Career Coach and Consultant partnering with professionals/leaders on navigating their career transitions by providing guidance in career planning, skills development, resume writing, job search techniques, social media, networking, interviewing, and salary negotiation and more! Received 2 LHH Coaching Certifications and 4.6 out of 5 rating from my candidates.

Finding top talent for corporate and manufacturing positions at Hayward Holdings. Full cycle recruiting with hiring managers and HR partners including sourcing, screening, interviews, offer negotiations, background and drug screen verifications, onboarding through hire date. Solid experience using iCIMS, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed and Handshake for sourcing passive candidates. Ensured positive candidate experience throughout the process.Specific Accomplishments:• Provided full cycle recruiting to fill total of 60 openings including Engineering, Marketing, Finance/Accounting, Manufacturing and Technology professional and managerial positions in multiple USA locations by sourcing, screening and hiring primarily local candidates. Re-built Marketing department and Met target hiring deadlines to fill 20 NC positions that were “sunsetting” in NJ (including newly created positions) in 8 months. • Sourced, screened and presented quality candidates to HM’s and partnered with HRBP’s to fill all positions in USA locations. Provided counseling with hiring managers/directors/VP’s and HRBP’s on job descriptions, market data and competitive pay/package to recommend a competitive offer. Presented & negotiated offers (comp, benefits, sign on bonus) to “close the deal” with candidate. Ensured a positive candidate experience through the hiring process including background and drug screening and onboarding with E-Verify.

Provided full life cycle recruiting for corporate, operations and distribution positions, including sourcing, engaging the candidates, behavioral interviewing, pre-employment screenings (Background & Drug screens), offers/closing and onboarding new hires using E-Verify. Specific Accomplishments:• Corporate hiring included: exempt and managerial positions in Operations, Culinary, Training, Finance, IT, Marketing and Distribution. • "New Restaurant Recruiter" role opening 7 New NC locations opening in a 16-month period. Supported each restaurant manager in hiring 45 crew and 5 management teams meeting all target dates. • Partnered with internal stakeholders to craft job descriptions across the company to identify key staffing needs, develop recruiting strategies, and identify job specifications and skill sets. Built and maintained a pipeline of talent by sourcing and screening active and passive candidates.• Sources included: ATS (Paycom), direct sourcing, employee referrals, job fairs, community/tech colleges, high schools, social media / LinkedIn and internet job boards for open positions.

Managed full cycle recruiting for professional, leadership and hourly positions supporting the Customer Service, Operations, Skilled Labor, Engineering, Information Technology, Safety & Health, HR/Corporate Services, and Energy/Marketing for over 7000 employees statewide. Specific Accomplishments:• Consulted with hundreds of hiring managers (clients) and HR Generalists on best practices in hiring, job requisitions, online/social media sites, recommend hiring strategies, sourcing and attracting “Top tier” candidates, market data, competitive salaries & offer negotiations. • Screened resumes, conducted phone screens, assessments, schedule interviews with managers, hired and completed onboarding for 1100 full time candidates for various clients. Handled background and drug screens for all external hires. • Managed candidates through all steps in iCIMS (1 year) and Taleo systems (8 years) and Peoplesoft for HR database.• Utilized LinkedIn and other social/niche websites for sourcing candidates. Maintained relationships with external community organizations, schools/colleges and military partners to strengthen our pipeline. Ensured company’s target EEO and military goals were met without third party recruiters.