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Ashford, Gb

I help people save time and money by introducing them to UW's unique services. I also help people start and grow their own business and create a second income stream.

Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom

Liberty Wellbeing is an experienced collective of teachers offering Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, BodyBalance™ and Mindfulness Meditation classes and courses to all those living in Ashford and the surrounding areas. We also provide a selection of workshops which aim to improve physical fitness and health as well as mental wellbeing.Most of our classes are located at our very own private studio in Ashford. Booking is essential for all of our classes, courses and workshops and we have made this as easy as possible for you with our simple online booking system and app. Simply pay as you go for each class, course or workshop, or save money with a monthly membership.

London, United Kingdom

Business Partner and Account Manager for the Western & Wales Infrastructure Projects Team.Responsible for all resourcing activity and developing the Resourcing Strategy for the growing region that is responsible for delivering £7bn of infrastructure projects over 5 years including Crossrail, Reading Station Area Redevelopment and Great Western Electrification.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for sourcing and managing all contractor staff for corporate functions including HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, Procurement, Property etc.Providing an efficient and professional recruitment service to line manager’s within Network Rail’s corporate functions for the supply of temporary contractors.Duties:- Providing proactive and specialist advice on relevant resourcing and selection issues throughout corporate functions including HR, Finance, Marketing, Government & Corporate Affairs, Property, Safety, Contracts & Procurement and Information Management- Partnering with key stakeholders to forward plan contingent resourcing needsAchievements:- Successfully assisted in the implementation of a £108 million value PSL from tender stage through to delivery- Redeveloped team processes reducing admin time by 75%- Significant improvements to relationships between the wider business and Contractor Resourcing team by focusing on delivering a first class speedy service- Successfully coached and mentored new team members

- Delivering a high quality and robust Recruitment service to the senior management team including directors and varied client groups within the business to engender fair, effective and consistent recruitment- Recruitment at all levels - senior recruitment and entry level volume recruitment, coordinating and managing weekly assessment centres- Liaising with hiring managers to take job briefs and subsequently compiling job specifications and taking the roles to market using both direct attraction methods and 3rd party suppliers- Updating and maintaining a recruitment database- Direct candidate sourcing through a number of different mediums (i.e. CV searching, LinkedIn etc)- Competency based interviewing- Delivering line manager workshops and briefings on recruitment processes and strategies- Continuous relationship management with key stakeholders- Maintaining the reputation of being an ‘employer of choice’ in the marketplace- Providing Management Information to the Board of DirectorsAchievements:- Reduced average cost-per-hire by 50% from £4000 to £2000 (low average due to volume entry level roles)- Successfully implemented a brand new HR and recruitment system to the company aiding designers in the build of the system to fit with the organisation’s needs- Set up a new PSL with suppliers and defined new SLA- Redesigned entire assessment centre process resulting in 30% higher retention figures- Successfully recruited 72 new employees within first 2 months- Runner up in the 2008 annual company awards in the category of ‘Best Newcomer’

5 month fixed-term contractWorking within the Recruitment team of Human Resources, providing proactive and reactive resourcing assistance and expertise to the business to support and enable the company to have in place the right people at the right time to achieve business plans.- Organising and running regular assessment centres for volume recruitment- Facilitating competency based interview training to managers- Arranging and attending recruitment fairs- Assisting management in workforce planning to aid future recruitment plans- Taking individual vacancies from managers, agreeing on job specification, advising on best recruitment practice, advertising, shortlisting, arranging interviews, attending interviews, offering successful candidates and informing unsuccessful candidates- Maintenance of online recruitment system iGraspAchievements:- Implemented a new direct attraction strategy to reduce spend- Re-negotiated advertising and agency fees on a national level to reduce spend- Assisted with restructure of national PSL by discussing Management Information with each agency, manager and project team. Ultimately reduced PSL by 75% to allow better control and lower cost

Working on-site at EDF Energy managing the permanent recruitment for one of Select’s biggest clients through a RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) model. Responsible for solely recruiting permanent staff throughout the South East and London from junior to very senior roles.- Generating and keeping strong working relationships with key stakeholders within EDF and understanding their needs for recruitment activity- Taking recruitment requirements from managers both face to face and over the phone and agreeing best recruitment method for the role- Advertising the role and sourcing for appropriate candidates directly- Interview potential candidates to assess fit and present to manager if applicable- Regular feedback with managers- Provide MI to both Select Appointments and EDF on activities and success rates etcAchievements:- Started billing within the first month- Over-delivered on billing targets (even though the agreed fee terms were very low)

Managing and running all temporary business, maximising temporary revenue and generating all new temporary business for the branch.