Emily Powe
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist with over 5 years of experience in identifying top talent across various industries. Proven track record in streamlining recruitment processes, establishing strong relationships with hiring managers, and delivering exceptional candidates. Adept at sourcing, screening, and onboarding, with a deep understanding of both technical and non-technical roles. Strong interpersonal skills and a passion for creating a positive and fun company culture.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
People, Culture and Talent Specialist
D6 Consulting
09.2022 - 09.2023
- Collaborate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs and create job descriptions.
- Source and attract top talent through various channels, including job boards, social media, and networking.
- Conduct candidate interviews and assessments.
- Manage the recruitment process, from initial contact to onboarding.
- Develop and implement onboarding processes to ensure new hires are set up for success.
- Promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
- Administer performance appraisal processes and conduct reviews
- Assign training and learning to team members using Go1
- Track and evaluate the effectiveness of training initiatives.
- Work with the business to create, update, and implement HR policies and procedures.
- Maintain employee records using Employment Hero
- Promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace
- Drive employee engagement - regular catchup's with team to gather feedback.
- Played a pivotal role in building and maintaining a positive company culture.
- Plan and organise team-building activities, end of month team meetings and companywide events
Talent Partner
Mantel Group
03.2021 - 08.2022
- Identify and source top talent for various brands across Mantel group focusing on areas such as Cloud and Platform Engineering( AWS, GCP and Azure),Software Engineering, Data Engineering (GCP,Azure & AWS) as well as non-technical roles such as Service Delivery
- End-to-end management of recruitment process
- Effectively using ATS & LinkedIn to create and manage talent pools
- Attend and help to organise networking events such as meetups
- Actively participate in ToT activities such as candidate experience and Alumni
- Involved in Office and Team social activities
Talent Consultant
LAB3
11.2020 - 03.2021
- Identify and source top talent for LAB3 focusing on IT areas such as Azure DevOps, Project Management, network & security, Data &AI as well as non-technical roles such as Technology delivery managers and sales
- End-to-end management of recruitment process
- Coordinate and attend various briefing meetings to obtain job requirements and set expectations
- Conduct reference and background checks
- Source and headhunt candidates using various search methods ( SEEK premium and LinkedIn recruiter)
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and senior leaders
- Liaise with hiring managers to schedule candidate interviews
- Add candidate and client information into CRM system (workable)
- In-depth market analysis and market mapping of top competitors
- Build and manage candidate talent pools across target areas such as DevOps, Project management Cloud,, Network/ Security and Data & AI
- Assist other team members with sourcing candidates for niche/hard to fill roles
- Assisted LAB3 in creating a security clearance process from start to finish( set up tracking systems, gathered business requirements and information, liaised with external provider to coordinate transfer of clearances and to guide employees through the clearance process)
Resourcing Specialist
AC3
07.2018 - 09.2020
- Identify and source top talent for both internal and external positions focusing on IT areas such as Infrastructure, Networking, Cloud, DevOps, Project Management and Development as well as non-technical roles
- Conduct reference and background checks
- Attend client meetings alongside Talent Consultants to obtain job briefings
- Source and headhunt candidates using various search methods ( SEEK premium and LinkedIn recruiter)
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external hiring managers
- Liaise with hiring managers to schedule candidate interviews
- Coordinate technical testing for candidates with Senior Technical staff members
- Add candidate and client information into CRM system (Jobadder)
- Monitor various government job boards (Field Glass and Marketplace) for upcoming vacancies and changes to current contractors
- Build and manage candidate talent pools across target areas such as DevOps, Solution Architects, Cloud engineers, Systems and Networking
- Assist Talent Consultants with various admin tasks where required
Resourcing Specialist
Korn Ferry – ING RPO
09.2017 - 03.2018
- High volume end to end recruitment for ING contact centres across Sydney and Tuggerah
- Provided support to recruitment partner to run candidate assessment centres
- Administered testing, background checks and references to all shortlisted candidates
- Processed applications in high volume
- Managed recruitment inbox and actioned emails immediately
- Provided high level administrative support to the entire Talent Team
- Liaising with hiring managers to schedule internal and external candidate interviews
- Screened candidates for multiple positions across contact centre, operations and IT
- Managed weekly team update reports
- On boarding of new employees in the contact centre
- Adding candidates and new positions into Taleo
Candidate Manager
TEKsystems – Allegis Group
10.2016 - 08.2017
- Supporting one of the top billers in South APAC in delivering top talent
- Interstate recruitment - Recruited people in the Service Desk and Infrastructure space across Perth, South Australia and Canberra
- Provided quality candidates by assessing hiring needs through detailed job qualifications and reference checking
- Collaborated and partnered with team members to achieve corporate goals
- Sourced and identified candidates through various sourcing and headhunting strategies
- Interviewed candidates via WebEx, Face to face and over the phone
- Negotiated salary and hourly rates, extend employment offers to successful candidate and complete new hire paperwork to post employment follow up
- Building and maintaining candidate pools in the Service desk and desktop space
- Referencing of Candidates
- Liaising with clients and hiring managers directly whilst consultant is on leave
- Drafting and posting job ads across multiple job boards
- Working towards KPI’s, team and personal budgets and contributing to business objectives
- Assisted with on boarding process for new contractors
- Attended client meetings to qualify job requirements
- Administered defence paperwork to transfer across security clearances
- Achievements
- During my first quarter in the TEKsystems team, I successfully placed 20 people across Department of defence and the desktop space
- Fill rate on the Department of Defence roll out project
- Named RWS mentor, Provided Initial Bond Adapt training to all new internal staff members
- Working alongside the highest Biller in South APAC
- One of the top Candidate Managers in NSW.
