Alice Davis
Lead Technical Recruiter - Quality Assurance Testing
Alice Davis is a highly experienced Senior Technical Recruiter with over 16 years of recruitment experience across multiple business sectors, with a main focus on Telecoms and Information Technology. She is an REC Certified International Senior Technical Recruiter, having recruited candida
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Years of Experience
Education
Companies
microsoft, microsoft, ericsson, project people, project people, project people, hays information technology, wiree
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Experience
2022 - Present
microsoft
Onboarding Lead - UK MCAPS
Objective: To improve the onboarding experience for Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) UK new starters. • MCAPS UK (In person) Welcome Day introduced. • Collaborated with Principal Content Project Manager to design an onboarding video. • New branding created for MCAPS UK starter correspondence. • New post onboarding comms created. • Worked with an external agency to design and build a new starter welcome box. • New manager email comms created, highlighting their responsibilities and enhancements made to the onboarding process. • SharePoint site created for new starters and managers, to give a point of reference for comms and updates. • Creation, distribution, and analysis of attendee questionnaire to monitor success of programme.
2022 - 2022
microsoft
Senior Technical Recruiter (EMEA)
Stakeholder management, partnering with hiring managers to interpret business needs, provide insight into industry landscape and use data to influence decisions. Use this knowledge to develop and implement end-to-end hiring plans aligned to needs. Assigned demanding stakeholders to manage, due to strong relationship building and problem resolution skills. Candidate attraction, assessment and screening, I am a determined hunter with an elicit interest in active and potential candidates. Attract candidates by sharing Microsoft’s story, culture, team environment and selling value of the role. Highlight career possibilities, advantages, and rewards that distinguish Microsoft from competitors. Ensure job adverts are inclusive. Providing an excellent candidate journey by owning the experience and preparing applicants for every stage of the process. Enhance the job search at all phases of the relationship, through briefing, support, and feedback. Proactively identify factors that may adversely impact the candidate and share with the business to mitigate. Talent sourcing by understanding the market and complex candidate profiles. Grow relationships with new talent pools and communities with future potential. Diversity and Inclusion, I monitor and push for acceptance of diverse talent, including Women in Tech initiatives. Data analysis, analysing relevant data/trends to provide insight to stakeholders, enabling data-driven decisions.
2021 - 2022
ericsson
Senior Recruiter (EMEA)
With almost 102,000 employees, Ericsson is one of the leading providers globally of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers. Ericsson enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt, and scale, making their customers successful in a fully connected world • Technical and executive hiring. I take responsibility for the most challenging stakeholders and tailor solutions to their needs. •Conduct briefings with Hiring Managers, gaining an understanding of their hiring needs and advising on the the most appropriate candidate attraction strategies. •Consultancy - Deliver the full recruitment cycle for hiring manager needs. •Decide on and execute the appropriate recruitment strategy, inclusive of sourcing, screening, assessment and short-listing. •Manage stakeholder relationships at all levels with Hiring Managers. •Support, challenge and drive best practice at each stage of the recruitment process. •Champion effective candidate management throughout hiring process, ensuring candidates receive a premium experience. •Support and mentor more junior members of the team, supporting their knowledge and skills development. •Arranging Leadership and Psychometric Testing •Monitoring Diversity and Inclusion •Recruitment Metrics
2010 - 2021
project people
Senior Technical Recruiter/Account Manager - Fujitsu Services
With over 8,000 employees in the UK and Ireland, Fujitsu is a “top 5 IT Service provider” and the largest Japanese employer in the UK. Senior Technical Recruiter responsible for UK wide delivery for Security, Cloud, Project/Program Management, Application, Testing, End User and Functions (HR/Finance), for both private and public sector customers. Work in a fast paced, high volume, competitive dual supplier environment. Responsibilities include: • Own high level relationships with key client stakeholders • Manage end to end delivery with Technical Managers/Resource Managers • Relationship management – both customer facing and remote • Sourcing, including executive searching/headhunting • Arrange and attend career fairs • Support Fujitsu on bids • Benchmarking/market intelligence. • Resolve client and contractor escalations • Work in collaboration with our commercial team to resolve legal disputes • Support Fujitsu with ensuring candidate security clearances are valid/transferable • IR35 advisor on client/candidate side. Limiting impact of regulation change • Source candidates for challenging roles with Fujitsu Europe, when required • Daily use of AMS (Taleo), MS Office, ITRIS database, LinkedIn and online job boards
2009 - 2010
project people
International Account Manager
Telecoms and IT recruitment specialist responsible for international business development including EMEA and USA. Operating at a global level I am responsible for identifying new business opportunities, developing accounts and managing delivery to the highest standards. Experienced in candidate migration and redeployment of candidates under employed consultant model. Work with virtual resource teams supporting delivery across key accounts.
2008 - 2009
project people
Senior Consultant
Responsible for contract and permanent recruitment within the Telecom and IT Industries. Whilst part of my position involved working on key accounts, my role also included identifying potential business opportunities. My additional responsibilities covered the bid / tender process and supplier management.
2005 - 2008
hays information technology
Senior Consultant
Account Management Managed a portfolio of clients in both public and commercial sectors, I arranged meetings, one-to-one discussions and presentations to maintain and create customer service opportunities. Solutions Provider Provided solutions to new business customers and existing clients within a variety of business sectors (from initial contact, problem management, negotiation and finally through to resolution). Recruitment Provided technical recruitment and successfully supplied contract resource within very demanding timescales. Candidate Attraction I adopted a number of methods to attract candidates, from advertising through the Hays web portal, to other on-line web boards. Additionally I searched the Adapt database of over 350,000 applicants, also having access to on-line databases. Pre-Screening In association with line-management I analysed specific recruitment needs and carried out pre-screen interviews of potential candidates through competency based interviews, both over the telephone and face-to-face on their behalf.
2004 - 2005
wiree
Sales Consultant
Sales Sold Business Communications Solutions from Vodafone to corporate clients (Astra Zenica, Barclay’s, Lloyds TSB), with extended work forces throughout the UK and overseas. Solutions Provided answers to communication issues for large workforces through the Rapide product suite (Remote / Response / Relay). These messages were broadcast through voicemail, text, and email, ensuring the workforce were kept informed at short notice. Team Leadership Instructed teams in the creation of distribution lists for clients to contact their workforce in relation to the Rapide product suite detailed above.
Experience
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Design
Information Technology
Networking
Prioritization
quality assurance (QA)
Recruiting
sharepoint
Sourcing
Technical Recruiting
test
testing
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