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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Richmond, Virgina, Us

Bellingham, Washington, Us

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Madison, New Jersey, Us

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

Create and implement hiring strategy for high volume role within the sales function.Set expectations from hiring managers, directors, and functional support to candidate processing, flow, and strategy success. Continuously increased hires each month to achieve the goal of hires per month in sales and maintain a steady stream of candidates.

Herndon, Virginia, Us

Developed and implemented a military/veteran recruiting strategy that led to a 30% increase military/veteran hiring and gained recognition from the ESGR (Employer Support for Guard and Reserve) and awarded the Above & Beyond Award200% increase in the number of veteran hires within the first 6 month in the position with a steady track to end the year above 250%Established relationship with key military installations, programs, and colleges across the country to recruit veterans into various positions within Beacon and increase our bench of future management leaders.Worked with the CHRO and Director of Talent Development in presenting results to the Chief Executive Council as well as the Board of Directors.Established training for Human Resource Department and Branch Managers for understanding transitioning veteran resumes, terminology, and became a point of contact for all personnel within the company with any military/veteran questions.

Herndon, Virginia, Us

Herndon, Virginia, Us

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. is one of the largest distributors of residential and non-residential roofing and complementary building products in North America. Beacon currently has over 589 locations in 50 US states and 6 Canadian provinces and more than 8,500 employees. We are known throughout the building supply industry for having quality people, quality service and quality building products.Manage and perform full cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing and closing top talent for all positions such as IT, Administrative, Sales, Managers, Accounting, Professional, and Executives. Created military recruitment program and established military hiring training for 5 company recruiters and 20+ person HR Department to better communicate with transitioning military personnel.Manage temporary labor for 163 locations throughout the western United States and ensuring that vendors meet minimum requirements for our organization and do not exceed 180 days of employment.Manage temporary labor for over 163 locations throughout the West Division and reducing the temporary labor pool from 20% to less than 1% of total employees.Build relationships with multiple Universities throughout the western U.S. to funnel college graduates into our management trainee program.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Supervises and motivates recruiting team by setting, assisting and achieving organizational goals and quotas. Utilizes effective interpersonal communication and sales skills to meet team goals on a monthly and yearly basis, fulfilling recruitment rate for the yearImplements a team orientated and collaborative environment to enhance overall productivity while simultaneously increasing employee satisfactionLeads and trains recruiters on applicant tracking systems, resulting in improved onboarding accuracy of 75%Reduces turnover by preparing candidates for the physical and mental stress of military training, resulting in a 90% success rate for selection and placement of qualified candidatesManages 4 recruiting personnel at 3 locations while ensuring compliance with employment laws and government regulations within the Kansas City Metropolitan AreaCollects and assimilates employee recruiting goals, achievements, and attributes while integrating recommended improvements into annual employee performance evaluation reports

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Over 6 years of experience reviewing, approving and scheduling candidate applications and training requests. Directs candidates through onboarding processes while ensuring compliance of employment documentation, insurance, pay, background checks and drug screenings.Trained over 70 new and current recruiting personnel in areas of policies, procedures, recruitment, salesmanship, leadership and team buildingOperated 11 independent applicant tracking and recruiting software information systems for the purpose of hiring and onboarding of candidatesUsed problem solving skills to analyze turnover data and implemented specific interviewing procedures which resulted in a $750K to $1M of annual savings to the organizationCollaborated on a daily basis with hiring managers and senior management regarding both exempt and non-exempt staff recruitment needs and integrating recommended methods for process improvementManaged an office responsible for a $50M annual training budget by increasing quality control methods that were more beneficial to both the candidate and organizationIncreased onboarding administrative accuracy from 83% to 97% exceeding the national average of 95%Broad knowledge of employment laws, affirmative action plans, government regulations, and organizational operating proceduresProven success assisting with policy development and implementation within a multicultural and diverse setting

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Experienced generating applicant lead sources by researching and contacting community services, colleges, employment agencies, recruiters, social media and internet sites.Cultivated, implemented, and improved recruiting marketing plans to increase target market sourcing of veteran, high school and college graduate placements Managed relationships with vendors for the purpose of advertisement and branding the National Guard while ensuring successful return on investment Adapted to changing trends within the recruiting industry to more effectively increase placements within the organization while reducing the applicant-to-hire ratioAccepted a recruiting assignment with a lower producing office to assist with increasing the office productivity by 35%Utilized comprehensive communication skills to discover candidate motivators, negotiate contracts, and quickly close the sale on new placementsDeveloped and prepared a variety of statistical reports, complex correspondence, fact sheets and briefings that senior management used to make informed decisionsConducted exit interviews and generated employee retention reports while concurrently recommending changes to senior management to improve employee satisfaction and reduce turnover

Masters Of Arts, Human Resource Management

Onward To Opportunity / Veterans Career Transition Program

Bachelors Of Science, Criminal Justice

English Studies

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General