Kelsey Dirks Email & Phone Number

Addison, Tx, Us

Credera, a global consulting firm, combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, and Al and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across a broad range of industries worldwide.• Ensure best-in-class interviewing experience from initial outreach to accepted offer (85% offer acceptance rate)• Profiles: Full Stack Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Cloud and Security and Privacy Engineers, Corporate functions• Strategically expanded active and passive talent pipelines, crafted dynamic messages to attract talent using LinkedIn and Gem, formulated sourcing campaigns to nurture prospects and increase employer brand• Doubled employee engagement in hiring by revamping the referral program resulting in referrals becoming the top source of talent• Lead recruiting and established strategic partnership with Tech and Corporate practice leaders• Advanced implementation of Greenhouse (ATS), enhanced application process, job descriptions, and structured interviewer training to ensure fair and equitable candidate experience• Project Managed employee engagement initiatives like engagement surveys, new hire orientation, unconscious bias training all of which contributed to Credera’s Best Place to Work award for the past 4 years• Serve as Career Coach and mentor to 5 team members, regularly hold career development discussions, and complete performance reviews• Establish KPIs to measure, developed a dashboard and QBR to show progress over time (time to hire, source quality, etc.)

Addison, Tx, Us

Credera, a global consulting firm, combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, and Al and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across a broad range of industries worldwide.

Irving, Texas, Us

• Consulted department managers and team leads to define competencies and create test projects to measure candidate abilities. • Developed and ensured a positive candidate experience from the first point of contact to their first day on the job. • Negotiated offer details and closed hires based off closing strategies tailored to each candidate’s goals. • Established a competitive value proposition to attract and retain quality candidates. Including creating a wellness plan to benefit the health of our employees.

Addison, Tx, Us

I was responsible for recruiting Financial Advisors, for locations within the Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas territories. Our Financial Advisor role offers autonomy, field mastery through Guardian resources, genuine fulfillment, and an income limited by drive. • Worked closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention. Implemented evaluations and monitored training programs to ensure success. Followed up with Financial Representatives to ensure training objectives are met and the representative feels well supported. • Accountability Partner and coach to newly hired Financial Representatives. Leading weekly calls with Managing Directors to improve working relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention throughout locations. • Training and Development: Created 60-day training schedule for new representatives. In addition to company hosted training conferences, I identified in-house Content Experts and 3rd party training resources to successfully develop our candidates. • Grassroots Recruitment Initiatives: Researched the industry’s best practices in recruiting, interviewing, and selection process tools. Then examined the effectiveness of the recruiting resources and strategy in place prior to my employment. Managing development of the talent acquisition plan, process, and implementation of recruitment innovations to support company turnover goals. Revamped the company brand through local marketing efforts via social media, community outreach, and university campuses. • Full Cycle Recruiting: Currently creating all job descriptions, positing positions, screening, preparing management to interview, interviewing, and on-boarding quality hires.

New York, New York, Us

• Manage and facilitate staffing, contractual, and business needs for 22 facilities nationwide• Extensive knowledge in Program Management. Broad experience screening and sourcing applicants through various outlets: LinkedIn, Indeed, Certification job boards, Internal/External Events i.e Open Houses, Workshops, Social Media.• Manage a multitude of contractual relationships between my organization and various Executing College and Veteran outreach programs. • Oversee the creation of tools used for talent acquisition and special event advertisements.• Create and maintain effective working relationships with educational institutions, certification representatives, and other various counterparts within the industry. • Draft event proposals for leadership and negotiate final costs on behalf of the organization.• As the primary contact I provide policy guidance to outside vendors.

Amarillo, Texas, Us

• Planned, developed, organized, implemented, and evaluated the organization’s human resource functions.• Worked closely with HR Director, VP of Operations, and Executives to develop progressive growth strategies.• Oversaw employee benefit administration for entire company (group health, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, voluntary life insurance, flex spending, and 401k retirement plan).• Assumed HR Generalist duties to include: hiring, termination, corrective action, investigations, monthly compliance reports, maintain master employment files, and fulfill requests per Maxor policies.• Assumed recruiting duties to include: create and post job openings, prescreen qualified candidates, schedule on-site/phone interviews, draft offer letters and job descriptions.• Administered new employee and annual training and development material. • Maintained FMLA, Workers Compensation, and Unemployment requests.• Deep knowledge in ADP/HRB system, ADP I9 and ADP E-Verify protocol.

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Development And Family Studies, General

Master'S Degree, Human Resources Development