Conor Lydon

I co-founded Cure Recruitment in 2021 and have loved the exposer to a wide range of industries and talent. I have been working on end-to-end recruitment activities across multiple businesses in APAC, introducing great candidates. One of our core strengths is immersing ourselves into the culture and process of our clients and tailor making a candidate journey which matches the organisation. I’m always available and ensure that candidates and clients have an easy ‘journey’. I managed all commercial aspects of the business from process and project management, vendor agreements, risk management, including all aspects relating to ABN, ATO and Workcover liabilities.

• Played a pivotal role in business development and strategic relationship management, delivering exemplary customer service throughout the client, candidate, and assignment lifecycle.
• Fostered new business growth through strategic relationship building and maintenance, positioning the organisation as a trusted partner in talent acquisition.
• Advised and informed hiring managers with up-to-date market knowledge, providing valuable insights to enhance decision-making processes, including how to remove unconscious bias in process and streamlining their current and future process.
• Proactively anticipated resourcing needs and shortages, constructing proactive talent pools to address forthcoming requirements efficiently.
• Executed comprehensive candidate sourcing strategies, utilising networking, advertising, and referrals to identify and attract qualified professionals.
• Offered expert guidance on resume development, interview preparation, and career advancement to candidates, ensuring a tailored and constructive approach.
• Conducted targeted interviews for specific roles and general assessments, evaluating candidates against stringent criteria.
• Oversaw the end-to-end job offer process, including reference checks and adept negotiation of salary packages to secure top talent.

• End-to-end recruitment activities, from role creation to offer for multiple business units, including Product & Engineering (Software, Data, Cloud, Security), Sales, OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Data Centres, Oracle Marketing Cloud, Oracle for Research, HR, Operations and Finance
• Played a key role in the post-acquisition integration process after Oracle acquired Aconex in 2018, including migration of data and system projects from Workday to Taleo
• Successfully transitioned to the role of Principal Talent Advisor, focusing on talent acquisition across JAPAC
• Established and maintained relationships with key stakeholders at VP level, hiring managers, and business leaders to ensure alignment between talent acquisition strategies and business goals
• Working very closely with HR, I created strategies around attraction and retention of staff (market mapping, pipelining, employee satisfaction surveys)
• Implemented innovative recruitment strategies to attract and retain top talent in a competitive market, contributing to the overall success of Oracle's business units (meetups, conferences)
• Acted as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, providing guidance on market trends, talent availability, and best practices in talent acquisition
• Contributed to the development and enhancement of Oracle's employer brand in the APAC region
• Collaborated with global teams to share best practices, optimise recruitment processes, and drive a unified approach to talent acquisition within Oracle.

I managed a team of six globally (two in Melbourne, two in India, one in the US and one in the UK). This was quite a hands-on role, working with the team to scale globally in 41 countries worldwide. I focused on following servant leader practices.

• Created the team globally to reduce costs and create a unified story to share with prospective employees. This resulted in cost saving of circa. USD$1m per annum.
• Worked directly with the Co-Founders (Rob Philpot and Leigh Jasper), COO (Paul Perrett) and CPO (Ilona Charles) to map out hires globally for acquisitions and growth capabilities
• Managed all aspects of my team's development by implementing targeted training programs, workshops, and mentorship initiatives
• Instituted a culture of continuous learning, encouraging team members to stay abreast of industry trends and acquire new skills to enhance their recruitment expertise
• Monitored and assessed individual performance, offering constructive feedback, and coaching to support skill development and career progression
• Established a structured career path framework, enabling team members to set and achieve career goals while aligning their growth with the evolving needs of the global recruitment landscape
• Conducted regular virtual and in-person team meetings to promote information sharing, foster team cohesion, and ensure alignment with organisational objectives
• Established and maintained a robust talent pipeline to address current and future staffing needs, ensuring a proactive approach to talent acquisition
• Implemented effective succession planning strategies, identifying, and developing internal talent to strengthen the team's resilience and continuity
• Established standardised recruitment processes and procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency in candidate assessment and selection.

• Developed specific knowledge of the Aconex business and understand the talent needs of hiring managers and provided value-added recruitment related advice to hiring managers and influence talent decisions
• Assessed candidate's quality, skills and fit and identify the best candidate for the position
• Engaged candidates in conversations to influence their decisions in employment and maintain effective relationships with candidates through the recruitment process, while generating leads to maintain a steady stream of prospective talent for future hiring needs
• Used the right channels and messaging to find targeted sources of high-quality candidates and leverage web technology (particularly LinkedIn Recruiter) to locate, engage and attract prospective candidates
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge and skills for executing the recruitment process including, advertising, data mining, screening, behavioural interviewing, reference checking and preparing offers
• Project manage delivery through planning, organising, coordinating, executing, tracking, and evaluating
• Prepared weekly and monthly management reporting and participate in ad hoc continuous improvement project activities as required.

• Responsible for recruiting candidates through various modes of technology (Database, LinkedIn, X-Ray, Boolean Search, Google+ Twitter, GitHub, Stack Overflow)
• Creating new business through relationship building / maintaining
• Providing market knowledge and advice to hiring managers
• Pre-empt upcoming resourcing need and shortages and proactively build talent pools
• Sourcing suitable candidates via networking, advertising and referrals
• Providing resume, interview and career advice to candidates
• Interviewing candidates for specific roles and on a general basis
• Managing the job offer process including reference checks and negotiating salary packages
• Maintaining market and commercial awareness through research and networking
• Working as part of a team to maximise commercial performance
• Developing and managing ongoing client relationships - both on the phone and face to face
• Aid business development and strategic relationship management, deliver the highest level of customer service, and manage clients, candidates and assignments end to end
• Train and mentor junior consultants and candidate managers.

• First point of contact for all employment contracts for experienced local and international hires in Ireland
• Responsible for all HR Systems (HRIS), to ensure that accurate and precise data/reports/metrics are produced on a regular basis and that employees' data is safely protected, including PeopleSoft, Taleo and Basware
• Ensure that all immigration (right to work) documentation is up to date on international hires files by liaising with the employee, Human Capital and Recruitment
• Deal with all aspects of the on-boarding process for local and international hires ensuring a seamless transition including meeting them on their first day conducting induction and ensuring that all their documentation is correct in terms of employment
• Working closely with the Graduate and Experienced Hire Recruitment teams within the company and to conduct activities around this process e.g
• Scheduling of interviews, organising assessments, reference and qualifications checks
• Compiling Offer of Employment Letters and Employment Contracts
• Responsible for maintaining and updating various tracking sheets and reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Highlight any discrepancies within the HR function and escalate when necessary, while consistently seeking performance improvements
• Provide employee relations information to employees in the firm
• Wider function of HR employee services, including: all aspects of leave entitlements & benefits, all aspects of the payroll process (i.e
• Conducting all Generalist duties within a fast-paced multinational organisation).