• Partner with Management and Finance teams for staffing needs and recruitment• Hired and onboarded 60+ new hires and 60+ contractors without the need for outside agency support• Ensure recruitment pipeline is effective and efficient, managing relationships with recruiters and utilization of the appropriate recruitment resources for each search• Have saved the company over $1M in outside recruitment fees• Increased diversity from 1% to 10% within 1 year• Work with and support Executive team and Senior Directors with timely and ongoing performance reviews, ongoing talent development/training initiatives and opportunities that align with agency goals• Manage the recruitment and implementation of the Wray Ward Internship Program — FORM — fostering a resource continuum of young talent (foster relationships with universities)• Conduct annual benefits open enrollment• Conduct annual review and twice-yearly check-in process• Lead and handle all merit reviews, annual and off year• Participate in the strategic evaluation of benefits programs and maintain employee records and enrollments including FMLA & COBRA administration and 401(k) administration• Provide counsel to employees on wide-ranging issues, including policies, benefits, compensation, performance reviews, employee relations and training • Maintain and update agency employee policies• Conduct employee exit interviews, identifying trends and issues, and reviews with leadership• Handle all employee relations issues• Ensure all HR processes, programs and employee records meet federal and state legal requirements• Support and foster a diverse and respectful work environment• Spearhead and implement Diversity and Inclusion programs for the Agency• Foster strong relationships between all agency teams and the Corporate Services team (Finance, Operations and Human Resources)• Champion agency process and best practices• Foster and maintain strong relationships across the agency

• Led the talent acquisition team by setting clear direction and full lifecycle recruiting strategies integrated with Belk’s diversity & inclusion initiatives.• Was responsible for hiring Belk’s CMO, SVP Logistics/Supply Chain, SVP Global Sourcing, SVP eCommerce, SVP Planning & Allocation, VP Merchandise & Planning, VP Planning & Allocation, VP Digital Marketing and VP eCommerce. • Developed and implemented a sourcing strategy using traditional and emerging tools to create a continuous pipeline of great talent.• Developed campus recruiting strategy to align with future business needs.• Assessed programs and processes to strengthen Belk’s ability to attract talent with a focus on enhancing the Belk brand and candidate experience.• Was a strategic business partner to HR and senior leaders, as well as an operational driver to elevate their current recruiting and sourcing approach.• Spearheaded, vendor selection, rebrand and development of the new Belk Careers website.• Worked with corporate, warehouse/distribution centers and stores leaders and HRBP's to establish hiring plans• Created and facilitated Belk's Talent Acquisition Summit involving TA team and key leaders within the organization.

Led and managed the full life-cycle recruitment process and Talent Acquisition team of 17 recruitment professionals for North Highland's recruiting initiatives across the West Region, consisting of eight offices. The team supported North Highland with management consulting expertise in the West Region. Responsible for driving, developing/designing and maintaining overall recruiting strategy for the markets and team. Recruitment efforts included but were not limited to attracting, recruiting and hiring highly qualified consulting expertise for North Highland's engagements & clients. In addition, managed/led team as well as developed, mentored, guided and supported their career goals & objectives.

• Led Pharmavite's recruitment functions, including development of the company's Talent Acquisition strategy and plan.• Led all aspects of Talent Acquisition by partnering with hiring managers, HR business partners, HR Centers of Excellence and Executives.• Developed and implemented sourcing, selection and onboarding programs and processes aligned with the talent acquisition and development needs of the organization.• Developed strategy and implemented the service model to support delivery of consultative staffing services for full cycle recruiting (sourcing, screening, selecting, and hiring) key talent in a timely and cost efficient manner.• Developed and executed comprehensive long-term strategies in branding, marketing, and sourcing designed to attract key talent (including partnering with internal and external organizations, as relevant to the business).• Identified key staffing metrics and measure the drivers and outcomes of the staffing processes to achieve these goals.KEY ACHIEVMENTS:• Developed and present recruiting metrics to Executive Team on a bi-weekly basis• Developed request for headcount process with Executive Team• Defined and implemented recruitment process for exempt and non-exempt hiring• Developed and implemented Behavioral Based Interviewing with key departments (Finance, R&D, Operations, Marketing and HR)• Led the recruitment efforts in procuring 8 executive level hires in two years• Reduced cost per hire through proactive talent pipelining• Developed several successful employee referral campaigns• Led RFP for vendor selection of ATS• Led migration team of legacy ATS to new system• Developed Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn career pages and increased brand awareness from 0 to over 4,000 followers in the first few months• Managed and coach direct and indirect team members• Reduced time to fill by 50%

