• Manage and lead recruitment/talent acquisition strategy for identifying, attracting, and retaining highest caliber talent• Cultivate candidate pipelines• Strategic partner with senior leadership to assess gaps in talent, identify needs and provide details on staffing plans• Ongoing collaboration with operations, recruiting, business development and account management teams to improve processes and evaluate needs across the organization. • Partner with marketing department on brand awareness including for drip campaigns, social media campaigns, marketing materials, etc. • Build, train, manage, and evaluate our lead management team of 5 including:o Application management o Lead management o Job order creation and maintenance on all platforms• Build, train, manage, and evaluate our sourcing team of 20 including:o Sourcing on various platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster etc. o Identify and vet new candidate sources. • Determine and track team KPIs, provide ongoing performance feedback, address performance issue, and help develop skills of the teams• Stay abreast of and report on industry trends and insights to senior leadership • Manage our external partnerships with job board and lead generation vendors • Manage department budget for vendor partnerships, negotiate contracts stay informed of new product offerings, stay informed of industry insights available from vendors• Establish, optimize, and track talent acquisitions metrics determine ROI • Regularly evaluate and adjust talent acquisition strategies based on vendor ROI, industry • Manage Applicant Tracking System- evaluate, analyze and report on candidate pool• Implemented new partnerships resulting in an annual cost savings of $10,000• Successfully reduced the cost per hire by 34%:• Improve team processes (like regionalizing the team) and reducing team size• Improve processes with job order postings• Evaluate and improve job board management and prioritization

• Work directly with recruitment team to develop strategies aimed at maximizing interviews by school district clients leading to an increase in revenue.• Participate in planning activities with senior leaders including identifying sales strategies, assess client needs, and develop recruiting strategies driven by building relationships and brand loyalty• Manage over 160 client accounts in the busiest region including CA, AZ, OR & WA• Recognition for consistently exceeding revenue goals and total candidates on assignment

● Accountable for hiring talent for sites across Orange County and parts of Los Angeles County● Run full cycle process with candidates● Participate in development of candidate facing messaging and communication plan and collateral to attract qualified talent● Identify and develop recruiting strategies to build an ongoing, ready pipeline of qualified candidates to meet hiring needs.● Utilize social media and job boards to drive recruiting● Attend recruiting and networking events to identify talent and represent the company● Schedule candidates and maintain calendars● Provides support, training and assistance to branch staff within region in managing applicant tracking within the automated applicant tracking system, as well as managing specific areas of ATS related to recruiting activities (i.e., posting job openings, etc.)● Provides analysis and recommendations for adjusting techniques and strategies to meet targets. Weekly reports on hiring, effectiveness of recruiting sources, costs vs. return on investment, projections for future growth.● Reviews existing branch hiring and interviewing practices and makes recommendations to improve effectiveness and efficiency

Accomplishments• Highest ranking in program history for the Full-time MBA program by US News and World Report• Ranked for the first time in part-time MBA programs by Bloomberg BusinessWeek • Consistently met and exceeded enrollment goals for all programs• Launched MS in Accounting programResponsibilities• Development of recruitment strategies and plans for graduate business programs• Collaborate with senior staff and marketing department to attract top tier students• Plan, coordinate and participate in recruitment fairs, and various events • Liaison to various campus offices• Manage CRM and drip campaigns• Review all applications• Interview and make admission and scholarship recommendations to the Admission Committee • Member of the Admission Committee • Academic advising and student services for all programs• Participant of various hiring committees for internal positions• Manage program budgets• Manage graduate assistants and department assistant• Work with faculty on various special projects including planning travel courses• Manage website and social media platforms • Attend various industry conferences • Support of EMBA students and faculty

• Full-cycle retained recruiting for exempt-level positions with industry concentrations in hospitality, aerospace, manufacturing, construction and engineering• Provided research, name generation, candidate development, reference checking to retained executive search firms or corporate clients• Tenaciously pursued qualified candidates through existing networks, cold calling, sourcing, referrals among other channels• Screened, interviewed and qualified candidates• Directed hiring process of each candidate from first point of contact to acceptance of offer• Conducted reference calls

• Successfully ran a home office as an independent contractor for an Arkansas based corporation providing domestic and international full service freight forwarding• Extensive research for lead generation• Cold called sales leads to create client base• Negotiated contracts and rates

• Provided administrative/clerical support for the top sales executive • Provided customer service and processed orders for established customers• Cold called potential customers • Trained new employees on computer programs and day-to-day operations