Meet Tigers Fearless Female Leaders

West End Office: City Office: IWD 2019: Meet our leaders At Tiger, we’re very lucky to have two incredible ladies throughout the senior administration group â€" Managing Director, Rebecca Siciliano, and Director and Head of City Office, Kat Martyn. To commemorate International Women’s Day, we sat down with both Rebecca and Kat to learn the way they’ve labored their means up the profession ladder and what classes they’ve learnt alongside the way. 1. Can you give me an summary of your profession journey? How have you ended up as MD of Tiger? I got into recruitment back in Sydney by way of a recommendation from a friend. She had simply started in recruitment and told me that she thought it would be the ideal position for me. To me, recruitment was a job the place I got paid to talk to people and the harder I worked, the extra successful I was. I moved to the UK knowing that I needed to remain in recruitment and what sort of company I needed to work for. Joining a small business meant that I grew as the corporate grew and had the opportunity to implement so many constructive changes and initiatives. It’s been plenty of exhausting but rewarding work. 2. Have you faced any challenges as a lady in the office? I don’t really feel that I even have. I have labored with successful girls who have acted as function fashions for me however I don’t really feel that I even have encountered males who've disregarded me as a result of I am a girl. I now work in female-dominated workplace so am surrounded by unbelievable females every day! three. What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learnt in your profession up to now? Pick your battles. Knowing where to take a position your energy and what to let go could make a huge distinction! four. What a part of your career are you most pleased with? The good factor about my role is that there are fixed milestones and achievements. I fondly keep in mind starting out in my profession and being pleased with my very first placemen t. Then how daunting it was moving to a new country and beginning over. I am so proud that I was in a position to choose up my profession within the UK and create what we've at Tiger. Your proudest moments then start to become the proudest moments of these in your group. 5. What recommendation would you give to ladies starting within the recruitment trade? â€" Work exhausting and take up every thing you possibly can from the individuals round you. You can take your career so far as you select to. â€" When you are in a situation that you are uncertain of, all the time ask for help. You will learn new issues day by day. â€" Never underestimate the importance of relationships both internally along with your colleagues and with purchasers and candidates. Always act with honesty, integrity and respect for others. â€" You can’t control what people do, don’t sweat the small things. 6. Who are your #girlcrushes? Can I say Lady Gaga? She’s always represented a strong female determine who has proven herself to be an incredibly profitable businesswoman. She has conquered a number of challenges all through her career. I love that she is a public voice in opposition to bullying and all the work that she does for mental well being and equality. She’s additionally now the first lady in historical past to win a Grammy, BAFTA, Oscar and Golden Globe in the same year â€" how could you not admire that? â€" 1. Can you give me an outline of your career journey? How have you ever ended up as a director at Tiger? I started my ‘sales’ career at 17, promoting everything from flights to endoscopy cleaning merchandise (true story!). After taking a year out to travel around Asia, Oz and NZ, I registered with a neighborhood agency who said ‘have you ever thought about recruitment?’ I jumped at the pr obability and I haven’t looked again since. I labored domestically for a couple of years, then decided to tackle the City round 10 years ago. A pivotal level in my profession was joining my first ‘secretarial company’, I really received my head round banking, growing a temp desk and then later down the road changing into a director and rising a staff. I joined Tiger in 2015 to arrange the City office, by far the most difficult and rewarding part of my profession thus far. 2. Have you faced any challenges as a girl within the workplace? My biggest challenge is unquestionably balancing having a family and work. Having a baby is probably the most magical expertise however I found coming to work on a couple of hours sleep, or leaving my daughter after I knew she needed me, really exhausting. I know that is half and parcel of being a working Mum nevertheless it definitely can make things difficult. three. What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learnt in your career up to now? The big gest lesson I’ve realized is that you just cannot keep everybody joyful all the time and sadly, issues are out of your management at times! People are all motivated by different things, whether it’s your employees, candidates or purchasers, and people are unpredictable. I all the time take heed to and trust my instincts and go about my work with real enthusiasm. I hope for the most effective, however when issues do go incorrect, I don’t dwell on it, I mud myself off and check out once more. 4. What a part of your career are you most pleased with? I’m fortunate to have many proud moments. My proudest needs to be winning the business of a huge, world investment bank, one of the world’s prime companies. I prepared for and delivered the pitch by myself and felt so very happy with myself once I won the account. 5. What advice would you give to ladies starting in the recruitment business? The recommendation I would give anybody starting in recruitment is to be prepared for inten se highs and lows. I can’t think of another position that requires a lot of you emotionally. To achieve recruitment, you need to genuinely love people, be disciplined, have skin as thick as a rhino and be 100% dedicated to your work. The feeling of placing a candidate of their dream job is truthfully like no different feeling in the world. So, while the role can require lots from you, the excitement and the highs you expertise, are fairly one thing. 6. Who are your #girlcrushes? I even have loads! Whether you like or hate them, I actually have so much admiration for the Kardashians. They’ve made themselves so well-known as a family and constructed an empire off all of their individual businesses â€" I think they're fairly spectacular! 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