Zoe Hewitt
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Proven success in talent acquisition roles with 5 years of In-house and Executive Search recruitment experience. Strong communication skills and expertise in utilising ATS systems, and data to improve recruitment processes. Thrive in fast-paced tech-first environments and have a passion for diversity and inclusion, coupled with a strong background in international markets.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Recruiter
Deliveroo
07.2021 - Current
- Partnered with hiring managers across Deliveroo’s business, successfully adapting to diverse hiring needs
- Worked across various roles: Engineering, Product, Data Science, Machine Learning, Account Management, Finance, HR, Marketing, and Operations
- Global recruitment experience covering the UK, India, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia
- Acted as a market expert, providing insights to hiring managers, including those at the C-suite level
- Proactively engaged with passive candidates through various channels with specific expertise for sourcing niche hard to hire roles
- Scoped out new roles and interview processes with hiring managers and managed offer processes
- Proactively drove data-backed improvements to the interview process, and led weekly hiring committees with leadership
- Led several DEI projects with a small team of contributors focusing on long-term engagement, succession planning, and global DEI events
- Mentored new team members and held monthly LinkedIn sourcing sessions and weekly diversity sourcing sessions.
- Advocated for Candidate Experience, contributing to improvements in rejection emails, outreach messages, and job specs as well as tracking candidate NPS
- Developed strong rapport with candidates, providing support during interviews, offer negotiations, and onboarding process.
Senior Talent Researcher
Gordon & Eden
06.2019 - 06.2021
- Managed end-to-end delivery of searches, covering market mapping, pipeline generation, candidate reports, interview preparation, and offer management
- Developed and maintained relationships with senior directors globally, including the UK, Denmark, US, and China
- Achieved a 100% success rate in placing roles, including critical mandates for NHSX during COVID lockdown
- Worked on executive-level positions across commercial, product, engineering, and tech
- Client roster included startups to large corporates: ANDigital, Skyscanner, ASOS, Just Eat, Pandora, Gousto, and 21st Century Fox
- Ran a successful blog highlighting inspirational women in business, garnering 300,000 social media views in its launch year
- Contributed to projects bringing in over £500,000 of the company's yearly revenue.
Education
MBA Essentials Short Course -
London School of Economics And Political Science (LSE)
Bachelor's degree in History -
The University of Nottingham
06.2018
A levels: English (AHistory (ATheatre Studies (B), GCSEs: 5 (A5 (A) -
St. James Independent School
Skills
- Human Resources Management Systems
- Candidate Sourcing
- Recruitment Process Management
- Recruitment Analytics
- Project Management
- New Hire Onboarding
Timeline
Technical Recruiter
Deliveroo
07.2021 - Current
Senior Talent Researcher
Gordon & Eden
06.2019 - 06.2021
MBA Essentials Short Course -
London School of Economics And Political Science (LSE)
Bachelor's degree in History -
The University of Nottingham
A levels: English (AHistory (ATheatre Studies (B), GCSEs: 5 (A5 (A) -
St. James Independent School
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