Josh Halligan

Born and raised in Auckland I started out my career as a software developer in 2002. In 2003 I decided to do what most Kiwi's do and explore the world on the big OE. While living in London I spent three years working in direct sales and on my return to Auckland in late 2006 fell into IT recruitment.

After spending almost five years in agency I decided it was time to see how things operate on the other side of the fence and joined the Telecom recruitment team. While with Telecom I progressed from a recruitment role specializing in technology into a role where I was the SME for all search and recruitment social media activities across all job families (Technology, Finance, Corporate, Sales & Marketing, etc).

In March 2013 I had the opportunity to partner with a colleague in a new venture which would allow us to get back into consultancy. We established Halo Consulting so we could work with organisations to take our learning’s from working both sides of the fence and enable them to search for the best talent with minimal effort and cost. Our offering is to take the hassle out of recruitment and become a business enabler where we can take ownership of recruitment or become an extension of an in-house team.

In my spare time I enjoy keeping fit and exploring the outdoors. I can usually be seen competing in a range of activities from running, cycling, swimming, triathlon, soccer, mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, scuba diving, etc