Jacqueline Lapping

Jacqui Lapping Contact: m- e.- Executive Search and Recruitment Specialist Specialist in Sales, Engineering and Technology A results-oriented recruitment and search professional with proven experience in researching, sourcing, recruiting and executive search. Jacqui studied Marketing and Business Management and started her career in tech in selling IT solutions to enterprise clients (b2b), representing partnerships with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Dell. She then moved into cloud and connectivity solutions before consulting independently with clients. This lead to her pivoting her career into recruitment within this sector to help her clients build high performing teams. She has experience building high performance teams and has recruited both inhouse and within an agency. She is a mature accomplished individual skilled in building strong collaborative partnerships with business leaders and senior stakeholders. Known for her creative sourcing skills she is comfortable navigating complex search assignments in highly technical environments and adjusting priorities and resourcing strategies to meet organizational goals. Industry’s worked in: IT/Tech, Telecoms, Energy, Fintech, Saas, Pharma, OEM’s and Sustainability Key Skills: • Over 14 years’ experience as a full cycle recruiter and direct search professional with a proven ability to develop talent pools, implements effective talent acquisition strategies, crafting unique and compelling talent attraction, and candidate engagement strategies • Operational improvements: adept at building and reviewing processes and procedures with a view to enhance and improve on existing operational structures. • Strong handle on the latest recruitment tech and AI advancements to incorporating tools to measure and improve recruitment efficiencies, quality of work and time to hire • Data Analyses and reporting, data driven approach leverage data insights to make informed decisions on hiring strategies and market mapping • Expert in developing creative sourcing strategies, research and search methods such tools such as Boolean Search strings, X-ray, LinkedIn. Other sourcing strategies include engaging and connecting with niche Industry bodies and relevant groups, attending trade shows, events and webinars. • Strong expertise in building relationships, partner management and senior stakeholder engagement to ensure trusted advisor status. • Gained experience in large global organizations as well as fast paced and high growth industries and start-up environments. Current employment: Impel Talent, London Bridge Principal Talent Consultant, UK, US & EMEA Jan 2023 - current Impel talent is a talent consultancy offering executive search, recruitment, leadership development, onboarding and RPO. Role: Hands-on recruiter and search professional sourcing high quality candidates across the engineering, energy, Saas and sustainability. Experienced in end-to-end recruitment process from the hiring brief, attraction, assessment, interviewing, offer negotiation to onboarding support of new hires. Key achievements include: - Developed and executed innovative sourcing strategies, leveraging market research, networking, and advanced recruitment tools to attract high-calibre candidates for difficult to fill roles. Ensured a seamless recruitment process for a new client by making recommendations for adjustments, providing regular updates, and addressing challenges proactively. Developed talent pools for challenging skills to find and proactively keep in touch to maintain a network of high calibre talent. Achieved 40 to 50% response rate on LinkedIn recruiter messages. Achieved Award for high performance for two consecutive quarters as well as for the financial year ending 2024. Reason for leaving: Searching for an in-house role in a talent acquisition function Previous career history: BFT Recruitment & Search Executive Search and talent acquisition – EMEA, APAC 2013 – 2022 Big Fish Talent is an consultancy offering talent solutions to support in-house talent acquisition teams and executive search - Hands-on 360 recruiter and executive search for hard to fill technical roles or senior leadership roles up to C-level. - Recruited and serviced large clients within Engineering, Energy, Tech and Saas sectors. - Typical roles worked on include but not limited to: Engineering, Software Developers, Data Science, Marketing, Business Development and Finance. - Here Jacqui also consulted with Blue chip companies on their employer branding and talent acquisition strategies. - On-site secondments based at the clients to do in-house talent acquisition to cover during busy periods or maternity leave. Flexible Energy Solutions, Energy Consulting Consultant 2011 - 2013 Green Logik is an independent sustainability consultancy. Jacqui set-up HR structure and recruited for the sales staff, consultants and support staff. HGRS, Recruitment and Search 2007 - 2012 Hone Greyvenstein Recruitment and Search for Tech, Telecoms, Saas and Fintech. Education National Senior Certificate: University Entrance National Marketing & Business Management Diploma Management of Technology, Innovation and People Advanced Diploma Grosvenor Girls High School Institute of Marketing Management Da Vinci Institute (Attended)