An ambitious and highly motivated technology focused recruitment professional, commercially astute and consultative, offering 10 years experience. Responsible for maintaining relationships with high level clients and candidates as well as driving successful recruitment activity. Has excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, confident at communicating effectively at all levels with internal and external stakeholders. Quick to grasp new concepts with proven experience of thriving in a pressured, competitive and fast paced environment.

EMEA Talent Search Consultant @ For 30 years Dell has enabled countries, communities, customers and people globally to use technology, giving them the power to do more. As part of Dell's Talent Acquisition organisation across EMEA, the Talent Search Team are experienced recruiters working in over 25 countries throughout the region. We are responsible for head hunting top talent, continuing Dell’s transformation into an end to end solutions provider. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) London, United KingdomSenior Contract Recruiter - Java Resource Division @ From October 2013 to June 2015 (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomPermanent Recruitment Team Leader - Java Resource Division @ From July 2008 to September 2013 (5 years 3 months) London, United KingdomRecruitment Team Leader / Internal Recruiter @ From March 2007 to May 2008 (1 year 3 months) Cape Town Area, South AfricaSenior Recruitment Consultant @ From June 2005 to January 2007 (1 year 8 months) Field Sales Manager @ From August 2004 to May 2005 (10 months) Portsmouth, United KingdomAdministration Clerk @ From June 2001 to July 2004 (3 years 2 months) Cape Town Area, South Africa

Alastair Taylor is skilled in: Java Enterprise Edition, Java, Spring, Recruiting, Hibernate, Agile Methodologies, JMS, Maven, Spring Framework, JavaScript, SQL, Test Driven Development, JBoss Application Server, JSP, JUnit