James is a Director at award winning recruitment agency SMAART Recruitment and Founder of The Candidate Coach, a new digital coaching platform for job seekers. James’ experience is a blend of recruiting much sort after positions for high profile brands through to assisting long term unemployed and disadvantaged job seekers. Over his 13 years in recruitment, James has developed a keen eye for keeping abreast of the latest recruitment technology and trends. Believing that agencies and talent acquisition teams can truly achieve great things in partnership, James enjoys speaking to recruitment leaders on a daily basis. A regular recruitment commentator and keen networker. James is a passionate promoter of the great work recruitment agencies do.