Talent Acquisition Partner

• Sep 2020 - Present

Strategic partner to the business while serving as a subject matter expert on recruitment strategies. Creates and drives all activities that attract and hire top talent. Engages across the full life cycle of the recruiting process and ensures that top performing individuals are attracted, recruited, and selected. Recruits all corporate role and some clinical roles to include IT, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Project Management, Human Resources, and more. • Develops a deep knowledge of our business lines and their competitive landscape establishing both an internal and external network of contacts. • Conducts effective requisition strategy meetings that establish sourcing plans and set expectations with hiring managers. • Creates a communication pathway with hiring managers that promotes a partnership for acquiring the necessary talent. • Identifies and implements new and creative methods to source qualified candidates. Strategizes with hiring managers/supervisors and the People Operations team to attract top external talent. • Solicits candidates utilizing various sourcing techniques including website postings, social media, cold calling, and any other appropriate resources as necessary. • Reviews resumes and employment applications and conducts screening interviews; document all phases of the recruitment process. • Negotiates employment offers in partnership with hiring managers. • Updates the applicant tracking system and any other HRIS systems, as appropriate, so information regarding candidates can be easily retrieved. • Develops and maintains an understanding of recruitment best practices, and make appropriate recommendations based on business needs.

Data Analytics Student

• Aug 2020 - Aug 2020

Corporate Recruiter

• Sep 2012 - Mar 2020

Lead Recruiter for a technology consulting firm focused on developing Software, Data, and Business Intelligence solutions. Successfully recruited top talent for difficult to fill positions where candidate demand far outweighed candidate supply requiring extensive relationship building and creative sourcing techniques. Consistently led recruiting team in positions filled. Recruiting production enabled company’s staff headcount to grow by 200% in 2 years, 400% in 3.5 years and 600% in 4.5 years. • Responsible for all Talent Acquisition operations including Sourcing, Screening, Interviewing, Extending Offers, Negotiating Compensation, and Onboarding. Trained and mentored Recruiting Team members. • Excelled at recruiting passive professionals by utilizing advanced sourcing and networking techniques via social media, professional groups, personal and professional networks and referrals. Maintained relationships with pipelined candidates • Effectively partnered with hiring managers to understand and fulfill their hiring needs through developing targeted recruiting strategies, communicating progress, and coaching on trends, interviewing and hiring practices. • Developed and implemented strategy for recruiting the next generation of talent through College Recruiting activities. • Designed and implemented new recruiting strategies, improved processes and procedures, piloted initiatives, tracked efforts, and analyzed results. Responsible for selecting and implementing the company’s first Applicant Tracking System, PCRecruiter.

Human Resources, Benefits, and Payroll Administration

• 2009 - 2012

Benefits Administration Responsible for implementation, administration and communication of 19 employee benefit plans for a multi-national Automotive Parts Company with approximately 13,000 multi-state employees working at over 300 field locations. • Coordinated with benefit providers and vendors to ensure appropriate ongoing administration of all benefit programs. • Served as liaison to employees to educate, answer questions, process changes and research and resolve benefits issues. • Successfully contributed to the consolidation of Benefits responsibilities and practices post-merger ensuring consistency. Payroll Coordination Administered 24 bi-weekly multi-state payrolls on 2 separate payroll schedules for approximately 1500 employees using ADP payroll system, Stromberg time keeping system, ReportSmith query and reporting software, and Kronos HRIS. • Processed employee data changes for approximately 13,000 multi-state employees working at over 300 field locations. • Served as liaison to employees and managers to educate, answer questions, and research and resolve payroll issues. • Successfully transferred the West Region payroll responsibilities from Phoenix to Nashville ensuring smooth transition. Human Resources Coordination Coordinated multiple human resources programs and processes including Employee Awards Program, background check procedures, employment authorization verifications, record retention and invoice reconciliation. • Served as liaison between managers and the HR Department. Confidentially handled sensitive inquiries and complaints. • Input and retrieved a variety of data to produce documents and reports by utilizing reporting systems and tools such as Kronos, ADP, ReportSmith, and Crystal Reports. Analyzes data and made suggestions for process improvements.

Talent Acquisition Contract

• 2008 - 2009

Recruited to help achieve organizational recruiting goals during a peak hiring term. Assigned positions were successfully filled. • Sourced and filled openings for Manufacturing Management, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service, and more. • Conducted behavioral phone interviews of selected applicants and determined which to submit to hiring managers. • Effectively utilized sourcing tools such as LinkedIn. Documented and tracked progress in Taleo (ATS). • Spearheaded efforts to ensure EEOC & OFCCP compliant Talent Acquisition file maintenance.

IT Recruiter

• 2007 - 2008

IT Staffing Agency recruiting for difficult-to-fill client needs. Placed top talent that surpassed client expectations by finding, attracting, screening, and closing candidates. Proactively sought out new sourcing channels to network and build relationships in. • Achieved placements by effectively marketing job opportunities to candidates and the value proposition of candidates to clients. Ensured candidate retention through process by building interest, giving timely feedback and providing personal career transition consultation on resume writing, interview skills, coaching against counter offers, and compensation negotiations. • Located passive professionals by utilizing advanced sourcing and networking techniques such as penetrating into clients’ market competitors, cold calling, relational recruiting, recruiting with social media, and referral networking. • Developed professional relationships and became a sought-out technical career resource by participating in technology councils, user groups, technical conferences, minority organizations, and career transition groups. • Designed and implemented new recruiting strategies, improved processes and procedures, piloted initiatives, tracked efforts, analyzed results, created necessary documentation, relayed outcomes through required reporting.

Corporate Recruiter

• 2004 - 2007

Recruited talent nationwide for roles including Technical, Engineering, Management, Sales, Logistics & Administrative positions for a multi-national Telecommunications Products and Services Company. Consistently led all recruiters in hiring production with excellent reviews from hiring managers & candidates. • Full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, negotiating offers, conducting pre-employment checks and onboarding. • Worked on as many as 60 positions company-wide from as many as 20 various job requisitions at any given time. • Partnered with Directors and Managers to identify needs and strategized recruiting methods for each position. • Continuously filled difficult openings and initiated procedures that improved quality of new hires and time to hire statistics. • Initiated and led military recruiting efforts. Proactively sought out veteran hires through military career fair and job boards. • Initiated and filled training class to grow talent & employee pool for difficult openings in under-saturated talent markets. • Cultivated strong working relationships with hiring managers and support staff that work at off-site locations. • Collaborated with HR Director and team to devise new recruiting strategies and identified new recruiting resources. • Trained multiple recruiters and assistants imparting knowledge of practices, policies, processes & technical knowledge.