Mike Moran Email & Phone Number

Orem, UT, US

Lehi, Utah, US

South Jordan, Utah, US

• Responsible for managing the full-cycle recruitment process for mid- to senior-level positions and working closing with hiring managers to define needs, set goals, and execute the recruitment plan.
• Leveraged LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster Power Search, and Dice for direct sourcing, passive candidate mining, and pipeline building.
• Advised hiring managers on market trends, competitive intelligence, and recruitment strategies.
• Sourced and recruited qualified exempt-level professionals using various methods, including social media, email, and text.
• Targeted passive candidates; conducted screening interviews; completed personal and professional reference checks; extended job offers; navigated the negotiation process; and assisted with onboarding.
• Efficiently managed a challenging requisition load (40-50), ensuring high satisfaction levels for both managers and candidates.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Due to prior successful tenure, offered to return for a 6-month contract to recruit educators across all disciplines, addressing a significant increase in student enrollment, supporting three of the university’s four.
• Sourced, engaged, and screened passive candidates by building rapport, informing them, and presenting ideal talent to hiring managers for further consideration.
• Maintained regular communication with candidates to provide updates on application status including providing guidance on the recruitment process.
• Conducted frequent intake sessions to understand each hiring manager's needs and identify core competencies, resulting in successfully finding, negotiating with, and closing the right candidates.

Orem, Utah, US

• Worked closely with hiring managers and human resource personnel for direct talent acquisition at all levels for both US and international sites to fill highly specialized roles.
• Leveraged LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster Power Search, and Dice for direct sourcing, passive candidate mining, and pipeline building.
• Partnered with senior leaders and hiring managers to draft accurate job descriptions to effectively detail job requirements, ideal skills, and preferred requirements.
• Successfully filled 16 out of 17 long-standing open positions with high-quality talent within three months of hire.
• Enhanced the pipeline of quality candidates for hard-to-fill positions requiring industry-specific experience.
• Conducted multiple WebEx seminars on new manager training, interviewing basics, and best practices for onboarding new hires.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Lead recruiting partner for the College of Health Professions.
• Coached and mentored junior staff on conducting effective interviews.
• Facilitated interviews with qualified candidates across the United States using Adobe Connect.
• Planned and executed innovative recruiting strategies to meet high-volume hiring needs for the student mentoring program, resulting in approximately 20 Master’s and PhD hires per month.
• Demonstrated success in managing projects and enhancing processes through the implementation of improved talent acquisition operating models.
• Held frequent intake sessions to understand hiring managers' needs and identify core competencies, effectively finding, negotiating with, and securing the right candidates.

Lehi, UT, US

• Oversaw and led recruiting team of up to six members while directing and driving daily initiatives to boost unit effectiveness.
• Directed and coordinated daily operations for the recruiting team, including conducting 1:1s, stakeholder meetings, and collaborating with workforce management to measure and report on recruiting targets and quotas.
• Consistently achieved 94% of targeted hiring quotas over ten consecutive years, while managing 30-35 requisitions including oversight of team members' open positions.
• Successfully staffed a 700-employee call center serving a global customer base.
• Mentored first-time managers and front-line employees, fostering internal talent development and significantly reducing attrition in a high-turnover call-center environment.
• Led frequent employee roundtable discussions, soliciting valuable feedback and implementing innovative ideas to enhance company culture.

Washington, DC, US

• Editor of NAS Atsugi, base newspaper, The Skywriter (Tokyo Japan) Shipboard Journalist, USS Truxtun CGN-35 (San Diego, CA) Honorably DischargedServed as a shipboard journalist for a crew of 600 sailors, providing.
• Awarded “Practitioner of the Year” for coverage and support during Operation Desert Storm.
• Reported and photographed the USS Truxtun’s whale rescue in the Sea of Japan, which was featured in newspapers worldwide and aired on ABC World News (March 1988).
• Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for improving crew morale during a 6-month deployment to the Persian Gulf.

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Certification, Journalism, Public Relations, Broadcasting

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