Emma Hackforth

Current

Editor and co owner at Women's online magazine
Director and Co Founder at Matchsticks and The Cv Clinic Ltd

Past

Owner at Matchsticks Ltd
Computacenter Account Manager/ Uk and Ireland Indirect Sales Manager at Network associates/ McAfee
Sales Manager at Eizo

Internal Sales manager/ Field sales at Yellow pages
Internal Sales manager at Haagen Dazs

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Education

Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management

Recommended

20 people have recommended Emma

Connections

375 connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

Emma Hackforth’s Summary

Successfully combining her strong people skills with a keen interest in personal development, Emma Hackforth, Co-Publisher and Editor of Women’s Online Magazine™ United Kingdom (WOM UK), has over 20 years of solid sales, management and recruitment experience.
Starting her working life with Häagen Dazs in the FMCG market, her varied career has seen her lead sales teams within a number of different market sectors from classified advertising to the international banking community, before she was headhunted in (1999) to join Network Associates. Brought in to manage Computacenter on a European level. It was only in 2000 when Emma joined Ashley Coutts as a head hunter that she really found her true passion in business – helping people communicate with their marketplace more effectively. To this end, together with her husband Tom she established Matchsticks, offering talent management services to IT software organizations, and The CV Clinic, a professional CV writing service.
Outrageously honest and always willing to speak her mind, the concept of blogging seemed to be made specifically with Emma in mind and for the last five years has provided her with a compelling vehicle to communicate with her network of contacts in headhunting. So when the opportunity arose to take this concept forward into Women’s Online Magazine™, she grabbed it with both hands.

Emma Hackforth’s Specialties:

Executive Search and Executive Coaching of candidates and clients to create a blue print for success in their chosen careers. CV writing and outsourced HR packages also a speciality. Editing Online Magazines and writing Blogs

Emma Hackforth’s Experience

Editor and co owner

Women's online magazine

(Media Production industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Women's Online Magazine is the first choice for women across the globe. Articles and information that will inspire, question and communicate on topics that range from Business to Wellbeing. Our Money Lounge is packed full of excellent tips on how to stay positive in the credit crunch and in our Prosperity Corner you can read, watch and listen to real life stories of incredible people who have turned their lives around against all the odds.
Please feel free to contact me if you have an article that you would like me to publish or a subject that you think we can include in the magazine. Our Career Libary will also be a great place for you to visit...email me on emmahackforth@helloworld.com
Director and Co Founder

Matchsticks and The Cv Clinic Ltd

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)

Developing new business contacts, new products and services for Matchsticks and The CV Clinic . Designed and implemented our unique recrutiment policies and charters for all clients. Worked with FTSE 250, SME and VC backed start ups across EMEA. Experienced in multi level hires from sales and technical through to board level appointments. Outsourcing, behaviour profiling,interview skills coaching and corporate workshops a speciality
Owner

Matchsticks Ltd

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

February 2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development for corporate hring
Computacenter Account Manager/ Uk and Ireland Indirect Sales Manager

Network associates/ McAfee

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MFE; Computer & Network Security industry)

February 1999 — February 2002 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for all Channels sales within Computacenter for EMEA. Created opportunities for Account Directors to promote security issues to their customer base and help handle security policies.
Sales Manager

Eizo

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

July 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 8 months)

Manager of 10 team members who worked alongside customers and channel partners to secure new business wins...Main vertical was the banking community....
Internal Sales manager/ Field sales

Yellow pages

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; YLO.UN; Publishing industry)

1993 — 1997 (4 years )
Internal Sales manager

Haagen Dazs

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

1991 — 1993 (2 years )

Emma Hackforth’s Education

Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management

Managing Excellence 1998 — 1998

Additional Information

Emma Hackforth’s Websites:

Emma Hackforth’s Interests:

Personal development, Cooking and of course eating!! Good wine and great company

Emma Hackforth’s Groups:

Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
EMEA Executive Search
Consultants Network
Club Ex-McAfee
The Executive Search Group
CISCO PROFESSIONALS
Recruitment Company Owners & Directors
Europe 2.0 - web 2.0, startups, funding, & entrepreneurship in Europe
International Executive Recruiting - IER
The Recruiter
newlifenetwork.co.uk - career networking
Corporate Integrity
Doostang
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