Laura Rust Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading a team of Talent Acquisition Partners, I currently oversee the delivery of talent acquisition services across the Technology and Digital portfolio. This includes supporting my team to deliver end-to-end recruitment services, develop talent acquisition strategies, proactively maintaining talent pipelines for critical workforce segments, and strengthening Bupa’s approach to attraction and retention. I also partner with key internal stakeholders to ensure that talent acquisition services deliver outcomes that are fit for purpose and aligned with strategy.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As a Talent Acquisition Partner for Bupa, I work with senior leaders across Digital Experience Design, Research, Content to understand and execute their talent needs. This involves forecasting future needs, managing an engaged talent pool, understanding the key requirements for specific projects and working to source the perfect cultural fit and skills for each opportunity. In this role I also lead our Process and Systems Optimisation initiative where we work to streamline and enhance our current recruitment systems and processes in an effort increase efficiency and improve user experience.Should you be interested in considering Bupa for your next career move, I encourage you to reach out!

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Focussed on overseeing and uplifting the Transition Support journey for ANZ employees globally. This means that once an employees role was made redundant, we ensured that employee was provided with information and support as they worked to secure their next role or desired outcome. We supported them to search for other roles within ANZ, connect them with the Employee Assistance Program, introduce them them to our employment coaching providers, as well as run workshops ensuring they all available support.My role also focussed on change initiatives that are driven through strategic priorities, business requirements and continuous improvement initiatives. This involved collating insights, drafting proposals, drafting communications, working with various stakeholders within the business, managing policy changes, and essentially managing the initiatives through to implementation. I also managed the relationship with our Outplacement providers, conducting quarterly reviews and ensuring they compliant from a procurement perspective.

Melbourne, Australia

Returning to ANZ from parental leave, I have now moved in to a Recruitment Partnership role, supporting Business Leaders to build their teams who are undergoing the radical transformation to our new, agile way of working. This is an exciting change for ANZ, positioning us to be able to respond to our customers’ needs faster, be more productive and build an awesome environment for our teams to work in. From a recruitment perspective, this boils down to getting the right people in to the right roles to achieve our customer related missions. With ANZ committing to adopting a design-led approach across the bank, I am currently focussing on Experience Design, highlighting the amazing opportunities for Service Designers, UX Designers, Visual Designers and Design Researchers that sit within different Tribes.

Melbourne, Australia

Leading a team of talented recruiters, I oversaw recruitment delivery for various business areas within ANZ - initially the Australian Branch Network & Australian Operations, and then Product, Marketing, Private Bank, Retail Services & ANZ Direct. My role involved ensuring that our team delivered high quality recruitment support to the business by exploring various sourcing options, providing specialised market intel, delivering quality shortlists, identifying top talent, and partnering with managers as they work through their hiring decisions. My role also involved partnering with senior leadership to understand their challenges & opportunities, ensuring that our recruitment delivery was aligned to their strategic vision.

Docklands, Melbourne

When I first joined ANZ, I oversaw the recruitment of all Australian Branch Network roles in Melbourne, before focussing on roles in the Projects and Marketing divisions. This role involved building relationships with Senior Managers to ensure I had a strong forecast of recruitment requirements so I could proactively source and talent pool for those needs. Supported by an offshore recruitment team, I would typically manage 50-60 positions at a time, whilst also working on projects to improve and refine our service delivery.

Melbourne Area, Australia

Recruiting internally for Australian Unity, I partnered with internal stakeholders to attract, source and secure top talent across IT, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Audit, Legal, Administration and Senior Management. I also recruited on-site operational roles across Retirement Living, mainly focusing on Site & Clinical Management, and developed sourcing strategies for volume care positions across Victoria and NSW. With a skill shortage within the Aged Care industry, I was actively involved in workforce planning initiatives, targeted EVP development, innovative sourcing initiatives and various projects that will not only achieve strong, targeted growth, but also position Australian Unity as an Employer of Choice within Australia's largest growth industry.Role scope: Innovative Sourcing, Talent Attraction, Recruitment, Selection, Workforce Planning, Talent Pooling, Project Management, Continuous Improvement and Facilitating Inductions

Melbourne, Australia

Talent2 once grew through organic growth and acquisitions to become Asia Pacific's leading provider of end-to-end talent management solutions across four areas; HR Advisory, Payroll, Recruitment and Managed Services, and Learning.My focus in this position was recruiting all permanent and contract positions across the RPO business. This role had a strong focus on talent pooling strong recruitment administrators, candidate managers, recruitment consultants and senior recruiters in order to place strong talent within our various client sites.I also managed all temporary short term assignments for the Shared Service Centre – a service which provided an outsourced project recruitment model to clients. This involved building and managing a temporary candidate pool across VIC, NSW and QLD where candidates were prepared to assist at short notice. A key element to this role was considering flexible working hours, locations and arrangements to effectively engage a market of part time senior recruiters.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Randstad Education specialises in the recruitment of early childhood education, schools & higher education staff as well as Professional Development throughout Australia and New Zealand.In this role I focused on sourcing volume candidates in the Early Childhood Education industry. I was responsible for attracting, recruiting and inducting a substantial amount of staff to work across Victoria. In this position I account managed facilities across the North, CBD and Inner South of Melbourne, as well as sourcing and maintaining large talent pools of staff across all areas.My main aim in this position was to ensure that high quality staff were provided to my clients, identifying strong staff through feedback, then ensuring high performers were supplied to facilities repeatedly to ensure consistent, strong service.