Director of Talent Acquisition

• Jan 2023 - Present

Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Manager

• Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

• Responsible for all Talent acquisition Strategies, policies, processes, and budgets for Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. • Responsibility and Leaderships for a 4-person Talent Acquisition team, as well as a 2-person Onboarding Team. (6 total direct reports) • Built a 4-person Talent Acquisition team from the ground up and lead them to avg 60-90 external new hires per month. • Lead the Talent Acquisition team to a 60% reduction in contract labor (travelers) which equated to $24M in yearly cost savings for the hospital. • Built strong relationships with community partners to help build applicant pipelines with local high schools and community colleges. • In partnership with the CNO we built out a Nursing internship program with LCCC to allow students to start getting exposure to the hospital environment after their first year of schooling. • Partnered closely with HR business partners to develop retention plans which resulted in a 10% reduction in turnover. • Built leadership hiring best practices course in the LMS to focus on “ideal team player” methodologies to help increase our quality of hire and reduction in turnover goals. • Lead member of the implementation and build out team for UKG pro and full build out lead for their ATS and Onboarding solutions. • Developed more efficient onboarding and new employee orientation programs to create a better onboarding experience for all new hires. Show less

Talent Acquisition Manager/Corporate Recruiter

• Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

Senior Talent Acquisition Team Lead

• Mar 2019 - Apr 2021

• Lead and manage the entire recruitment operations for 10 California based locations for all positions from sales, automotive technicians, service advisors, office staff, to leadership roles hiring 30-40 people per month. • In partnership with my Director we hired and trained the first centralized Talent Acquisition team and provided continuous training and support. • Lead and trained 3 Specialists on the team to help them become successful in their roles. • Responsible for overseeing all recruiting efforts for 20 different dealerships in 3 different states. • Built collaborative relationships at universities to support hiring efforts. • Managed and assisted with vendor partnerships and contracts as needed. Show less

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Oct 2015 - Dec 2018

- Daily duties include overseeing all recruiting and retention efforts for 4 regions of the enterprise with 1,100 retail locations. - Directly responsible for providing staffing reporting and analysis to regional team, ensuring retention through exit interviews and new hire calls, conducting prescreen interviews, scheduling and attending job/career fairs, coaching and training team members on the interview process, and developing creative marketing strategies to ensure constant pipeline of high caliber candidates. - Responsible for leading, coaching and developing a team of talent acquisition specialists. This involved constant communications, weekly meetings, and providing team members with resources for constant development.- Responsible for managing and leading projects regarding acquisition markets. Took on New York as an acquisition market and managed to maintain over 95% to staffing goals.- Consistently recognized for top performing recruiter through specific KPI’s. This includes; number of hires per month, face to face to offer ratio, 90 day retention efforts, and customer service satisfaction from District Manager partnerships. - Leading and participating in continual collegiate recruiting. Developing a fun and exciting brand at the University of Whitewater and Stephen F Austin, ensuring these are high performing colleges. - Assisting with the development of the recruitment process with our Field Leadership Development Program. Handled presentations and role playing interview processes. - Lead the implementation and roll out of the new HRIS system (Workday) for the Talent Acquisition Department. Show less

Event Planning/Production

• May 2017 - Nov 2018

Mattress Firm; Event Planning • BEDTalks 2017 - Morphy Awards Production Manager/ Red Shoe Crew Team Lead• Bring your Kid to Work Day 2017 - Hosted kids of BedQuarters employees with activities and a movie• New York Integration Event 2017 - Team lead at Brooklyn integration of Sleepy’s and Mattress Firm. • 4th of July Party 2018• Halloween Party 2017/2018• Corporate & Houston Sales Holiday Party 2017 Show less

Sales Manager/District Trainer

• Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

- Daily duties include training and coaching all new hires while running all store openings/closings and overall execution. Directly responsible for driving sales, store marketing, inventory control, budget analysis, and developing customer relationships. - Promoted quickly to District Training Manager and responsible for evaluating and developing all new hires during the first 90 days of employment. In addition, assisted with facilitating regional new hire training classes. Through development, overall sales process, percent to budget, margins, and sales are assessed and discussed with individuals on a regular basis. - Consistently recognized for largest volume of written/finalized sales, margins, and accessory attachment rates. Ranked in the top 10% in the District for finalized sales, with consistently over $750,000 in annual sales completed.- Promoted after 8th month of employment to Store Manager to open a brand new Mega Center. Store finalized anywhere from 95% to 130% to monthly budgets. Show less