Tracey Shearer
In 2006 in the United Kingdom’s second major port, Southampton, Tracey completely changed tack from a successful vocation in advertising and set sail on a new career path in the shipping and maritime industry as a Recruitment Consultant for Faststream.
It didn’t take long for Tracey to learn the ropes and become a very abled-bodied consultant. Hailed Faststream’s global top biller on several occasions, in 2008 she set forth to help launch the Faststream office in Singapore.
From then it was full steam ahead with Tracey changing course again in 2011 when she founded Red The Consultancy (with offices in Glasgow and Singapore) with Norwegian and Scottish shareholders, both specialists in the shipping and seafarer manning industries. After weathering some stormy waters Tracey wound down the Singapore operation in 2017 and returned to her beloved homeland, South Africa.
Not to be unberthed, Tracey launched EQ8 Recruit, a specialised global recruiter for the shipping and maritime industries, in the beautiful and majestic Cape Town in 2019.
Tracey’s partnership and consultative approach has allowed EQ8 Recruit to always deliver on their brand promise that successful recruitment for their clients brings success for their candidates and in turn, success for EQ8 Recruit.
Boasting a global network, tendering boutique talent acquisition services, EQ8 Recruit is a hands-on operation often providing short notice service but always with top class effective solutions, offering recruitment services for vacancies in Africa, Europe, UAE, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
A force certainly to be reckoned with, Tracey recognised a need for private enterprise in South Africa and launched EQ8 Crew in early 2023 with two Norwegian shareholders who have decades worth of international experience in the shipping and crewing industries, whether that is sailing-experience on almost anything that floats or building and developing solid, strong networks and recruitment consultancy skills.
Tracey and her shareholders are committed in offering the very best of themselves to support talented seafarers and the shipping industry as a whole to reap rewards from each other. EQ8 Crew aims to develop an open relationship between sea recruits and ship owners and managers that will become an integral part of sea personnel.
Straight forward and straight talking, Tracey doesn’t waste any of her exuberant energy on excuses and cares too much to cut corners. She will put it all on the line to deliver on her promises to help her client’s and candidates find a perfect fit to sail the seven seas.
