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Bree Downs-Woolley
Senior Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8843
Summary
Post-university, Bree ventured into the corporate world as an Entrée temp! During a frank conversation over coffee with her Entrée Consultant, Bree was encouraged to “find a permanent job or risk being branded uncommitted and too ‘Gen-Y’ to employ!”. Stunned that this Consultant cared enough about her future career prospects, Bree was inspired to explore recruitment as a career, leading her to join Entrée.
Bree’s passion for recruitment and her determination to achieve saw her progress through the Entrée organisation from administration to consulting in a very short space of time. She quickly became dedicated to interviewing and servicing candidates with the same level of respect, dignity and trust she had experienced over coffee all those years ago.
Now as Senior Consultant, Bree enjoys the balance of candidate management and client servicing. Understanding the importance of trust in business dealings, Bree has forged professional relationships by demonstrating a commitment to quality outcomes through a structured and transparent process. She loves the freedom to work across industries and disciplines (almost as much as she loves her family and netball) and holds a strong base of clients within mining and infrastructure, construction, education and corporate services.
Carol Kay
Senior Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8875
Summary
Carol Kay is well known in Adelaide for delivering high quality temporary staff fast! Carol’s professional recruitment experience began in 1995 after a 6 month stint doing temporary work herself. Over the past 15 years, Carol has recruited across commercial, professional, corporate and industrial sectors and at last count she has viewed over 156,000 resumes, interviewed more than 8,000 candidates and regularly places over 30 people in work every month.
Carol relishes the challenge of taking on a new assignment and helping a motivated candidate to find that next opportunity. The old saying “find a job you love, you’ll never have to work again” holds true for Carol.
Carol is a recruitment specialist across temporary, contract and permanent roles in wide ranging sectors including education, real estate, mining, aged care, manufacturing, not for profit sectors, local government, finance and health care. She knows the Adelaide market, can fill those “impossible” jobs and is committed to providing a quality service, a quick wit and building relationships that result in repeat business and referrals. Carol believes Entrée’s recruitment methodology, systems and processes are integral to finding the best candidate in the market.
In 2010, Entrée was invited to partner with the Julian Burton Burns Trust to provide a range of human resource and recruitment services and Carol is our proud ambassador for this community based organisation that delivers burns prevention programs throughout Australia.
Joanna Slaven
Recruitment Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8851
Summary
When Joanna first met with Entrée Recruitment in 2007 as a candidate, she was seeking career advice whilst on maternity leave. Her enthusiasm and professionalism were such that she was immediately offered a job in recruitment! Since then she has not looked back and has utilised the qualities that served her well throughout 6 years in the radio and media industry to become a highly effective Recruitment Consultant.
What makes Joanna unique is her genuine warmth and desire to provide quality service. It is not uncommon for candidates to experience her moving “heaven and earth” to place them in rewarding and satisfying employment with their long term goals always in mind.
Joanna combines her career with raising a young family, gardening, her love for rock music and the odd pampering session for herself! According to Joanna, being a mother and returning to the workforce has opened her eyes to just how important the right job is to a person’s identity, confidence and self-esteem. Joanna feels this has greatly assisted her in the quest to help candidates connect with their hopes and dreams, in turn delivering her enormous job satisfaction to see them flourish under her support and guidance.
Kylie Spinks
Senior Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8876
Summary
Kylie Spinks began her venture into recruitment as a candidate in the education sector. In 2006, she was offered a position in the office as a Consultant and jumped at the opportunity to be on the other side of the recruitment process. Showing a natural ability for her new role she was promoted to Manager a short 6 months later.
Now joining Entrée Recruitment to start up their exciting new Early Years Education division, Kylie will be using her excellent interpersonal skills to develop strong relationships with candidates and clients alike. Working for 15 years as an Early Childhood Teacher across schools, kindergartens, child care and OSHC, in both Adelaide and Sydney, Kylie brings a strong working knowledge and understanding of what makes an excellent candidate. She thrives on matching the right candidate to the right client, creating win win situations!
Kylie believes the key to success is in really gaining an understanding of the client, their business, culture and underlying philosophy... in other words, how each client is unique and what makes them tick!
Complimenting this experience Kylie will be working in the office to provide quality recruitment across different industries, creating a well rounded balance. Kylie is determined, driven, focused, compassionate and understanding.... just ask her husband and two crazy staffy dogs.
Kaylene McCoy
Recruitment Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8873
Summary
Kaylene brings over 8 years of administrative experience to Entrée including 6 years of HR, Training and Recruitment knowledge. Kaylene has worked in a variety of roles and over a broad range of industries progressing quickly into high level roles, notably supporting a Deputy CEO and Director of a national organisation in Canberra and a National Manager of Corporate Services for an international freight forwarding and logistics company in Sydney.
