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• Scaled the Talent Acquisition function from 1 to 30 professionals across Europe, building a high-performance culture and achieving the highest engagement score within the Group (9.3/10). • Delivered 1,000+ hires in two years while exceeding hiring targets by 220% in Year 1 and 190% in Year 2. • Designed and implemented a harmonized recruitment framework across multiple markets, improving hiring efficiency and consistency. • Increased direct sourcing effectiveness by 50%, significantly reducing agency dependency and hiring costs. • Led Talent Acquisition operations, including budget ownership, workforce planning, ATS implementation, and HR technology integrations.
• Owned all Product & Technology hiring, serving as the primary Talent Acquisition partner for executive and leadership hiring. • Managed 70+ open roles simultaneously and successfully staffed 75% of the Product & Technology Leadership Team. • Resolved a business-critical Sales hiring challenge by filling all key positions within six weeks, becoming a trusted partner to the Executive Management Team. • Improved recruitment efficiency by reducing time-to-hire to 35 days while managing 70 open roles and 25 days with 20 open roles. • Built and executed direct sourcing strategies that significantly reduced dependency on external agencies and improved hiring outcomes.
Parallel Consulting is a specialist, award-winning IT Recruitment Consultancy which consistently delivers high quality and enduring staffing solutions to companies throughout the UK, USA and Europe. These include Contract/Interim, Permanent/Contingency and Search & Selection solutions globally from our offices in Amsterdam, London and New York. Our experienced staff are able to build valuable, long-term relationships with clients and candidates which provide the bedrock for our success and is, in the eyes of many, a real USP in our approach to their business. Our expertise is well recognised in delivering tailored recruitment programmes for companies within the Financial Services & Banking, Digital Media, Retail, iGaming, Consultancy, Healthcare, Energy, Telecoms and E-Commerce sectors
Xcede is one of Europe’s leading digital recruitment businesses with offices in London, Berlin and Stockholm. We provide our clients with key hires that enhance customer experience & business performance across the four core markets of a digital platform: Creative, Technology, Marketing and Data. Xcede recruit across this full digital lifecycle from designing and creating, through developing, engineering and integrating platforms, to acquiring and retaining customers and recommending business decisions through analysis, prediction and insight. www.xcede.com www.xcede.com/workingforxcede We are proud to hold the following awards and accreditations: The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for 2018 & 2019 Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 2018 3* Best Companies accreditation 2018 & 2019 The top 75 Best Small Companies to Work for in London 2018 & 2019 ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 accredited