What a talent researcher does; interview with Lina Beynar
Anthony Haynes writes: In this. The latest in our series portraying the work that goes into talent acquisition, I was pleased to interview Lina Beynar (pictured), one of our researchers.AH: Your job title is researcher. What exactly is the function of your role?
LB: The focus of my role is to source suitable candidates for vacancies. We work on a range of senior and specialist roles spanning professional education and qualifications, business and product development, e-learning, public affairs, policy, membership, strategy, and operations.
AH: What does your work look like in practice? What kinds of activity do you do during the working day?
LB: My role consists of two elements. The minor part is to support our team with administrative tasks.
Most of my time I spend on research – I usually work on 3–4 roles daily, searching for likely candidates across a variety of platforms.
Building a network of potential candidates for future vacancies is also an important aspect of my daily activity.
AH: What are the satisfactions of the role? What gives you the biggest buzz?
LB: The biggest satisfaction of the role is definitely the moment when the client decides to make an offer to our candidate (and the offer gets accepted)!
It’s very rewarding to know that our team effort paid off and we were able to provide excellent client experience and contribute to candidate’s career progression.
AH: What skills do you find yourself deploying most?
LB: Tenacity! Some specialist roles we work on can be very tricky. Sometimes trying to find right candidates feels like looking for a needle in a haystack.
AH: What about Lina outside FJWTS?
LB: Outside work I really enjoy outdoor activities, especially hiking and winter sports.
I’m a big art lover, so going to art exhibitions is definitely one of my favourite ways of spending my free time.
I try to be creative myself too - I enjoy drawing and painting, recently I’ve got into guitar (sadly I had to come to terms with the fact that I’m no Jimi Hendrix, but I still like to give it a go!)