
Researcher & Sourcing Strategist
Sydney Area, Australia

Researcher & Sourcing Strategist
Sydney Area, Australia
I love the challenge of hard to find information and enjoy using an ever increasing bag of tools in my searches.
My primary goal is to keep learning new techniques, processes and out of the box ideas.
I am really interested in how people find and deal with information and knowledge and how I can facilitate learning within the ever changing environment which we work in.
*Boolean String Master 2008*
Internet Research, Search Innovation, Training/Team Building, Knowledge Management, Social Media, Encouraging Learning, Boolean Searching
(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
As the functional lead for the sourcing team I am responsible for managing our sourcing CRM as well as encouraging innovation within the sourcing team. I also lend my research expertise to sourcing candidates for some interesting accounts
(Research industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
I am part of a four person team organising this group. Our aim is to create a platform for networking, both online and off, for researchers interested in online research techniques. Check out our website for more information or to join http://researchers.ning.com
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)
I was bought on as the first dedicated researcher to help set up the research team as well as providing technical expertise in searching for top level engineers.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
May 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 2 months)
HRX is a Recruitment Process Outsourcing company that partners with customers determined to find a better way of competing for top talent. We have a unique delivery model and some incredible technology that we manage on behalf of our customers to help them make better quality hires and save money.
(Self-Employed; Research industry)
February 2006 — July 2006 (6 months)
(Events Services industry)
August 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Researched associations and organisations both domestic and international, using industry publications, the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) database and the internet.
Contacted international organisations in Australia and further abroad to ascertain if they would come to New Zealand and to get information to present to possible New Zealand delegates.
Compiled monthly reports on research activity.
Collated, filed and updated active and non-active leads.
I was the first full time researcher that the Christchurch Convention Centre had, thus I had to build this role from very little to the stage that it worked well for me and for the sales executives whom the majority of new leads went to.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
June 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Maintained up to date database records of Fund data
Data entry of Share data
Processed fund portfolios in order to save the share data in a database
Internet research – Searching for Fund managers and Management companies
Trained others in various aspects of Heale Financial
BA , Psychology , 1999 — 2003
Feature Writing for Magazines and Newspapers
Research, Technology, Web 2.0
LinkedIn LIONs, MyLink500, Open Networkers, My LinkedIn Power Forum, TopLinked.com
Australian Researchers Network - http://researchers.ning.com/