Prominence Talent

The Problem
In today’s rapidly evolving job market, businesses in Western countries are grappling with a significant challenge: a severe talent shortage. The quest to fill vacant roles with qualified candidates has become increasingly difficult, posing a critical threat to business growth and sustainability.

The Talent Shortage Crisis
The talent pool is shrinking, with more job vacancies than available skilled professionals. This shortage is driven by various factors, including demographic shifts, technological advancements, and evolving job requirements. Companies across industries are struggling to find candidates with the right mix of skills, experience, and cultural fit.

The Solution
Accessing Global Talent Pools
By expanding your search beyond local boundaries, it’s not uncommon to find 20 or more highly qualified candidates for a single role. This abundance of talent not only provides you with a broader selection of suitable candidates but also significantly reduces hiring costs. In many cases, hiring from these global talent pools can be up to 75% cheaper than meeting the demands of local candidates for the same roles.

Unlock the Potential of building your Remote Team with Prominence Talent

We bridge the distance between Western businesses and top-tier talent from the Philippines, South Africa, India and Eastern Europe and many other emerging talent centres globally. Experience seamless integration of highly skilled professionals into your workforce, all working remotely to drive your business forward.

We harness the power of LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, to source candidates who match your specific needs. Quickly. Our unique approach ensures that we not only reach a vast audience but also target the most qualified professionals.

Contact us today to find out how we can assist you in building the team you deserve instead of the team you can afford.

Global Talent Partner

Lister Consulting

Learning how to tap into the Hidden Job Market isn’t just about finding your next role. 

It’s a skill set that will empower you to manage every future transition intentionally and with confidence, outpacing candidates competing for the same roles.

I refuse to follow a ‘cookie-cutter’ approach to coaching. Every client is unique, with specific needs, strengths, and challenges, so I believe all coaching should be bespoke and tailored.

No aspect of my work gives me more joy than seeing the “lights come on” when a client figures out where they fit and realises that they CAN tap into the hidden job market.

So, my coaching is carefully built around each client. We start where you are, build on your current strengths, plan how to overcome challenges and support you as long as you need it.

Here’s how I expect this experience will enrich you:

▶ Renewed confidence in your personal value proposition
▶ A growing cohort of productive new networked relationships
▶ At least one hidden market job offer within 60-90 days

Why?
So that never again will you find yourself at the whim of the market, treated with disdain by recruiters or hoping you can cut through all the noise around advertised roles.

No matter what happens in the rest of your career, you always know that you have control and can use the structure and method we’ve worked through to find your next role, with almost no competition. 

Interested to learn more about how this works? DM or email me at gavin@gavinlister.com and let’s get the conversation started.
ansition

Executive Career Coach

Prominence Global

Prominence Global is, you’ll find, very different.
We help our clients position themselves as industry leaders who are the envy of their peers.

Our mantra is authenticity
We create intelligent strategies that cut through the noise that is social media. We do that by being authentic, courageous, and committed to make a difference in our world too.

We value transparency
More is learned from our mistakes than successes, sharing both is our commitment to honesty and truth.

We operate with Integrity
Ethics in marketing is in our DNA, we are not afraid to say ‘no’.

We seek continuous improvement through innovation
We’re constantly curious in growing ourselves, our team and the service we provide.

We’re personal
We understand there is no cookie-cutter program that suits every business. We develop solutions that are as individual as our clients are.

We make a positive difference
We believe real and meaningful change comes through the world’s entrepreneurs. We create a powerful on-line presence for each client that grows & accelerates their global footprint, so that together we really can make a huge impact.

Through our Premium Partnership with the global giving movement www.B1G1.com we impact the lives of millions of people in need just by doing what we do every day.

We developed a range of support services to cater to every need.

☞ Free web events
☞ Free Community you can join
☞ Free Profile Optimisation Course

☞ Inner Circle Solo
☞ Inner Circle Academy
☞ Inner Circle Legends

Our programs are an intensive ‘deep dive’ — a superb, results-producing methodology that creates a cutting-edge, lead generation sales funnel for almost any industry. The difference is simply how much support you need from our team of dedicated professionals.

