Talent Acquisition Consultancy Services
- Training
- Embedded talent support
- General consultancy and advice
- Executive search
- Talent project delivery
- Interim management
Quarterback Consulting
About me
Hello i’m Paul, I own Quarterback Consulting. Quarterback is a talent consultancy specialising in Talent Acquisition.
I've been in Talent now for over 25 years. I started agency-side doing everything from high volume to highly specialist roles (and everything in between) including number of years working in international executive search within corporate security.
I then moved in-house: I have run the recruitment function for a creative agency, spent 5 years as Head of Recruitment at Innocent Drinks, and then moved into working at hyper growth scale-ups.
I spent time at a Series B tech scale-up as their Head of People, at a Series C 'Tech Unicorn' as their Head of Talent and then as Director of Talent at within Edtech where I looked after after the TA, and People Engagement functions.
What I do
I will work in your team to support or run your recruiting activities - either alongside an existing team to help with a busy growth period or, to own and run TA projects from scratch.
With over 20 years in recruitment leadership roles I can provide interim management, plus training and development to talent teams.
The market is tough at the moment so everyone involved in recruiting needs to be an expert at finding and choosing the very best people - whilst staying legal and ethical.
Our training courses are for anyone who may be hiring in the near future.
They are designed to help managers - create an efficient, fair, and effective recruitment process that results in hiring world class people
Great TA teams don’t stand still, they evolve and improve over time through developing their service and ways of working.
Businesses need to constantly keep developing their TA capabilities. This could be new tech such as an ATS, new assessment methods like psychometrics, development of an employer brand, EDI auditing and actions, or, company-wide levelling up of tooling and expertise.
Exec search doesn’t have to mean highly senior roles with exorbitant recruitment fees, exec search methods can apply to any tricky to hire roles where a more targeted research-driven, direct approach is required.
I can run any search for you at a fraction of the cost of using a traditional Exec Search firm.
Sometimes businesses just need some regular support and guidance. I can work with you either on an ad hoc basis or as a regular commitment to help you work through any issues.
- Building TA functions from scratch
- Managing scaling up.
- Resource planning
- Process design
- Talent technology implementation
- Solving tricky hiring problems
- DEI issues
- Funnel efficiency
- Using data to win in the market
Training Courses
Hiring 101
Building a Future-proofed Workforce
Interview Skills
A comprehensive half-day training session, this covers off all the essentials that your hiring managers will need to successfully run a recruitment project.
- Essential hiring criteria - an intro to skills and skills-based hiring
- Recruitment toolkits
- Creating effective JDs
- Writing adverts
- Resourcing techniques
- Employee advocacy & personal branding
- Marketing - employer branding
- Diversity, equity and inclusion
- Selection and assessment techniques
- An intro to interviewing
- GDPR
- Making offers and closing
Interview Skills
Building a Future-proofed Workforce
Interview Skills
Being a great interviewer begins way before you walk into the interview room. This session walks you through all the skills and preparation needed, plus techniques to really understand how to assess talent.
- Defining the role and skills mapping
- The structure of an interview
- Creating an interview plan
- Interview strategies - types of questions and follow-ups
- Measuring performance
- Managing bias
- Candidate experience
- Role-plays and practice
Building a Future-proofed Workforce
Building a Future-proofed Workforce
Building a Future-proofed Workforce
The world of business is changing fast, and businesses must adapt. This means the workforce must have the skills to meet the challenges of the future and the changing world of work.
- Skills audits and future skills
- High potential markers
- Skills adjacencies.
- Psychometrics and assessments
- Behavioural frameworks
Storytelling
Making Good Decisions - Managing Bias
Building a Future-proofed Workforce
In this bitesize session you will learn how to create engaging and compelling copy that will help attract and win over top talent (or potential clients) , whether through adverts, social content email comms or any written assets.
- Tone of voice
- Writing for your audience
- Presentations
- Know Feel Do
- The art of editing
- The TED method
Making Good Decisions - Managing Bias
Making Good Decisions - Managing Bias
Making Good Decisions - Managing Bias
This bitesize is for anyone who makes ‘people’ decisions. It has focus on recruitment and interviewing but is relevant for any people manager.
- How cognitive biases effect decision making
- Managing bias to promote diversity and inclusion
- Equal opportunities and protected characteristics