As a Senior Recruitment Consultant working for the Contract Recruitment team I am responsible for the delivery of IT contract recruitment in the UK. I work to challenging deadlines to meet the contract recruitment needs of the Capita Group across multiple business units and multiple technical disciplines including Project Managers, Technical and Solution Architects, Developers, BA's and IT Support staff.Specific role responsibilities: • Manage filling vacancies against rigorous time, quality and service demands, prioritising both volume and "difficult to fill"​ issues.• Successfully achieve recruitment, Data Integrity, 'Time to fill'​ and Agency Usage targets as defined by the business.• Support implementation of strategic Staffing initiatives; drive a strategy of "Direct" sourcing utilising referrals, social networking and online advertising.• Engage with key stakeholders to drive Best Practice for all recruitment related activities.• Researching and utilising the most time and cost effective methods of identifying quality potential employees.• Coordinating all recruitment sourcing including advertising, employee referrals and personal networking• Drive use of e-recruitment methods to achieve best results.• Educate managers to implement best recruitment practice using Competency Based Interviewing (CBI) and other assessment/selection tools.• Handle complex salary negotiations and job offers

I took 18 months off to care for my fiancé after she suffered a severe brain injury in July 2016. Due to her amazing recovery I was able to return to work full time in February 2018

As a Lead Recruitment Consultant I plan and execute recruitment in support of IT Enterprise Services in the UK. I implement short and long term staffing activities to ensure alignment with challenging growth targets including balancing internal and external resources to meet hiring demand. Specific role responsibilities: • Manage filling vacancies against rigorous time, quality and service demands, prioritising both volume and "difficult to fill"​ issues.• Successfully achieve recruitment, Data Integrity, 'Time to fill'​ and Agency Usage targets as defined by the business.• Support implementation of strategic Staffing initiatives; drive a strategy of "Direct" sourcing utilising referrals, social networking and online advertising.• Engage with key stakeholders to drive Best Practice for all recruitment related activities.• Researching and utilising the most time and cost effective methods of identifying quality potential employees.• Coordinating all recruitment sourcing including advertising, employee referrals and personal networking• Drive use of e-recruitment methods to achieve best results.• Educate managers to implement best recruitment practice using Competency Based Interviewing (CBI) and other assessment/selection tools.• Handle complex salary negotiations and job offers

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Adviser I plan and execute recruitment and staffing activities in support of Dell business groups in the UK. I implement short and long term staffing activities to ensure alignment with challenging growth targets including balancing internal and external resources to meet hiring demand and quarterly exit-numbers. Specific role responsibilities: • Manage filling vacancies against rigorous time, quality and service demands, prioritising both volume and "difficult to fill"​ issues.• Successfully achieve recruitment targets, Careers Direct Accuracy, Data Integrity, 'Time to fill'​ and Agency Usage, as defined by the business and the UK TA Lead.• Support implementation of strategic Staffing initiatives; drive a strategy of "Direct" sourcing utilising referrals, social networking and online advertising.• Engage key stakeholders to drive TA Best Practice i.e. Management, HR Business Partners, C&B, HRG Community.• Researching and utilising the most time and cost effective methods of identifying quality potential employees.• Coordinating all recruitment sourcing including advertising (print and web based), employee referrals and personal networking• Drive use of e-recruitment methods to achieve best practice.• Educate managers to implement best recruitment practice using Competency Based Interviewing (CBI) and other assessment/selection tools.• Scheduling and conducting CBI across the region.• Handle complex salary negotiations and job offers

My role at Steria is to work in partnership with internal directors and managers at Steria to provide bespoke solutions for their recruitment needs across the UK. My responsibilities incude:Location and hiring of candidates for all permanent positions using competency based interviewing Managing the recruitment process in partnership with hiring managers/directorsProviding feedback to management and candidates on interviews Educating managers and implementing best practiceDevising recruitment plans to include advertising, agencies and social mediaCreate guidelines for competency based interviewingLiasing with Managers to produce hiring monthly forecasts Anticipate attrition, transition and growth rates Create an ongoing pipeline of candidates for assigned business unitsDrive the complex sign off process on behalf of the recruiting managerAd hoc projects related to the recruitment teamTargeted for 100% success rate in all rolesWorking on an average of 30 vacancies at a time across different company sectors and service lines which includes numerous recruiting managers and directors.

