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Jamie Owen
Talent Partner
Cheshire
Summary
Highly accomplished Senior Talent Partner with a proven track record of success in talent acquisition and management across diverse industries. Demonstrated expertise in building strong talent pipelines, facilitating strategic meetings, and providing valuable market insights. Possesses a keen ability to manage end-to-end recruitment processes while fostering strong client relationships. Adept at delivering results in fast-paced environments with a focus on driving organisational growth.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Talent Partner
Talent Heroes
01.2022 - Current
- Led strategic meetings with operational leaders to optimise talent acquisition processes, manage SLAs, and set clear expectations
- Provided valuable market insights on technology geographies and salary trends, enhancing client decision-making processes
- Involved with regular touchpoints with key stakeholders, providing data, challenges and providing recommendations with the candidate pool
- Spearheaded talent acquisition efforts for key scale-up clients including 90POE, Zilch, Deepsea Technologies, and Glean
- Managed end-to-end recruitment cycles, successfully placing candidates in both technical and non-technical roles
- Served as a knowledge partner for squad delivery cycles, resulting in 6 successful hires for frontend and backend positions in a period of 1 month at the end of 2023
- Supported out-of-hours delivery, securing 2 tech roles with a key Edtech company within a tight timeframe
- Contributed to internal projects including Monday.com optimisation and business development initiatives.
Talent Acquisition Lead
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Developed comprehensive candidate profiles and analysed market intelligence data to align hiring decisions with current market trends
- Delivered regular market insights on new technologies, salaries, and apprenticeship schemes to support recruitment strategies
- Employed recruitment techniques to source and hire top technical talent, enhancing organisational capabilities
- Attended recruitment events to expand skillset and gain insights into SME recruitment fundamentals.
Campaign Director
Business Reporter
01.2021
- Leveraged LinkedIn Sales Navigator, CRM, and Google Sponsored news to identify and engage with prospects
- Promoted and marketed campaigns to technology companies, building relationships with senior stakeholders to drive brand awareness and demand generation.
Recruitment Consultant
TEKSystems
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Creating rapport and trust with candidates by offering market intel and advice on upskilling in key areas to help their employability
- Adapting to different people every day, using probing questions to uncover key details about the candidate and advising them on the most suitable positions
- Being able to set daily and weekly targets for myself that are none negotiable – working under pressure and delivering results against roles
- As a team we work in an agile environment, where we operate in a scrum team where we set out our aims and objectives for the day/week
- Experience using Salesforce CRM for tracking candidates during initial call throughout the recruitment process
- Being able to take on feedback and implement key actions into my working rhythm to get the best out of my day
- This includes planning, question-based selling, and candidate control
- I became a knowledge expert in technical roles, including Java, .NET, NodeJS, JavaScript, Typescript, and Mobile (IOS/Android).
Sales advisor
Acquiro22
01.2018
Busser
Hickory’s Smokehouse
01.2015
Customer Services Assistant
Tesco
01.2016 - 01.2018
Education
Bachelor of Banking and Finance -
Manchester Metropolitan University
01.2015 - 04.2018
Skills
Talent Acquisition
End-to-end recruitment
Strong rapport building
Human Resources
Attention to Detail
Interviewing
Client Relationship Building
Time management abilities
Certification
IBM Cyber Security Fundamentals
Locations
Cheshire
Interests
Gym
Running
Reading
Timeline
Senior Talent Partner
Talent Heroes
01.2022 - Current
Talent Acquisition Lead
01.2021 - 01.2022
Campaign Director
Business Reporter
01.2021
Recruitment Consultant
TEKSystems
01.2018 - 01.2021
Sales advisor
Acquiro22
01.2018
Customer Services Assistant
Tesco
01.2016 - 01.2018
Busser
Hickory’s Smokehouse
01.2015
Bachelor of Banking and Finance -
Manchester Metropolitan University
01.2015 - 04.2018