Nigel Hunt

Experience

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  GADETA - Guildford

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1984

  Apprentice Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
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  Sortaweigh - Aldershot

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1987

  Service Engineer

  Built, installed and maintained high accuracy weighing equipment for the food processing industry. Travelled all over the UK and Europe providing an excellent service to clients. Installed machines into American chicken plants. Asked to set up the company's US office in Arkansas with an American agent. Responsible for installing and maintaining machines throughout the US.

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  Romulus Recruitment

  Jun 1996 - Apr 1997

  Owner

  Romulus Recruitment - NorwichFrustrated with the level of service received while recruiting sales personnel decided to open an agency. Researched the market, sourced a premises, put together T&C's, created marketing material, built up client and candidate database and recruited a small team.

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  Index

  Apr 1997 - May 1999

  Consultant

  Index - FleetPermanent technical recruitment. Specialised in IT support personnel and developers. Continuously reached monthly targets. Worked closely with local clients to understand their needs.

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  White & Nunn

  May 1999 - Feb 2001

  Consultant

  White & Nunn - FleetResponsible for recruiting contract cabling engineers throughout the UK. Cabling engineers are notoriously unreliable which can cause severe difficulties for clients. Implemented a new referencing process, tested all candidates before they were allowed on site and insisted on candidates coming to the Fleet office to undergo an induction. Grew the number of contractors working from thirty to over one hundred and twenty. Responsible for a team of three direct reports.

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  Westbury Project Consultants

  Feb 2001 - Jan 2002

  Consultant

  Westbury Project Consultants - CamberleyRecruiting Contract and Permanent Engineers to the Rail industry. Main clients were CTRL, London Underground. Some work carried out with Network Rail. Used various methods to attract candidates but predominantly networking. The candidates were a great source of information. By working closely with them was able to fill difficult positions gaining the trust of the clients.

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  Petrolic - Guildford

  Jan 2002 - Feb 2004

  Senior Consultant

  Set up a procurement desk within an agency specialising in the Oil & Gas sector. Built a reputation for being honest and reliable with candidates which resulted in high levels of referrals. Filled some particularly difficult positions and was recommended by satisfied customers to other clients within the industry. Responsible for recruiting professional procurement personnel all over the world.

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  Image

  Feb 2004 - Feb 2007

  Senior Recruitment Consultant/Team Leader/Account Manager

  Image - NewburyDeveloped three large and two medium sized accounts. Instrumental in establishing Network Rail account from cold dealing with roles between £30k to £70k. Initially recruiting permanent IM professionals. Quickly established a reputation for providing a quality service. Invited by the resourcing team responsible for HR to work with them to fill a number of positions. Due to the success of this project was asked to recruit Six Sigma specialists. Worked closely with the Master Black Belts at Network Rail to ensure the right calibre of candidates were being introduced to the business. Invited by the Head of Resourcing for Maintenance to present to the team resulting in a large number of engineering and commercial vacancies being given to Image. Also asked to recruit people within the financial function of the businessResponsible for providing managed and contingent recruitment services. Direct responsibility for 2 Consultants.Successfully completed several on site projects to recruit high volume and/or highly technical roles..Used by a large global organisation to source senior IT professionals within the UK. These positions were reporting out the US although based in the UK. Quickly established a report with the hiring managers enabling a 100% fill rate.Achievements: Billed £250k in 2nd and £180k in the 3rd year. Show less

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  GW Professional,

  Mar 2007 - Feb 2008

  Senior Recruitment Consultant/Team Leader/Account Manager

  GW Professional, 10 Piccadilly, LondonResponsible for setting up the service delivery function and managing two large volume accounts. Set up all the processes and recruited the teams to provide both permanent and temporary contingent recruitment. Built strong relationships with hiring managers by listening to their frustrations and providing solutions. Effectively networked into new departments. Used various methods to source candidates including database search, networking, web searches and 3rd party offshore resourcers. Quickly gained a reputation for delivering results.Parachuted in to a failing managed service account. The account (a large investment bank) was threatening to cancel their contract as positions were not being filled. Managers and temporary workers were unhappy with the level of service they were receiving. Worked on site for five months, designing and implementing a different structure with new processes. Quickly built a relationship with the most dissatisfied line managers, initiated surgeries to allow the temporary workers to communicate their frustrations and held regular reviews with supplying agencies to ensure their support continued. By working closely with the line managers and maintaining a high profile on site the number of temps working doubled. Dealing with roles up to £820 day pay rate.Recruited a new team to maintain the account. Conducted one to one appraisals, coached and trained.Educated the client to the difficulties caused by not working to the agreed contract. Received the highest levels possible on the client satisfaction surveys.Achievements:Increase the business levels from 55 to 120 contractors.Reason for leaving: Role became redundant due to the difficulties in the American sub prime market. Show less

