Kip Johnson Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a wholesale electric power supplier owned by the 43 electric cooperatives that it serves. Tri-State generates and transmits electricity to its member systems throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.Serving approximately 1.5 million consumers.

Greater Denver Area

• Performed full cycle recruiting to acquire top talent for Market Force Information, a Market Research company. Responsible for candidate sourcing which included local resources, nationwide advertising options, social.
• Successfully sourced and hired for all levels of positions including Accounting, Analytics, Customer Service, Call Center, Finance, Human Resources, IT and Sales.
• Effectively recruited Entry level through Executive level candidates.
• Strategically partnered with management to understand position requirements and developed job descriptions.
• Scheduled interviews with in-house clients, interviewed candidates using behavior based interview techniques, provided recommendations regarding candidates to hiring managers.
• Conducted reference and background checks on potential hires.

Boulder, CO

• Strategically partnered with business leaders to recruit highly qualified candidates in all levels of the company including IT, Accounting, Marketing, Ecommerce, Product Development, Customer Service and Human.
• Effectively recruited Entry level through Executive level candidates.
• Served as a strategic business partner and met with business leaders as well as hiring managers to identify hiring needs, job specifications, job duties, job qualifications and skills.
• Researched, developed, and implemented job descriptions.
• Strategically partnered with the marketing department to establish the employer brand initiatives and to standardize messaging for potential talent acquisition.
• Managed referrals and maintained relationships for future opportunities.

Greater Denver Area

• Accountable for recruitment of both exempt and non-exempt staff positions which include all levels of Allied Health, Administrative, and Management positions for the hospitals. Responsible for posting, sourcing.
• Managed a requisition load equaling an average of 80-100 positions.
• Impact retention and vacancy rate goals by effectively sourcing and selecting the best candidates.
• Met monthly quotas to ensure productivity standards were being met.
• Accounted for one of the best time to fill ratios in the department.
• Calculate salary for new hires and internal transfers looking at internal equity.

Greater Denver Area

• Responsible for recruitment and placement of traveling professionals to over 4000 hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide. Day to day cold calling of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Nurse.
• Exceeded or met traveler on assignment goals over 103% for the months of January 2008-July 2009.
• After only 2 years with Medical Express, I was promoted into a “Trainer” role in 2003. I was held accountable for the growth of each individual on my team in this role. Over the past 8 years, I was responsible for.
• Provided high-level customer service to clients, resulting in strong referrals and development of strong business relationships.
• Successfully developed several key sales training modules and served as a Subject Matter Expert in various trainings.
• Achieved sales that placed amongst the top 8% of tenure groups within all 6 AMN sister companies from 09/04-12/08.

Greater Denver Area

• Opened new satellite office and was responsible for recruiting contract, contract-to-permanent and permanent candidates to staff a variety of positions within the industry of telecommunications.
• Responsible for managing hard-to-fill job requisitions for major telecommunications companies located in Denver Metro Area as well the Western United States.
• Assisted with generating new potential clients by making cold calls, verbally presenting candidates qualifications for open positions. Maintained daily contact with clients via telephone to ensure good client/company.
• Identified prospective candidates through the company’s candidate database, External job boards, networking and updating candidate database for current and future job opportunities.
• Interviewed candidates and ensured that all skills and career paths were identified. Presented offers, and negotiated salaries for both permanent and contract employees as well as assisting in background check processes.

• Identified prospective candidates through the company's candidate database, external job boards, networking, job fairs, and advertising. Additionally, generated potential clients by conducting cold calls and serviced.
• Screened, interviewed and coached the most proficient candidates for various technical office support and manufacturing positions.
• Responsible for initiating background checks, reference checks, and drug testing procedures when necessary. Ensured the completion of new hire documentation, orientation, and benefits administration.

B.S., Business Administration Emphasis:Human Resource Management

Activities and Societies: SHRM

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