Ben Goodson

I work with enterprise clients across the UK and internationally on all aspects of talent acquisition including: - Employer Branding and EVP strategy - Recruitment advertising and marketing - Programmatic prospecting and re-targeting - International recruitment - Company culture and talent retention

As Account Director on the built environment group for Haymarket Media Group, I worked with strategic partners on sponsorship opportunities across our awards and conferences portfolio, covering Planning, British Homes Awards, World Interiors News and World Architecture news.

As Account Director across the Marcomms brand portfolio, consisting of Campaignjobs, PRWeekjobs and Eventjobsearch, I was responsible for driving business and delivering revenue growth from key clients.

As Sales Manager, I was responsible for 2 recruitment job board platforms, SCJobs which catered for Internet and Data security professionals, and GPJobs for primary care professionals.

As Sales Manager for Energy & Environment, I was responsible for multiple job board brands across the recruitment division, including Planningjobs, Horticulturejobs, ENDSjobs and GPjobs. I manage a team of 6 and ensure that we see growth across all revenue streams covering digital and print media.

With Haymarket Media, I worked as Account Manager for the Planning Jobs brand consisting of an online jobs board, digital media and printed publication. I work closely with key clients, ensuring that they are getting the best possible service & application response from using our suite of recruitment tools and resources.

Since our launch in 2003 our highly successful delivery and loyal client base has propelled 1st Executive to the forefront of Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance and Accountancy recruitment. So why do the biggest and most attractive organisations to work for trust 1st Executive to deliver? Established by Gary Noble and James Tucker, in just 10 years 1st Executive has carried out successful permanent and interim recruitment campaigns and established long term relationships with the procurement and finance functions of a significant number of large corporates, public sector organisations and fast growing SME’s. Clients include Shell, BP, Lloyds Banking Group, Surrey County Council, Balfour Beatty, Interserve, Royal Mail, RBS, GSK, British American Tobacco to name a few. Our reach is global - clients are spread across multiple industries including Oil Gas & Utilities, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, FMCG, Engineering & Manufacturing, Public Sector, Retail, Technology, Construction and FM, Charitable Trusts and Consultancy amongst others. Our Ethos is defined in sourcing the absolute ‘upper quartile’ of candidates in any given sector, following our commitment and understanding of our clients need to resource ‘top talent’. Our focus is defined by creating long term, successful partnerships with our clients, delivering a highly professional service, which is why a large proportion of our work has derived from referrals and recommendations.

At Manpower, I worked as a Contract Consultant, supplying temporary members of staff into one of Manpower's key strategic clients, Surrey County Council. I worked across a diverse array of disciplines, ranging from Qualified and Unqualified Social Workers, to Administrative/Clerical roles, right through to high end professional positions. This involved regular client meetings, identifying recruitment requirements as well as managing HR issues and troubleshooting.

With Hays, I worked as a Senior Consultant, managing the end-to-end recruitment process for a key client, London Borough of Merton. I supplied Blue Collar Temporary workers throughout the council, making sure that all KPIs and SLAs were met. This involved regular meetings Hiring Managers to discuss recruitment requirements, strategies and HR issues. Whilst in this role, I received 2 awards for service excellence.