Dillon Werry

Pegasus Executive Search tailors Executive Search and Recruitment projects to the needs of our clients, in the competitive world of IT & Technology. We source senior talent across Europe and have successful placed experienced professionals across the continent. We also have a local touch, serving Czech-based clients expanding locally and internationally. We source and place C-Level Executives, Senior & Middle Managers and Senior Technical Specialists.

At the HCA Group I worked as Executive Search Consultant in IT & Technology. I provided full-service Executive Search to my clients in the Czech market and across the CEE region. My clients ranged from local SMEs to multinationals in technology. I established a track record of success in filling Senior Management and Senior Specialist positions in IT, often filling roles of strategic importance to my clients. I also delivered business in HR Consulting. I have won business in English and Czech.

My role was the leading the IT & Telecommunications team at Hays, a global recruitment brand name. I successfully turned an underperforming recruitment team into a respected contributor to the company business. By the end of my tenure, the team’s yearly revenue results had increased by 30% and had grown from loss to a solid profit.

Management of up to 4 HR consultants plus administrative staff, training and development, recruitment of new staff, bonus system reform, profit and loss management, reform of scheduling system, regular management meetings and reporting to owners, continued acquisition of new clients and leading a great team! Ongoing Recruitment and Executive Search projects in IT and other sectors.

Recruitment and Executive Search Consultancy. Acquisition of fresh clients during global crisis and branch financial pressure (both for myself and colleagues), coaching colleagues, presentations to top management and HR management, account management, ongoing recruitment activities and placements, meetings with top internal management, direct search activities.

Conducting direct search assignments at top and middle management level; client acquisition, account management, recruitment analysis, industry research, interviewing, presentations, process monitoring, client contact and placement. One researcher managed in this position.

Brokering mortgage deals between foreign clients and local banks for property purchases on the Czech Market; credit pre-screening clients, analysis of client requirements, negotiation loan conditions with banks, preparation of powers of attorney (Czech language) and coordination of drawing-down loans.

Recruitment and executive search activities; CV Selection, interviewing, creating job descriptions and advertisements, client acquisition and contact, head-hunt calls, reference checking, monitoring candidate process, participation in networking events and activities.

Administrative duties, event management, industrial research projects, promotional work, public relations, journalistic activities, meetings and presentations, cold-calling, client acquisition, website updating, conference participation, British Embassy cooperation and work shadowing.

Activities and Societies: Leeds University Union Film Society President (2002-2003) Coordination and control of one of the largest societies in the university (500 members). This has enhanced leadership, managerial, communication, team-working and sales skills