Leigh Walas

Leigh Walas

Verified

Freelance recruiter

South Africa

Freelance Recruitment Consultant

Being in the recruitment industry over the past eleven years has been a journey of self-discovery and professional growth. I feel incredibly blessed to have a fulfilling career that incorporates my desire to help people. I enjoy seeing people succeed, seeing talent and potential being unearthed and igniting a synergy between individuals and organisations.

The services that I offer under my portfolio, include the following:

  • Recruitment and selection.

  • Talent Acquisition.

  • Career Coaching.

  • Performance Management.

  • HR Compliance Audits.

  • Psychometrics and Soft Skills Assessments.

  • HR Policies and Procedures.

  • Disciplinary, Labour and CCMA Advisory.

  • Department of Labour, Union and SETA Advisory consulting.

  • Employment Equity and Skills Development.

Recruiting since 2016

Retained or contingency

Areas of expertise

Software Engineering

Product & Project Mgmt

Data & Analytics

DevOps / IT

Cybersecurity

Design / UX

AI / ML

SaaS

Ecommerce & Digital

Marketing

Sales

Customer Success & Support

Finance & Accounting

Legal & Compliance

People/ HR / TA

Exec Search

Admin & Office Support

Business Operations

Manufacturing & Production

Supply Chain & Logistics

Engineering (Mech, Elec, Civil)

Construction & Skilled Trades

Energy & Utilities

Life Sciences & Pharma

Healthcare (Clinical & Allied)

Education & Training

Gov & Public Sector

Nonprofit & Social Impact

Hospitality & Services

Retail & Consumer Goods

Food & Beverage

Transportation

Real Estate

Insurance

Financial Services

Creative & Media

Household Staffing

Executive & Personal Assistants

& more (see bio)

Geographic expertise

🇬🇧 UK & IE

🇿🇦 South Africa

🇪🇺 Europe

🧑‍💻 Remote

Languages

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English

List of services offered

Talent needs assessment

TA planning & strategy

Sourcing

Initial screening

Structured interviewing

Skills assessment

Pipeline management

Salary & offer negotiations

Talent market research

DEI strategy

Accepted payment models

Monthly retainer

Weekly retainer

Daily rate

Hourly rate

Retained search

Contingency search

Flat-fee per hire

Subscription-based model

Open to different fee models

& more (see bio)

Schedule time with Leigh Walas

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Get in contact with Leigh to discuss a specific project and potentially form a partnership.

What is Happlicant?

Modern software built for agency & solo recruiters

The all-in-one platform to efficiently run and grow your recruitment firm: CRM, ATS, automations, and way more.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!