Joanne Sullivan Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Serves as the State of North Carolina Program Manager for STEPs4GROWTH (S4G) via the Office of the Governor, which is a comprehensive clean energy workforce development project funded by a grant from the US Department of Commerce. It is led by NC A&T State University with support from NCBCE and other partners. STEPs4GROWTH partners with North Carolina.

Cary, NC, US

Serves as a volunteer at Wake County Public Schools (elementary school-level) on a weekly basis while conducting full-time job search. Tutors students in Reading, Mathematics, Social Studies, History, English, Spelling, and Science/ STEM. Assists teachers, assistant teachers, and staff with any additional educational and classroom needs.

Temporary career break only to serve as a caregiver.

Raleigh, NC, US

• Provides strategic leadership to NCDOT serving as the NCDOT Senior Diversity Recruiter and a D&I champion for the organization.
• Responsible for all female and minority recruitment activities within NCDOT and focuses on attracting and retaining female and diversity candidates.
• Manages Social Media Recruitment and Employment Branding and Marketing Initiatives to attract women and a variety of diverse candidates.
• Responsible for strategic partnerships and outreach with colleges/universities (HBCU/MSI, private/ public institutions), student organizations, professional associations, and diversity associations.
• Represents NCDOT at a variety of recruiting and outreach events (employer panels, conferences, presentations, career fairs, etc.).

Raleigh, NC, US

• Provided customized recruitment and staffing/ sourcing strategies and best practices/ training for agency recruiters/ hiring managers/ HR stakeholders and UNC System.
• Developed and implemented statewide Social Media Recruitment strategy for the State of North Carolina (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Instagram).
• Led Employment Branding and Marketing initiatives (Career Website, Employee Value Proposition Project, launch of Statewide Agency Recruiter SharePoint site “Recruit NC”).
• Served as co-administrator of NEOGOV ATS (applicant tracking system) providing training and reporting to recruiters/ hiring managers.
• Developed and managed outreach and diversity and inclusion strategy for state agencies to include networking/ strategic partnership opportunities for all agency recruiters (professional associations, diversity.
• Reviewed/ Created HR Policies and HR SOPs and responsible for HR process improvements for all state agencies.

Career break due to job search for a new opportunity.

Morrisville, NC, US

• Responsible for HR Program/ Project Management of HR and Talent Acquisition Initiatives.
• Managed Talent Acquisition programs and events, including the Global Future Leaders Program – Managing contracts totaling over $1 million, providing event coordination, day of onsite execution, interview scheduling.
• Led a team of two recruitment coordinators on travel process for candidates, interview scheduling, logistics, and coordination of recruitment events.
• Responsible for Employment Marketing and Branding Strategy and Execution for Lenovo North America (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Glassdoor, Indeed, Instagram, Revamp of Careers Website, Social Media Strategy).
• Social Media Duties - Led bi-weekly meetings with recruiters about content, managed social media calendar, developed and wrote social media posts, utilized Hootsuite to push out social media postings, shot photography.
• Identified and qualified vendors/ HR technologies to drive HR process improvements (Sample Projects – Manage Glassdoor Employer Account/ Spend/ Job Postings, Relocation/ Candidate Reimbursement RFP/ RFI).

Raleigh, NC, US

• Positions Recruited: Environmental/ Civil/ Agricultural Engineers, Hydrogeologists, Geologists, Environmental Toxicologists, Economists, Environmental Scientists/ Program Managers/ Specialists, Biologists, GIS.
• Insured compliance of full-cycle recruitment process – Hosted intake meetings with hiring managers, developed and posted job descriptions through ATS (NEOGOV), screened applications, conducted interviews, developed.
• Handled compensation analysis/ strategy, salary surveys, administration of temporary/ permanent salary increases, market, within level, and equity salary adjustments.
• Responsible for analyzing and compiling recruiting metrics with a strong focus on Diversity and Inclusion, reporting and recommends best methods for recruiting and retaining diverse talent, along with hard-to-fill.
• Responsible for starting STEP Internship Program (Student Training Experience Program), managing and hiring summer interns across various departments (8 total- Energy Program, Air Quality Division, Legislative Affairs.
• Managed HR Employment Branding and Marketing - Social Media Strategy/ Presence, HR Careers Website, developed marketing collateral, promotional giveaways, and job advertisement campaigns.

Career break due to temporary caregiving.

