Angela McCarthy

Fergus, a start-up SaaS company established in 2011 by our Founder, has rapidly evolved into a Scale-up business with Series B investment. Operating within the dynamic tech industry, we thrive in an agile environment that embraces constant change. Throughout my tenure, I have played a pivotal role in preserving our unique culture amidst significant growth.

What a typical day in this role looks like:

• Currently managing the entire recruitment cycle for multiple offices across NZ, AU, and UK by handling advertising strategies, exploring diverse channels to source qualified candidates, conducting thorough screenings and interviews sessions along with due diligence procedures and remuneration negotiations.
• Fergus had a diverse range of roles including software engineers, marketing specialists, sales professionals, team leads, product designers/managers, and customer success/support specialists.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Interview coaching, candidate recommendations, assisting with decisions
• Managing the staff recognition program to acknowledge and reward employees' exceptional contributions.
• Managing NZ Immigration Accreditation responsibilities to ensure we continue to hold AEWV accreditation.
• Constantly updating onboarding program to streamline the process and create a new-hire friendly onboarding to Fergus.
• Community engagement - participating in AUT events and providing interview training for students. Supported the University of Auckland's Women in Tech initiative as key sponsors and event guests.
• Managed responsibilities and structure of Annual Internship Program.
• Always streamlining talent pipelines for future use.
• Provided support to the partnerships team during the establishment of this function.

Managed the coordination and resourcing of Daffodil Day volunteer collectors to ensure a successful fundraising opportunity for Cancer Society.

• Interviewing, vetting and onboarding the volunteers
• Processing and setting up the volunteer accounts - due diligence, collating profile details
• Coaching and training of the collection day processes
• Creating connections within the mapped areas so people feel like part of that team
• Supporting are leaders with connections and resources

RFL: 3 month contract prior to Daffodil Day

Assisted the P&C Head in managing recruitment campaigns during a busy period, handling numerous roles.

• Assisted with end-to-end recruitment processes, including role advertisement, talent sourcing, and collaboration with stakeholders to support team expansion under guidance of the P&C Manager.
• Had to learn about tech roles quickly, so spent a lot of time with stakeholders to understand their team's roles.
• Worked with Workable and Sapling for recruitment, onboarding and employee management.

RFL: Was an arranged 8 week contract

Worked with my husband - at the time he had large projects to manage and needed a second pair of hands. I had my Real Estate ticket, so was able to work alongside him.

• Helped to implement strategies to improve sales performance and increase client satisfaction through communication and engagement.
• Edited and prepared documents for auctions.
• Promoted properties and my husband's brand.
• Assisted in streamlining processes by digitizing documents and promoting electronic communication.
• Monthly promotional, digital emails.
• Implemented strategies for consistent client engagement.

RFL: above contracts were offered - I remained doing work in both

This was a job-share role which was an experiment for ASB at the time. My work partner and I were successful and the framework was shortly implemented throughout ASB.

• Worked closely with the TA to take on various roles within the team's portfolio.
• Client services, finance, debt operations, call centre services.
• Multiple stakeholders within the Operations Management business unit - had to build rapport quickly.
• Implemented campaign strategies that resulted in improved TTCs, through thorough briefings and efficient interview processes.
• Understood the unique requirements of the various teams within the business unit and created processes to suit.

My first internal Recruitment role since having a family. The FB Recruitment team was created by Keith Muirhead and he put together a dynamic collaboration of driven and motivated people. The team culture was second to none.

• Heavy Building products: Winstone Aggregates, Firth, Humes - one of the larger portfolios.
• Conducted talent sourcing and built strong relationships with stakeholders to enhance business strategy.
• Achieved individual and team KPIs.
• Constantly collaborated with the team of TA's.
• Worked closely with the HR Managers of the business units.
• Actively participated in strategy meetings with stakeholders to determine future role needs.
• Had experience working from both the centralised office and my various business unit offices to build rapport and relationships.

RFL: I was offered a job-share role in the city which was closer to home, but I also wanted to experience working within the Finance industry