Al Pollard Email and Phone Number

I support multi-facility client groups in the Southeastern and Northwestern United States with consistent application and services in areas of HR policy administration, recruiting & selection, training, compensation administration, benefits, performance counseling, and employee relations in nonunion facilities.

I provided full life cycle recruiting / talent acquisition and HR support for Mspark, the nation’s dominant provider of direct marketing services to rural consumers. I recruited and supported Associates in the following areas:* Sales - both local sales (selling to SMBs) and national clients* Operations - customer service and administrative support* Marketing - consumer data gives our clients the insight to attract new customers & grow their business* Accounting and Finance - providing financial support for the organization* Creative - we have award winning artists that produce direct mail that produce ROI for our clients* Production/Plants - they produce the direct mail that produces the results* IT - informational technology support in all areas: networking, help desk, DBA, programming, BI, etc...* Executive/C-Suite - our executive team is focused on our clients and our associates in addition to growing the business* The Gigabytes - we have a company band :)I worked with my Director and our C-Suite team to provide strategic Human Resources Management along with Tactical Human Resource Solutions that focus both on our people and Mspark's KPIs. My diverse experience as a HR professional along with my experience of managing a business enables me to balance the needs/wants of the business, the employee and employment law.

Source and recruit sales professionals that want to provide measurable results and a solid return on the customer's marketing investment utilizing direct mail, digital and analytics.Provide HR support to the organization in all functional areas.

Work with stake holders to identify key competencies in candidates.Create and post job openings to drive qualified and interested candidates to apply.Screen and interview candidates increasing candidate quality to a level that shortened time to fill.Develop job descriptions that accurately describe the position providing valid and reliable interview criteria Follow EOE, AAP and OFCCP guidelines Maintain recruiting performance reports

Fill in for Talent Acquisition Specialist during high season for Southwest Florida.Full life cycle recruiting for over seven different job classes both part time and full time.Cold calling to increase diverse candidate pool.Drive employee referral program.Create job postings to drive qualified and interested candidates to apply.

Part time short term contract

Six week contract position.

Source, attract and retain top retail managementCold call to generate leadsInterview and select candidates Full life cycle recruiting through on-boarding

Identify target colleges and universities based on hiring criteria, identified through job analysis, to source high potential candidates at undergraduate and graduate levels in a competitive marketFull life cycle recruiting and on-boarding of new hires including sourcing, interviewing, running backgrounds and making offersBuild and manage a yearly budget of $500k - $1 mil incorporating national and local priorities with a focus on ROIDevelop print and electronic media to support comprehensive branding campaign enterprise-wide while promoting Business Unit specific value propositionsAssist Business Units in identifying opportunities for internships, adding depth to our college pipeline and identifying top talent before our competitorsSource, hire, manage and train five college recruiters and four associate recruiters though straight and dotted line reporting structuresEstablish and maintain relationships with C-level management throughout CFC and our family of companiesIdentify and mitigate any potential for disparate impact in hiring practices to ensure compliance with OFCCP, EEOC, Federal and State hiring laws/regulations

Develop and facilitate workshops to clubs, organizations, and classesAdvise students on career choices utilizing eChoices and Sigi+Build relationships with Faculty resulting in increased exposure to studentsNetwork with employers to build career databaseOversee career library, tracking industry trends

Cold call organizations, staff and faculty at Colleges and Universities to develop recruiting sources Restructured recruiting department twice to allow for changing business needs and increase value-addCultivate and maintain relationships with over 20 college and university career centers, faculty and staffDeveloped, updated and facilitated presentations to classes, career centers and organizationsCreated and presented AAP/EEO training sessionsTrained and assisted Recruiting Supervisors in areas of presenting, interviewing and marketing Developed and implemented new recruiting technology to increase productivityCreated and implemented procedures to comply with OFCCP audits and AAP Lead diversity efforts with the Urban League, Women's Diversity Team, college and community organizationsCreated monthly reports to track ROI Reduced annual agency costs from over $300k to under $50k

Created and presented customer service and phone skills training to all employeesCreated and presented sales training to over 200 employeesDeveloped, trained and coached four Recruiting CoordinatorsPartnered with HR and Training departments resulting in a 100% increase in retention Maintained departments' focus, performance and moral during two restructuringsFostered and maintained relationships with over 35 colleges and universities

Managed and coached development of 4-5 employees in each locationConducted reviews and mentor sessions with employeesSales calls to accounts to develop and increase businessRevamped and directed new hire training classesCreated systems, policies and procedures for Training, HR and RecruitingResponsible for all new hire paperwork, reviews and employee files