Linda Brindley

Delivered a global Early Careers strategy that improved programme consistency, strengthened manager capability and created scalable development pathways across multiple business functions. Reduced time‑to‑offer by streamlining and globally aligning interview processes, scheduling practices, standardising communication templates and improving hiring manager responsiveness, resulting in faster, more consistent hiring decisions. Strengthened the candidate pipeline and reduced candidate drop‑off by proactively identifying risks, improving data integrity and embedding efficient ATS and process routines. Led assessor debriefs and advised on assessment outcomes to ensure fair, evidence‑based selection, while enhancing stakeholder engagement through real‑time dashboards and accurate forecasting.

Delivered high‑volume Early Careers recruitment and admin support for (300+ hires annually) across graduate, co-op and intern pipelines, achieving 100% fulfilment. Managed end‑to‑end processes including sourcing, screening, assessment, interviews and offer management. Improved pipeline visibility and hiring accuracy through weekly dashboards that informed attraction priorities and hiring decisions. Project‑managed Early Careers recruitment drives across multiple business areas, coordinating with the Resourcing partners and hiring managers to meet demand. Strengthened candidate experience through consistent communication, timely updates and clear guidance throughout the process.

Delivered seamless candidate journeys across Graduate, Intern and Apprenticeship programmes. Managed candidate pipelines across multiple EC programmes, ensuring timely communication and a smooth recruitment experience (including offer management and onboarding). Supported delivery of newly implemented virtual assessment centres, training the team of Early Careers coordinators, coordinating logistics and providing real‑time support to assessors and candidates. Assisted in pipeline management activity, ensuring data integrity, accurate ATS records and streamlined processes that improved recruitment efficiency Partnered with hiring teams to ensure consistent, high‑quality candidate experience across all touchpoints. Evaluated the effectiveness of apprenticeship training providers, onboarding experiences and in‑role training through structured focus groups with apprentices, informing continuous improvement.

Piloted a new virtual assessment centre format (due to Covid) for rollout across the Early Careers recruitment function, improving consistency, candidate experience and assessor readiness. Facilitated assessment centre delivery for Sky’s Business Graduate and Intern programmes, guiding candidates through exercises and ensuring smooth, well‑supported event operations. Collaborated on a project to design and implement the process for Business graduates selecting their next team or department rotation, ensuring clarity, fairness and alignment with programme goals.

Produced insight reports using the UK’s largest student and graduate career-focussed thinking survey datasets. Improved client decision‑making by analysing trends in student expectations, employer perception and UK Early Careers market behaviour. Informed EC attraction strategies with data‑driven recommendations. Lead and execute day-to-day project management of bespoke client research projects (participant sourcing, focus group facilitation, survey design and programming).

Delivered global events and marketing initiatives to strengthen brand engagement. - Managed logistics and delivery of global thought‑leadership events across multiple regions. - Built strong stakeholder relationships to support event success and brand visibility. - Coordinated international teams to deliver consistent, high‑quality event experiences.

Key liaison between academic staff and 10 students on the Behavioural Science for Management course, gathering feedback for the general running of the course and reporting this at monthly meetings.

06/2015 – 09/2015: Bartender, CAU Restaurant, Kingston. 06/2013 – 08/2014: Crew Member, The Hippodrome Nightclub, Kingston. 09/2012 – 11/2012: Promotions Team Member, ROX Events Marketing, Kingston.

Acted as key liaison between 100s of students on Economics & Art History courses and heads of department, gathering data and consensus on course materials/modules and key campus projects.

Key liaison between 20+ students on the BSc (Hons) Business Economics course and lecturers in the Faculty of Economics, gathering feedback on module content, assignments, deadlines etc. from students and attending monthly Faculty meetings to report findings and issues.

Reported to the Technical Records manager and worked autonomously, providing assistance on a key digital migration project for the Drilling Department of BP Norge. Assimilated and prioritised research relating to oil well chemical testing from paper archives spanning back 60 years, before inputting accurately onto a single MS Excel database.

Modules: Psychology of Work, Behavioural Economics & Applications, Statistics. Research/Assignments: Presentations of technical experiment papers (group work); poster presentation (including preparing the poster); two research statistical reports; two case studies (one on the opt in vs opt out systems for organ donations in the UK, another on the education of children and adults towards healthy eating); an experimental design write-up; a dissertation including an online experimental survey design (Topic: “ An attempt to fill a gap in literature about terrorism priming and influence on public attitudes, project included survey design, distribution via social media, data collection and analysis”). KEY SKILLS: SPSS & STATA Software: Data Interpretation & Analysis, Report & Findings Structuring/Writing, Data Collation, Interrogation & Analysis, Presentation Creation and Delivery, Survey and Experimental Design, Behavioural Science, Behavioural Economics, Stakeholder Management.

Modules: Business Economics, Macro/Micro Economics, Econometrics, Competition and the firm, Money Banking & Financial Markets, International Trade & Finance, Economics of the Organisation, Strategy. Research/Assignments: Various case studies (a merger and acquisition literature review and a piece on the UK’s monetary transmission mechanism); general economic theory based essays; several statistical reports to test economic models; a 5,000 word dissertation on “Social Influences of Behaviour” (information cascades and social bandwagons).