Welcome to the 50th episode of Talent Talk Asia and to celebrate this achievement meet our guest Kevin Gibson, Founder of Proof of Search a blockchain specialist recruitment business based in Australia, former CEO of Robert Walters, Latin America and all-around legend within the global recruitment community.
It's not every day that we have a guest on the show that has over 27 years of recruitment experience across multiple markets such as London, Australia, Singapore, Japan and Latin America working for the likes of Robert Walters, Earthstream and Morgan and Banks.
Kevin has led an extraordinary life starting as a consultant in London at Robert Walters to setting up their Australia and Singapore operations, building out their Japan business and scaling their Latin America operations. Fast forward to 2021 and Kevin is back in Australia, where he recently found "Proof of Search" a recruitment firm that focuses on sourcing blockchain professionals for organisations. If you're a recruiter and figuring out the future of digital payments and what it means for the recruitment industry then we suggest you tune into this pod.
You will get to hear insightful stories from someone that has the inside track on Robert Walters (yes, the actual guy), how he went about setting up and scaling some of the most profitable businesses for RW. But most importantly you'll get to experience an hour in the company of someone that is probably one of the most interesting, unique and energetic guys I know. You're in for a real treat.
Course Outline
[06:30] – Background of Kevin Gibson
[12:30] – How Kev got into recruitment
[17:25] – Setting up the Robert Walters Sydney office at the age of 25
[22:05] – Setting up the Robert Walters Singapore office
[27:00] – Flying Mark Ellwood to Asia without paying the flight!
[30:22] – Kev's relationship with the big man
[34:30] – Coming and going with Robert Walters
[39:30] – "The Japan Dream”
[47:00] – Moving to EarthStream, an Energy recruitment firm
[51:30] – Building up the Robert Walters Latin Amercia office in 2015
[57:11] – Challenges of running a business in Brazil
[1:03:12] – Setting up his own business Proof of Search
[1:11:14] – The future of blockchain recruitment
[1:19:33] –Rapid Fire Round
Connect with the guest:
Kevin Gibson, Founder at Proof of Search
Reach out at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-gibson-proof-of-search/
Connect with the Host, Andrea Ross
Andrea.ross@thecareerestablishment.com
Andrea.ross@talenttalkasia.com (if you are keen to be a guest on the show).
Guests mentioned on the show
Shane Sibraa https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanesibraa/
Simon Bromwell https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbromwell/
Mark Ellwood https://www.linkedin.com/in/markellwoodellwoodconsulting/
Roger Oloffson https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerolofsson/
Ross Mckenzie https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossmckenziereed/
Alfredo Araneda : https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredoaraneda/
Bernie Schiemer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernieschiemer/
Richard Parnell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-parnell-3290a07/
Giles Daubeney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilesdaubeney/
Javin Khoo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javin-khoo-2306548/
Resources mentioned on the show
Hamish & Andy Podcast https://www.hamishandandy.com/podcast/
The Bad Crypto Podcast Episode 1 https://open.spotify.com/show/4rKK1cICXnzCA7GZzbULBY
Decentraland (MANA): One CRAZY NFT Project!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CShLE6xg-7M
How does a blockchain work - Simply Explained https://youtu.be/SSo_EIwHSd4
What is Blockchain? https://youtu.be/2yJqjTiwpxM
Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake: What's The Difference? https://www.bitdegree.org/crypto/tutorials/proof-of-work-vs-proof-of-stake