My role at Oracle was recruiting staff for Oracle across the EMEA region. Dealing with the challenges of recruiting in the UK inc NI, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland..My responsibilities incuded:Location and hiring of candidates for all permanent positions using competency based interviewing Managing the recruitment process with hiring managers/directors in different global regions to the role being recruited for, eg US Director recruiting in GermanyProviding feedback to management and candidates on interviews Educating managers and implementing best practiceDevising recruitment plans to include advertising, agencies and social mediaCreate guidelines for competency based interviewingLiasing with Managers to produce hiring monthly forecasts Anticipate attrition, transition and growth rates Create an ongoing pipeline of candidates for assigned business unitsDrive the complex sign off process on behalf of the recruiting managerAd hoc projects related to the EMEA recruitment teamTargeted for 100% success rate in all roles I was very successful at Oracle placing a wide range of candidates including Support Analysts, Software developers, Software Solutions consultants, regional Sales Managers, senior Technical Managers and regional Sales Directors.Working on an average of 30 vacancies at a time across different company business units, numerous recruiting managers and directors, different countries and timezones very successfully Unfortunately there was significant reduction in new roles which lasted for an extended period which led to redundancies across the EMEA team

My previous employers were taken over by Randstad and due to my industry experience I was transferred to Randstad Technologies. I work as the Oracle Specialist Recruiter, specialising in vacancies in and around the South East on a contract and permanent basis.

My role as IT Recruitment Manager involves managing the delivery of IT recruitment solutions to our client base. The roles vary greatly, from Support consultants to Project Managers to Solutions Architects. What does not change is my approach to each role and each client I work with. Gaining a full and comprehensive understanding of my clients needs and then proposing a recruitment solution that delivers results quickly and effectively. Due to this approach Mandeville IT work with some of the best and well known brands in the UK. All of this means that we have access to some fantastic contract and permanent vacancies on an ongoing basis.

My role at Dart Resourcing was as Senior IT Contracts consultant. This involved working with companies to deliver recruitment solutions for their IT contract requirements. The nature of the role meant that I was involved throughout the entire recruitment life cycle this included taking the job specification, locating the candidates, setting up the interview process, delivering feedback and negotiating and finalising the contract offers. I would then ensure that the contract ran smoothly which encompassed dealing with payment queries, credit control issues, client and contractor visits and anything else that was needed. The nature of this type of role meant that my time was split between bringing new clients on board and delivering to my exisitng clients.

Senior IT Contracts consultant, this involved working with companies to deliver recruitment solutions for their IT contract requirements. The nature of the role meant that I was involved throughout the entire recruitment life cycle this included taking the job specification, locating the candidates, setting up the interview process, delivering feedback and negotiating and finalising the contract offers. I would then ensure that the contract ran smoothly which encompassed dealing with payment queries, credit control issues, client and contractor visits and anything else that was needed. The nature of this type of role meant that my time was split between bringing new clients on board and delivering to my exisitng clients.

Location and hiring of candidates for all permanent positions using competency based interviewing Managing the recruitment process with hiring managers/directors in different global regions to the role being recruited for, eg US Director recruiting in GermanyProviding feedback to management and candidates on interviews Educating managers and implementing best practiceDevising recruitment plans to include advertising, agencies and social mediaCreate guidelines for competency based interviewingLiasing with Managers to produce hiring monthly forecasts Anticipate attrition, transition and growth rates Create an ongoing pipeline of candidates for assigned business unitsDrive the complex sign off process on behalf of the recruiting managerAd hoc projects related to the EMEA recruitment teamTargeted for 100% success rate in all roles