Jake Rathbone

Working in the Financial Services sector, the primary purpose of this role was to generate business, build clientele, and nurture existing relationships with Financial Advisors. This role involved following warm leads, contacting prospective clients, converting to sales and contract negotiation; in my time at Professional Leads I contributed to bringing on a number of big clients from nationwide practices. Due to the nature of the role, I am confident inputting and managing confidential data, creating relationships with decision makers and handling a busy schedule of Zoom/Teams meetings. I have a proven track record of hitting targets and coming up with new strategies to maintain goals aligned with KPI's.

In this role, I represented a range of colleagues around the country with the goal of placing apprenticeships in local businesses and up-skilling current workers. I worked with reputable companies - most notably NPower - and contributed towards the thousands of new mid-market prospects and over 800 leads passed on by Golley Slater. This role involved creating - and nurturing - relationships with new and existing clients, identifying their training needs and implementing individual client plans. I also regularly liaised with Directors, HR Managers, and Key Business Decision Makers to ensure that I consistently hit my own - and the company's - targets. Working throughout the pandemic, I have experience fulfilling my role in a remote environment; I have confident IT skills.

I held this role casually during my time at University and full-time following my graduation. I worked as a general labourer in a MOT service station. This role involved preparing and valeting cars, making appointments and reservations, selling used vehicles, servicing and other general labouring tasks.

Outside of my roles in Sales, I have worked in a range of bars, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and bottelshops abroad. I have experience managing staff and running shifts (Jack and Danny's Sports Bar/K2 Nightclub). My role as an all-rounder in QLD also involved working independently in the Bottleshop; I independently managed and unloaded stock, worked deliveries/orders, and served customers. I am confident in a warehouse environment. I also have experience working for a chalet hotel in Italy, included house keeping, fine dining and tour operations,