Emily Rust (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Oversee zulily/QRG Immigration Program by managing all US and Global work authorization casesDrive the development of standard policies, guidelines & procedures for US immigration within QRG’s Talent Planning and Acquisition organizationTrain and acclimatize program stakeholders on updated business procedures due to a constantly changing political conditionPartner with internal stakeholders and outside legal service provider to coordinate initiation, posting, and signing of all immigration-related applicationsDetermine appropriate non-immigrant visa types for all foreign nationals appointed/hired by zulilyManage pre-offer immigration assessments, case initiations, escalations, USCIS site visits, Public Access FilesPrepare & act as authorized signatory for all in-house visa petitions for new hires, transfers, extensions, and change of status applications for H-1B, J-1, TN, & E-3 visa holders employed with zulily and ensuring the legal status of all visa holdersSuccessfully designed & implemented zulily's green card policyManage all immigration related finances & approximately million dollar budget forecasting in partnership with zulily's Accounting teamManage immigration partnerships with Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner teamsWork directly with employees to analyze complex immigration matters, advise on potential risks and challenges, & resolve issues by facilitating stakeholder discussions that balance business & employee needsEducate managers & business partners on employee U.S. immigration concerns, strategies, & guidelines

Greater Seattle Area

Directly supported Immigration/Onboarding Program Manager by collecting, interpreting and reporting of FY14 Immigration metrics to ensure seamless implementation of sound business decisions internally and externallyDesigned, developed and implemented the Immigration SharePoint tool; managed all program updates, featured testing and authored training material to be distributed to Microsoft’s University Recruiting teamsManaged all data within the Immigration SharePoint; safeguarding accuracy, integrity and confidentiality of the dataManaged University Recruiting Acceptance Bonus Program from process creation to protocol training and executionResponsible for managing the distribution of $4,680,000 in Acceptance Bonuses in year 2014.Collaborated with Microsoft Payroll during tax season, guaranteed accurate year-end Acceptance Bonus tax reporting. In 2014, partnered with payroll to accurately report the Acceptance Bonus on approximately 930 Pre-hire W2’sAssisted in process creation and training for Microsoft University Recruiting Remote College Campus Interviews (RCCI’s)

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for taking candidate recommendations provided by the finders and AMRs and determining an available position for which the candidate should interviewAnalyzed candidate attributes and exercised personal judgment to pipe applicants into appropriate university job openingsManaged high work volumes in deadline-driven and time-sensitive environment while prioritizing a positive candidate experiencePracticed high volume information management while managing all collaboration with finders, sourcers, AMRs, interview schedulers and management, candidate tracking within recruiting systems, and reports navigation