sara alexander

* Verizon Business is a multinational US based Telecommunications Company, employing 35,000 employees and a turnover of $6bn working on site at the EMEA head office in Reading. * Supporting the Recruitment Functions across UK and Europe sourcing a range of roles throughout different business areas, Finance, Operations and Technology, Sales. * Meeting with UK Line Managers to discuss vacancies, recruitment strategies, and time lines. * Negotiating T&C's with agencies to be on PSL. * Advertising the roles on various on-line job boards. * Resourcing suitable candidates both in UK and Europe through various means including, Job boards, Referrals, Networking, Headhunting. * Telephoning Interviewing supplied candidates via agencies * Forwarding appropriate cv's resourced via agency and internally * Arranging and participating in Assessment Centres for multiple roles. * Face to Face competency based interviewing of candidates with the hiring managers.

* Built a Desk from Scratch specialising in Java J2EE * New Business development through warm and cold calling, Database, Leads from candidates, Networking. * Negotiating rates and Terms and Conditions with new clients. * Maintaining and building relationships with the clients either HR and/or Project Managers * Arrange and conducted client visits in order to understand the vacancies, Culture and build the relationship * Writing and placing adverts for on-line advertising * Searching on line databases / in house database, networking, head-hunting, for suitable candidates * Telephone interviewing/ and face to face interviewing of candidates using competency based interviewing if required by the client. * Closing the candidate prior to interview stage * Checking all the relevant work permits, and contracts were produced before the candidate could start work on site. * Mentoring Junior members of the team

* Resourcing around 5-10 Contract vacancies at any given time, each with a 24 hour deadline, this required excellent prioritising of workload coupled with some evening and weekend work to ensure excellent customer satisfaction. * Writing and placing adverts for on-line job boards * Screening CV's through on-line job boards and in house database * Telephone Interviewing suitable Contractors * Checking all the relevant work permits were in place * Formatting and sending the 2 best CV's over to RBS * Liaising with RBS for arranging interviews between the client and candidate * Closing the candidate prior to the interview stage * Placing the candidate in the role and resolving any issues raised on both parties * Constantly hit target

* Responsible for the end to end recruitment process into 3 business area’s Forensics, Transaction Services & Restructuring, and Corporate Finance. Managing on average 50 vacancies at any one time. * Meeting with hiring managers including Director level to discuss vacancies, and recruitment strategies * Screening CV's via I Grasp * Liaising with direct candidates to arrange interviews * Face to Face Competency based interviewing all candidates at 2nd stage Interview * Managing the offer process with direct candidates or suppliers