Missy Cottrell Email & Phone Number

Reston, Virginia (Va), Us

Reston, Virginia (Va), Us

Reston, Virginia (Va), Us

Senior Technical Recruiter• Partner with business leaders and HR partners to continuously improve quality of hire, recruiting processes, communications and deliverables • Mentor and train teammates, assuming leadership responsibilities in absence of recruiting manager• Lead or participate in projects and initiatives. Among them: o Employer branding, external career pages redesign, intranet recruiting pages redesigno Recruiting and HR tools: demos, design, implementations, upgrades (Taleo, JIRA, Salesforce; in progress: transition to Greenhouse)o Hiring events o Junior engineer hiring program, intern program, campus relations o Interview and decision process design and initiativeso Diversity hiring initiativeso Referral program initiativeso AAP/OFCCP reportingo FLSA review• High-volume, full-life cycle recruiting of software, systems, and network engineers, project managers, mid and upper level management, attorneys and legal staff. As needed, provide support for recruitment of positions in information security, GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance), Corporate Strategy, Management Information Systems, HRIS, Finance and Accounting, Marketing, audit, administrative and customer support, procurement, facilities, research• Other key contributions include: innovative solutions to hiring challenges, reporting, tracking anecdotal market data, high-level compensation analysis and offer recommendations, alignment with corporate and departmental goals • Deliver presentations at events such as HR and CFO all-hands meetings, Women in Technology event, intern events

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Position progression:Recruiting Consultant, Verisign• Contract recruiter providing technical and corporate recruiting services at Verisign Technical Recruiter• Contingent staffing and project-based recruiting for large corporate clients based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area• Recruited all levels of experience for positions in software development, infrastructure engineering, project management, analysis, and technical support• Excelled in finding ‘niche’ candidates, salary negotiations and closing candidates. Exceptionally low incidence of declined offers• Partnered with account representatives in client meetings to improve service delivery• Assisted in hiring of internal staff, mentored and assisted in training of new recruiters• Led or participated in efforts to improve efficiencies within the recruiting department, branch and companyConsultant Services Manager• Created pilot program to improve retention and engagement of 200+ DC area consultants• Developed orientation packages, onboarding process• Primary point of contact for consultants regarding contract and client conflicts, immigration issues, pay increase requests, administrative needs, etc.• Planned and executed on consultant networking events, creating a sense of corporate community and belonging• Performed exit interviews, provided recommendations for key improvements based on exit feedback data, participated in consultant termination meetings • Reviewed client contracts for compliance requirements• Drove referral programs• Developed in-house program for technical screening of candidates• Presented to senior management at national level on the success of the program, which was then replicated in other branches

• Provided support to three Class-A shareholders for their best-in-class condominium and homeowners association legal practice