Our Affiliates. The Expert Advice.

Maria Madalena-Rosa
Training & Development Consulting

Maria brings to trainedup.com her in-depth learning & development expertise in the space of recruitment and human resource consulting. Maria specialises in workforce planning, providing training advise within the VET sector, conducting training needs analysis, creating organisational L&D frameworks and tools, developing course materials in management development, recruitment & selection, behavioural interviewing, team building and delivering training to all levels of staff. Originally from Canada, Maria has gained over 17 years experience in the areas of HR, Recruitment & Training. Maria has developed sound knowledge of the trends and issues organisations face to increase productivity through their people. She has extensive expertise in best practice hiring & selection methodologies, managing and improving people performance, front line management, project management and improving team moral.

Ross Clennett
Managing Director, rossclennett.com

Ross brings to trainedup.com compellling knowledge bites primarily for the Professional Recruiter.In 2003, after 14 years as an agency recruiter and manager of recruiter Ross moved into professional development as a coach, speaker and trainer for the recruitment industry in Australia. He has been professionally recognised by the designation, Fellow (FRCSA) awarded by the Recruitment & Consulting Services Association (Aus & NZ) and in 2011 and 2012 Ross was a national finalist in the RCSA’s Outstanding Contribution Award given in recognition of, amongst other criteria, to a person who has raised the professionalism of the industry through their contribution.Since 2001 Ross’s opinion pieces and skill development articles have been regularly published in recruitment industry magazines and on specialist recruitment websites, in Australia and around the world. Ross’s original qualification was gained in economics (B.Ec. 1988). Since then Ross has completed his certification as a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).

www.rossclennett.com.au

Mariah Gillespie
JXT Consulting, Social Media Strategist

Mariah brings to trainedup.com fantastic knowledge on social media channels and their use in recruitment strategies. After recognising the opportunities afforded by social media services, she joined the JXT Consulting team to help recruiters and HR managers implement social media strategies of their own, using the combined forces of JXT’s powerful job board technology, SEO techniques and mobile site development. Mariah speaks widely at workshops and conferences on the topic of understanding, maximising and leveraging social media in recruitment and employer branding. Mariah holds an MA in Journalism and Communications from UNSW. For more information on social media and recruitment, email mariah@jxt.com.au

www.jxt.com.au

Melanie Schilling
Managing Director, Be.Talented

Melanie brings to trainedup.com interesting knowledge bites on emotional intelligence, trust, body language and communication. Melanie is an Australian registered psychologist and works closely with key clients to maximise the potential of their talent. She has over 12 years experience in the field of organisational psychology and human performance, and has developed and implemented assessment and development methodologies for a wide variety of clients across the Australasian and Gulf Regions. Melanie has worked with key clients such as Ernst & Young, National Australia Bank, BHP Billiton, Merck Serono, Coles Myer, Sinclair Knight Mertz and Dubai Health Care City. Her key capabilities relate to assessing and developing talent within organisations. Drawing on her psychological skills and consulting experience, Melanie uses psychometric and behavioural data to diagnose and develop top talent.

www.betalented.com.au

Brad Dolph
Managing Director, RightPeople

Brad brings to trainedup.com interesting insights into psychometrics and personality profiling used in a hiring process. Brad is an Australian registered psychologist and the Managing Director of Right People where he is responsible for overseeing the development of psychometric assessment tools, business surveys and career direction profiles. He has extensive experience designing specialised pre-employment assessments for the banking and finance, Government and retail sectors. RightPeople's tests are thorough – they link directly to the competencies of each role and even provide interview questions that are tailored specifically an organisation’s needs. RightPeople have more than 45 years of employment testing expertise. RightPeople can help your business of employing the right staff even easier with quality psychometric tests and evaluations.

www.rightpeople.com.au

Antonia Macrides
Managing Director, TrainedUp Media

Antonia is the managing director of trainedUp! and brings her procurement knowledge and recruitment advice to trainedup.com. Antonia started her HR and recruitment career in 1993 in South Africa. Antonia has since worked in London, Leeds and Melbourne. Antonia founded Vertical Talent in 2004, a new recruitment business to meet a need for specialist Procurement Recruitment services in Australia. It grew to become a national provider with a handsome list of clients from both the private and public sectors. Vertical Talent exited to Drake International together with a new HR technology business now known as “Drake Actualizer”. Antonia has worked in HR consulting and strategy to support workforce planning, strategy and development. Antonia was the lead consultant on a highly innovative recruitment accreditation for the procurement profession (in association with CIPSA and RCSA). She occasionally speaks locally and internationally at conferences on the topics of talent management, talent acquisition and HR procurement category management.

www.trainedup.com

Elizabeth Fitzell
Managing Director, AIM Screening

Elizabeth brings to trainedup.com fascinating insights into criminal checks – what you can and cant ask, together with insights on privacy in Australia, reference checks and other employment background screening knowledge. Elizabeth is the managing director of AIM Screening where she holds overall responsibility for employment screening with offices in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Elizabeth is also responsible for the security vetting operation in Australia. The AIM Screening Group of Companies is an independent, privately held international organization focused exclusively on Background Screening. Their vision is to be recognized as the firm of first choice on all matters relating to the design, deployment and management of background screening programs. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai and London, they are an independent screening organization, partnered with some of the largest screening companies in the world, operating out of North America. Elizabeth hails originally from Ireland before moving to Australia. She holds an MBA and qualifications in Human Studies and Communications.

www.aimscreening.com