Josh Smith

Recruiter

St Albans, England, United Kingdom11 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Established a successful Python recruitment team.
Recognized as Top UK Biller in first recruitment year.
Awarded Manager of the Year in 2024.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Python Recruitment Specialist with expertise in technology recruitment across EMEA and AMER.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Technology RecruitmentPython (programming Language)

Other Skills

ManagementBusiness DevelopmentAccount ManagementIT RecruitmentDjangoTeamworkMicrosoft WordLeadershipCommunicationFinancial AnalysisQuantitative ResearchMicrosoft OfficeSocial MediaMicrosoft ExcelResearch

About

As a Python Recruitment specialist, I cover positions across Python, Quant and frameworks including FastAPI, Django, Flask, and Tornado, amongst others. At Understanding Recruitment, we provide roles in a variety of areas, including Python, AI/ML, Rust, Golang, Java, .NET, C++, DevOps, JavaScript and Product, amongst others We help innovative and disruptive Start-Ups & Scale-Ups through to world leading Crypto Firms and Global Tech or Finance firms across EMEA and AMER. 01727 225 552 || jsmith@understandingrecruitment.com || https://calendly.com/python-recruitment

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Understanding recruitment

5 roles

Principal Recruitment Consultant

Promoted

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

I started out in the Java recruitment team in July 2019 and in March 2020, decided to set up the Python recruitment team as I saw a big opportunity for growth and to build out something for myself. I'm now managing a team of 5 recruitment consultants across AM and BD.
Awards:
🏆 2020 Trainee of the Year
🏆 2020 Top UK Biller in my first year of recruitment
🏆 2020 'UR' of the Year - voted by all employees
🏆 2021 'UR of the Year
🏆 2024 Manager of the Year
01727 225 552 or at jsmith@understandingrecruitment.co.uk

ManagementBusiness DevelopmentAccount ManagementTechnology RecruitmentPython (Programming Language)

Managing Recruitment Consultant

Oct 2021 – May 2022 · 7 mos

Python (Programming Language)

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Promoted

May 2021 – Oct 2021 · 5 mos

Python (Programming Language)

Recruitment Consultant

Promoted

Nov 2020 – May 2021 · 6 mos

Python (Programming Language)

Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Jul 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Python (Programming Language)

Geoff banks sportsbook

Sports Trader

Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 · 6 mos · Sunningdale, Berkshire, United Kingdom

My main responsibilities included social media management for both Twitter and Instagram, changing prices through using the Betfair exchange on a manual system, client portfolio building and risk management through hedging. I maintained the prices of horse racing throughout the day and Golf, Rugby Union, Rugby League & Football pricing for both current and future events.

Joshsmithtips

Sports Trader

Dec 2015 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Running a daily sports trading twitter page in which I research both pre match and inplay markets in order to compile tips for over 1500 followers. The page has generated a 25% return on investment and is continually growing as a business.