Sounds interesting? Then click the link right below to find out more. We think you’ll be genuinely surprised by what you discover.....

Head Copywriter - LinkedIn

Right Management

Coached individual executives and senior managers in career strategy and transition
Coached high potential emerging leaders
Trained consultants in multiple countries across Asia Pacific and Middle East in outplacement best practice and Birkman Method career profiling assessment
Consulted to clients on outplacement best practice
Facilitated workshops on job search techniques, team effectiveness and leading and navigating change

Principal Consultant

Right Management Australia

Managed the strategic business relationship with Right Management's largest client in AU/NZ
Delivered above target revenue year on year
Secured two contract extensions as preferred supplier of career transition services

Account Director

Coached hundreds of individuals from blue collar to senior executives through successful career transition and job search
Facilitated group workshops across the full spectrum of content on career transition and organisational change with consistently positive participant feedback

Senior Consultant, Career Management

Melbourne Business School

Coached MBA and Executive MBA students on career strategy, personal branding and job search

MBA Career Coach

ARMAGUARD LTD

Led corporate training strategy and delivery function nationally
Designed, facilitated and managed supervisor development program that delivered 'job ready' branch manager candidates
Contributed to design and facilitation of outdoor experiential team building program regarded as the possibly the most succesful ever at Mayne Nickless
Initially joined Mayne Nickless Group as trainer/facilitator

National Learning & Development Manager

ANCHOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

Boutique management recruitment practice
Built a substantial client portfolio from scratch
Successfully completed hundreds of recruitment and selection assignments in the retail, manufacturing and professional services sectors

Partner/Director

Rebel Liquor & Wine

Managed a high volume corporate and domestic liquor and party services delivery business. Warehouse, telesales, delivery fleet; bonded goods store. 20 staff.

Operations Manager, Rebel's Liquor Shuttle

W. & A. GILBEY LIMITED

Seconded to UK parent company IDV to develop and deliver training for managers, sales teams and graduate trainees
Managed group training for manufacturing, head office corporate and retail division
Established training and development function for Rebel Discount Liquor (Gilbeys Retail)

Training Manager

Hi, I’m Gavin Lister, Hidden Job Market Coach and Birkman Certified Consultant.

Over the last 25 years, I’ve helped over 3000 corporate professionals navigate challenging career transitions, most of whom landed roles that were never advertised.

If your job search experience is anything like most of theirs before they met me, four common, inter-related obstacles could be holding you back.

❌ You’re not getting traction with recruiters
❌ You’re focusing on advertised roles, which is only 20%-30% of the market
❌ You’re constantly getting screened out or ghosted
❌ You’ve “tried networking” with underwhelming results

I know from personal experience how each of these feels. I also know that unless you change your strategy, you’re in for a very long and frustrating search.

The outcomes my clients typically experience are the polar opposite of this:

✅ Relationships with the recruiters most likely to place them
✅ Access to the roughly 70% of roles that are never advertised – the Hidden Job Market
✅ More callbacks and interviews
✅ Rapidly growing strategic network without a single cold call

When you build a structured campaign focused largely on the Hidden Job Market, your chances of landing a great unadvertised role within 90 days increase dramatically.

I had always been told that to find the best roles you must network, network, network. But there were two reasons why I was never able to implement that advice.

😟 Reaching out to people and asking for a job was terrifying.
😟 I had no idea how to build and leverage a network that would help me find a role.

When I was lucky enough to go on an outplacement program following my second retrenchment – yep, I’ve been there twice – I finally learned two things:

🔹 Everyone has natural strengths crucial to a successful hidden market campaign.
🔹 With the right approach, you never need to make a cold call or ask anyone for a job.

Having worked as a professional recruiter, hiring manager, job seeker and coach across 4 countries and 7 industries, I bring insights from every aspect of talent sourcing and selection and strategic career management.

Let's work together to build a campaign tailored for you and designed to shorten your time to landing.

