Clayton Bryan

Lead Technical Recruiter / TA Manager with 13 years of experience in proactively sourcing global candidates across multiple technology sectors, whilst managing high performing recruitment teams. Delivered and implemented tailored recruitment strategies for one of the ‘Big Four’, which enabled me to attract and retain top talent, reduce time to hire by 27% and increase the percentage of qualified candidates by 43%. Advocate of D&I initiatives, delivering end-to-end recruitment, outlining best practice training for managers/partners, closing job offers resulting in a 80% job acceptance rate and a 90% retention rate after 6 months.

Key Skills

-        Data Analytics/Interpretation

-        Extensive experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) – Lever, Workable, Ashby, Greenhouse.

-        Decision making

-        Workforce Planning

-        Sourcing and Engaging Talent (Passive and Active)

-        Pipeline Management

-        Offer negotiation & closing

-        Team leadership and development

-        Performance management (KPIs)

-        Recruitment strategy planning

-        Vendor & agency management

Relationship Manager                                                                                         April 2024 – Present

Ingeus Ltd

·       Developed and strengthened relationships with 30+ talent acquisition teams and hiring managers across diverse sectors, including Security, Hospitality, IT, Education, Care, and Retail, resulting in a 25% increase in employer engagement.

·       Organized, coordinated, and facilitated 25+ recruitment events, including assessment days, one-to-one interviews, and group interviews for companies across 16 boroughs in London, leading to a 40% improvement in candidate placement rates.

·       In-depth analysis of measurable data to make informed, data-driven decisions, improving recruitment efficiency by 35% and reducing time-to-hire by 20%.

·       Prepared and presented comprehensive monthly recruitment reports, analysing volume of candidate submissions, event outcomes, submission conversion rates, which provided strategic insights for talent acquisition improvements.

Recruitment Manager UKI (Tech) Service Lines – Cyber, D&A, SAP and Cloud.                        Nov 2022 – Nov 2023

Ernst & Young                                                                                                     (12-month FTC)

·       Developed and implemented a diversity and inclusion initiative, resulting in a 17% increase in the number of underrepresented candidates hired.

·       Reduced cost per hire by 15%, by introducing a new employee referral scheme, streamlining the existing hiring process and leveraging technology and tools.

·       Utilised creative sourcing techniques to identify and engage passive candidates.

·       Reduced agency spend by 33% via skilled-based hiring and upskilling internal team.

·       Introduced employee scoring card to support employee development and promotion.

·       Competent use of Power BI and MI, analysing recruitment metrics to manage risks and improve efficiency of processes.

·       Introduced data-driven recruitment methods, resulting in a 27% reduction in average time-to-hire

·       Led partner discussions to enhance interview processes, trained hiring managers on best practice and unconscious bias decision-making.

Talent Acquisition Manager (Tech)                                                                                                             Sept 2020 – Aug 2022

Join Talent Ltd                                                                                                                                                       (Remote)

Clients: Scandit, Booking.com, TUI, NCC Group, AO, Microsoft, Charlotte Tilbury and Frontiers

·       Directed full-cycle recruiting efforts across various departments - Tech, Marketing and Sales.

·       Developed a DE&I focused outreach campaign, increasing the diversity of new hires by 30%. (Scandit)

·       Collaborated with department heads to develop role-specific assessment tools, enhancing candidate selection.

·       Prepared best-practice hiring manager interview packs, sitting in on interview panels ensuring best-practice is followed.

·       Hosting weekly debates clubs with senior management to discuss targets, trends, risks and solutions.

·       Introduced innovative methods of recruiting to attract top talent – network events (hosting and attending), social media campaigns and referral programs Increasing the quality and amount applications received and referred.

·       100% team management responsibilities.

·       Delivery of innovative ways to improve overall candidate onboarding experience.

Talent Acquisition Manager (Tech)                                                                                                             Mar 2019 – May 2020

Talentful Consulting

Clients: Depop, Thought Machine

·       Management and delivery responsibilities for director level hires.

·       Created and maintained talent pools of over 100 qualified candidates, reducing time-to-fill by a minimum 26%

·       Utilised creative sourcing techniques to identify and engage key hires.

·       Partnering with C-suite, building and managing 360 recruitment strategies

·       Strong focus on Mobile Engineering (iOS/Android), building the entire team of 14 hires

·       100% ownership of team management responsibilities

Principal Recruitment Consultant/Team Lead - Benelux                                                                   April 2017 – Feb 2019

Source Technology

·       International delivery of senior IT roles, exceeding year-on-year financial targets.

BA Hons Business & Marketing