Hi, I’m
Lauren Hamilton
Hardgate
Summary
A hardworking, committed individual with an ability to adapt quickly to whatever situation arises. Able to work under pressure and balanced multiple projects and stakeholders. Continuously achieving targets through diligent dedication to lifecycle recruitment processes, guaranteeing satisfied, loyal stakeholders. In addition, a professional individual demonstrating integrity, coupled with a proven track record in both internal and agency recruitment activities.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work History
EY UK LLP
Recruitment Advisor (Senior Associate
09.2021 - Current
Job overview
- EY UK is a global leader in business advisory and consulting services
- It offers insights, case studies, and news on topics such as energy, trade, wealth, and digital transformation
- Cultivate and maintaining close relationships with multiple stakeholders to foster collaboration
- Leading and supporting key recruitment projects, working closely with Partners and Senior Managers, example below
- Project Green - GPS Investment Project
- Aim: Following very successful PSAA outcome, we have received significant investment to recruit additional staff to increase capacity, support delivery of our current portfolio of work and ensure we have the right people to grow our business
- Set up strategy calls with all parties involved; Hiring Managers, Resourcing, Branding/Insights & Engagement/GTA Sourcing to outline the project and what is required from each team
- Hiring Managers - Define USP of the team/opportunities, working with stakeholders to deliver advocacy sessions, helping identify contacts in their professional network
- Branding - Video job descriptions and job adverts for Linkedin
- Insights - Market mapping per agreed criteria and report on key trends to allow me to identify suitable candidates through reach outs
- GTA Sourcing - working with GTA to implement sourcing strategy, verify headcount and set timelines
- Once candidates were identified, working closely with interview scheduling and stakeholders to set up interview days (20-30 interviews conducted over 2 days), managing feedback across both 1st and 2nd stages
- Subsequently managing those offers and onboarding
- Setting clear recruitment objectives, working with Senior Leadership to put together strategic plans to improve engagement, local hiring, and recruitment processes
- Utilising technology to build effective attraction plans via social media platforms
- Hired and onboarded 106 candidates in the last 12 months
10.2022 - 10.2023
Job overview
- With 4% agency usage over the same period (0% for FY24)
- Designed and implemented a strong referrals strategy, 30% of overall hires in the last 12 months coming from a referral source
- Monthly reporting to BU leads to detail market trends, branding updates, any pinch points and overall pipeline activities
Hays Specialist Recruitment, Senior Consultant
02.2018 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Hays Plc is a specialist recruitment group with operations in the UK, Europe, America and the Asia Pacific region
- In this role, I was responsible for the following;
- Building new and maintaining relationships with clients to gain a clear insight into both their needs and key challenges within their business and department - both at director, stakeholder and management level
- Utilising new technologies, such as video (Odro platform) and Linkedin to engage candidates
- Building clear professional relationships with candidates in order to create life-long partnerships and consultation
- Managing client recruitment campaigns across finance (volume) and more recently procurement appointments (specialised) with key clients, acting as their recruitment partner, maintaining the clients culture and brand while completing an efficient recruitment process
- Managing these campaigns from the following; job specification, understanding essential and desirable skills, culture and person specification, candidate attraction strategies, CV screening and registration, compliance and reference checking, interview processes, managing offers and counter offers, start date and contract negotiations, start check and continual aftercare to improve candidate on-boarding experience and retention rates for my client
- More recently with the challenging recruiting environment, advising on recruitment strategies, market trends and changes, effective routes to market, interview strategy etc
- Maintain data integrity on our system, adding quality candidates and adding clear notes and accurate coding
- Managing candidates effectively, acting as an advisor to them in the same way we do our clients, understanding interview tactics (competency based, CV presentation, topic presentation etc)
- Tracking candidates who are ‘passive' on the market as opposed to actively seeking a new role to ensure constant refresh of circumstances and drivers to move roles
- Taking ownership of my own desk and recruitment campaigns, tracking and analysing key KPI's and statistics such as; number of quality applications/candidates, CV's sent to hiring managers/time to source, time to interview, time to start as well as retention statistics
- Attend and host client and candidate events to improve and represent Hays brand (e.g
- University of the West of Scotland Future of Finance Event and Chartered institute of Credit Management Event)
- Keeping up to date and demonstrating expertise on new market intel and trends (What Workers Want Reports/Salary Guides/KPMG Report on Jobs etc)
- Managing my own time and portfolio - setting and delivering on targets and key measures of success
- Actively source and screen suitable candidates for my clients - continually attracting new talent for future pipeline
- Manage client expectations by demonstrating expertise in both recruitment and specialism
Leyton
Commercial Executive
08.2017 - 01.2018
Job overview
- Working for the European leaders in Research and Development Tax Credits
- Assisting the Business Developers by generating new business relationships with clientele around the UK market
- In this role, I was responsible for the following;
- Generating new business meetings across the UK
- Working in sectors ranging but not limited to Software, Digital Agencies, Engineering, Automotive, Financial and Pharmaceutical
- Researching a wide range of new clientele, creating a pipeline of new business
- Achieving company expectations and key performance indicators
- Selling on the phone to prospective clients, making around 500 calls per week
- Building and maintaining internal and external relationships
East Dunbartonshire Council
Facilities Assistant
01.2011 - 01.2017
Job overview
- Hours/week whilst at Secondary and University)
- In this role, I was a part time cleaner working 25 hours per week as part of a team of 8
- I was based at Bearsden academy and my duties were to make sure that working areas such as classrooms and workshops were in a fit and proper state for classes to be held in with any risk of health and safety problems
- This means that all areas had to be clean and fit for purpose regarding what type of class it maybe as there are many areas such as woodworking, kitchens and standard class room areas.
Education
Glasgow Caledonian University
BA from International Business with Economics
2017
Douglas Academy
Hons
2012
University Overview
GPA: 2:2
Skills
- Build relationships with key internal stakeholders
- Project management skills
- Customer demographics understanding
- Talent pool building
- LinkedIn sourcing
- Hiring stages knowledge
Timeline
10.2022 - 10.2023
Recruitment Advisor (Senior Associate
EY UK LLP
09.2021 - Current
Hays Specialist Recruitment, Senior Consultant
02.2018 - 09.2021
Commercial Executive
08.2017 - 01.2018
Facilities Assistant
East Dunbartonshire Council
01.2011 - 01.2017
Glasgow Caledonian University
BA from International Business with Economics
Douglas Academy
Hons
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