▶ Want to explore if a Hidden Job Market strategy is right for you? Click the blue “Follow” button above, then DM me, and I'll share the next steps with you today.

P.S. When I'm not helping clients find unadvertised roles, I'm helping SME business owners source top-tier offshore talent fast and cost-effectively through Prominence Talent.

Can Redundancy be a Catalyst, instead of a Setback? I have been made redundant twice. It stings and it can rock your confidence, yet it does not define your future. 

For many of the leaders I have coached, redundancy became the moment they stepped back, took stock and realigned with what they actually want next. 

It can be the jolt that moves you out of autopilot and back into intentional choice. Redundancy is not an ending, it is a reset. 

The hidden job market is where you reframe your narrative, reposition your strengths and reconnect with people who value what you bring. 

When you approach it as a catalyst, you start seeing options that were not visible before.

Have you used redundancy as a pivot point toward something better? Share what you learned.

Gavin Lister

Are you in the right role for you right now? Getting clear about career direction and navigating the transition is hard.

Over the last 20 years I have coached hundreds of people through tough career transitions to find their ideal next role, usually faster than they could on their own.

Sometimes this leads to a move to another employer, sometimes it leads to a better aligned role without the challenges of a job search, sometimes it leads to a whole new direction.

I have helped over 2000 people and their new employers connect through targeted recruitment and coaching. My background includes 6 industries, 3 continents in corporate roles and self-employment in executive search, recruitment, career coaching, training, operations and key account management.

I have also survived and thrived through 2 retrenchments. Having changed career myself several times and heard the war-stories of countless candidates I realised that there are three main issues that employers and jobseekers face:

1. Nearly half of all workers are in the wrong job
2. Most jobseekers have had a bad experience with recruiters
3. Most job seekers focus on the most competitive part of the market increasing their rate of rejection

I help my clients to overcome these problems by taking no shortcuts, focusing on clarity, rigorous assessment and guiding them to a deep understanding of what works for them and their core value proposition. We build skills for accessing work opportunities through a 3-tier, structured and proactive campaign or preparing for self employment.

We focus on making sure the 'fit’ is as close to perfect as possible so that they and their new employer both benefit for a long time to come. I do this by making sure there is true alignment of not only skills and experience but more importantly, motivation and personality.

Want to get in touch? Just click the Connect button, email me at gavin@gavinlister.com or call me on +64 27 802 7169


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Hidden Job Market Coach & Global Talent Partner | Guiding mid-to-late career professionals to find unadvertised roles without a single cold call | Helping ethical businesses build skilled, remote teams cost-effectively

The unspoken emotional toll of transition. Even seasoned senior leaders feel the shock of change. Redundancy, restructures, stalled job searches and rejections can trigger shame and fear, and they can chip away at your sense of identity. 

I see it often in clients who have led large teams and complex portfolios. When the title or the team drops away, it can feel like your value has gone with it. 

It has not. 

The feelings are human and naming them is the start of getting your footing again.

Acknowledging the emotional load is not weakness, it is the foundation for resilience and momentum. 

When you stop pretending that everything is fine and start telling the truth, your next steps become clearer. You make better decisions, and you show up with the calm and steadiness people trust.

The hidden job market rewards people who are real, not perfect. When you show up as a person first and a candidate second, conversations deepen. 

People open up about where the real work is and what they need help with. That is where opportunities live.

What is the hardest emotional hurdle you have faced in a transition, and what helped you move through it? Share it below.

In the hidden job market, timing often beats pure talent. Being remembered at the right moment often matters more than apparently being the most qualified candidate. 

Those who show up consistently build a soft echo around their name. 

When a need emerges, they are the first people who come to mind. Talent opens doors, and consistency keeps them open. It takes small, regular actions: 
·        Comment with insight, 
·        Share a useful perspective, 
·        Set up two short conversations each week. 

The more you show up, the more likely you are to be in the right place at the right time.

If you want the link to my Hidden Job Market Strategy Assessment to check your readiness, send me a DM. It will help you focus your effort on the activities that move the needle.

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