Head of Recruitment - Transfers, Agents, Scouts & Data - Andy Belk (QPR FC) - #16

Head of Recruitment - Transfers, Agents, Scouts & Data - Andy Belk (QPR FC) - #16This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️This video was a special one for me as Andy was the person that first introduced me to sports analysis around 15 years ago!Andy started off as an analyst himself but them found himself moving into the world of recruitment around 6 years ago. He has headed up the recruitment department at QPR for the last 3 ears or so having been at the club for almost 15 years!Andy has a wealth of experience, has spent time working abroad and is open to share some inner workings of QPRs recruitment set up. He describes his close working relationship with Director of Football, Les Ferdinand, offers an insight into the world of deadline day, and also shares some great advice.I really enjoyed this conversation and so I hope you do too!Thanks again to Andy for taking part and feel free to leave any questions (for Andy or myself) in the comments below!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Introduction1:50 - Andy joins, gives overview, how we know each other4:03 - Back to the start, university, work experience, masters9:58 - Working in Dubai14:14 - Moving to QPR as an analyst, Ian Dowie20:21 - Working with the Irish National Team22:56 - Transitioning to Recruitment, analyst progression26:42 - Promotion to Head of Recruitment, working with Les Ferdinand33:48 - The recruitment department37:02 - The process of a transfer, player agents43:52 - Deadline Days47:20 - The role of data, other considerations54:39 - Brexit, foreign transfers, the World Cup1:01:47 - What it's like working in sport, advice for students1:08:19 - Wrapping up◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA