Interesting facts
Austin has over 10 years experience within the IT Recruitment industry. He has achieved a 2nd Dan in Shotokan Karate and once competed for England at international level.
Specialist recruitment area?
- Cloud, Hosted and Virtualisation
Professional highlight of 2018?
- Bringing a dedicated recruitment trainer into our business to lead our L&D and develop a unique training program, ensuring we can support and develop consultants.
Biggest untapped opportunity in IT & Digital recruitment?
- We’re currently exploring ways of integrating Data Driven Analytics with out REC processes, and the opportunities for more accurate hiring are endless.
Most overused current industry buzz word?
- ULTIMATELY – I use it and I hear it said a 1000 times a day
A movie title for the story of your life?
- Forrest Gump
Nerdiest thing you do in your spare time?
- Learning to DJ
What do your family think you do all day?
- Make money by giving out orders
First act if you became Prime Minister?
- Abolish death taxes
Who has been your mentor in business?
- Jason Langford-Brown of the Lucid Groupa
A day in your life? Typical day:
- 8:00am – Porridge and protein shake for brekkie (post workout, obvs)
- 8:30am – Catch up with the Senior Team and get a rundown of what is happening for the day/week ahead.
- 10am – Chase any necessary things to do on the to-do list for the day.
- 12pm – Catch up with the team to see how things have gone.
- 1pm – LUNCH!
- 2pm – Meetings with any customers, candidates or suppliers we partner with.
- 4pm – Debrief with the team.
- 5:30pm – Catch up with anyone I have struggled to get hold of throughout the day.