Tara has spent 25 years in agency recruitment, up to Director level, within Commercial Healthcare, Life Sciences, and MedTech, moving to internal TA five years ago with the NHS. Tara is passionate about embedding a proactive TA model within the NHS by developing employer brand, creative recruitment marketing and enhancing the candidate experience, both internally and externally. In her spare time, Tara can be found travelling (a lot!), walking her dogs, playing with her cat, baking, and reading.

What’s a professional achievement of yours from 2024 that you are proud of?

Creating and embedding new recruitment marketing brand for my Trust, aligned with our values, which ensures we stand out as an employer of choice in our market.

How has the RL Community helped you this year?

It has helped so much… but mainly from building up an amazing network, and valuable information sharing from speaking and vendors at summits and other events; it helps keep me on top of new ideas, developments and changes in our space.

What is your prediction for the TA industry for 2025?

Going back to ‘old fashioned’ face to face interviews and much more ‘human’ touchpoints is going to become more commonplace. TA moving more to ‘Talent’ and adding value by becoming more of a workforce partner, not just recruiters.