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Florida, United States

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• Crafted and completed a 5-year talent acquisition strategy and enhanced recruitment methods to support a diverse workforce and achieved the firm's annual goal of hiring 400+ employees.
• Served as the firm’s executive advisor for talent pipelining, engagement, sourcing, attraction, employer branding, systems and tools, and talent acquisition programs.
• Led a team of 12 geographically dispersed leaders, specialists, and a coordinator.

Vienna, US

• Oversaw employer branding and marketing, all recruiting platforms, systems and tools, Resource Center (corporate) recruiting, and a team of up to 15 while designing staffing strategies to meet a 4K+ annual hiring goal.
• Served as the senior advisor providing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual updates, analytics, benchmarking, and budgeting information on recruiting efforts to founder, executive team, and recruiting stakeholders.
• Led a strategy team of six (two managers and four specialists) and a field recruitment team of nine (recruiters and senior recruiters) to record hiring, while expanding corporate functions and improving hiring metrics.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Promoted to lead a Talent Acquisition team of nine supporting all recruiting for the corporate headquarters, five regional real estate offices, and two distribution centers.
• Developed and maintained strategic and professional relationships with all vendors that supported staffing needs.
• Managed a $3.6M recruitment financial plan/budget and continually explored opportunities for cost containment.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Oversaw the talent acquisition team’s design and implementation of recruiting programs and processes to source, select, and onboard talent for the organization’s pre-launch and entry into the U.S. market.
• Formulated the talent acquisition blueprint for a major company's U.S. market launch, establishing comprehensive recruitment and onboarding protocols that facilitated the successful hiring of 5K employees.
• Innovated tactics across various channels (sourcing, direct recruiting, advertisements, networking, social media, and career fairs), reducing cost-per-hire from $6K to $800 and integrating a vendor management system to.

Houston, Texas, US

• Progressed to develop, implement, and drive recruiting strategies with a team of 21 full-cycle and RPO-assisted talent advisors and two recruiting coordinators staffing 4K positions annually in 29 states.
• Maintained a regular presence with stakeholders – talent advisors, hiring leaders, human resources, area senior leadership, and internal/external recruiting support – to drive business success through world-class.
• Worked with team members on strategic measures to develop and leverage each one’s ability to be an effective talent advisor.
• Ensured focus on diversity and compliance related to staffing, good faith efforts, and recruiting processes.

Houston, Texas, US

• Responsible for oversight of staffing and on-boarding projects to support the business growth of several corporate business segments
• Launched pilot for college hiring to staff National Sales Center and Outside Sales Representative openings; project team exceeded hiring goal by 140%.
• Led company-wide recruiting/staffing processes project teams; highlights include: reductions in time to offer/fill, streamlined internal employee movement, improved pre-employment coordination and better reporting to.
• Successful completion of Operations Management Trainee hiring project; hires made on time and within budget.

Houston, Texas, US

• Strategic advisor and full-cycle recruiter for union and non-union, exempt and non-exempt operations, finance, customer service, administrative and internship openings for sites in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
• 2012 Pacific Northwest Leadership Forum (high potential program) graduate; Forum Speech Contest Champion.
• Member of three company-wide, “think tank” process improvement teams: mergers/acquisitions, electronic pre-employment process and applicant tracking system.
• Planned and executed multiple hiring events to replace (500) drivers during a regional work stoppage/strike.

Redmond, Washington, US

Designed, planned and executed on-campus strategies for entry-level full time and intern recruiting at: Georgia Tech, Howard University, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland College Park, The Ohio State University, University of Penn, Purdue University and Washington University (St. Louis)

Lexington, Kentucky, US

Managed all facets of the company’s student program, including: metrics, budget and resource allocation, workforce planning, A-to-Z recruiting, intern retention and conversion, student programming, diversity initiatives, relationship building with targeted academic and professional institutions, marketing and branding, process and operational improvements.

Lexington, KY, US

Recruited diverse and academically talented students to apply for and attend the University of Kentucky

Zurich, CH

Facilitated the layout, review, editing, and distribution of internal news and emails targeted to all 13,000 Lexmark employees worldwide

Lexington, Kentucky, US

Subject matter expert of best practices and trends in workplace diversity, work/life balance, diversity recruiting and Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action for the Diversity team