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Kirsten Roberts
Thomas Jude Arnold
July 24th, 1978 - February 5th, 2021
July 24th, 1978 - February 5th, 2021
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Stephen Dexter
I was completely caught off guard by this news as Tom is in my electronic file of people to connect with during recruiting season. I first got to know him at Leysin American School around 2011 when I needed a last minute math teacher and he was starting his consultancy. We stayed in touch over the years. Every time we spoke, it left me thankful that I knew him. He was a funny, kind, authentic guy and someone I am so happy to have known. My heart breaks for him and his family.
Diane Jacoutot
I met Tom many years ago when I hired him for his first teacher recruitment job. I could tell he was a natural - intelligent, ambitious, engaging and caring. The things that make you a good person make you a good recruiter. He was such a charismatic person, funny and kind with a hint of mischief. I can't believe he's gone so soon. The world is a much poorer place without him.
Abby Gormack
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Simon Dweck
Like a few people on here, I met Tom through work at Teachanywhere, where we quickly became good friends. It is difficult not to like Tom. He is kind, conscientious, caring and a funny guy. And so when he set up his own consultancy, I was honoured that he would come to me for advice or suggestions. It meant that we spent quite a bit of time discussing how we would disrupt the current recruitment market and take over the world ( one day Rodney)! He was also somebody who would give me council, often when discouraged by work, it was an ongoing joke that despite telling him in 2008 that I was leaving recruitment that I was still in it in 2021!!! He always struck me as somebody who really cares about what he did and how he did it, a deep thinker always wanting to do his best not just for the staff he worked with but the teachers he sent abroad and his colleagues in general.. Outside of work related topics he made me laugh each time I saw him, he was great company at otherwise boring conference and he was always a good man to be around and he was one of the few people that I would always have time for. His death is a devastating shock which has been hard to process. It is clearly unfair and incomprehensible. We only spoke a week or so before his untimely death.... he will be missed. I wish his family, friends and loved ones a long life
Abby Gormack
My deepest condolences to Tom's partner and family. I worked with Tom before he started Compass and he was a wonderful member of our small team and a really good friend. Although we worked in different countries, when we did all meet up we had some wonderful times and fun memories. I'm very shocked and saddened to hear of his passing, it had been some years since we were in contact but I remember him fondly. A bright light gone far too soon. Xx
Russell Speirs
I first heard about Tom in around 2015 when I was working in Madrid with the school Principals in the King's College group. We were chatting over dinner and got onto the subject of teacher recruitment. First one, then another and before long all of them were singing Tom's praises saying how reliable he was, how they trusted and liked him. He had clearly developed an exceptionally strong relationship with these people. I remember thinking "Wow! WHo is this guy? And how has he achieved this?" It wasn't long before I found out. I was soon introduced to Tom by our mutual friend and fellow recruitment professional, Aaron Ashton. Tom helped us with an assignment for a client in China. Then we worked on another project together. Whenever one of our clients needed teachers, we were pleased to recommend Tom, knowing that he would look after them. As time went on, I could see where all those warm words of praise in Madrid had come from. Tom was a remarkable man - gentle, honest, ambitious to do good work more than to make money, without ego, reliable and very humane and kind, too. I grew to like him very much and was greatly saddened when I heard that he had passed away. I wish I had known him better and for longer. And to his closer friends, colleagues and family who did, I send you my most sincere condolences and hope you can remember for a very long time and will find peace in all the wonderful, happy moments Tom gave you.
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