Danielle Johnston (Hunt)

Experience

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  Kelly

  Nov 2016 - Jul 2019

  Performed end-to-end recruiting for a variety of national accounts, managing contracts and negotiations, sourcing candidates, managed a portfolio of temporary candidates, coordinated projects, supported sales and marketing initiatives, and coached and mentored job seekers.Specialized in high-level white-collar as well as high volume blue-collar recruits; managed recruitment drives and recruited for large short-term events Facilitated reception duties, provided direct customer, colleague, and job seeker support, maintained databases, enforced guidelines, and piloted candidate sourcing, screening, registration, and pre-employment checks for operational efficiency.

  • Recruitment Consultant/Account Manager

    Oct 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Recruitment Coordinator and Administrator

    Nov 2016 - Oct 2017
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  Aotal

  Jul 2019 - Sept 2021

  Implementations and Projects Consultant

  Aotal is a talent management software company whose two main products are the recruitment platform SnapHire and it's marketplace, the SnapHire Marketplace.I oversaw all aspects of project management in order to facilitate operational success. I led system implementations and configuration, client collaborations, issue identification, process documentation, spearheaded reviews/optimisations, managed change management deployment and adoption methods, as well as trained, educated, budgeted, and scheduled.Using my generalist HR knowledge, I helped create premium talent management strategies, focussing on best practice, candidate experience, values, and process improvement Show less

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  Talegent

  Sept 2021 - Mar 2023

  Talegent provides talent measurement solutions used as part of the recruitment process to help predict candidate performance, monitor employee development and identify the best talent. I was responsible for leading, motivating and training a team of SDR's, AE's and AM's as well as one-on-one performance in order to deliver effective solutions. I worked with a wide range of clients, both large and small, to optimise processes and deliver an effective, predictable and streamlined candidate journey to enable customers to hire the best talent. Show less My role was to manage and build a portfolio of clients and identify business opportunities resulting in a win-win situation for the client and company. I built and maintained collaborative and positive professional partnerships at the executive and C-suite level, worked with clients to understand their organisation and talent-focused goals, designed strategic development plans, worked to refine, enhance and build optimal recruitment processes, and project managed. Working closely with external partners, I collaborated to ensure our solutions were innovative, modern, candidate and client-friendly, ensuring the successful delivery of our solutions. Show less

  • Head of Partnerships

    Aug 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Account Director

    Sept 2021 - Aug 2022
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  PwC New Zealand

  Mar 2023 - May 2024

  Talent Acquisition Manager

  PwC spans 152 countries and has 328,000 employees globally. PwC New Zealand employs over 1,700 people and has offices across NZ. PwC's purpose is to be the most trusted and relevant professional services business in the world - one that attracts the best talent and combines the most innovative technologies, to help organisations build trust and deliver sustained outcomes.As the sole Talent Acquisition Manager in NZ, I was responsible for partnering with the business to lead the development and implementation of strategic and tactical initiatives to attract and manage experienced talent, working closely with Early Careers and Global Mobility. I coached and led the Talent Acquisition team to deliver services to support business priorities including the development and growth of team members.My role had a strong focus on identifying, scoping and delivering process-improvement initiatives/projects both small and large to enhance the overall effectiveness of our end-to-end journey, including recruiter, hiring manager and candidate experiences. I collaborated with various leaders and teams to enable the design and implementation of recruitment strategies to meet business objectives and drive transformative change. My role also had a strong focus on metrics, I&D, technology utilisation, stakeholder experiences, agency processes and third party providers (e.g. background checking, job boards & psychometrics). Show less