We work with individuals and organisations across New Zealand to provide a unique approach to the life cycle of a career which ensures success for both.
Julia Stones & Associates Ltd
Julia Stones & Associates is a small executive search firm with a very big difference. We adopt an in depth career management approach to working with clients and candidates to ensure the right candidate for every role and the right role for every candidate - every time.
This approach is underpinned by the Career Blueprint™ a unique career scoping tool we have designed to help facilitate career planning to align career thinking with the right next career step which results in a cycle of success for individuals and organisations. The robustness of our recruitment process is endorsed by a twelve month guarantee which is unique in NZ.
Julia Stones DistFHRNZ
Julia has over 25 years’ experience in the HR and talent management sectors in the UK and relocated to New Zealand in early 2005. Offshore experience includes leading a number of talent management businesses and HR consultancies as Director and shareholder, as well as being responsible for the UK operations of a global strategic talent management organisation which provided onsite and offsite outsourced recruitment solutions for international blue chip organisations.
Julia was an active member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) in the UK and a member of the Advisory Panel. She chaired the national Employment Policy Committee which lobbied and liaised with Government on proposed employment legislation in the UK.
After working as Principal for a number of executive search and HR consultancies in NZ, Julia established Julia Stones & Associates Ltd in 2017. The consultancy offers a unique focus on the complete life cycle of a career as Julia has always believed her candidates are as important as her clients and setting her candidates up for success in turn enables an organisation to succeed. Services include:
executive search and selection in all industry sectors and role functions to Board level across NZ
career transition coaching which harnesses the Career Blueprint™, an innovative and powerful career scoping tool which is unique in NZ and is applied to both career coaching and outplacement support
outplacement support which is practical and relevant as Julia actively recruits
In addition to the day job, Julia has spent over ten years as a voluntary, elected Board member for HRNZ, the membership organisation for HR professionals in NZ. While contributing to the ongoing strategic direction, Julia has also helped design the competency framework for HR professionals and a skills matrix for the Board. More recently Julia led a national project team of HR professionals and academics as Board sponsor to design and implement chartered membership for the HR profession in NZ.
Julia has represented HRNZ as a Director for the Asia Pacific Federation of HR Management and led a project team to design and implement a competency framework for HR professionals in the Asia Pacific region. Awarded Distinguished Fellow HRNZ in 2021, Julia continues to work with the organisation as a voluntary mentor, member of the national audit committee for chartered membership and judge for the annual awards for excellence.
Julia is frequently asked to contribute to industry sector journals as a subject matter expert on recruitment and career coaching as well as being invited to speak at conferences.
“Julia has skills that cover the complete life cycle of a career and I highly recommend her if you are wanting a highly skilled professional to assist you in senior recruiting, outplacement services or career mapping pathways for your high potential employees.
I have worked with Julia on many assignments over the past 17 years. She has assisted me in successfully placing several ‘C’ suite roles and I must say during these assignments her professionalism and detail is unquestionable. Julia is probably one of the best recruiters I have worked with over the years. She builds the interview around the specific needs for the role and her skills with behavioural based questioning is excellent. Her reviews of the candidates are exact and detailed giving you a clear synopsis of the person, their skills and their attributes across the board.
Julia has also assisted me with outplacement services for senior managers. This process has given these managers direction and structure assisting them to find their next career role. The feedback I have received from these managers has always been positive and they all say the process helps them actually think a little differently about their next career steps.
I have also used Julia’s skills with helping our high potential employees who have lost their way a little map out their career pathways. Julia guides them through a Career Blueprint that encourages them to challenge themselves on where they want to take their careers as well as understanding what their true strengths are, developing their self-awareness. Again the feedback I receive from our employees who have gone through this process is always positive and they come away with clear pathways for their future.”