Sean Johnston
Get to know Sean Johnston, Executive Director at West Recruitment. Specialising in Executive Recruitment across Sydney and NSW.
Sean is an Executive Recruitment Specialist, a proud dad of five, and the human to a Golden Retriever and a Cavoodle. A lifelong Parramatta Eels supporter, he spends most of his non-working hours cooking, chauffeuring kids between activities, or pushing himself to the limit on long-distance trail and road runs. He is very much goal oriented both personally and professionally. My journey into recruitment wasn't exactly planned. After completing an Economics degree at Macquarie University, I built a strong foundation in banking with both HSBC and St George Bank. I was well on my way up the corporate ladder when an ad for a marketing role caught my attention. It turned out to be something completely different - a front for a recruitment position. Nine interviews later (yes, nine!), I was offered the job - in an industry I knew next to nothing about. Accepting it went against every instinct I had, because the idea of talking to people I'd never met before made me incredibly nervous. But I took the leap, and it turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. All these years later, I'm still here, doing what I love: connecting with people, helping shape careers, and partnering wit...