Talent Manager • Identify future talent needs for proactive recruiting and work with EEOC groups to develop a strong and diverse talent pool. • Develop specialized or competitive intelligence and research regarding talent development and/or employee retention. • Develop and cultivate relationships with all levels of management, internal, external candidates, and third-party venders.• Interact with contract recruitment agencies, staffing firms and manage the procurement and measurement of their hiring processes. • Assist with the development of the recruitment strategy. This includes job posting optimization, recruiting, marketing, information gathering, channel development, job board procurement, digital and non-digital employment marketing, comprehensive recruitment, and campaign planning, talent planning, etcetera.• Provide sound recommendations to hiring managers to ensure top talent selection. • Establish recruiting/reporting metrics and perform analysis to recommend staffing/sourcing solutions.• Conduct employment background checks in compliant with OFCCP, VEVERAA, TSA Fingerprinting, drug screening, and/or credit checks for all incoming employees.• Conduct I-9 E-verifies through both 3rd party websites and government site.

Acosta Sales and MarketingOctober 2013 to April 2017Identify future talent needs for proactive recruiting and work with EEOC groups and colleges to develop a strong and diverse talent pool. Developed specialized and competitive sourcing intelligence and research regarding talent development and employee retention. Developed and cultivated relationships with all levels of management, internal, external candidates, and third-party venders.Interact with contract recruitment agencies, staffing firms and manage the procurement and measurement of their hiring processes. Assisted with the development of the recruitment strategy. This includes job posting optimization, recruiting, marketing, information gathering, channel development, job board procurement, digital and non-digital employment marketing, comprehensive recruitment, and social media campaign planning, talent planning, etcetera.Partnered with hiring managers to provide sound recommendations to hiring managers to ensure top talent selection. Establish recruiting/reporting metrics and perform analysis to recommend staffing/sourcing solutions.Conduct I-9 forms, and E-verifies through both 3rd party websites and government site.Supervised 6 full time corporate recruiters to cover the 50 U.S. States, Canada, and Puerto Rico for Pet Specialty Retail stores.Created, forged, and uncovered many strategies to target our niche candidate pool in cross state and cross border job markets.Worked and partnered with a larger talent acquisition team to ensure operational success by staffing an operations of 40,000+ employees, with a consistent 95% regional coverage, although we had a companywide 75% to 85% turnover rate. Successfully transitioned between Paycom's ATS to iCIMS ATS systems without any recruiting down time.Conducted background checks and drug screening for all new incoming employees.Managed 2200+ pet specialty retail job reqs yearly in the US and Canada.

Processed paperwork for LOA including FMLA and ADA.Proof read and approved written disciplinary action forms, as well as sat in on employee terminations.Reviewed resumes sent by recruiting department, conducted in person interviews. Worked with operations to select new hire.Oversee candidate drug testing process through third party background check company.Onboarding, process tax and I9 paperwork for new hires.Maintained Employee records, including new hire documents and historical cycle out of aged employee files.Processed electronic change in status forms for ADP core system.Compiled local payroll to be sent to corporate payroll department.Administrated the local benefits software, and acted as point of contact to answer employee questions on benefits packages.