Cory Blair Email & Phone Number

Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States

Serves as subject-matter-expert on U.S. Army marketing operations, technology, ecosystem, lead collection, and data processing. Ensures marketing operations and data strategies comply with client business objectives and operational needs. Educate, train, and assist end-users on marketing technology. Setup, maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot Army.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States

Coordinate and Build Multimedia and Stand-Alone Presentations for HQ, USAREC.Conduct Research, Analysis, and Forecasting for Strategic Planning Purposes.Command Expert and Advisor on Presentation Techniques, Hardware, and SoftwareCatalog and Maintain Content Library.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Conducted studies of statistical data to derive a basis for forecasting and scheduling quantitative and qualitative potential of enlistments in the Army nationwide. Collected and classified data for tabular or geographical presentation and analysis. Obtained conversion factors to predict high school graduate and Non-Prior Service (NPS) monthly intake..

Fort Knox, Kentucky

• Responsible for the management and oversight of large, cross functional global programs that directly support short-term and long-term strategic needs. Define, Research, Design and Lead the innovative initiatives.
• Work with multiple Senior Directors within the Headquarters of Army Recruiting to engage in strategic planning process and execution; implement and maintain excellent board governance practices.
• Supervise the implementation and evaluation of all initiatives with the Development Committee and the Development Director.

Manhattan, Topeka, Lawrence, Salina, Hays, Kansas

• Managed daily operations for a team of 29 in recruiting strategy and sales along with promotion of the US Army recruiting efforts across 5 sub-stations spread over 39,000 square miles with an annual budget of $595K..
• Subject matter expert for enlisted and executive corporate recruiting overseeing all aspects of attraction, sourcing, processing and screening of applicants. Briefed top-level executives daily on recruiting strategy.
• Talent acquisition manager balancing strengths and weaknesses across 29 personnel recruiting force in order to maximize production across 5 recruiting sub-stations spread over 39,000 square miles

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Maintained daily oversight of over 1100 new accessions into the US Army while coordinating logistics to over 1100 new Soldiers annually. Additionally, provided procedural supervision to 11 regional managers spread over.
• Conducted and/or scheduled 100% of all processing including mental testing, physician screening, work history, disclosures, drug testing, background checks and interviewing while utilizing sound judgement to determine.
• Implemented career requirements database of over 300 occupations resulting in early identification of candidate’s career choices after initial processing resulting in over 100% career program selection.

Burlington MA, Kansas City KS, Fort Riley KS

• Managed 3 regional teams in full life cycle recruiting over a 6-year period; received, screened, processed and tracked 1800+ candidate requests; delivered training to Recruiters and future Soldiers; generated and.
• Researched, planned, and executed innovative recruitment strategies such as community outreach plans and lead generating events increasing the market reach by 10% year-over-year, and increasing application throughput.
• Managed and supervised over 150 local recruiting events, career fairs, conferences and various other sourcing events with a clear branding message to meet 100% of the Army’s publicity and recruiting goals.

Greater Boston Area

• Applied human resources and full life cycle recruiting procedures while effectively communicating to 950+ candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds; assessed and anticipated skills to find the right staff.
• Managed consistent, high volume of dynamic candidates to build pipeline of 30+ interviews a month, personally recruiting more than 50% of the organizational hires over 2 years (67 of 128).
• Utilized behavioral based interview techniques along with a needs based sales approach while articulating organizational policies to find the most qualified candidates for selection

Fort Hood, Texas, United States