Brief Encounter - Alex Sproat
Alex Sproat retired on 31 July after almost 20 years at Warwick. He worked in Personnel at first, creating Unitemps in 1995 and Jobs.ac.uk two years later. Alex would like to thank all the many people at Warwick he has worked with for making his time here so rewarding.
What's your position at Warwick?
Director of Jobs.ac.uk
Which means?
I am at the head of the most effective advertiser of academic and related vacancies in the world
What's your favourite phrase?
When I were a lad.......
What magazines do you read?
I am an avid reader of the Screwfix catalogue
Your all-time favourite record or piece of music?
Puccini’s Tosca
Life before Warwick?
Predictable!
My smartest career move was...
Inventing Jobs.ac.uk
You've been part of the University for quite a while. What's been the best thing about working at Warwick?
Being surrounded by enthusiastic, polite and helpful colleagues
Fulfilled any lifelong ambition?
An early retirement from public service
Major achievement to date?
Creating Jobs.ac.uk and Unitemps, Warwick’s own recruitment agency
What do you treasure most?
Being able to play snooker to an impressively high standard!
Has life's experience taught you anything so far?
People can be fair, but circumstances often aren't; demand fairness from people and cope with the rest!
Alex contacted by email at alexsproat@hotmail.com