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Choose-days Talent (Employers Jan issue)

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It’s the start of a new year and more than ever candidates are considering their options in regards to leaving their current job, re-training, or exploring new career industries and challenges. In this issue of Choose-days Talent, we profile four top candidates offering expertise as a project director, marketing manager, civil engineer, and senior designer.

Project Director (MSc, BSc – Auckland based)
This candidate brings 15 years NZ based senior leadership experience in business transformation, with the following set of skills and results:

  • Extensive C-suite skills
  • Proficiency at setting and executing change and improvement strategies
  • Highly adept at commercial management of contracts
  • Generated 30% growth per annum in their last role as a project director in the utility sector
  • Led Operations Performance Improvement programme, gaining client confidence and winning contract renewal as a result


Marketing Manager (Auckland based)
This candidate is a fortune 500 and NYSE listed marketer with over 10 years of experience. With experience using technological platforms, such as Salesforce; Marketo; Eloqua; Google Analytics; Hootsuite; SAP; MS Office/Excel/ PowerPoint/ Project/SharePoint; Canva; CMS, and Adobe Photoshop. They are adept at:

  • Marketing Strategies
  • Customer Lead Generation (ATL, TTL, BTL)
  • PR Management & Brand Growth
  • Internal Communications
  • Integrated Multi-Channel Campaigns
  • MarTech Stack Management


Civil Engineer (BCE – Auckland based)
Possessing transferrable skills in purchasing and staff supervision, with the added advantage of being quick to familiarise with the latest technologies and industry developments, this candidate has technical expertise in MS Office, AutoCAD, and Revit 2016, with core competencies in:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Quantity Surveying
  • Quality Assurance
  • Draftsmanship

and last but not least…

Senior Design Manager (Site Safe, Risk Management Course 2020 – Auckland)
With 15 years of experience in design, spatial, and project management roles, this candidate is an innovative, collaborative and client-focused Senior Design Manager. They have worked on high-end, urban fit-outs through to multi-million-dollar construction projects. Their core competencies lie in:

  • Project management
  • Networking, lead follow-up and business development
  • Managing financial and project budgets
  • Quality assurance, risk management and claims requirements
  • Software capability including AutoCAD, Revit, and Adobe (InDesign)

 

What we can learn…
This is just some of the ‘Mumazing’ talent we champion. They are among women who in the face of this pandemic are challenged with ever more obstacles and barriers in maintaining their successful careers. But these are women who are also continuing to forge their path the only way they know how…to simply keep on keeping on and finding opportunities even in the hardest of times. They are inspiring and I hope they are to you too.

Who would you choose for your business?

Nga Mihi

Inspo quote: The New Year – a time to say goodbye and a time to say hello. (Simple, but true!)