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Robert S.

Manchester, United Kingdom

$40/hr
4.7
43 jobs

Experienced Global Headhunter, Career Coach, CV/Resume Specialist, Interview Coach, Outplacement Specialist, New Business Development Specialist, having worked on internal and external recruitment. Has experience of working on projects located in 28 Countries across EMEA, APAC, NA, LATAM. Over ten years experience in full lifecycle recruitment. Extensive experience in the following tasks: Executive Search and Headhunting Candidate Management and Coaching Recruitment Lifecycle and Process Engineering Lead Recruitment Teams Business Development, Account Management, Lead Generation Global and Local Market Mapping, Talent Pool Development, Capability Planning. Business Process Development, LinkedIn Optimisation and Audits Designing, Creating and Implementing Recruitment Processes Recruitment Training I have worked as a generalist across multiple sectors, including Financial Services, Digital Media, IT, Healthcare, Construction & Engineering, Innovation & Emerging Technology, Energy, Manufacturing & Supply Chain. Telecommunications Most recently I have worked as an Internal Recruiter for a SaaS Company, recruiting for hard to fill roles across the business. Also worked as an Internal Recruiter for a Professional Services company recruiting for roles across Facebook, Amazon and Google. The most recent perm positions include Founder/Practice Director, in Manchester, UK, for the last five years, Senior Manager (International Recruitment), based in New Zealand.

  • Executive Search
  • Candidate Evaluation
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Recruiting
  • Resume Screening
  • Tech & IT
  • Staff Recruitment & Management
  • Internet Recruiting
  • LinkedIn Recruiting
  • Business Development
  • IT Recruiting
Jelena W.

Redruth, United Kingdom

$45/hr
5.0
31 jobs

🏆 5-star Top Rated Plus freelancer (top 3% of talent) 🇬🇧 Native English speaker based in the UK 📈 100% success rate in filling job vacancies across various sectors 💼 Trained by Page Personnel, one of the world's leading recruitment agencies 🌍 International market experience; recruited all over the world Why work with me? I help companies expand their teams globally by leveraging my international upbringing and language fluency. My service is centred around developing and executing perfected HR and recruitment strategies. My skills: 🔍 Global talent acquisition 🗣️ HR process development 👥 Diverse role recruitment 💡 Advising on competitive compensation, benefits, and identifying geographic talent pools 🎯 Customised recruitment strategies My key achievements 🚀 Built a brand-new Sales & Marketing recruitment team at Page Personnel 💯 Maintained a 100% Job Success Rate on Upwork 🌐 Successfully collaborated with businesses across diverse sectors, including Legal, Marketing, Education, Tech, Finance, Photography, and Renewable Energy My tools: 🛠️ LinkedIn Recruiter 🔎 Indeed 💻 Salesforce 📊 HubSpot 📋 Reed UK 📅 CV Library 📄 Wellfound If you're looking to expand your internal teams and need an expert with an international background, don't hesitate to reach out!

  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Recruiting
  • Recruiting Process Consulting
  • HR & Business Services
  • Project Management
  • Lead Generation
Jessica B.

Cuckfield, United Kingdom

$70/hr
5.0
2 jobs

Helping startups and scaleups make smarter, faster, and more human hiring decisions. Here’s what the last 12 months looked like: 💸 £500,000 saved on recruitment fees ⏱ 7 weeks avg. time-to-hire (inc. C-suite & VP-level) 📈 100% offer acceptance rate 🌟 Excellent candidate experience (verbatim feedback available) 📉 3% attrition 📬 46% InMail response rate (outperforming industry average) Leveraging my 25 years experience in Talent, I collaborate with clients to deliver Fractional Executive Search, Talent Acquisition and Strategic People Solutions. I specialize in finding and attracting talent for challenging and complex roles, using direct sourcing, research and insight, and discreet headhunting techniques. With substantial stakeholder and candidate management expertise, I am passionate about creating a positive client and candidate experience. I partner with ambitious businesses to attract, evaluate, and onboard top-tier talent across all levels—whether it’s your first critical hires or senior leadership roles. My flexible, tailored approach ensures you’re ready to tackle each phase of growth with the right people in place. From designing tailored recruitment strategy for new roles to establishing efficient hiring processes, I offer more than recruitment support, I bring a strategic perspective and help lay the groundwork for long-term success. Sector experience: Fintech, B2b SaaS, Technology, Financial services, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Telecoms and Automotive. Functional experience: People, Finance, Engineering, Product, GTM, Marketing, Compliance, Risk & Legal, Operations.

  • Executive Search
  • Candidate Interviewing
  • Recruiting
  • Staff Recruitment & Management
  • Research Interviews
  • Stakeholder Management
  • LinkedIn
  • LinkedIn Recruiting
  • Branding
  • Sourcing
  • Market Research
Lucy I.