Candidate Manager
04.2016 - 10.2016
- Formatting of candidate resumes using team specific templates
- Input of candidate and client details into internal database (Adapt)
- Managing contracting queries
- Placement compliance, reference, visa and police checks
- Creating contracts for new contractors
- Liaising with payroll regarding any issues relating to candidates
- General Ad-hoc duties
- Reception covers
- Entering expenses for the team
- Assisting with other teams
Team Assistant / Candidate Manager
Allegis group
08.2015 - 10.2016
Team assistant
08.2015 - 04.2016
Team Assistant
Michael Page
01.2015 - 05.2015
- Formatting candidate CV’s
- Conducting background, visa and police checks
- Assist Consultants with compiling candidate short lists for clients
- Assist in coordinating executive functions and client meetings
- Data entry ( Using Profile (internal CRM))
- Processed expenses for Director of Human Resources/Legal team
- Answered overflow of phone calls for consultants
- Assisted other Secretaries with the overflow of their work
Learning and Development Administrator
United Group Limited, UGL
08.2014 - 11.2014
- Administering and coordinating online inductions and online training courses
- Qualification and Certification uploads to employee SAP profiles
- Researching Qualifications
- Skill matrix data entry and reporting
- Organising and scheduling anti-bullying Training
Receptionist
Frontline Recruitment Group
03.2011 - 08.2014
- Data entry for in-house built CRM
- Candidate resourcing
- Screened telephone calls and enquiries and directed them where appropriate across 3 Sydney offices, Melbourne and Auckland
- Organised personal and professional calendars
- Scheduling and rescheduling interviews
- Front of house duties; greeting visitors and candidates, organising interview rooms and administering testing
- Training of junior receptionist
- Formatting of candidate resumes to a Frontline template
- Liaising with Agency owners, internal and external clients.
Education
Certificate III Business Administration - Business
TAFE
Skills
- Relationship Building: Exceptional interpersonal skills, with an ability to communicate effectively across all organisational levels, establishing and nurturing close working relationships with hiring managers, senior leaders and fellow team members
- Adaptability: Proven ability to excel in diverse environments, industries, and systems, with experience spanning IT, HR, Digital, Business support, Retail, Hospitality, and Finance
- Professionalism: Consistently maintains a polite and professional manner
- Administration: Strong administrative background with extensive experience across various industries and systems
- Recruitment Expertise: Deep understanding of technical and non-technical IT roles, including business analysts, Project Managers, Business Consultants, Experience Design, Cloud Engineers, DevOps professionals, architects, and developers
Timeline
People, Culture and Talent Specialist
D6 Consulting
09.2022 - 09.2023
Talent Partner
Mantel Group
03.2021 - 08.2022
Talent Consultant
LAB3
11.2020 - 03.2021
Resourcing Specialist
AC3
07.2018 - 09.2020
Resourcing Specialist
Korn Ferry – ING RPO
09.2017 - 03.2018
Candidate Manager
TEKsystems – Allegis Group
10.2016 - 08.2017
Candidate Manager
04.2016 - 10.2016
Team Assistant / Candidate Manager
Allegis group
08.2015 - 10.2016
Team assistant
08.2015 - 04.2016
Team Assistant
Michael Page
01.2015 - 05.2015
Learning and Development Administrator
United Group Limited, UGL
08.2014 - 11.2014
Receptionist
Frontline Recruitment Group
03.2011 - 08.2014
Certificate III Business Administration - Business
TAFE
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