Erin Coleman Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis

Chesterfield, MO

Greater Nashville Area, TN

Experienced recruiter with an in depth knowledge of the Federal Contracting Community, primarily focused on the DOE, the Intelligence Community, DoD and the Federal Civilian Sector. My strengths are finding sales executives in the software and hardware industries and also within one of the more challenging search markets, the CI and Full-Scope Community.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• ThinkingAhead is an executive recruiting firm with offices in the United States and Europe.
• Part-time role assisting with sourcing, cold calling and interviewing sales-based Executive Recruiter candidates.
• Special projects that included market research, lead list development, sourcing.

Chesterfield, MO & Glendale, CA

• Worked January 2006-August 2007; April 2008-May 2009
• While I recruited for all levels (entry level to managerial) and all industries of openings (Administrative, Technology, Sales, Engineering, Insurance, Retail, Automotive, etc.), my main focus was on the professional.
• Supporting clients' recruiting needs including creating and posting job ads, conducting phone screens, drafting offers and finalizing background check paperwork
• Advising and consulting with hiring managers about their short and long-term recruiting strategies and advising them on the appropriate approach
• Sourcing, interviewing and referring candidates for all varieties of openings, hourly to salary
• Utilizing creative advertising and sourcing techniques

Greater Seattle Area

• Developed a 1 year Recruiting Plan from scratch; company had previously not been focusing on recruiting, leaving managers to do their own hiring
• Developed a list of top sources to be used by Recruiting and Hiring Managers for easy reference
• Sourced and cold-called for difficult to fill engineering openings, using internet sourcing techniques and posting on niche sites
• Attended university and diversity career fairs
• Consulted and advised management on ways to improve the Recruiting department and hiring process
• Database: Taleo

Greater St. Louis Area

• Supported and worked closely with hiring managers by sourcing, qualifying and recommending external candidates for an exempt openings focusing on Sales, Management and Sales Support/IT positions
• End to end recruiting
• Sourced candidates by utilizing Internet, employee referrals, web searches, manager referrals, candidate referrals, cold calling, advertising, job fairs, and general inquiries/unsolicited resumes
• Sold IKON as the employer of choice
• Conducted phone screens and behavioral interviews with all candidates
• Created and distributed offer and rejection letters

Greater St. Louis Area

• Awarded a “Going the Extra Mile” recognition for customer service and quick response and teamwork
• Received a “Special Performance Incentive” recognition for sourcing candidates for recruiting and bringing a new recruiting source to the attention of the recruiting team
• Efficiently entered employee data into Oracle based HRMS system
• Assisted employees daily with questions and issues
• Conducted background checks and analyzing the results
• Assisted managers with recruitment process through such avenues as online posting, running newspaper ads, and directing resumes to appropriate sources