Suzi EDwards-alexander
I founded Appartenir to help organisations hire better. I also coach people around their job search.
Recruitment is a fundamentally solved problem, albeit one with a bunch of hidden complexity. We know how to find people. We can shape roles and present them in an engaging manner. It’s easy to structure processes that evaluate skills fairly and equitably. So why is it still done so badly?
I have 30 years experience in technology, spanning strategic HR, talent acquisition, digital marketing, team building, senior leadership, coaching and inclusivity. As the first ever Global Head of Recruitment for software consulting firm ThoughtWorks, I shaped the talent agenda that took them from a reactive recruiting function to an award-winning, technology-enabled talent team hiring over 1000 technologists a year.
An engaging, opinionated and enthusiastic speaker, I'm also always keen to spread the word about how to hire better.
“Have worked with Suzi when she helped me start the ThoughtWorks UK operation, helping transform our Australia and Canada operations, as the heartbeat of us starting our Brazillian business, and as a global leader from the US guiding us in how we attract, recruit and induct the greatest talent. There’s no doubt she’s the best recruiter I have ever come across in my career, but she is also someone I trust implicitly, with the highest integrity and work ethic and someone who really both cares about and tries to improve the business she is in.”
“Every tech start-up is really a group of people who share a common
goal to build something new. But many entrepreneurs are “product
builders” who don’t know how to grow a professional “people
organization”. Suzi filled this gap brilliantly for our team at
Weaveworks. Starting as an advisor and then moving to interim CPO — the P is for People — she
enabled us to implement a scalable, resilient and inclusive team all
around the world. ”
“Suzi led global recruiting at ThoughtWorks whilst I was a recruiter on the team in London. Suzi is an inspiring leader with a strong vision and creative ideas around direct sourcing, employer brand, interview calibration and diversity & inclusion.”
“Suzi was an invaluable thought partner and friend during my time with ThoughtWorks. She has a combination of creativity and reliability that is truly rare. She is a great listener and intuitive judge of people, and that makes her world class in the recruiting and HR spaces.”
