Jessica Gibson-Jones 

Jess is an accomplished talent acquisition & sourcing leader that has 19 years’ experience both within agency, and internal organisations working with some of the most prestigious brands in the industry, including Toll Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, General Electric, Cisco, and Thales. With a strong background in building, scaling, and leading strategic talent functions, Jess is a proven expert in identifying and engaging top talent through proactive sourcing and innovative recruitment strategies. 

Having been an early adopter of recruitment technology, Jess started early in the world of proactive sourcing and thinking about different ways to identify and engage talent, well before the concepts of strategic sourcing had become mainstream. 

 Jess has built several high performing sourcing functions from the ground up, and is passionate about developing great sourcers and recruiters that have the mindset of converting commercial objectives into talent strategies, using talent analytics and insights to drive meaningful talent discussions, and technical search execution. 

An AIRS Certified Researcher and Boolean expert – Jess holds the view that any candidate is find-able but it’s how you engage with your talent and leverage talent data and insights that separates the sourcers from the strategic sourcing legends!