In 2002 Kaylene had her first taste of recruitment, stepping into a Recruitment Consulting role with a HR, Training and Recruitment company in Townsville. During this time she completed industry training through RSCA and accepted the role of Executive Assistant to the Managing Director and Administration Coordinator. Kaylene went on to gain further experience administering Training working within a Technical Training team in the Energy industry. Moving to Adelaide in 2010 with her husband and 2 children, Kaylene met with Entrée in early 2012 seeking advice regarding returning to work after spending a few years raising her young family. Entrée immediately saw the potential Kaylene could bring to the team and offered her a Recruitment Consultant position.
Quickly building rapport with clients and candidates alike, Kaylene impresses with her personable approach and commitment to providing quality service. With a genuine desire to help, her engaging personality is clear from the moment you meet her. Kaylene is quickly building a name for herself in the Adelaide market as a consultant that cares, delivers results and does it all with a smile.
Megan Nicholson
General Manager
T: (08) 8100 8871
Summary
Megan Nicholson has an infectious energy and enthusiasm that stems from her dedication to her candidates and clients. Her recruitment success spans over 8 years and has seen her develop a loyal following whom turn to her for career advice, promotion opportunities and of course finding their next star recruit!
Megan’s achievements have been recognised as a Finalist in the CareerOne RCSA South Australian Recruitment Awards for Excellence for Most Popular Recruitment Consultant and Outstanding Achievement. Megan was nominated by her peers, clients and candidates and has achieved significant results with Entrée Recruitment as the highest billing Consultant since she joined the organisation in 2002.
As a senior member of the Entrée Recruitment team, she leads a team of Consultants, manages key client relationships; has recruited and placed over 800 permanent and temporary roles.
Previously employed by global firms including JP Morgan, BT Financial Group, Normandy Mining and GLG Partners in the UK, Megan has over 17 years experience in the finance, accounting and recruitment sector’s and currently specialises in providing end to end recruitment for temporary and permanent roles. Megan recruits for a wide range of industries and specialises in accounting, finance, human resources, business support and roles within the not for profit and aged care sectors.
Roz Byrne
Senior Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8879
Summary
Roz Byrne is well known in the Adelaide recruitment market for delivering a professional and efficient service to both clients and candidates across a wide range of industries. With over 6 years experience in recruitment, Roz began her career in Ireland where she specialised in permanent, contract and temporary recruitment for human resources sales and marketing, finance, office support, engineering and executive appointments.
At Entrée Recruitment, Roz is committed to forging strong business relationships whilst delivering unrivalled service and opportunities to candidates and clients within the Adelaide market place. Roz specialises across a range of sectors including mining, manufacturing, finance, not for profit sectors, energy and construction.
After migrating in 2007, Roz confesses that the ‘luck of the Irish’ has played an integral part in her success in the Adelaide recruitment market and that having a “beautiful Irish accent” has influenced many deals! Roz now calls Australia home and became an Australian Citizen in 2009, although she emphasises that ‘you can take the girl out of Ireland but you’ll never take Ireland out of the girl’.
Rebecca Ramsden
Senior Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8870
Summary
If you ever want to describe someone as a “people person”, you need to compare them to Rebecca Ramsden first. Starting out in the recruitment game as an Employment Consultant within the job network, Bec has always had one objective in mind: to help.
Driven by the desire to succeed within the corporate environment, Bec progressed her career to a publicly listed firm, where she concentrated on recruiting administration and finance professionals into temporary assignments. After time, Bec craved an environment that was more aligned to our own values where individuals are valued and respected and she found her match when she was headhunted to join Entrée Recruitment.
Joining the team in early 2008 as a Senior Consultant, Rebecca’s desire to facilitate quality outcomes saw her quickly develop relationships with clients in manufacturing, health, IT, finance and education sectors in temporary and permanent markets. She is best known for understanding her candidate’s wants and needs, while providing professional and efficient advice to her clients. Her energy knows no bounds whether it be powering through back to back interviews or sweating it up on the Zumba dance floor. Rebecca is always in the middle of the action and usually the star of the show. Perfecting the line between personality and professionalism, Bec will win your confidence, trust and heart.
Shin-Yi Ong
Senior Consultant
T: (08) 8100 8834
Summary
A Senior Consultant at Entrée Recruitment, Shin-Yi brings over 7 years of recruitment experience to the team. With long stints in both Sydney and London with a global recruiter in the accounting and finance space, Shin-Yi knows her stuff.
Shin-Yi believes her strong family business background and work ethic is evident in her professional achievements and has certainly assisted her to recruit high performers for her clients. Her specialist skills including recruiting for accountants, analysts, project managers, financial services, funds management as well as mining, building and construction.
Having previously worked in tough competitive markets, she has survived the challenges in both good and bad economic times bringing a wealth of experience and networks to the Adelaide market. Her engaging style builds trust and loyalty with clients and candidates and continuously drives her towards gaining the best possible result.
Shin-Yi has a natural ability to look at the good in people and continuously strives to improve her own performance through ongoing learning and feedback. As a commercially astute professional, Shin-Yi may appear to be the quieter member of our team, but she has a strong desire to win, delivers outstanding customer service and has an uncanny ability to make the right matches with clients and candidates.