CEO and Founder of MyPlus Helen Cooke was selected and included in TAtech’s 100 most Influential Talent Acquisition Thought Leaders in their Fall 2022 announcement on the 22nd of December 2022.
TAtech, The Association for Talent Acquisition solutions are the trade association for the worldwide community of organizations that provide technology-based tools for recruiting. Collectively, their membership powers or operates on-line products and services for every facet of talent acquisition.
Each year, TAtech’s 100 Most Influential TA Thought Leaders celebrates those men and women who are truly setting the agenda for innovation and understanding in talent acquisition strategy and management and talent technology. Each, in their own way, is making an important contribution to such mission-critical areas as improving the effectiveness and efficiency of recruiting operations, forging productive and mutually beneficial relationships with hiring managers, identifying and implementing state-of-the-art talent acquisition tools, educating corporate leaders on the essential business role played by talent acquisition and to continuously optimizing the candidate experience.
Visit TAtech’s website to see the full list of 100 Most Influencial TA Thought Leaders.
About Helen Cooke
Helen Cooke is recognised nationally as a leading expert in disability employment with a particular expertise in student recruitment. In 2006 Helen founded MyPlus, a consulting business focused on helping organisations realise the potential and possibilities of hiring and investing in people with disabilities. In 2009 she launched the MyPlus Recruiters’ Club offering specialist training and interactive disability focused events for employers. Wishing to motivate and raise aspirations of young individuals with disabilities Helen also founded the website www.myplusstudentsclub.com in 2013, providing them with the support, advice and confidence to find work opportunities, and connect them with employers via the website job board and through industry focused careers events.
Helen’s unique approach comes from her expertise in HR and graduate recruitment, combined with her first-hand experience of living with a disability; Helen is a wheelchair user as a result of a childhood spinal injury. Beyond MyPlus, Helen works extensively with individuals with disabilities through The Back Up Trust, an organisation which supports people with spinal cord injuries where she is a Trustee and runs their popular Back up to work courses. Helen is also a Commissioner for the Disability Commission, set up by the Centre for Social Justice.
About MyPlus
Our vision is to ensure that having a disability or long-term health condition doesn't prevent anyone from having the career they want to have. We want disabled individuals to realise their career ambitions and employers to benefit from the unique talents and strengths that disabled individuals can, and do, bring to an organisation. MyPlus provides progressive employers and disabled students with the confidence, insight and support they need to realise new possibilities.
For more information, contact:
Lise Austen, MyPlus PR Manager
Email lise@myplusconsulting.com
