Abby Weatherley

• Enhanced candidate experience by streamlining the recruitment process and providing timely feedback.
• Implemented targeted talent acquisition initiatives, resulting in increased candidate pool diversity.
• Developed strong relationships with hiring managers to better understand their needs and ensure successful placements.
• Assisted in the implementation of the new ATS System (page-up). This including shortlisting potential vendors.
• Facilitated workshops alongside the learning and development team to hiring manager on recruitment best practices and interviewing.
• Managing relationships with recruitment agencies and minimising agency spend
• Identifying recruitment initiatives including double referral bonuses
• Managing and negotiating accounts with suppliers such as LinkedIn, seek and AAGE.

• Sourced and screened candidates for all roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers and onboarding.
• Building and maintaining relationships with all ANZ internal stakeholders and putting together a recruitment plan to match their resourcing strategies and matrix
• Leading the ANZ Recruitment Resourcing meeting with business unit leads to understand gaps in recruitment and underutilization in their teams
• Putting together a search and select pipeline of candidates for hiring managers to review before approach
• Continually engaging with passive candidates in the market through social media platforms
• Leveraged employee referrals, direct sourcing, Internet applications and recruitment agencies to source candidates for positions.
• Promoted increased focus on internal talent mobility and emerging talent across organization.
• Advertising positions and applying the Turner & Townsend branding to attract the best local talent
• Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits and advantages of working for company.
• Managing all job applications; rejecting unsuccessful candidates, screening candidates, collating screening notes against the shortlisted candidates and presenting to the hiring managers for review.
• Educating and advising hiring managers on candidate salaries and collating information for Turner & Townsend salary guide
• Liaising and coordinating with hiring managers interview for successful candidates and managing the expectations around timeframes, process and salaries.
• Managing internal referrals from abroad locations such as the UK, South Africa, UAE and Asia.
• Working on specific recruitment projects and mapping out competitors in the market
• Supporting the graduate intake for 2020
• Assisting with developing a schedule for assessment centers in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth to make sure it runs efficiently
• Advertising and screening over 500 graduate applications
• Liaising with Graduate Australia and attending round table events
• Streamlining and internal process to implement a PSA for agency recruitment

Roles recruited:

• Project Management; all levels (Assistant to Director)
• Cost Management; all levels (Assistant to Director)
• Office support; accounts payable, team admin assistant, personal assistant, IT help desk, payroll officer/manager, marketing assistant, document controller, receptionist.
• Strategic Business hires; APAC leads, business unit leads, operational leads.

• Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.
• Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
• Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials, and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
• Followed up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines, events and job fairs.
• Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics and other variables.
• Negotiation with clients on terms of business including fees
• Hired employees and initiated new hire paperwork process.
• Explained all of human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards and regulations to each employee.
• Oversaw full cycle recruiting for all vacancies each quarter.
• Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.

January 2017 - September 2017 (SYDNEY)

Position - Recruitment Consultant (Facilities Management)

While working in this role I was focused on the recruitment of permanent Property & Facilities Management professionals for private sector clients in NSW and aimed to deliver exceptional service.

• 360 degree recruitment
• Shortlisting candidates against all live roles
• Advertising and using LinkedIn and other platforms to attract talent
• Interviewing and presenting candidate to my clients
• Coordinated incoming job requisitions and applications.
• Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics and other variables.
• Conducting reference checks and other employee checks for successful candidates
• New business development and cold calling
• Committee member of NAWIC (National Women in Construction)
• Attending and organising networking events

November 2015 - December 2016 (BRISBANE)

Position - Recruitment Consultant (Residential Construction and Sales)

• 360 degree recruitment
• Shortlisting candidates against all live roles
• Advertising and using LinkedIn and other platforms to attract talent
• Interviewing and presenting candidate to my clients
• Coordinated incoming job requisitions and applications.
• Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics and other variables.
• Conducting reference checks and other employee checks for successful candidates
• New business development and cold calling
• Committee member of NAWIC (National Women in Construction)
• Attending and organising networking events
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February 2014 - October 2015 (MACKAY)

Position - Resourcer / Associate Recruitment Consultant

• 360 degree recruitment
• Providing temporary and labour hire support to clients on the PSA
• Advertising and using LinkedIn and other platforms to attract talent
• Interviewing and presenting candidate to my clients
• Coordinated incoming job requisitions and applications.
• Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics and other variables.
• Conducting reference checks and other employee checks for successful candidates
• New business development and cold calling

• End to end recruitment of mine site operators and tradespeople including:

- Screening candidates applications

- Short listing applications

- Phone interviews with short listed applicants

- Reference checking applicants

- Submission of applicants to relevant mine site personnel

- Organising site based interviews

- Booking Generics, SGS, Coal Board Medicals, Site Inductions and Drug and Alcohol screens

- Accommodation bookings

• Liaising with mining company representatives
• Usage of Fasttrack database
• Preparing of information for upcoming contracts.
• Candidate care
• Preparation of Employment Contracts
• ·General office duties
• Cleaning
• Ensuring all candidates timesheets are accurate and signed
• Reception and Administration
• Wide knowledge of Outlook, Microsoft and Excel.