Oliver James Associates was established to provide a fully comprehensive search & selection recruitment process to the Insurance & financial services sector on a permanent and contract/interim basis. We can proudly say that we are one of the few genuine market leaders within these niche markets and pride ourselves on the quality of opportunities we can offer to our candidates and the calibre of individuals we can introduce to our clients. Oliver James Associates has continued to go from strength-to-strength having recently been named in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work, for the third time on the Virgin Fast Track 100, ranked 1st Fast 50, ranked 5th on the HOT 100 and being named Best Banking/Financial Recruitment Agency at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence.

Sales Trainer @ From May 2015 to Present (6 months) Hong KongConsultant - Property & Construction @ I work with construction consulting organisations and contractors to search for engineering professionals and surveyors across Hong Kong and Macau. Operating at all levels of seniority; the Hong Kong office manages the careers of the best professionals in the following disciplines; Commerce Finance, Banking & Financial Services, Human Resources & Business Support, Legal, Information Technology, Sales & Marketing, Property & Construction and Supply Chain, Procurement & Logistics From January 2014 to December 2014 (1 year) Hong KongCorporate Communications Trainer @ I work with businesses to understand their English language communications pain points. This can range from retail staff needing casual conversation and phatic language training to board executives' presentation skills and techniques. I deliver a tailored course to my clients, including pre-course testing and post course analysis. Communicating with accuracy, intelligence and respect is the basis of all my instruction. From November 2012 to December 2013 (1 year 2 months) Hong KongSocial Housing Recruiter @ I worked with Housing Associations and Local Authorities to find interim housing staff. I worked on several projects which included sourcing Housing Managers and Contract Directors for large national organisations. I worked closely with Service Managers within Local Authorities across Scotland to streamline their interim staffing processes provide bespoke recruitment solutions. From January 2011 to August 2012 (1 year 8 months) Edinburgh, United KingdomSales Consultant @ From March 2010 to November 2010 (9 months)

CELTA Qualification, ESL Teaching @ Basil Paterson Tutorial College From 2012 to 2012 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language @ The University of Edinburgh From 2005 to 2010 Rugby School From 2000 to 2005 John Penticost is skilled in: Editing, Social Media, Public Speaking, Newsletters, Research, Recruiting, Proofreading, Blogging, Leadership, Sourcing, Human Resources, Interviews, Executive Search, Business Development, Sales, Procurement, Training, Marketing, Consulting