MEET THE TEAM
Years in recruitment: 17 Area of expertise: Banking and Finance
Favourite thing about working at Copper Road:
We laugh every day, we are all completely genuine in our passion for recruitment and candidate care, we are all a bit naughty and no matter how bad your day is you know you will get support, help and usually a glass of wine not necessarily in that order to help you feel better.
How would your colleagues describe you:
Energetic, optimistic and over excitable, often all at once, terrible at admin and a bit daggy.
What did you want to be when you were growing up:
A Lawyer or a Pirate, some might say these are pretty much the same thing!
Where would we find you on the weekend:
Being a Footy mum at Auskick then BBQ-ing eating yummy food and drinking good red wine surrounded by children, friends and family. Mooching around Camberwell Market on Sunday morning
Ideal Holiday:
New York, wandering the streets of Manhattan, people watching, window shopping, over spending in Bloomingdales and enjoying a cocktail or 3 on the roof of the Met watching the sunset over Central Park! Amazing!
Guilty Pleasure:
Red Wine, Parking my car around the corner from home to finish listening to a Podcast and avoid my beautiful but insane family for 5 more minutes after a crazy day at work. And did I say Red Wine???
Fun Fact:
My left arm is 8cm shorter than my right arm.
Director and Permanent Specialist
Claire Flaherty
Years in recruitment: 7 Area of expertise: Business Support
Favourite thing about working at Copper Road:
The genuine excitement for each other’s success, endless amounts of support and an overall mutual respect gives you the warm and fuzzies on the daily - (Similar effect to wine for those playing at home). There is this great energy when we are all in the office which I LOVE. We are all such passionate and driven people and all a little bit crazy so there is never a dull moment!
How would your colleagues describe you:
The ‘inhouse millennial” aka the cool, trendy one ;) Very loud and chatty or quiet as a mouse– there isn’t really an in-between... Hilarious *fact* independent and generally the voice of reason for the office.
What did you want to be when you were growing up:
A footballers wife – let’s all just take a second to appreciate this! Ha
A weather girl, ballet dancer or a mermaid – which is still pretty much life goals.
Where would we find you on the weekend:
Spilling drinks on the dance floor, subsequently nursing a hangover or spending money I don’t have on clothes and shoes I don’t need.
Ideal holiday:
Mexico – Sunshine for days and beautiful beaches, eating my weight in yummy food and drinking too much tequila! What more could you want?!
Guilty pleasure:
Cheeseboards, chicken nuggets and taking extra-long naps.
Fun Fact:
I can rap Boyz-n-the-Hood – Eazy E from start to finish…(well, almost)
Director and Temp Specialist
Rachel Handasyde
Years in recruitment: 11 Area of expertise: Legal Support
Favourite thing about working at Copper Road:
Our fabulous team. I get to spend my days surrounded by passionate, talented and hilarious women who are completely invested in making Copper Road a fabulous place for clients, candidates and us! There’s nobody I would rather share my highs, lows and burgers with :0)
How would your colleagues describe you?
Organised, compassionate, an excellent source of all Bachelor-based gossip and the resident admin nag!
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
A vet, a primary school teacher and a ballerina, probably all at the same time.
Where would we find you on the weekend:
Wrangling my two very spirited pre-schoolers, spending all our money on smashed avo and babycinos and finding as many ways as possible to combine child friendly activities with a sneaky vino and our fabulous friends.
Ideal holiday?
Tropical beach, sun lounger, good book, cocktail(s), hubby and/or bestie and a really, really good nanny!
Guilty pleasure?
Reality TV. All of it. Especially MAFS – TV Gold. Garth Brooks and red wine in a mug.
Fun fact:
A honey badger can turn 360 degrees inside it’s own skin – there’s a mental image for you.
Recruitment Specialist - Legal Support