Will Woods's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Project Manager @ As part of the IT department, I am currently delivering digital and corporate projects for the Rank Group. From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Talent Acquisition Manager @ I took on the role of Talent Acquisition Manager on interim basis managing the recruitment for all support/corporate functions. This included our Maidenhead, London and Gibraltar offices. From September 2015 to November 2015 (3 months) London, United KingdomRecruitment Business Partner @ I joined the Rank Group as part of the new in-house recruitment function. The Rank Group was relying on recruitment agencies to fill 80% of vacancies before the team started. Within 6 months we had switched that to 20:80 agency to direct. I am responsible for IT Recruitment across Mecca Bingo, Grosvenor Casinos and Group Support. Duties include: • Manage the End-to-End recruitment process, full ownership from vacancy initiation through on-boarding/induction • Stakeholder management – managing expectations, resource planning, meeting deadlines, dealing with 3rd parties • Managing the IT preferred suppliers list (PSL) including dealing with new hiring manager’s contacts • Managing between 10-25 vacancies at any given point • Interviewing candidates from entry level up to director • Direct sourcing candidates using LinkedIn, Job Boards, Referrals and networking • Writing, proof-reading and editing job descriptions • Assisting stakeholders and hiring managers in the sign off process including benchmarking • Updating and managing the ATS • Running company inductions for new starters • Keeping stakeholders up to date throughout the recruitment process • Advising on recruitment policies and procedures to hiring managers • Dealing with unsolicited CVs from agencies and hiring managers Achievements • Lead IT Recruitment on several key projects through Rank’s digital transformation • Personally saved the business over £450k within a calendar year through direct sourcing • Built excellent relationships with key stakeholders • Established direct sourcing model and educated key hiring managers • Identified relevant job boards and negotiated contracts • Re-structured induction for new starters to be more engaging and interactive • Re-negotiated terms with existing PSL from 17-20% down to 12-14% From March 2013 to September 2015 (2 years 7 months) London, United KingdomRecruitment Consultant @ Cornucopia IT are a specialist recruitment / search & selection company with expertise in recruiting permanent and contract staff within the IT Sector. I spend the majority of my time speaking to software developers specialising in a mixture of object oriented languages. Through speaking to candidates all day everyday, I have a good technical understanding which enables me to guide clients when recruiting. I am always keen to hear from you if you are involved in the following: .NET Developers - C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET Java Developers - Core, JEE, J2EE, J2ME Mobile Developers - Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, C++ Web Developers - PHP, LAMP, Magento Front End Developers - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Photoshop Software Engineers - C, C++, C#, Assembler, Embedded Database Administrators - SQL, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL Software Architects - .NET, Java, BI From July 2011 to March 2013 (1 year 9 months) Sales Consultant @ Providing top quality candidates for employers through direct sourcing – careers websites, search engines (SEO, PPC), social media and other key areas including ATS integration, analytics and audience research. Generating revenue for recruitment consultancies through finding top candidates online, including the use of innovative search engine (SEO,PPC) and social media techniques From December 2010 to August 2011 (9 months) Telesales @ From September 2010 to December 2010 (4 months) Bachelor's degree, Creative Sound Technology, 2:1 @ Leeds Metropolitan University From 2005 to 2008 HND, Music Production, Merit @ Academy of Contemporary Music From 2004 to 2005 Will Woods is skilled in: WPF, LINQ, C#, C, C++, MVC, ASP.NET, Embedded Software, Firmware, AJAX, jQuery, JavaScript, iOS, Android, Corona SDK