by Brogan Lees-Collier
Welcome to Who Runs The Rec World? The podcast that provides stories of success and the journeys it takes to get there by females in recruitment. Each episode covers a different career journey and aims to give females support and advice, in order to help them become successful and thrive within the industry.
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September 22, 2021
<p>In today’s episode, I was joined by Jill Bassett, Operations Director and Board Director of ManpowerGroup and Brand Leader for Talent Solutions.</p> <p>Jill started her career journey off in the retail world and worked her way up to manage a number of different stores in the Sears Womenswear Group. After deciding she wanted to move into a new niche, but continue in management, Jill applied for a Branch Manager role at Manpower after seeing an advert in a retail magazine.</p> <p>After taking a sideways career step to move into recruitment, Jill has had an incredibly successful career that has seen her progress from a Recruitment Consultant to a Board Director.</p> <p>In today’s episode Jill talks about overcoming challenges that come with taking over new teams, and discusses how putting herself up for opportunities and continually pushing herself outside of her comfort zone has allowed her to continually progress her career. Jill also praises her team at Manpower for allowing her maternity leave to be smooth sailing, and compliments her supportive family unit for allowing her to juggle personal life with a demanding career.</p>
August 25, 2021
<p>In today’s episode, I was joined by Sam Smith, Vice President and Managing Director of KellyOCG.</p> <p>Sam started her career journey in the Royal Air Force as a Mechanical Engineer- a job she had dreamed of and thought she would be in for life. After leaving the Forces, Sam fell into recruitment after using a recruitment agency to help her find a new role. Sam has now been in the industry for almost 20 years!</p> <p>In this episode, Sam talks about the culture shock she faced when entering the world of recruitment. She speaks openly about having her son, and lessons learnt from juggling work and family life. Sam also touches upon the importance of staying true to yourself and gives tips on how to set up a healthy work life balance.</p>
July 21, 2021
<p>In today’s episode, I was joined by Melanie Forbes, Managing Director of APSCo Outsource.</p> <p>Mel fell into the recruitment industry after stumbling into a Manpower branch on her local high street, looking for a change in career. A week later she was hired as a Recruitment Consultant and she has now been in the industry for over 30 years – with a focus on the outsourcing market.</p> <p>In today’s episode Mel talks about being able to see the opportunity and progression recruitment was able to offer her, and discusses having some great male and female leaders to look up to throughout her career. She touches upon working part time whist she had her children, and talks about how having a really supportive network allowed both her and her husband, to build on their successful and demanding careers, whilst bringing up their children.</p>
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Welcome to Who Runs The Rec World? The podcast that provides stories of success and the journeys it takes to get there by females in recruitment.
Each episode covers a different career journey and aims to give females support and advice, in order to help them become successful and thrive within the industry.
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