Having completed his engineering in Singapore. He spent years in roles involving sales, customer success, marketing in various industries including telecom, ecommerce, education, digital services to name a few.
Now he heads the growth talent and partnerships at GECO Asia Pte Ltd and Upskill Today today across singapore, indonesia and philippines.
While he is one of the rare professionals in this field who has such a varied experience across different departments, it was when he started working in a talent development role, he discovered his true calling - 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬
Today Benny has worked with 500 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, he has helped them regain confidence, identify their strengths, relaunch their meaningful careers and find purpose in their career paths.
For him the greatest joy in recruitment comes from seeing these individuals reconnect with their potential and achieve their professional goals.
According to Benny, recruitment in the coming years will be more creative, with faster turnaround times due to advanced AI tools.
However, it is equally important that we don't lose the high-touch approach, great communication, and personalised experience needed for candidates. It's about balancing the use of automation while maintaining authenticity in interactions.
While recruitment is often seen as a transaction by many professionals, Benny believes in 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 with potential candidates.
If you’re curious about how GECO Asia Pte Ltd and Upskill Today is changing talent nurturing, or want to learn more about the recruitment and talent space, reach out to Benny !
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘨 #𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘐𝘯𝘏𝘙
𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴! 👏 👏