My primary role as Talent Acquisition Lead is to manage the end to end recruitment process for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Enterprise groups. I provide support to all key stakeholders to develop innovative sourcing strategies and planning to attract and select the best talent.Elabor8 are building a company of passionate people who love what they do and help clients to build amazing products. If you want to work for one of Australia’s fastest-growing consultancies, a company that will appreciate your career-minded approach and passion for all things Agile? Fantastic – because we’re always on the lookout for IM/Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Agile Business Analysts.To find out more about working at Elabor8 please contact me through the Recruitment team at hollie.smith@elabor8.com.au or call me on 0408 952 687 (no recruitment agencies please)

I will be on maternity leave for the next 6-12mths, wish me luck!!

As the Recruitment Manager/Internal Recruitment Specialist my position was to partner with and support Managers to recruit the best people for Jenny Craig/Curves both in Australia and New Zealand. I managed and implemented the end-to-end processes of recruitment, conducting interviews with candidates and analysing the recruitment outcomes to support and increase staff retention.Responsibilities: * Managing the end-to-end recruitment process for a broad range of vacancies throughout Australia and New Zealand.* Managing candidates throughout full recruitment lifecycle; ensuring an outstanding perception is left on all candidates that apply to Curves/Jenny Craig.* Investigating and implement new e-recruitment software.* Managing the e- recruitment software system to its full capability. This includes back end maintenance and updates and training of staff as required.* Acting as a change agent identifying opportunities to improve recruitment effectiveness, assessing the need for change, developing proposals on change initiatives and implementing and communicating the change plans.* Developing recruitment toolkits and provide training for hiring managers across Australia and NZ.* Working with the hiring managers to ensure they are skilled in interviewing and selecting the right candidates.* Preparing staff retention reports (i.e. recruitment analysis) and provide strategies on improving processes to ensure staff retention is met on a monthly basis.* Providing solutions to improve staff retention through: reporting and analysis of recruitment outcomes; managing exit interview process and identifying areas for recruitment improvement process.* Managing, implementing and analysing exit interview and stay data, using online survey tools and excel.* Reviewing all current recruitment procedures and modify accordingly, e.g. interview questions, screening questions and job ads.* Providing sound ER advice to employees.

CircuIT Recruitment is a specialist IT recruitment consultancy, that excels in the business of delivering outstanding IT recruitment results, building careers, changing lives, and making a difference.CircuIT Recruitment was started with the key driver to create a truly successful recruitment consultancy that adds tangible and significant value to our clients and candidates through the simple application of:• Providing a professional recruitment service• Listening to and identifying our client’s and candidate’s needs• Keeping the recruitment process as simple as possible• Communicating and keeping all relevant parties informed throughout the recruitment process• Delivering on what is promised; and only promising on what can actually be committed to.• Making a difference in our actions to clients and candidates alike; in the community; and in our relationship with you.

Majitek is at the forefront of distributed systems technologies for next generation enterprises. Majitek is primarily a Java software development company, with a focus in the Enterprise JEE space.We provide business critical software products and services for emerging markets in telecommunications, media, health, energy, and transport.My newly created position is to ensure delivery of a professional and high quality recruitment service to Directors, Managers and Staff of Majitek Pty Ltd. I am involved in all aspects of the internal recruitment process and am acting as a central point for all HR and Recruitment queries both externally and internally.

My role at Kingfisher was to recruit and build/maintain relationships within the Building Services Division. My main focus was within Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulics, ESD and Fire Engineers and Drafters.

As a contract Recruiter I plan and implement consistent volumes of focused activities necessary for high achievement in staffing for placements on a contract basis within all levels of Java/J2EE/EAI* Recruit, screen, schedule, interview and place candidates.* Perform reference checking procedures on all permanent candidates, also using activity to build additional candidates* Attain consistent balanced activity in all areas defined by the Activity Metrics.* Establish focused business development and recruiting plans.* Develop prospect list and execute a sales and marketing plan to generate newbusiness.* Assess client company position requirements, write complete job orders andappropriately match permanent candidates to meet client needs and expectations.* Execute client visits insuring customer satisfaction and marketing objectives.* Follow-up on all existing business to insure retention, quality control and development of new business.Specialties:Java Enterprise Edition V5; Mobile & Wireless Development, Java Micro Edition; Open-Source Architecture - JBoss, Spring, Hibernate; IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere Process / Commerce Server; BEA Systems WebLogic Enterprise Platform, WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Integration, AquaLogic; Enterprise Application Integration, webMethods, TIBCO; Sun Microsystems SunONE

I worked as the Group Recruitment Officer for eBit. eBit is a back office outsourcing specialist, managing all support functions of our group comprising of 5 recruitment companies.• Building and maintaining high level relationships with Managers of each group in order to understand short, medium and long-term resourcing strategies and requirements• Communicating with candidates during and after the selection process in order to enhance the candidate experience and the client's employer brand • Sharing information with the onsite team relating to best practice recruitment methods, sourcing, documentation and business updates improve the client's recruitment and resourcing capability • Providing timely management information to HR and line managers, presentingstatistical summaries and recruitment updates as required• Assessment centre co-ordination and implementation in Melbourne

I was the Consultant specialising within the contract Software Development area at Interpro Recruitment.My position involved: · canvassing (cold-calling) employers by telephone to establish new contacts and their recruitment requirements· documenting clients' details and vacancy requirements in a brief· clarifying and negotiating salary and benefits relating to the role· advertising posts appropriately· headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates· reviewing applications, managing interviews and considering candidates and shortlists· monitoring candidates once placed· collecting feedback from employers on the performance of candidates who have previously been placed with them· maintaining current records and personal statistics for review against performance targets