Description I am an early careers consultant with over 15 years of experience in student recruitment.
Within this I have 10 years of experience delivering in-house apprentice and graduate recruitment campaigns in charity and private sector organisations via attraction strategies using employer branding and recruitment marketing, as well as 5 additional years experience supporting virtual assessments as part of an associate group of freelance selection officers focused on delivering strengths-based one-to-one videos interviews, group work and role play assessments.
I have recently gained nationally recognised Level 2 qualifications in LGBTQ+ inclusion and mental health first aid and workplace advocacy. I now offer workshops for clients looking for support in these two areas.
Curious Consulting also hosts an annual celebration of young LGBTQ+ people, The Queer Student Awards.
Testimonials “Working with Steve is a joy. His instincts are sound and based on the uniqueness of his skill set and experience which means that he is able to understand recruiter and student alike and connect them with each other in authentic and interesting ways that simply work.”
Carolyn Parry, Career Alchemy
“To my mind, Steve is a true subject matter expert when it comes to guiding and supporting businesses on their emerging talent strategies. His energy and curiosity mean he never stops learning in a landscape that’s changing faster than ever, and then applying that knowledge to the work he does with partners, clients and young people. To illustrate the point, I recently ran a webinar with Steve focussing on Gen Z and about 10 minutes into our prep conversation, I realised I was learning more in that 10 minutes about the aspirations and challenges of our future talent that I had in a long time! Expertise like Steve’s is essential if employers and our emerging talent are going to get what they both need.”
Nicola Sullivan, Meet and Engage
“Steve undertook a review of our graduate job descriptions to ensure that when posted they were positioned to be as inclusive as possible. Recruiting in the digital space has for too long been dependent upon the traditional talent segments. Steve’s input and feedback to our job descriptions has helped us to think differently and I’m confident that we will now reach a more diverse talent pool.”
BAE Systems