Hartlepool, United Kingdom

$25/hr
5.0
4 jobs

Running a successful business requires dependable support from someone who is organised, proactive, and committed to keeping things running smoothly. I help founders, executives, startups, and growing businesses stay organised by providing reliable executive assistance, operations support, recruitment coordination, and customer support. With a Master’s degree in Management and professional experience across recruitment, administration, operations, and customer service, I understand the importance of accuracy, confidentiality, clear communication, and delivering work to a consistently high standard. Whether I’m managing administrative tasks, coordinating recruitment activities, supporting customers, or improving day-to-day operations, I focus on making your workload lighter so you can focus on growing your business. My experience on Upwork reflects this commitment, with $6K+ in earnings, over 700 hours worked, and a 100% Job Success Score. I build strong working relationships by being dependable, organised, adaptable, and easy to communicate with. Every business is different, so I take the time to understand how you work and provide support that fits your goals and processes. I can support your business with: • Executive & Administrative Support • Email & Calendar Management • Recruitment Coordination & Interview Scheduling • Customer Support (Email, Chat & CRM) • Data Entry & Internet Research • CRM & Database Management • Reports, Spreadsheets & Documentation • Process & Operations Support If you’re looking for someone who takes ownership of their work, communicates proactively, and genuinely cares about helping your business run efficiently, I’d love to hear more about your project and discuss how I can support you.

  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Recruiting
  • Virtual Assistance
  • Administrative Support
  • Customer Service
  • Data Entry
  • Calendar Management
  • Scheduling
  • Microsoft Office
  • Google Workspace
  • Staff Recruitment & Management
  • Email Management
  • Customer Support
  • CRM Software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Executive Support
  • Travel Planning
  • Office Administration
Sarah H.

York, United Kingdom

$55/hr
5.0
1 jobs

I help businesses, charities, recruitment teams and growing organisations bring structure to busy or underdeveloped processes. With 17 years’ experience across recruitment, operations, office management, client relations and process improvement, I offer practical freelance support for teams that need someone reliable, organised and commercially aware. I can help with: • Full-cycle recruitment, candidate sourcing and executive search • Candidate interviewing, assessment, feedback and interview preparation • CV/profile support and career coaching • Operations support, process improvement, SOPs and project coordination • Google Sheets, trackers, dashboards, ClickUp and admin systems • Client documents, newsletters, branded templates and Canva design I’m particularly useful when a team needs someone to step in, understand the problem quickly, create structure and move work forward without unnecessary complexity. Available for one-off projects, ongoing freelance support or flexible ad hoc work.

  • Executive Search
  • Candidate Evaluation
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Candidate Interviewing
  • Recruiting
  • Interview Preparation
  • Resume Writing
  • Business Operations
  • Project Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Google Sheets
  • Canva
  • ClickUp
  • Administrative Support
  • Business Process Management
Joseph A.

Banbury, United Kingdom

$40/hr
5.0
3 jobs

I help founders hire for critical roles - fast. Are you a founder or leader at a startup or small/medium business, struggling to fill a critical role? You're in the right place. If you're ready to hire for a crucial position quickly, I can help. In the past year alone, some of the companies I have helped include: - A deeptech startup hire a UK Sales Lead in 4 weeks — after the founder had spent 6 months searching without success. - A real estate founder hire a Head of Finance in 3 weeks — following 4 months of searching alone. - A global engineering business fill 20 critical engineering roles in 6 months, several of which had sat unfilled before I came in. My promise to you — just three things: 1. I'll find you the most qualified candidates. 2. I'll do it in record time; usually within 2–4 weeks. 3. Whatever stress you've felt around hiring will be a thing of the past. How I work: - Market research & mapping: I research your industry and map every sector where strong candidates might sit. - Search: Through LinkedIn, wider channels, and active networking within your industry. - Screening & interviews: I screen every candidate before presenting them to you. - Removing bottlenecks: Most importantly, I keep the process swift and pleasant for both your business and the candidates, without cutting corners on rigour. Sectors I've hired in (not limited to): Industrials, manufacturing & engineering Logistics & transportation Renewable energy Real estate Aerospace Retail Functions (not limited to): Engineering & technical Sales & marketing Operations Finance People / HR A bit about me: I'm a fractional Talent Partner and Headhunter for venture-backed startups and founder-led businesses, with 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition and executive search, and a PhD in Materials Engineering. Most of my career has focused on recruiting directors and C-suite leaders across aerospace, energy, industrials and manufacturing. At GE Vernova, Holmes Noble and Swann, I led and supported senior hiring across engineering, commercial and operational roles in complex, technical environments. Earlier, I spent five years as a research scientist. Today I partner with founders, investors, and people leaders to run lean, targeted hiring campaigns: scoping roles, mapping the market, engaging passive candidates, and managing a structured, candidate-friendly process end-to-end. I hire across engineering, sales, operations, finance and other business-critical functions, with a particular focus on startups where technology and engineering sit at the core. I look forward to working with you.

  • Executive Search
  • Candidate Evaluation
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Candidate Interviewing
  • Recruiting
  • LinkedIn Recruiting
  • Internet Recruiting
  • Candidate Source List
  • Research Interviews
  • Staff Recruitment & Management

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