Laura Bartlett

Experience

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  Hays

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2009

  Working within the Accountancy & Finance division at Hays managing my own desk I recruited for Non-Qualified and Part-Qualified temporary and contract accounts positions throughout the South Coast. I managed a team of 4 and focused on our strategy within the sector. Working within the Senior Finance division at Hays focusing on permanent roles, I was responsible for sourcing and interviewing exceptional senior finance candidates for qualified positions throughout the south coast. I organised our networking and recruitment events and initiated new ways of candidate attraction, due to my dedication, drive and placements made within my time as a Resourcer I was then promoted to Recruitment Consultant level to run my own Temporary and Contracts desk.

  • Senior Recruitment Consultant

    Nov 2007 - Feb 2009

  • Resource Coordinator

    Oct 2006 - Nov 2007
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  RNLI

  Feb 2009 - Jul 2012

  Recruitment Co-ordinator

  I managed the entire recruitment process from all areas of the business from start to finish, so we have the right people with the right values, behaviours and skills to deliver our life saving service, whilst building strong and effective working relationships.I was also completing my CIPD training at the time and assisted with HR issues such as disaplinaries and grievances. I worked on the recruitment for the All Weather Lifeboat Project-a project costing the RNLI £24 Million Pounds.I actively recruited for Marketing, HR, Finance, IT, Lifeguards, Administration, Fundraisers, and Engineers. Show less

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  Asda

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2015

  Recruitment Manager Asda & Walmart UK & US roles

  Relocation Opportunity - Working within a head office environment of over 3,500 colleagues, my recruitment focus was the Support and Operations functions at Asda. Asda and Walmart currently employ over 175,000 colleagues across the business. Managed and motivated a Recruitment Team with x4 direct reports-monitored their attendance to include sickness, holidays, and flexi and completed appraisals. This was a role where I dealt with extremely high volumes in excess of 120 vacancies at any one time. The majority covered mostly difficult to fill roles within IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Retail Development/Property, Loss Prevention, and Retail Ops, I recruited for roles both globally and within the UK. Show less

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  Vantage Motor Group

  Jun 2015 - Apr 2016

  Group Resourcing Manager - relocated back to Dorset

  Stand alone Recruitment Function set up from scratch. ATS sourced and set up from scratch. High volume Customer facing roles recruited for across all 26 sites. Covering the Midlands and the North.

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  B&Q

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2018

  Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Partner

  B&Q is the largest home improvement and garden centre retailer in the UK and Ireland, employing more than 40,000 people nationwide.We’re passionate about helping our customers make their home improvement projects easier, and we’re always looking for talented people who can help us continue to do this.Working within the newly centralised recruitment team as a Recruitment & Talent Partner covering the Central Division managing 6 direct reports. Working as a wider recruitment function hiring in excess of 10,000 hires per year. The focus is on store recruitment for over 80 stores within the Central division. Show less

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  The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2021

  Retail Talent Manager

  Managed the end-to-end recruitment cycle for retail store and senior head office roles to include Sourcing, headhunting for senior roles, advertising, shortlisting, interviewing, offers and onboarding. Focusing on retention and talent attraction, assisted the business to implement an impactful people strategy. Ensuring candidates were kept engaged throughout the recruitment process through all touchpoints and following up after onboarding. Strong focus on talent acquisition, performance management and engagement. Ensuring that the branding and recruitment process echoed Estee Lauder’s diversity and inclusion focus. Looking at themes within the recruitment life cycle and driving improvements, I influenced and challenged ideas and new initiatives across the business. Ensuring I had a strong understanding of the skills and competencies required for each role, this involved me spending time within various teams and having an excellent rapport across the business and working in partnership with hiring managers and senior stakeholders. Show less

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  Maternity Leave

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  Maternity Leave
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  Primark

  May 2022 - Nov 2022

  Regional Recruitment Assessor

  Working within the Primark UK People & Culture team - Supporting the Recruiters to drive exceptional talent into the 191 UK retail stores as they recruit a new role into their retail management structure. A hybrid role supporting 13 Stores with store management recruitment within my region - Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex.