Sam Shingler

Skilled and highly-experienced Talent Acquisition Partner with an extensive
background in recruiting tech professionals globally. They have a wide range of
experience covering stakeholder management, implementing sourcing strategies,
project planning, and training junior recruitment specialists. Currently looking for
a position either based in Thailand or remote working as a Talent/Recruitment
Specialist.

I am available to interview immediately and can start straight away, this is due to my
redundancy agreement & notice period which was agreed between me & IBM. I am
currently on a travel visa until I nd a new role, however, I would require support in
obtaining a work visa. I am now living in Thailand permanently and can meet face
to face if required.J

Job History:

Seeking new role after redundancy from IBM

July 2023 to Present

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, IBM

Bristol, UK

July 2021 to June 2023

I work as a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner for IBM across UK & Ireland covering a large variety of roles across numerous sectors such as digital sales, project management, software development, cyber security, test & automation and many more. I focus only on permanent acquisitions and generating, developing and influencing candidates in seeing why joining IBM is such a great career path for them.

My main responsibilities involve the following:

Daily calls with candidates existing and new applicants.

Marketing and Advertising of new and existing vacancies

Liaising with hiring managers regularly as well as managing their expectations on new & existing job requirements.

Managing candidate pipeline for existing and upcoming vacancies.

Mentoring new colleagues to the business.

Provide training and support to my fellow teammates.

Daily and weekly set up calls and scrums to plan actions and focuses on

existing projects.

Utilising LinkedIn to promote roles, candidates and to spot new talent.

Offer management from start to nish from both manager & candidate

perspective.

Agency engagement where necessary.

Weekly calls with all managers on live vacancies.

Sponsorship management & engagement throughout the whole process.

Senior Recruitment Consultant, Agile Group China 

Frome, UK

Jan 2021 to July 2021

Agile Group China are a recruitment company based in Shanghai who supply

staffing solutions from SMEs to Large Corporations.

My main responsibilities involve the following:

Stakeholder management and engagement

Candidate support and process management

Compliance and legal documentation ling and gathering.

Client development and support.

Interview process management and arrangement

Processing and closing fee agreements.

Organising meetings for stakeholders, colleagues and other customers /

clientele.

Tech support and training on systems for new and existing colleagues.

Client mapping & business development

Principle Recruitment Consultant, Hays Specialist Recruitment

Bristol, UK

May 2017 to Nov 2020

During my time at Hays, I worked on a number of desks such as Office Support, Facilities Management, Trades & Labour and IT. I worked the longest in our IT contract team supplying mostly contractors to public sector clients as well as privates clients across Bristol & Bath.

My main responsibilities involve the following:

Daily calls with candidates both existing and new applicants

Marketing and Advertising of new and existing vacancies

Liaising with clients regarding the process for interviews and job registrations

and updates.

Provide training and support to my fellow teammates.

Training on all new tech roll outs across the business for South West & Wales

region as I was the systems expert.

Candidates interview over the phone for shortlisting for roles.

Daily and weekly set up calls and scrums to plan actions and focuses for the

day and week ahead.

Manage expectations on wages, contract lengths and fees with clients as well

as with candidates.

Run events for specific areas for candidate generation such as developers &

Engineers once a month.

Utilising LinkedIn to promote roles, candidates and to spot new talent where

necessary. 

Goods Inwards Inspector, Keyford Precision Engineering

Frome, UK

Aug 2015 to May 2017

Sales Consultant, Dunster House

Warminster, UK

Aug 2013 to May 2015

Level 3 NVQ in Electrical Engineering, Trowbridge College
A Level in Sports Science, Frome Community College
8 A* to C Grades at GCSE Level, Frome Community College