Steffan Gooch

I work freelance as a professional Headhunter who specialises in leveraging social and digital technologies to locate and engage high quality, hard to find talent.

As Founder & Director of The Social Sourcery, my primary focus is the ongoing education and strategic development of the client businesses we partner with. Social/digital recruiting is a relatively new concept, still in its infancy and while almost all recruitment agencies are aware of the need to implement some type of strategy, the vast majority simply lack the time to commit properly to it. I teach them how!

Hired on an ftc for a major project, I supported the key business area of Technology in my role within the internal recruitment function at Sky. Working with a resource plan, I proactively and creatively mapped, sourced, attracted and headhunted the highest quality talent in the market for unique career opportunities within the market leading broadcaster.

Apt Search & Selection are the UK’s first recruitment specialists dedicated to the Legal Technology and Litigation Support sectors. On the operational side, my role saw me engage in: corporate strategy, performance management, business development, systems development, project management and proposal creation. On the recruitment side, I was a specialist Headhunter targetting the Legal Technology market.

Along with running our own unique live music events, Obelix also offered; event management, club promotion, strategy consulting, international music tours, and artist management. As Director, my areas of responsibility was Marketing and Business Development. Although I take no further part in operational responsibilities, Obelix Music still runs to this day in the form of one the most successful concepts, Maiko.

Initially hired to increase resourcing capabilities of 2 senior consultants operating in the Analytics, Digital Media & Information Security sectors. Promoted from Resourcer to Consultant within 5 months after taking on business development responsibilities, subsequently developing and managing my own profitable client base.

Varied executive administration and resourcing role for a boutique, professional services recruitment company.

Double Major: Economics and International Relations