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RUSSELL CHESTERS

SALFORD

Summary

Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organisation skills. Seeks solutions to problems and applies extensive analytical knowledge to findings. Adept at multi-tasking, leading group discussions and managing projects.

Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Baggage/customer service

Jet2.com
Manchester
04.2025 - Current

Key Responsibilities:

  • Load and unload passenger baggage, cargo, and mail to and from aircraft safely and efficiently.
  • Operate a range of ground support equipment, including tugs, conveyors, and belt loaders.
  • Sort, tag, and route baggage according to flight information.
  • Ensure luggage is handled with care to minimize damage.
  • Follow all health, safety, and security procedures, including airside safety regulations.
  • Work in all weather conditions and maintain performance during peak travel times.
  • Communicate with team members and supervisors to ensure smooth baggage operations.

Recruiter

Cielo Talent
08.2023 - 08.2025
  • Handle recruitment process from posting jobs to bringing new hires on board.
  • Working closely with hiring managers to ensure that sourced candidates are properly positioned and stay updated on their screening progress.
  • Also handle salary negotiations, ensuring that I reach mutually agreeable terms with selected candidates.
  • Making sure to track all offered candidates and oversee onboarding process to ensure everything proceeds as planned.
  • Finding candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, social media like Google and Facebook, and sometimes creative methods like Boolean strings and AI tools to build talent pipelines.
  • Stay updated on market trends and always look for new ways to find great candidates.
  • Work closely with stakeholders and team managers to ensure smooth hiring process and positive experience for candidates.
  • Use tools like Hire Easy, Google, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Indeed to spot top talent and keep candidates engaged throughout.
  • also regularly attend recruiter meetings to stay informed on any changes from the stakeholders.

Specialised Talent Administrator & Coordinator

Cielo
05.2021 - 08.2023
  • Review of candidates who have applied via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
  • Evaluate candidate qualifications against position requirements and determine who to move forward in the recruitment process.
  • Develop and manage recruitment marketing plans or sourcing plans to determine the most appropriate candidate sources that align to the search requirements.
  • Ensure candidates are provided with timely updates concerning the status of their applications and interviews.
  • Assessing Candidates: - Draft and utilize phone interview templates appropriate to the job description.
  • Use independent judgement to compare candidate phone interview notes and skills assessments with position requirements to determine if the candidate is a match for the role or a potential match for other open positions.
  • Influencing the Hire: - Keep candidates engaged throughout process, ensuring consistent communication on the status of the search.

Customer Care Technician

BT
01.2021 - 05.2021
  • Respond to customer requests based on SLAs and quality KPIs.
  • Communicate with customers via system, email, and phone to provide support on BT network services.
  • Taking calls from customers who may have connection issues, billing queries or technical faults.
  • Helping people to understand their bills, getting them back online when their connection goes down, or talking them through our products and how to use them.
  • Hit all KPI’s consecutively.

Funeral Care Sales Executive

03.2020 - 11.2020
  • Contacting funerals prospects by phone and email, and guiding them through our direct cremation offering while demonstrating an exceptional knowledge of our service.
  • Dealing with enquiries sensitively and supporting customers through a difficult time in their lives.
  • Ensure a smooth handover to our funeral ops team and working the ops team to ensure exceptional customer service.
  • Selling pre-paid funeral plans, in compliance with FCA guidelines.
  • Working whilst Covid was in motion.

Business Sales Executive

06.2015 - 02.2020
  • Making outbound sales calls to businesses within UK to promote our range of business breakdown cover and fuel cards.
  • Working whilst Covid was in motion.
  • Fully explain features and include benefits of our products.
  • Assisting with customer queries regarding previous sales.
  • Maintain clear records of Sales Activities within our CRM system.
  • Manage potential lead generations. (pipeline)
  • Deal with wide range of prospects with a professional manner.
  • Hitting monthly sales and productivity targets.
  • Account management of up to 150 a month.

Education

Sale Moor High - A-levels: English, Mathematics, Art, Geography, Science, PE, Music, 7 GCEs, grade A-C, including Maths and English

Sale Moor Secondary High School
Manchester
09.1979 - 06.1985

Level 2 diploma - Hairdressing

South Trafford College
09.2011 - 06.2012

Skills

  • Excellent Negotiating Skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Relationship building skills
  • Calm under pressure
  • Problem-solving
  • Communication skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Leadership

Personal Information

Hobbies: Currently I’m a Scare Actor working for Scare Kingdom in Blackburn. This is my second year., I try to get involved with watching football, but I support Liverpool so it’s a little stressing having to watch them but all fun and games., Try to get to the gym as much as I can, most of the time I’m bypassing the gym and head straight for the pool!

Certification

On my Linkedin all Licenses and Certifications, here are a small proportion below:


Licensed Talent Advisor

Licensed TA Leader

Licensed Advisor 2.0

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Baggage/customer service

Jet2.com
04.2025 - Current

Recruiter

Cielo Talent
08.2023 - 08.2025

Specialised Talent Administrator & Coordinator

Cielo
05.2021 - 08.2023

Customer Care Technician

BT
01.2021 - 05.2021

Funeral Care Sales Executive

03.2020 - 11.2020

Business Sales Executive

06.2015 - 02.2020

Level 2 diploma - Hairdressing

South Trafford College
09.2011 - 06.2012

Sale Moor High - A-levels: English, Mathematics, Art, Geography, Science, PE, Music, 7 GCEs, grade A-C, including Maths and English

Sale Moor Secondary High School
09.1979 - 06.1985
RUSSELL CHESTERS