Cortney Young Email and Phone Number

In my role as a Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist at IEM, my responsibilities include collaborating closely with hiring managers throughout the hiring process to develop job requisitions and recruiting plans. I manage surge recruiting needs and develop local candidate pipelines in the Emergency Management field. My duties involve evaluating applicant resumes, screening candidates, and coordinating interviews. I generate candidate offer letters and ensure the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is updated at all times. I represent IEM, promoting its mission and culture to applicants. Additionally, I demonstrate a strong knowledge of recruitment practices, including effective surge recruiting, advanced sourcing skills, and competitive compensation practices. My role requires flexibility, resilience, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent recruiting tasks while maintaining a sense of urgency and being results-driven.

As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, I was responsible for sourcing and attracting top talent, conducting candidate interviews, and coordinating the hiring process. I collaborated with hiring managers to understand their needs, developed effective recruitment strategies, and maintained accurate records in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS). My role also involved promoting the company's culture and values to prospective candidates

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at IEM, my responsibilities included collaborating closely with hiring managers throughout the hiring process to develop job requisitions and recruiting plans. I managed surge recruiting needs and developed local candidate pipelines in the Emergency Management field. My duties involved evaluating applicant resumes, screening candidates, and coordinating interviews. I generated candidate offer letters and ensured the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) was updated at all times. I represented IEM, promoting its mission and culture to applicants. Additionally, I demonstrated a strong knowledge of recruitment practices, including effective surge recruiting, advanced sourcing skills, and competitive compensation practices. My role required flexibility, resilience, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent recruiting tasks while maintaining a sense of urgency and being results-driven.

Responsible for supporting senior project managers in the planning and execution of various projects. My duties included coordinating project schedules, tracking progress, and ensuring timely completion of deliverables. I collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, manage resources, and mitigate risks. Additionally, I maintained project documentation, prepared status reports, and facilitated communication between stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and objectives.

As a recruiter, my primary responsibility is to attract, select, and appoint well suited candidates for a variety of roles within our fleet mechanics department. My success as a recruiter requires that I work very closely with hiring managers, department managers, and supervisors alike to develop recruitment plans, write job descriptions and schedule interviews. This key role operates as a core function of the human resources department and is vital to the continued growth of Red Classic.

My primary function in this role was to manage customer relationships. This included the daily solicitation of key customer contacts, building long term customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities, routing of loads to optimal coverage divisions, and managing the execution of daily operations to the customers’ expectations. In this role, I was also responsible for forecasting and capitalizing on changing market conditions, building relationships with our partners, and working independently to maximize performance.

In this position, I was responsible for supporting and maintaining operations with Red Classic's customer base. My primary function was to maintain customer relationships and this included facilitating customer transactions, coordinating transportation of loads, providing status updates to customers, and addressing customer issues.

Conducted recruitment activities to screen and select potential employees for hire.Facilitated onboarding activities to ensure successful transition into business culture.Facilitated and planned all training activities to enhance employee skills and knowledge.Facilitated training for managers inside and outside of district to ensure consistent messaging and process change throughout the district.Conducted annual performance appraisals to assess training needs and build improvement plans.

Used computer based recruitment system to select potential candidates for interview. Conducted monthly classroom style product knowledge training with interactive activities to ensure full understanding and promote retention.Planned weekly schedules and daily schedule charts to ensure proper coverage and usefulness of individual skill sets.Acted as area trainer, facilitating monthly conference calls, face-to-face, and group trainings with other managers to aid in the planning and execution of visual merchandising.Traveled to other stores for hands on training and coaching in the areas of leadership, onboarding, change management and visual merchandizing.Conducted quarterly evaluations to address performance concerns and maintain performance plans.

Conducted interviews with potential candidates and made all hiring decisions based on operational needs.Facilitated onboarding activities to ensure successful transition into business culture.Planned and conducted training activities for new product rollouts and operational initiatives. Used sales trends and other financial tools to plan weekly schedules and analyze business needs to meet financial goals.Conducted annual performance appraisals as well as quarterly on-on-one meetings to address specific needs and maintain performance plans.