At Electi Talent, we help CEOs of high-growth SMEs find business and sales leaders, in the industrial and SaaS sectors, in the Thames Valley and South East. We find leadership talent and critical hires by using a unique process of search & selection recruitment that takes care of the entire hiring process. This process is called Electi 126.

We understand what it takes to perform in a thriving business. We are experts at identifying where the skills gap is in your sales funnel and finding the people with the experience, personality and track record to do the job and do it well.

We established in February 2005 as a specialist sales recruitment agency and due to the success of the business we now deal with office personnel recruitment. We have enjoyed a reputation for quality and professionalism whilst maintaining a friendly and helpful outlook. Offering a superior level of service we deliver successful, energetic and talented individuals, and have expertise in a complete range of markets including IT Hardware/Software, Media, Electronics, FMCG, Document Management, Logistics, Telecommunications and many more. Sales Recruitment:Specialising in sales recruitment including Field Sales Executives, Business Development Managers, Project Managers, Sales Managers, Account Managers, National Accounts, Key Accounts, Telesales and Telemarketing. Office Personnel Recruitment:Specialising in the recruitment of office based staff including Secretarial, Office Managers, Accounts, Administrators, Credit Controllers, Helpdesk Support (1st - 3rd Line), Customer Services and Stock Controllers.

Managed a team of resourcers and consultants in a perm sales division. Dealt with profit and loss for the branch as well as setting targets and objectives for my staff. Weekly and monthly appraisals. Meeting targets and keeping within budgets.

Duties included:Interviewing candidates face to face & over the telephone and identifying suitable vacanciesLiaising with clients to set up interviewsAssisting and coaching candidates in preparation for their interviews.Taking detailed feedback from candidates and clients.I was targeted to achieve at least 4 placements per month generating £10-15k of business.

Duties included:Cold calling clients to win new business;Taking a detailed job specification, i.e. job description, person brief, decision-making process and confirming our terms of business;Motivating my Consultants to match their candidates with my vacancies and ensuring my clients were contacted within 48 hours;Maintaining contact with my clients at all times to maximise potential business opportunities;Preparing advertisements for local papers and internet sites.My targets were to get 10 new vacancies on per week, 70% of my jobs actively worked on as well as getting 3 clients into our offices to interview.Because of my achievements as a Vacancy Controller in a short period of time, I was then given extra responsibilities to add to my day to day duties. These included:The role of Account Manager for some of the major key accounts;Client visits to win new business;Service visits to existing clients;Preparing proposals for national agreements and getting service level agreements signed;Coordinating client interviews on our premises and taking detailed feedback from both client and candidate;Managing the Reading sales branch whilst the Branch Manager was on vacation, including closing business when needed.

Craftmatic are a distributor and manufacturer of adjustable beds and sell directly to the public. My job consisted of 100% new business calls with a view to booking appointments for representatives to visit their homes to demonstrate the adjustable beds. I consistently over-achieved my targets and, as a result, I was promoted to Sales Trainer and Supervisor. This included script-writing, training during the day and the general running of the telesales team of 10 people during the evening shift.

General care of elderly people within the care home.

In this time I worked for two families, looking after their small children.