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  EPC Global

  Feb 2008 - Jan 2010

  TEAM MANAGER

  Responsible for all targets attached to the London office. Ensure the team have the opportunity to meet their individual targets and creating a busy, rewarding and enjoyable environment for them to work in. Coach individual team members in areas they need developing and offering support during the difficult times. Responsible for the Profit & Loss for the office and acting as an ambassador within the rest of the business and the market beyond. Developing strategic solutions within the business working closely with the rest of the senior management team to ensure the company's vision & values are followed.Keeping up to date on all industry related news from who is biding for what project to the latest recruitment legislation. Show less

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  Talascend

  Jan 2010 - Feb 2011

  National Account Manager

  Transport for London, Network Rail and Technip. Working closely with Bechtel to provide recruitment support for the Crossrail project. Building strong relationships with the recruitment function and supporting line managers with any issues arising from the political nature of this project. Supporting Bechtel's global recruitment on their Rail, Oil & Gas and Construction projects. Attending regular review meetings and providing figures to enable the management of KPIs with the client.Built up a good reputation within Network Rail for providing a high level of service. Attending regular reviews with various functions within their business and supporting the company on all their projects. Developing a partnership approach with the recruitment team and considered someone to come to for advice on difficult resourcing situations. Heavily involved in the TfL tender process. Appointed Account Manager upon award of contract. Organised transition process which included the transfer of candidates to and from other agencies. Set up processes within the business to ensure contract compliance.Manage the SLAs for these accounts within Talascend and ensuring compliance with all their polices and procedures.Through networking and strong relationships was able to bring in EDF as a new client. Show less

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  Advantage Technical Resourcing

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  Senior Recruitment Consultant

  Short term assignment supporting the technical recruitment team.

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  Airswift

  Sept 2011 - Apr 2016

  Working as Recruitment Manager for Swift in Luanda, Angola. My main focus is to recruit Angolans. I would be happy to hear from any Angolan's seeking a new position either in country or who are looking to return home.

  • Global Training Manager

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  • Global Training Manager

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Recruitment Manager

    Sept 2011 - Dec 2013
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  Meadoway Solutions Ltd

  May 2016 - Sept 2016

  Managing Partner

  Meadoway Solutions supports recruitment businesses to achieve their goals and aspirations. Our strong consultative style means we are able to work closely with our clients to fully understand their businesses. Our non judgemental holistic approach allows us to develop relationships built on trust with our clients which enables us to fully understand the challenges they are facing.We have found that this approach helps us to immerse ourselves in to their businesses working closely with team members to build confidence and moral. This hands on coaching/mentoring style is welcomed by individuals who quickly see the benefit not only for the business but their individual careers too.Meadoway Solutions also has a full suite of training packages available to assist all levels of individuals within the recruitment sector.We are passionate about our industry and it is our mission to help raise it's credibility through good quality service. Show less

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  Resourcing Solutions

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2017

  Head of Service - Permanent
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  Brunel

  Nov 2017 - now

  Working closely with the different business units around the world to design and deliver high quality Sales, Account Management, Recruitment and Back Office training. Using a mixture of face to face local training and video conferencing to develop, encourage, coach and mentor individuals so they have the necessary tools to achieve their goals. Always looking to talk to experienced recruiting professionals from any industry. Brunel offers an opportunity to work in a fast paced environment in a truly exciting and enjoyable industry. The company provides support and training to enable you to get the best out of your career.

  • Training Manager

    May 2018 - now

  • Talent Acquisition Manager

    Nov 2017 - May 2018