Laura Eddy Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

VTG delivers force modernization and digital transformation solutions that expand America’s competitive advantage in the modern battlespace. Whether at sea, in the air, on land, or in cyberspace, our agile solutions ensure our Defense and National Security customers meet their most challenging and dynamic mission requirements.- As a strategic and hands-on leader providing full lifecycle Talent Acquisition support across the business areas within the organization.- Drive comprehensive talent acquisition strategies to deliver top talent to execute against business goals within demanding customer markets.- Staff and lead an effective talent acquisition team that is proactive, responsive, helpful, and anticipatory.The function should be viewed by its internal customers as expert, confident, strategic, effective and vital to the organization’s success.- Shape and enable effective line management involvement in the talent acquisition process.- Identify and utilize multiple, creative sources to access passive talent in the marketplace.Monitor and effectively share competitive intelligence on key talent and key talent acquisition practices across the industry.- Develop targeted and innovative sourcing strategies for “just in time” recruiting and “pipeline recruiting” for hard to fill positions as well as strategic recruiting based on workforce plans.- Build and maintain strong external relationships with vendors, recruitment agencies, search firms, job boards, advertising partners, assessment/testing partners, etc.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Responsible for managing a team of 13 recruiters to ensure all recruiting goals are achieved.• Maintained reporting mechanisms and staffing metrics for management to include: length of positions open, time to hire, pipeline, recruiting forecasting, referral method and recruiters productivity.• Forecasted recruiting support expenses to include job fairs, print and media advertising, canvassing trips, and other resources.• Created process flows, templates and procedures.• Developed and maintained relationships with key people in various organizations (newspapers, cultural organizations, etc.)• Served as quality control for all work produced by the recruiting team.• Collaborated with internal marketing to develop advertising strategies for open houses, job fairs utilizing TV commercials, radio, mailing lists, newspaper/magazine ads, and flyers.• Established individual and team performance goals and track productivity

Herndon, Va, Us

• Managed the recruitment strategy of five recruiters involved in full lifecycle recruitment for a federal government solutions provider.• Directed the development of efficient recruiting resources, screening and interviewing on applicants, and hiring process to ensure staffing requirements are met.• Provided recommendations to staff members on recruiting best practices, salary negotiations, resources and tools.• Managed the outreach and networking for niche groups focusing on veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and minorities.• Identified new resources including job placement ads and networking groups to increase the applicant traffic to current openings.• Developed and monitored the operating budget for the department to include costs associated with career fairs, job advertisements, job board licenses, association dues, and promotional material.• Networked with and attend career fairs at local universities, military installations and community events to create long-term relationships to fulfill hiring needs.• Conducted monthly audits to ensure the applicant tracking system is accurate, up-to-date and compliant.• Implemented and enhance policies to ensure federal compliance with affirmative action, equal employment opportunities, VEVRAA (employing veterans), Section 503 (employing individuals with disability) as well as Ban the Box regulations.• Created trainings on Running Successful Interviews, Federal Compliance on Recruitment and best practices.• Analyzed and reported on key recruiting metrics including but not limited to; fill time, hire time, revenue loss per position, veteran and disability hiring statistics.• Created weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports on recruitment statistics.• Developed and implemented a successful internship program from recruiting, hiring and managing the program from beginning to end of each summer semester.• Ensured job descriptions are accurate and compliant.

Herndon, Va, Us

• Identify and recruit for a variety of professional level positions within various U.S. Government agencies such as administrative, management and subject matter professionals throughout the country.• Support Business Development through proposal development by identifying key personnel and conducting salary research.• Interview candidates to assess and determine if experiences and skills fulfill all position qualifications and requirements as outlined by the Performance Work Statement (PWS)/Statement of Work (SOW). • Coordinate and conduct interviews with candidates and clients as well as follow up with participants post-interview to discuss client interest in candidates.• Provide personnel management and assistance to contract employees. • Extend and negotiate offers of employment.• Provide access to web-based training to employees requiring updated software knowledge.• Create standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all recruitment processes.• Knowledge of OFCCP/EEO regulations.• Current DoD Top Secret Clearance.

Mclean, Va, Us

• Created offer letters and assembled offer letter packs to be sent out daily.• Coordinated the on-boarding of new hires by instructing new hires with first day information and orientation information.• Maintained database with accurate information of all new hires including personal information and employee information.• Accurately maintained filing system and archived out of date records.