Durham, NC, US

• Managed strategic HR programs and Project Management, process optimization and improvements for the Talent Acquisition department (vendor management, college recruiting strategy, policy and procedures, employee.
• Managed and supervised a team of three (3) direct reports (two recruiters, one recruiting coordinator).
• Responsible for College Recruiting strategy and University Partnerships (8+ core schools) for the Summer Internship Program (17 interns) and entry-level Rotational Development Program (5 hires).
• Conducted intake meetings with hiring managers, created job descriptions, posted positions via Workday ATS, advertised positions via recruitment sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Glassdoor, Career.
• Assessed current vendor relationships, performed ROI analysis, and made recommendations for process improvements (Sample Projects – Pre-Paid Interview Candidate Reimbursement Card, RFP/ RFI for High-Volume Virtual.
• Provided customized HR Data Reports for HR Leadership.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Insured compliance of full-cycle recruitment process- Assisted hiring managers with interview process, provided search committee guidance, aided with sourcing strategies, reviewed candidate pool for all RIF.
• Served as Dual Career Assistance Program Lead, providing career assistance to accompanying spouses/partners through private consultations on resume critiques, interviewing skills, job search techniques, and networking.
• Developed and facilitated training classes for hiring managers/ HR personnel about HR processes, along with Federal, State, and recruiting/hiring process.
• Represented NC State University at various recruiting events (career fairs, employer roundtables/ forums, military and veteran outreach events).
• Responsible for developing Employment Branding and Advertising Campaigns.
• Partnered with business and academic units, concerning best employment practices for SPA, EPA Non-Teaching/Research, EPA Faculty (Tenured & Non-Tenured Track) vacant positions (classification, recruitment, selection.

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

• Positions Recruited: High-Volume Roles i.e. Primary Manufacturing (Bulk Operations), Secondary Manufacturing (Fill Finish), Engineering, Skilled Trades/ Maintenance, Warehouse, Automation Engineers, Supply.
• Carried out full-cycle recruiting, utilizing internal applicant tracking system, social media recruiting strategies (LinkedIn Recruiter, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), posting to job boards, cold calling, sourcing passive.
• Collaborated with hiring managers in assessing recruitment strategy and position needs.
• Performed screening, qualifying, interviewing, executed offer packages, handled job offer negotiations, reference checks, benefits, relocation, and onboarding of prospective hires (pre-employment process & orientation).
• Facilitated and developed training for hiring managers on recruitment, selection, interviewing, and hiring process.
• Partnered with colleges, universities, faculty, and key on-campus student organizations to source candidates and represented Novartis Recruiting team at public networking events and career fairs.

• Supervised a team of two recruiting operations specialists in managing job postings, maintaining applicant tracking system (ATS), career website, HR reporting and metrics, and other recruiting initiatives.
• Managed talent acquisition initiatives including corporate relocation program, employee referral program, temporary staffing workforce, immigration, payment and tracking of departmental expenses.
• Handled HR vendor-supplier relationships for pre-employment services, staffing agencies, assessments, applicant tracking system, job postings, talent management, internal marketing and communications, career website.
• Implemented HR process improvements and executed new hire orientation, processed pre-employment checks and new hire onboarding paperwork, updated and created procedures and policies (Sample Projects – Automated.
• Attended career fairs, and other local networking outreach events and handled employment branding and advertising.
• Responsible for full-cycle recruiting for internship, corporate, store, and distribution center opportunities.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Partnered closely with a team of hiring managers, recruiting coordinators, and recruiters to hire over 75+ candidates in full-time, long term/short term supplemental, university, and intern/co-op positions in two IBM.
• Served as a consultant to hiring managers on the IBM application, interview, offer, and onboarding processes, along with compensation, salary negotiation, benefits, EO requirements, foreign national hiring, visa and.
• Developed and facilitated first ever “IBM Recruitment Specialist Best Practices Seminar” for a team of Recruitment Specialists, staff of Operations Managers, and US IBM Recruitment Managers.

Mooresville, NC, US

• Positions Recruited: Finance and Accounting Rotational Program, IT Trainee Program, Industrial Engineering Trainee Program, Supply Chain/ Logistics, Financial Analyst (MBA-level), Various Summer Internship Positions
• Hired over 100 college students for both full- time entry-level and summer internship opportunities.
• Managed employment branding and advertising, career website, social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) and marketing initiatives through selection of collateral, promotional items, advertising, website, and career.
• Represented Lowe’s College Recruiting Team at various events such as as career fairs, information sessions, and diversity events, along with local and national conferences and receptions for key organizations.
• Consulted hiring managers on recruiting strategies, sourcing, job descriptions, interview guides, salary recommendations, school selection, recruiting trends, and needs assessment.
• Served as summer internship Impact Program Manager (planned various social and community service/ volunteer activities and meetings to keep the interns engaged throughout the summer internship).