I had worked prior for some 8 years. My areas of personal specialization were the Foods/Beverages, Utility and FMCG and Energy sectors. Additional Service I could offer were:-1.Coaching/ improving recruitment teams and hiring managers in local and/or foreign hire methods/techniques.2.CV interpretation and candidate interview techniques, professional reference checking. Onboarding advice etc.3. Better use of Linkedin, social media and other sourcing channels.4 Efficient Planning and leading recruitment trips if required. Sadly the 2019 ( and beyond) Covid virus crisis prevented me and potential placements flying overseas- so I had no option but to close my business.

Saudi Arabia

Headed the Recruitment function for the world's largest fully integrated Dairy Foods company. Attracted Top Level Executives and Senior Management plus managed 'volume recruitment' from Asia and Africa for KSA and the GCC. Sales revenue exceeded USD 3.2 Billion, workforce over 38,000. Products included - Dairy, Juices, Bakeries, Poultry, Infant Formula.New employees were sourced from the 'global marketplace'- GCC, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and USA/Canada across many work disciplines. My time with Almarai saw me handling multiple vacancies, recruiting managers for Finance/Audit, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, Production, Construction, Quality, Product Development, IT, Project Managers and Business Unit Heads etc. Dealt directly with the General Managers/ HR Management & Hiring Managers. Advising and coaching where needed. I dealt directly with the CEO and COO regarding ‘confidential’ senior executive appointments. Joint venture companies [JV partner PepsiCo] in Jordan/ Egypt were supported with executive recruitment. I visited foreign Embassies in Riyadh to build business relationships/ solve problems. I met with senior overseas government Ministers, notably in the Philippines and Nepal to overcome manpower supply issues. Researched, identified, negotiated with potential new overseas 'manpower supply' markets. Over the years I built and coached a team successfully recruiting, deploying, over 10,000 people per annum, for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015. Employer branding plus retaining talent, two strong areas of interest. We took great pride in directly filling our vacancy list with local and overseas candidates. We recruited fresh graduates and increased our Localization numbers. Under my leadership, we always exceeded the annual Manpower targets. I recruited at C - Suite and Managerial level using Linkedin, global job boards, web search, recruitment agencies, social networking and creative advertising etc.

Nz & Australia

Three differing roles in New Zealand. One role In Queensland, Australia.

United Kingdom And New Zealand

For over a decade I was an external Recruiter/ Manager/General Manager for Hays Personnel Services, then owned my own New Zealand agency business. This involved supporting a wide range of clients within the UK, then New Zealand and Australia. Providing both permanent and temporary/ contract/ interim staff. Industries covered included FMCG, Manufacturing, Foods&Beverage, Construction, Shipping, Publishing, Hospitality/ Travel, Engineering, IT, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Accounting, Banking/ Financial Services, Insurance, Telecoms, Public Sector, Education, Healthcare, Local Government, Homecare, Nursing and many more.