Senior talent sourcing Manager with 15 years technology recruitment experience of which over 9 years has been in-house working for mid to large multinational technology organisations such as Cisco, Betfair, RIM & Expedia. I design long term sustainable sourcing pipelines based around ATS, CRM & web related technologies. I partner with recruitment teams and business leaders to review headcount plans so that the sourcing function partners with them closely so that we aim to deliver top talent in an efficient/cost effective manner. I mentor sourcing consultants on how to identify, engage & attract best talent such as networking for referrals via connections, mining through social media sites such as meet-up groups, tech communities, blog sites, twitter, G+, Facebook and many more. I'm fully versed with sourcing techniques such as x-raying, flipping & peeling back using advanced boolean strings. I have delivered training programmes internally/externally on this topic Expedia are in growth mode and have a high number of roles open globally within our softrware development, marketing, sales & BI analytic teams. If you're interested in having a completely confidential conversation regarding opportunities @Expedia, please do not hesitate to contact me on +44(0)207 019 2524 / marfreeman@expedia.com, @talentsourceruk or join my personal talent community by clicking on http://bit.ly/1LUDb7k to be kept informed of new opportunities and work insights at Expedia

Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition - Global Talent Sourcing @ • Provide senior leadership to 9 sourcing consultants based in EMEA, APAC&I & N/America • Consult with the Business from Front Line HM’s to VP level resources with regard to talent attraction and sourcing strategy • Provide regular search campaign analysis during review meetings with HR, Recruitment & business leaders • Reviewed Expedia’s existing recruitment tools portfolio and made subsequent recommendations on more advanced tools could benefit their process and improve ROI • Delivered internal training courses around advanced sourcing technique such as Boolean & how to source social channels for recruitment purposes. • Reviewed job-boards/talent aggregators to see if it could be a benefit to the overall recruitment strategy • Key participant in the EMEA component of “Headcount demand planning Playbook”, looking at historical hiring data, identifying trends and making recommendations where Sourcing could align effectively to meet future needs with limited resources. • Training, Managing new FTC Sourcers in EMEA & APAC conducting 1:1’s removing process bottle-necks, day to day coaching etc and being on point for the new RPO in APAC • Help build CI. library content for the EMEA region (Market mapping information, Talent heatmaps, Sourcing training material, Layoff information) • Organised a technology talent open evening which resulted in multiple hires • Conduct monthly and quarterly business reviews and annual sourcing kick-off meeting to Senior Recruitment leaders and the wider recruitment function. • Partnered with LinkedIn to organise talent direct campaigns to improve gender diversity within our tech functions. From April 2012 to Present (3 years 9 months) London, United KingdomSr. Talent Sourcing Consultant @ Providing sourcing leadership towards the technology division of Betfair UK with responsibility for identifying and engaging with active & passive talent utilising a number of tools & routes to market. I work closely with recruiters & hiring managers from the initial intake discussion to extending offers to the candidate. Effective use of social media and recruitment technology to leverage innovative and pro-active strategies to consistently deliver cost effective sourcing solutions whilst reducing time to hire. From October 2011 to April 2012 (7 months) London, United KingdomSr. Talent Sourcing Consultant - EMEA @ Provide sourcing leadership to multiple business unit's within EMEA including, Finance, Technical, Sales & Marketing, HR & Manufacturing. Directly sourced and headhunted candidates through a number of channels (Twitter, Linkedin & Google Buzz), job boards, alumni pages, competitor market, personal networks, headhunt & company websites. Provide detailed market intelligence reports for potential executive level hires. I work closely with recruitment managers to understand future recruting objectives, devise sourcing strategy pulling in the wider team members as and when appropriate. Part of a wider team to develop BlackBerry's on-line talent communities on Linkedin & Twitter. I'm fully versed with resourcing techniques such as Flipping, Peeling Back,X-Raying & Boolean keys. . From September 2010 to October 2011 (1 year 2 months) Talent Sourcing Consultant @ Senior researcher pipelining for talent for technical positions across UKI & Benelux regions. Mainly recruited for Network consultants upto CCIE, Software engineers, PM's & Systems Engineers. From March 2010 to September 2010 (7 months) Senior Consultant @ Working within Hudsons Telecommunications division as an account manager working towards 2 major clients. Interfacing with senior management within the technology directorates to deliver e2e recruitment process, establish new business opportunities, make recommendations around candidate attraction / Identification strategies for their professional level requirements. From January 2009 to February 2010 (1 year 2 months) Former Pupil @ Learning basic conversational Japanese for a planned trip. From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) Talent Sourcing Consultant @ Responsible for identifying, qualifying and hiring high calibre candidates into various UK/Benelux practices for professional level hires. Utilise a number of recruitment channels including direct search and selection, networking, advertising to execute and deliver efficient recruitment campaigns. Proactively drive internal referral program. Focussed on reducing cost of hire, whilst ensuring quality in line with hiring managers expectations. Interface directly with the Business Units to understand goals and develop candidate pipeline streams. I represented Cisco at a careers fair in Ireland January 2008. From August 2006 to December 2008 (2 years 5 months) Talent Sourcing Consultant @ From 2003 to 2005 (2 years)

HND, Civil Engineering / Structural Engineering @ Erith Technology College From 1989 to 1993 GCSE, Physics, Maths, English Lit, Technology, Electrical Engineering @ Riverside From 1983 to 1988 Martin Freeman is skilled in: Sourcing, Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Strategy, Internet Recruiting, Management, Screening Resumes, Talent Management, CRM, Human Resources, Executive Search, Leadership, Training, Consulting, Marketing, Sales, Search, Business Intelligence