Regional Talent Acquisition Leader for the Western Region of McGladrey’s tax, audit, consulting and internal client services practices. Responsible for the management of sourcing and hiring tax, audit and consulting professionals across multiple levels and disciplines, as well as building strong business relationships with internal and external clients. Oversee and mentor recruitment team’s activities and progress. Handle all reporting, forecasting, planning, presentations, communications, social media, and implementing best practices for the recruitment and HR teams. Work closely with partners, HR/Recruitment teams, and resource managers in identifying talent needs, sourcing strategies and hiring activity. Key team member with Employee Relations on defining and refining our partner process on a national level. Hired close to 100 professionals for McGladrey’s Western Region practice this past year. I’m a strong advocate of reducing agency costs through intelligent, creative sourcing strategies, networking and employee referrals. Tapped to be the West region’s LinkedIn Champion and responsible for sharing best practices as it relates to the tool. Provide weekly staffing metrics reports to our regional leaders as well as maintain data integrity with our applicant tracking system, Virtual Edge. Additionally, I was a contributor to the firm’s career blog http://mcgladreycareers.blogspot.com as well as maintain a personal blog at www.1on1withloriann.blogspot.com.

Selected Clients:RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen Bank of Americai-Hire, Inc.Career StrategiesVisiologic:IndyMac BankLRN - The Legal Research CompanyExultCap Gemini Ernst & YoungSouthern California Edison

Subject Matter Expert for the implementation and rollout of applicant tracking system utilizing Deploy.Responsible for documenting all process steps/flows and developing training guides. On decision-making team for business case requirements for system configurations, correspondence and access guidelines.Conducted training classes for Hiring Manager and Recruiters for system rollout. Developed global recruiting processes (i.e. Employee Referral Award Program; Contractor/Temporary Support Requisition Process; Employee Requisition Process; and Salary Approval Determination Worksheet). Completed a redeployment project for over 200 employees being displaced. Production Manager for the acquisition/ transition of BofA and International Paper employees (1,200 offer packages). Managed the recruiting delivery team. Worked closely with hiring managers to determine hiring needs and sourcing strategies, and to jointly build business plans on how to execute requests.

Managed the Western Region Experienced Recruiting Team (15 team members). Directed all aspects of the Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Irvine office recruiting functions. Was also responsible for the management of the Customer Relations Management (CRM) recruiting team (7 team members). This included heavy involvement with CRM Partners in determining needs, workforce planning, sourcing strategies, diversity goals and interviewing logistics. Established strong client relationships and worked closely as a business partner with my clients both internally and externally (candidates).Was responsible for recruiting Oracle, Siebel, CRM, Data Warehousing, Entertainment and High GrowthMiddle Market (HGMM) candidates. Hired approximately 50 candidates per year. Traveled extensively to San Francisco, Chicago and Houston to conduct weekly interview days. Maintained a 91% offer-to-accept ratio.

Senior Technical Recruiter – Was responsible for securing technical talent for the Western Region Experienced Recruiting Team. Was also responsible for weekly tracking and reporting. Developed strong relationships with clients (primarily partners) to forecast and source against open needs. Also held a mentoring role on the Mentoring Committee. Was responsible for three protégées as well as the career development of my recruiting coordinator.Recruiting Coordinator – Was responsible for all scheduling, correspondence, tracking and reporting of candidates in both campus and experienced recruiting. Was responsible for training team members on applicant tracking system. Attended numerous career fairs and coordinated weekly interview days.