Michelle Ward

Background

About Michelle Ward

I began my recruitment career in 2002, establishing a new recruitment desk for a Scandinavian company entering the UK market. Building on this early success, I went on to establish and manage two highly successful profit centres within the North East Division, leading a team of 15 across two sites and driving sustainable growth, performance, and service excellence. Over the last 20 years, I have specialised in designing and implementing bespoke internal recruitment functions across multiple sectors, with a talent acquisition/attraction strategy that reflects an industry’s candidate demographic. I have successfully introduced and embedded end-to-end recruitment processes, built high performing teams of recruitment specialists, and delivered robust inhouse services that reduce agency spend and improve on overall hiring efficiency. My main and central passion to my approach has always been to deliver the most exceptional candidate journey. A robust and seamless process from first application, which as a result impacts and strengthens employer brand, reputation and contributes directly to a compelling EVP.