Meet MK
Hi, I’m Mel Kelly, Founder & Company Director of MK Talent Advisory Ltd.
What inspired me to start MK Talent Advisory?
With over 15 years of experience within in-house Talent Acquisition, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a diverse range of companies and clients and my journey has taken me through various sectors; Travel & Tourism, Hospitality, Professional Services, FMCG and Pharmaceutical, each with it’s own unique recruitment challenges, goals, time-frames, team dynamics and a fair share of red-tape. From this, I have become very creative in finding solutions and I have tried and tested what works and what doesn’t, in a variety of scenarios. Each stage of the recruitment life-cycle provides enormous opportunity to add-value and I want to use my deep recruitment expertise and broad industry experience to help others realise this value through objective advice and implementation of talent strategies.
A bit about my journey:
My most recent experience was at PwC where I spent 6.5 years. Starting my journey there as a Manager, I progressed to Senior Manager where I led a large scale experienced-hire recruitment team for the Business Solutions line of service across the UK. I also spent two years within the PwC Deal Consulting team where I advised global FTSE 100 clients undergoing high profile Mergers & Acquisitions predominantly focusing on recruitment readiness activities, such as; hiring strategy & execution, risks identification & mitigation, training & upskilling, EVP (employee value proposition) & employer branding.
At the beginning of my career I started on the ground, deep within operational recruitment delivery, so I have seen and experienced recruitment at all levels as I have risen through the ranks, which has helped me grow and really understand the ins and outs of recruitment. At TUI Group I worked for several of it’s travel companies, driving recruitment fulfilment, setting strategies, running assessments and leading teams. At the Royal Automobile Club I designed and operationalised their first recruitment function which saved them a high amount of recruitment related costs by bringing all their recruitment in-house.
Why MK?
If you’re looking for someone who really understands how to unlock the potential and value of your talent acquisition function, who will collaborate with you to find solutions that are authentic to your business then MK Talent Advisory is for you.
Please reach out to me directly if you would like to discuss anything in more detail.
I look forward to connecting with you soon!
All the best,
Mel