Sophie was born to parents from Shanghai, and grew up in Hong Kong, Denmark, Canada and United States before coming to Australia in 1985. Sophie went to school in Canada, United States and Denmark, where she attended the University of Copenhagen.
Since coming to Australia in 1985, Sophie has graduated from the Institute of Personnel Consultants, now known as Recruitment & Consulting Services Association (RCSA). Sophie is a current member of RSCA and holds the designation of Fellow RCSA. Sophie is also an affiliate member of APSCo Australia
On an individual level, I want to support you in reaching your career goals whether as a recruiter, team leader or business owner. For an industry that is worth $27 billion dollars in Australia alone, it is an industry that needs to support people at all levels of their recruitment careers. Thankfully the days of asking newbies to make 30 connected client calls from the phone book without any training are over and there are now more and more trainers and mentors working in this area, but not nearly enough. Our industry is mature enough that we don’t have to “make it up as we go anymore”.
As recruiters, you may prefer to be coached or mentored by an external coach as often things that hold us back can be deeply personal or even unknown to you, but become clear in our conversations so you can overcome them to reach success in your career. Or maybe your manager does not have the time and/or skills to upskill you.
Big billers are often promoted to team leaders or people managers without any training. As being a good people manager requires a completely different skillset to being a big biller, this situation often creates several unhappy parties: you as you know you need to be better, but not necessarily how, your team and finally your manager as they want you to deliver something you are not equipped to…yet.
Business owners; you discover that running a business requires an additional skillset that you may not have i.e. financial and commercial acumen. Also it can be a very lonely endeavour. You know you are the guiding light to your team, so who do you bounce ideas off and share insecurities with?
On a broader level, my goal is to continually contribute to increasing the level of professionalism in our industry, so our reputation in the wider business world improves. In some people’s minds the perception of the recruitment industry leaves a lot to be desired. In short: together we are definitely better!
In 2007 Sophie founded Younique Coaching, so she could spend more time with her two young boys. As Sophie’s husband had died from a sudden heart attack in 2004, Sophie instantly became a widow and a sole parent in one single afternoon.
This decision enabled Sophie to fully utilise her then18 years recruitment, leadership and training experience and expertise to benefit other recruiters and recruitment business owners to offer better service and thereby also bill more! Her mission is to raise the standard of the recruitment industry and as a result raise the perception of the industry in the wider business community.
On a personal level, Sophie has lived on 4 continents, speaks 3 languages and harnessed much hope and resilience throughout her life. Sophie has become stronger when faced with adversity and believes that all experiences are life lessons sent to challenge us and and give us the opportunity to grow.
I wanted to let you know I am 12 months into the AHRI APC course and I thought of you today. We were asked about training we have received throughout our careers which have been a effective, and I talked about you and the impact you have had. I...
I wanted to let you know I am 12 months into the AHRI APC course and I thought of you today.
We were asked about training we have received throughout our careers which have been a effective, and I talked about you and the impact you have had. I am a relationship focused recruiter because of you who values peoples time and strives to provide a service. When problems occur I ask and think about “specificity” to team members and look at what we can learn. Service, service, service and money will follow! I can hear your voice… 🙂
So in summary, thank you.
Sophie trained our whole company in both Sydney & Melbourne and gave us some valuable new tools to help enhance our recruitment service offerings. She is professional, articulate and engaging and I would highly recommend her training courses.
Sophie trained our whole company in both Sydney & Melbourne and gave us some valuable new tools to help enhance our recruitment service offerings. She is professional, articulate and engaging and I would highly recommend her training courses.
I have attended Sophie’s masterclasses many times and always learn something new. I love Sophie’s incredible storytelling, no-nonsense approach and find that her hands-on experience makes her training relatable as she has been through it all herself. I have also read her book more times than I can count,...
I have attended Sophie’s masterclasses many times and always learn something new. I love Sophie’s incredible storytelling, no-nonsense approach and find that her hands-on experience makes her training relatable as she has been through it all herself. I have also read her book more times than I can count, if you haven’t read it then you need to! I genuinely accredit a huge amount of my success to Sophie’s training, it has been invaluable for my career. Thanks so much, Sophie!
I had the pleasure of attending Sophie’s temp masterclass and was amazed by her knowledge and understanding of recruitment as a whole. Despite doing “temp recruitment” for three years, I was able to learn on how to improve my business management and how to better my temp desk. Would...
I had the pleasure of attending Sophie’s temp masterclass and was amazed by her knowledge and understanding of recruitment as a whole. Despite doing “temp recruitment” for three years, I was able to learn on how to improve my business management and how to better my temp desk. Would recommend her training to anyone either new or already experienced in the industry. Best training I’ve been to thus far.
From 5 temps, I struggled to get to 10 – Until I attended Sophie’s Temp Masterclass last year! Sophie’s approach and past experience really resonated with my own struggles and helped me overcome them. Since meeting Sophie, I’ve broken my own records time after time. If anyone is a...
From 5 temps, I struggled to get to 10 – Until I attended Sophie’s Temp Masterclass last year! Sophie’s approach and past experience really resonated with my own struggles and helped me overcome them. Since meeting Sophie, I’ve broken my own records time after time. If anyone is a specialist in their field, its Sophie!