Leah Carr
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Personable and driven recruitment professional with over three years of agency recruitment experience, demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to build successful relationships with clients, candidates and team members.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Recruitment Consultant
JV Recruitment
Melbourne, VIC
02.2024 - Current
- Successfully built a cold, white-collar contract desk, exceeding billing targets and expectations from my first quarter; getting up to 12 contractors out in my first 6 months.
- Took over the White Collar permanent recruitment desk from Q4 of this year, alongside contract.
- Built a strong commercial client base while also cross-selling our labour hire, traffic, and permanent divisions.
- Created strong distribution lists and talent pools for clients and candidates across multiple sectors and job titles.
- Managed end-to-end recruitment processes, acquiring new business, attending client meetings, job posting, candidate screening, all the way through to invoicing.
- Utilized systems such as Vincere, Allsorter, LinkedIn Recruiter, Linked Helper, ZoomInfo, and BCI.
Recruitment Consultant
The Andersen Partnership
Melbourne, VIC
05.2022 - 02.2024
- Coordinated the end-to-end recruitment process, interviewing, and hiring for permanent positions from sourcing all the way through to placement.
- Built two cold desks, acquiring new business, and developing client relationships.
- Source and screen candidates from entry-level to senior positions across legal and wealth management markets.
- Hit and exceeded my billing targets by 25% in my first year of recruitment.
- Utilised systems such as Jobadder and LinkedIn recruiter.
Customer Service Officer
Victorian Department of Health
Melbourne, VIC
02.2020 - 03.2021
- I represented the DHHS and provided Victorian citizens with relevant information regarding their queries about COVID-19 restrictions.
- Operated outbound contact tracing lines to relay important information regarding quarantine status to ensure that COVID-safe protocols were acknowledged and followed.
Loss Adjuster
Crawford & Co
Melbourne, VIC
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Managed a high caseload of property claims from lodgement, following all the way through to finality.
- Generated weekly reports and sent them to the insurer to request payments to clients, and other third-party builders and restorers.
Team Leader
Bridge-It Housing
Manchester, UK
07.2018 - 11.2019
- Directed an office in the not-for-profit sector supporting those experiencing homelessness.
- Managed an office of eight support workers, a cleaning team and a maintenance team.
- Headed morning meetings, delegated the daily workload and dealt with all recruitment opportunities.
- Established connections with local property agencies, developers and potential investors to assure
continuous growth and development of the area. - Surpassed senior managements expectations and earned awards for staff of the quarterly.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Criminology
Manchester Metropolitan University
Melbourne07-2016
Skills
- End-to-end recruitment
- Client relationship management
- Business development
- Sales negotiation
- Team collaboration
- Negotiation
Timeline
Recruitment Consultant
JV Recruitment
02.2024 - Current
Recruitment Consultant
The Andersen Partnership
05.2022 - 02.2024
Customer Service Officer
Victorian Department of Health
02.2020 - 03.2021
Loss Adjuster
Crawford & Co
02.2020 - 03.2021
Team Leader
Bridge-It Housing
07.2018 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Criminology
Manchester Metropolitan University