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Michelle Lake

Michelle Lake

Cannock,United Kingdom

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in 360 recruitment, succession planning, and strategic human resource planning. Demonstrates strong skills in contract negotiation, stakeholder engagement, and customer relationship management. Proficient in market research and analysis, with a proven track record as an influential negotiator. Adept at fostering employee relations and delivering exceptional customer service. Committed to leveraging business administration acumen to drive team success and achieve organisational goals.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Reward Partner

Allianz UK
Birmingham
10.2024 - 02.2025

Internal 6 month Secondment within the Allianz Reward team. Key part of the role is to support the team on the below activities:

  • Project work
  • Success Factor migration
  • EPG
  • GPG
  • Benchmark Data collection and Preparation
  • ASR
  • Bonus Payments
  • Data Cleanse
  • Job evaluations

Resourcing Business Partner

Allianz
Birmingham
05.2021 - 02.2025
  • Experienced Resourcer managing the internal and external recruitment process from attraction and selection through to on-boarding
  • Responsible for recruiting high-quality candidates who are the best people for our business
  • Key focus:
  • Technical knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems and Microsoft Office applications
  • Job briefing discussion
  • Creation of compelling and engaging advert content
  • Posting adverts - ensuring correct media is utilised e.g
  • Indeed, LinkedIn, social media, specialist
  • Expertise on all direct sourcing opportunities - utilising LinkedIn, CV database mining, referrals, etc
  • Partnering with PSL agencies
  • Managing shortlisting, interview documentation, offers and interview feedback
  • Networking and maintaining up to date knowledge regarding market and industry trends and best
  • Practise, highlighting risks and making recommendations if necessary
  • Working closely with HR colleagues e.g
  • HRBP's, HR Analytics, Reward, Employee Support Services
  • Produce and maintain daily management information
  • Reviewing workforce planning data to plan resourcing approaches
  • Using different sourcing channels to fill roles
  • Designing and running assessment centres
  • Using social media channels to promote the employer brand and current opportunities
  • Creating global mobility programmes for international hires
  • Recruiting different worker types, depending on the business need
  • Working with educational providers to create employability programmes
  • Telephone interviewing
  • Aptitude testing
  • Presentations
  • Meeting preparation and chairing
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Promoted corporate culture values among staff members.

Resourcing Consultant

Allianz Insurance
Birmingham
01.2020 - 05.2021
  • Experienced Resourcer managing the internal and external recruitment process from attraction and selection through to on-boarding
  • Responsible for recruiting high-quality candidates who are the best people for our business
  • Key Focus:
  • Volume recruitment resourcing
  • Technical knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems and Microsoft Office applications
  • Job briefing discussion
  • Creation of compelling and engaging advert content
  • Posting adverts - ensuring correct media is utilised e.g
  • Indeed, LinkedIn, social media, specialist
  • Expertise on all direct sourcing opportunities - utilising LinkedIn, CV database mining, referrals, etc
  • Partnering with PSL agencies
  • Managing shortlisting, interview documentation, offers and interview feedback
  • Networking and maintaining up to date knowledge regarding market and industry trends and best
  • Practise, highlighting risks and making recommendations if necessary
  • Working closely with HR colleagues e.g
  • HRBP's, HR Analytics, Reward, Employee Support Services
  • Produce and maintain daily management information

Resourcing Consultant

Legal & General
Birmingham
05.2018 - 05.2021
  • Volume recruitment resourcing
  • Technical knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems and Microsoft Office applications
  • Job briefing discussion
  • Creation of compelling and engaging advert content
  • Posting adverts - ensuring correct media is utilised e.g
  • Indeed, LinkedIn, social media, specialist
  • Expertise on all direct sourcing opportunities - utilising LinkedIn, CV database mining, referrals, etc
  • Partnering with PSL agencies
  • Managing shortlisting, interview documentation, offers and interview feedback
  • Networking and maintaining up to date knowledge regarding market and industry trends and best practise, highlighting risks and making recommendations if necessary
  • Working closely with HR colleagues e.g
  • HRBP's, HR Analytics, Reward, Employee Support Services
  • Produce and maintain daily management information

Resourcing Advisor

Veolia UK
Cannock, United Kingdom
10.2017 - 04.2018
  • Reviewing workforce planning data to plan resourcing approaches
  • Using different sourcing channels to fill roles
  • Designing and running assessment centres
  • Using social media channels to promote the employer brand and current opportunities
  • Creating global mobility programmes for international hires
  • Recruiting different worker types, depending on the business need
  • Working with educational providers to create employability programmes
  • Telephone interviewing
  • Aptitude testing
  • Presentations
  • Meetings

Resourcing Co-ordinator

Veolia UK
Kingswood, United Kingdom
08.2016 - 04.2018
  • Develop professional relationships with Locality Managers and other internal contacts in order to gain a thorough understanding of their services needs for staffing in order to best match workers to their services and the people we support, as well as understanding recruitment needs
  • Review, amend and authorise recruitment adverts to ensure they are legal and non- discriminate and appeal to the target market, contain no grammatical errors and are in line with company branding
  • Communicate effectively and confidently at all levels; over the phone, face-to-face and in writing, offering support and guidance throughout the recruitment process both externally and internally
  • Provide advice to hiring managers regarding advertising methods; coordinating advertising campaigns where necessary - with the support of our Internal Resourcing Consultants
  • Continually monitor recruitment practice for compliance with legal requirements and Discovery's Standards, escalating any concerns as appropriate
  • In conjunction with Internal Resourcing Consultants; provide a pro-active resourcing service to hiring managers by monitoring applicant levels for open vacancies
  • Monthly MI data report - time to hire, costs, applications, diversity

Senior HRSSC Assistant

Veolia UK
Kingswood, United Kingdom
05.2011 - 08.2016

Senior Purchase Ledger Clerk

Midlands Express Way Ltd (M6 Toll)
Brownhills
06.2007 - 05.2011

Accounts Assistant

Cannock
10.2003 - 03.2006

Education

Certificate of Higher Education -

CIPD level 3 Human Resources

Certificate of Higher Education -

CIPD level 5 Resource & Talent Planning

Certificate of Higher Education -

Psychometric Testing

Certificate of Higher Education -

Talent Sourcing

Skills

  • 360 Recruitment
  • Succession Planning
  • Strategic Human Resource Planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Contract negotiation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Customer relationship management
  • Market research and analysis
  • Influential negotiator
  • Employee Relations
  • Customer Service
  • Business administration
  • Team work

Certification

  • Psychometric testing
  • How to Develop your Career Plan
  • Talent Sourcing
  • CIPD level 3 human resources
  • CIPD level 5 resource & talent planning


References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Reward Partner

Allianz UK
10.2024 - 02.2025

Resourcing Business Partner

Allianz
05.2021 - 02.2025

Resourcing Consultant

Allianz Insurance
01.2020 - 05.2021

Resourcing Consultant

Legal & General
05.2018 - 05.2021

Resourcing Advisor

Veolia UK
10.2017 - 04.2018

Resourcing Co-ordinator

Veolia UK
08.2016 - 04.2018

Senior HRSSC Assistant

Veolia UK
05.2011 - 08.2016

Senior Purchase Ledger Clerk

Midlands Express Way Ltd (M6 Toll)
06.2007 - 05.2011

Accounts Assistant

10.2003 - 03.2006

Certificate of Higher Education -

CIPD level 3 Human Resources

Certificate of Higher Education -

CIPD level 5 Resource & Talent Planning

Certificate of Higher Education -

Psychometric Testing

Certificate of Higher Education -

Talent Sourcing
Michelle Lake