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Head of Java & Kotlin Recruitment ☕🚀 at Understanding Recruitment

If someone had told me on my first day at Understanding Recruitment that in 6 years I would: ▪️ Win Salesperson of the year 2 Years in a row!🏆 ▪️ Bring on 2 out the Top 3 Clients in the business 💪🏼 ▪️ Manage the highest performing Perm team at UR for a tech specialism I’d never even heard of before starting (lol) 🙌🏼 ▪️ Buy my first property on my own at 26 🏠 ▪️ Coach and work alongside colleagues that I absolutely LOVE and are some of the most resilient and hard-working people I know ▪️ Experience the worst of times (2020😭) ▪️ Experience the best of times (Incentive trips to Mauritius & Miami ✈️, 4 promotions 🎖️, meeting some aspirational figures in the world of tech) ▪️ Work with clients that I absolutely love and would consider genuine friends (… yes, even the ones that message me on Sundays 😅) ▪️ Be 174% of target from my 1st day to date ✅ I’ve definitely forgotten a lot of things here to say the least! I’ve seen over the years that when I say ‘I work in recruitment’, this has (at times) led to a few eye rolls and others questioning why I would go down a career path that had genuinely zero connection to my degree and passion at University. The recruitment industry in general has a stereotypically bad rep. And in some cases, I’ve seen first had some of the poor quality and service provided by the consultants in our field. But, over the course of my journey as a Tech Recruiter, I have been involved in helping 301 Software Developers find their next challenge, many of which have had pay rises and advice that they wouldn’t have received if they had gone direct. I’m extremely grateful for the professional and personal journey I have been on over the last 6 years and can’t wait for the next 6 years! Thanks to Understanding Recruitment for all the support and continuous opportunities, all my candidates and clients who I work alongside and my talented colleagues (without forgetting a special mention to Nespresso UK too 🙏🏼) x #WorkAnniversary

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Kirsty Myers

☕ Java & Kotlin Researcher at Understanding Recruitment 💜 Connecting the finest Java & Kotlin Developers with the best global tech companies 💥 Helping scale world leading engineering teams 🚀

3w

You literally haven't changed at all! 🤣 Black top (shock), same hair, same necklace!

Molly Boca

Connecting Engineers🤝MEP/FP and Energy Engineering

3w

To think you have achieved that much before 30 is honestly such an accomplishment. Let's buy you a different colored top for your next company photo <3 🤣

Anna Lynch

I work with businesses to help attract the best DevOps & SRE talents on the market at Understanding Recruitment

3w

Perfect personal branding - always in black for the company photo shoot! Amazing 6 years Charlotte, what an inspirational career <3 great to have you here!

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