✅ Results-Driven RESM Excelling in Employer Engagement, Team Leadership, and Service Delivery Across the South Region.

✅ Working closely with employers to create effective relationships to ensure our customers are their first choice for recruitment

✅ Engaging, empathetic and motivating, able to support people with complex barriers.Providing bespoke support to a large team, supporting individuals with disabilities or long term health conditions.Sharing extensive knowledge of local communities and the wide range of services available within them. Brokering routes into existing services and liaising regularly with health professionals, partner organisations and employers in the local community, focused on ensuring every participants’ journey into sustainable employment. Regularly adapting the support provided, according to the changing needs of the participant. ✅

My 23 years of recruitment experience have taught me to differentiate myself, both by knowledge and service offering from my many competitors. In pursuit of this objective, I narrowed my ‘specialism’ to the Agricultural sector, with particular emphasis on engineering positions.

RecruitME is an award-winning search company offering permanent multi sector recruitment at all levels. We are passionate about diversity and delivering exceptional levels of customer service to clients and candidates. A Veteran-owned business, signed up to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we also work on Ex Forces recruitment, bespoke Veteran Assistance Programmes and development schemes with clients across the UK. RecruitME is uniquely positioned to cover the whole spectrum of disciplines.

RecruitME is an award-winning search company offering permanent multi sector recruitment at all levels. We are passionate about diversity and delivering exceptional levels of customer service to clients and candidates. A Veteran-owned business, signed up to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we also work on Ex Forces recruitment, bespoke Veteran Assistance Programmes and development schemes with clients across the UK. RecruitME is uniquely positioned to cover the whole spectrum of disciplines.

Working as a self employed recruitment consultant, primarily operating in the industrial and waste recycling industry. I was responsible for sourcing both candidates and client companies whilst providing backup services to enable the smooth transition from positions, including counselling both parties.

Interviewing people one to one or in small groups to discuss career or education options• Identifying skills gaps and how to deal with them• Helping customers to draw up action plans for employment, education and training and supporting them to achieve these goals• Researching careers, options and support organisations to meet people's needs• Advising people on how to source relevant training courses or qualifications and what funding might be available• Providing advice on CV, applications, job hunting and interview techniques• Running small group sessions or larger presentations on all aspects of careers work and topics related to personal development• Helping people to understand the current job market• Liaising and negotiating with other organisations on behalf of people• Using IT for administrative tasks, such as recording interactions with and tracking customers• Using computer-aided guidance packages, skills assessment tools, career planners, psychometric tests and personal inventories• Writing careers literature or sourcing information products from elsewhere for use within the service• Planning and organising careers fairs and conventions• Keeping up to date with labour market information, legislation, and professional and academic developments by visiting employers, training providers and training events run by educational and professional bodies• Managing a caseload of clients.

• Recruited eligible individuals, using the appropriate initial assessment, to achieve the agreed training, and/or employment outcome of the programme objectives.• Undertook marketing activities to find work placements, job assured placements and employed status positions.• Recruited eligible employers, using the appropriate initial assessment including health and safety checks, to achieve the agreed training, and/or employment outcomes and Programme objectives.• Inducted trainees on Health & Safety, the respective programme and prepare the Individual training plan and/or appropriate action plan.• Co-ordinated training, resources and support to enable customers to achieve their aims provide learning opportunities, resources and support to equip individuals with the job search skills and to find their target employment outcome.• Reviewed, monitor and record the progress of individuals, employers and other contributors as appropriate.• Carried out job search support to individuals to achieve the target number of employment outcomes by assisting them in preparing for interviews.• Managed, co-ordinate a caseload of leaners and deliver the target number employment outcomes provide the appropriate support, advice and guidance to further training and employment opportunities.• Matched job seekers to employment

• Responsible to Service Delivery Managers who are supported by Service Team Leaders and Patrol Team Leaders.• Provided the frontline operating interface between the railway and its customers to ensure that targeted customer service levels and safety requirements were achieved.• Enforced safety rules and regulations and carried out necessary procedures in the event of an emergency occurring, to ensure the safety of members of the public and employees of the railway. Responsible for reporting all incidents, including providing written reports.• Operated trains in automatic and manual mode as required to meet schedules and to achieve weekly targets for service levels.• Carried out Crowd Control duties at specified times and locations to facilitate movement of customers in a safe and efficient manner.• Inspected tickets and oyster cards on trains and stations and when required took action to collect penalty fares in order to maximise revenue and minimise fare evasion. Revenue duties included using ticket checking devices to maximum effect.• Provided information to customers using public address systems, personal contact or published brochures, to assist them in understanding fares, journeys and other services provided by the railway. Responsible for protecting company revenues at all times• Carried out routine fault finding techniques on vehicles and reported results to assist technicians in vehicle maintenance and repair.• Provided all possible assistance to customers, in particular those with special needs, to enhance customer service and safety.

• Used sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking in order to attract business from client companies.• Built relationships with clients.• Developed a good understanding of client companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture and environment.• Advertised vacancies appropriately by drafting and placing adverts in a wide range of media (e.g., newspapers, websites, and magazines).• Headhunted - identified and approached suitable candidates.• Completed searchs of the candidate database to find the right person for the employer’s vacancy.• Reviewed applications, managed interviews and short-listing candidates.• Requested references and checked the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the employer.• Briefed the candidate about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question.• Prepared CV’s and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants.• Organised interviews for candidate as requested by the client.• Informed candidates about the results of their interviews.• Negotiated pay and salary rates and finalised arrangements between client and candidates.• Offered advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training and career progression.• Reviewed recruitment policies to ensure effectiveness of selection techniques and recruitment programmes.• Collated all time sheets in preperation for payrol and invoicing.