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Building Your Search Partner | ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐. ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐.
๐ฃ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ I can still remember the day when Will's dad, Des, came to meet with me at our shoebox office in Whitehall Riverside back in Leeds in 2019. Will was still fully into his professional football career at the time... butโฆ as any good Dad wouldโฆ Des was looking to help prepare his son for a career beyond professional sport. For any of you that know Will, you know heโs got a heart of gold and is always 100% open and honest, even when it is to his own detrimentโฆ So, you can imagine my thoughts when he openly confessed to never having sent an email beforeโฆ pretty good going given he was in his mid-20s at the time! Having known will for a (very) long time, I knew that, despite his professional qualities being somewhat โlackingโ... he definitely had some skills that made me confident he had the potential to make recruitment a success. Will went through our standard internal recruitment process and at the final stage delivered his presentationโฆ Iโll leave Ben to share his feedback from that day (offline), but I thought it was pretty good considering he had only been using Microsoft Office for a couple of weeks! Needless to say โ we decided we saw potential in Will and offered him the job. Roll the clock forward 5 years and Will sits at Number 3 in our 2024 Leaderboard and number 7 (out of ~100) in JBAndrews All Time Revenue! Incredible achievements in themselves, but all the more impressive given he is still playing semi-pro football for Darlington and in fact, 18 months of the 5 years were spent full-time with AFC Fylde where he would drive a couple of hours each way, do a full day of training, and then do a full day of recruitment! Never-mind the two young boys at home... Far more important than his sales performance, Will has gone from being someone we took a chance on initially, to someone whose qualities we now look for when we interview all new JBA employees. ๐๐'๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐: No doubt a knock-on effect of playing professional sports, he is always looking to win. ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ: Despite his success, Will remains one of the most humble members of our team, and comes into each day eager to learn. ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ก: Plenty of people have tapped him on the shoulder over the years, but he has always repaid our faith in him with loyalty to JBA. ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐: Like any good box-to-box midfielder, Will is more than happy to roll up his sleeves and put in the hard yards. A special shoutout has to go to Willโs direct manager, Paul Butcher, for helping Will navigate the world of emails and Outlook 365 back in 2019. Paul is the definition of a servant-leader, but that is a post for another day! Congratulations Willโฆ Des, I owe you a beer! Below are some pics of Will and I over the years ๐ธ๐ ๐ถ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ต... ๐ถ
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From teaching badminton, to delivery driver (very temporary!), to footballer, to now recruitment leader AND an incredible Father too! I donโt know how you do it Will Hatfield but Iโm very glad you do! Keep up the superb work, one of the best in more ways than one
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Congratulations Will
Logistics & Supply Chain Talent Specialist | Headhunter | Partnerships. Innovation. Results ๐ โ ๐ข
3wThank you for the opportunity Josh Bowerman! It has been a fantastic journey over the past five years. A lot has happened, and I am excited to see what the next five years hold. I am sure it will be just as fun and successful. Appreciate your support and leadership throughout! JBAndrews