Melissa Smith Email & Phone Number

Chandler, Arizona, US

Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a Fortune 500 solutions integrator with more than 14,000 teammates worldwide helping organizations accelerate their digital journey to modernize their business and maximize the value of technology. We enable secure, end-to-end transformation and meet the needs of our clients through a comprehensive portfolio of solutions.

New York, NY, US

Genpact (NYSE: G) is a global professional services firm that makes business transformation real. We drive digital-led innovation and digitally-enabled intelligent operations for our clients, guided by our experience running thousands of processes primarily for Global Fortune 500 companies. We think with design, dream in digital, and solve problems with.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Responsible for leading a team of recruiting program managers to accelerate Analytics recruiting at a world wide level. This includes Sales, Development, and University programs.
• Partner with the Business HR Leaders and Managers to execute high quality hiring standards and practices world wide
• Lead, coach and develop a high performing, highly engaged Talent Acquisition team
• Rigorously measure talent acquisition effectiveness and execute continuous improvement
• Work with the broader Global Talent Management and HR teams to rapidly evolve the IBM Talent Strategy; the philosophy, strategy and operations that enable execution of hiring plans across the company
• Understand business/functional strategies and effectively use those strategies to develop and deploy long-term and short-term best in class recruiting strategies to support a high-performance, global and diverse culture

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Success in leading and developing people and projects to deliver results under tight deadlines
• Ensure a highly effective and efficient global recruiting capability that optimally balances internal capabilities with external vendor partnering, and ensures the right people in the right positions at the right time
• Rigorously measure talent acquisition effectiveness and execute continuous improvement
• Develop consultative partnerships with hiring managers and Business Unit Executive’s to cultivate a comprehensive understanding of the business, overall job roles and skill requirements
• Engage with hiring managers on candidates to condense timelines
• Deliver offers to candidates and selling opportunity to join IBM

• Cave Creek Partners  Denver, Co
• Contingency based recruiting for Fortune 1000 Companies
• Screened and presented top qualified candidates to hiring managersNorth Highland Consulting  Raleigh, NC
• Developed short and long-term recruitment strategies for attracting and hiring experienced candidates
• Built targeted talent pipelines that delivered top talent to hiring mangers over the state of Florida
• Created and executed profile specific search strategies to build a continuous talent pipeline and partnered with the executive team to determine appropriate profiles that included targeted screening

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Developed project plans and lead university talent acquisition initiates for several service lines: Customer Relationship Management, Human Capital Management, and Application Services for Commercial and Public.
• Worked with key stakeholders on creating targeted profiles for each service lines
• Utilized over 50 universities (through detailed metrics) each year to hire more that 500 students (undergraduate and MBA) each fall to join Global Business Services
• Developed marketing campaigns each year (including presentations decks, job descriptions, brochures) to attract, hire and retain students
• Worked with on-boarding team to ensure communication to new hires was informed and consistent manner year over year
• 100% of the goal was attained every year with an over 90% acceptance rate year over year

Waltham, MA, US

• Ensured continued satisfaction of “Tier One” clients: Siemens, Raymond James Financial, Jabil Circuit, Lowes Home Improvement, and Cingular Wireless
• Recognized multiple up selling and cross selling opportunities for other lines of business resulting in sales
• Identified metrics reporting opportunities for recruitment management team using the Vision Recruitment System

Waltham, MA, US

• Provided direct sourcing for C-Level positions within the Peopleclick organization
• Recruited and directed recruiters on multiple successful recruiting projects in the organization
• Project head for John Hancock; opened a new development center in Tampa, from sourcing to new hire orientation on over 100 positions
• Consulted with clients on: sourcing, cost management, cost measurement, overview of entire recruitment process, branding, and newsletters
• Sourced for PPD and Novartis for sales, scientist, and clinical researchers, etc

New York, NY, US

• Directed recruiting efforts for GOLD candidate recruiting in Florida and Caribbean marketplaces
• Built a continuous talent pipeline using networking, internet/database recruiting, career fairs, media, and various other sources
• Directed the recruiting efforts of 35 managers in Florida and Caribbean marketplaces.
• Qualified 4,326 qualified candidates for 1999
• Organized, prepared, and established specific projects designed to enhance recruiting results
• Drove training classes for management team on attracting, interviewing and closing candidates

Milwaukee, WI, US

• NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL  Tampa, FLDirector of Recruiting, 1995-1998
• Increased agency recruiting by 147%.
• Developed, created and implemented all university recruitment efforts for both intern and full-time positions across all functions
• Developed strong diversity partnerships with national organizations
• Recruited executives, professional sales, and financial individuals
• Developed extensive upscale network in the community to attain leads