Working alongside a team of People & Culture and Leadership Development Professionals, I power SMEs with attraction and selection expertise to help them build top-performing teams. We design bespoke search and advertising campaigns to identify and attract people who share your vision and values and can bring a toolkit of skills and experience to optimise business performance. Alignment is key.

I have spent the last 9+ years as an independent contractor working with recruitment agencies, in-house recruitment teams and consultancies. Clients include Triangle & Source HR & Recruitment, Redvespa Consultants, The Detail Ltd (Tax & Payroll management solutions for contractors), Logicore (Procurement Software), Inspire Group (Learning Design & Development) and Be.Lab (NFP).Key responsibilities:● End to end agency, freelance and In-house recruitment in both NZ & Australia (remotely)● Talent pool design, implementation, management and growth across permanent, contract and temporary workforces.● Business development and lead generation.● Key client development and management.Key achievements:● Grew a specialist Laboratory/Food Tech/Compliance recruitment offering in the Auckland and Waikato markets for Triangle & Source building a talent pool of contingent Lab Technicians through to Consultants.● Improved utilisation/functionality of the existing ATS, search and recruitment channels for Redvespa. ● Significantly increased contractor headcount for Redvespa particularly in Auckland and also developed talent pools for Wellington and Christchurch.● Identified new business and market opportunities for two (non-competing) start-ups with senior government and procurement executives.

Based in Auckland, my particular specialty was sales and marketing vacancies across Banking, Manufacturing, Market Research & Marketing Companies.Key achievements:● Placed roles including Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, Insights/Research, Product Manager, Digital Marketing Specialist and Sales Consultant. ● Introduced a new fee/payment structure to small businesses in the Auckland market with good success.

Based in the former commercial office in Auckland's CBD this was a generalist recruitment role offering permanent, temporary and contract resources to a broad commercial market (including technical and the higher-level roles within our Industrial client base).Key Achievements:● Significantly grew generalist temp hours through nurturing relationships with new and existing clients including DHL, Lumino, Samsung, Dempsey Wood, Transpower and DTS/TruTest.● Consistently increased revenue for the commercial division through growth in temp margin and permanent placements.

An interim project while I explored relocating to another city (as you can see, I didn't).I provided talent sourcing and engagement expertise to the SME market - in particular small businesses who may have believed this type of specialist assistance was not financially viable. Services included (but were not limited to)- recruitment- employee engagement interviews- auditing, developing and aligning job descriptions - developing employment contracts- succession planning- developing company policies In September 2012 I was approached by Enterprise Recruitment.

Recruited and successfully placed multiple roles with Telco clients Market Managers, Product Developers, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Executive Assistant.

Sales, Marketing and Operational Recruitment Specialist across both ScarletBLACK and Debbie Graham & Associates.Particular emphasis on Utility Sector - Telco, Power, Water & Infrastructure.

Initially a 3 month contract leading to a permanent role in Jan 2005 Role: Overview of Relationship Managers • Implemented & managed 12 month contract auditing and adjusting commercial wastewater factors (requiring 2 additional staff) resulting in a net revenue gain of $100k per annum. • Assisting in effective management of water and wastewater management, championing conservation measures Achievements: Realised an annual net revenue gain of $300k through project implementation.• Project Managed a companywide initiative, MW Well People - Nominated for a national health & safety award and was runner up in its category.

The Carrybag Company is the bespoke design/developer of high-end paper, recyclable and promotional carrybags. Typical clients include most name fashion designers, advertising & marketing agencies, large retail and corporate entities.