About Candy (transcription)
What is my background?
I'm Candy Jenkins and I'm the Postgrad Career Coach at UTS Careers. I'm a Human Resources professional with over fifteen years experience, specialising in talent and leadership development. I've worked in the UK and Australia in the fast-moving consumer goods, telecommunications and banking industries.
I started out in graduate recruitment and development programs and one of my early roles was managing a rotational grad program, where new grads would experience rotations in all of the core parts of the business such as manufacturing, supply chain, sales, marketing, and finance. I felt that if we were grooming these high potential grads for future leadership positions, that they needed to understand how core business areas worked and how they impacted each other, in order to be more successful in their careers.
During my time in London, at British Telecommunications, I managed an MBA leadership program where we recruited new MBAs from the top business schools around the world into strategy specialist roles. The aim was to give them high-impact strategy projects and support their progression to senior leadership roles. At BT, I also managed the talent program for our top 1500 high potential leaders, which involved running the learning and development programs to help these individuals accelerate their careers and get ready to move into the organisation's top jobs.
So, I understand what employers want from their leaders and I also empathise with individuals who are trying to navigate their careers in a competitive and complex environment. I'm here to support you with your progression, whatever stage you may be in your career.