Charles Hipps

Member Since: 16th Jun 2016
Charles, a graduate from Oxford University, is founder and CEO of Oleeo (formerly WCN) and has worked with many large and small-sized organisation across a wide variety of industry sectors on e-Recruitment. Some of the organisations he has worked with, among many others, are Marks & Spencer, Barclays, IBM, PWC, HM Revenues & Customs and The Home Office. Charles established WCN in 1995 funding it from his previous business, Analysis & Supplies, until the floatation of the company on the stock market in 2000.
Prior to this, Charles worked for five years in Europe, Asia and the US as a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton, supporting leading global organisations in developing their business strategies. Charles also regularly speaks at seminars and conferences about best practice in e-Recruitment.
CEO Oleeo
16th Sep 2019
Recruitment: why job brand is now more important than employer brand
Getting a job has become a bit of a race. Candidates are applying for more companies than ever before, and because of this the celebrated ‘...
Acquisition
20th Nov 2017
How big data can eliminate bias and elitism in candidate selection
Studies by the Social Mobility Commission have shown that the largest industries are failing to hire talented youngsters from less...
Acquisition
22nd Aug 2017
Ensuring your data is readable and actionable in talent acquisition
Forrester reports 74% of firms say they want to be “data-driven,” but only 29% are actually successful at connecting analytics to action ...
Acquisition