Chris Edwards

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ABOUT CHRIS EDWARDS

Manpower is the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. We deliver high-impact solutions to enhance the competitiveness of the organisation and the individuals we serve. We provide the agility businesses need with a continuum of staffing solutions, from incidental to strategic, for organisations of all sizes.We employ over people every day through a network of over 200 UK offices providing staff for around clients. With employment opportunities in the public and private sector, on both a permanent and temporary basis, we make it easy for people to find employment and for companies to find staff with the skills they need. In my role as a Pre-Screen Consultant at Manpower CORE North, I am responsible for progressing candidates through multiple stages of the recruitment process: from receiving their initial application, conducting telephone interviews and answering any questions they may have about the position. I have been involved in the screening of applicants for various clients such as BT, JLR, Student Loans Company and UPS.Since Manpower’s transition of their out of hours service to CORE North, I have been involved in the day to day supervising and delivery of this service to our clients. We are responsible for handling absence reports, emergency staff resourcing and administration duties where we must adhere to strict SLA targets. This involves being the first point of contact for our clients, temporary staff and panel vends outside of our branch networks office hours. On a daily basis I delegate tasks to the team, monitor workload, deal with escalations and support the team with the delivery of our service.