Corporate Retail Recruiter sourcing top talent in Marketing, Finance, HR, Merchandising and Supply Chain for a multi-billion dollar big-box retail chain.Drive full cycle talent acquisition process for Bethesda, Maryland headquarters.Successfully develop and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, executives and candidatesPartner with executives to forecast hiring needsCreate and execute recruitment strategies to identify world-class talent

• Drive full cycle executive talent acquisition process from drafting job descriptions to offer stage• Successfully develop and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, executives and candidates• Coach and mentor executives and staff• Partner with senior executives to forecast hiring needs and to strategize succession planning • Create and execute recruitment strategies to identify world-class talent • Source candidates via various recruitment methodologies (e.g., headhunting, LinkedIn Recruiter, social media, employee referrals, networking events, job fairs, shopping the competition, and personal networking)• Facilitate and proctor series of critical thinking and occupational personality assessments for candidates and review results with senior executives offering my appraisal of how those results should impact the hiring decision• Manage offer process including: pre-closing candidates, recommending compensation packages and coaching the art of closing the candidates to hiring executives• Researched and performed compensation analytics, trained executives on interviewing and recruiting, presented Engagement & Retention discussion and promoted Executive Mentorship Program• Contribute as a member of HR Executive Recruiter Cross Functional Team annually charged with identifying key global HR/recruitment issues to address, to develop solutions and step by step strategies and to implement these strategies within same fiscal year• Successfully achieved diversity hiring goals and employee referral sourcing goals: 44% of my recruits were diverse hires and 30% sourced from employee referrals year to date on latest November 2015 report (fiscal year is February – January) and highest number of hires of the Stores Executive Recruiting team; 41% diverse hires and 36% of employee referred recruits in 2014; 47% diverse executive recruits and 41% employee referred executive recruits in 2013.

Received 2 promotions in less than 1 ½ years, awarded Recruiter of the Quarter several quarters and President's Club winnerConsistently exceed staffing hiring goals while maintaining high customer satisfaction scores from hiring managers, internal and external candidates since Q1 2006Effectively manage a high volume work bench in a fast paced and highly demanding environmentDeveloped and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, associates and candidatesPartner with Hiring Managers to forecast their staffing needs and provide consultative expertise on prospective candidates and sourcing strategiesSelected as Client Satisfaction Champion and coach peers on how to improve their client satisfaction scoresNamed Peer Coach responsible for conducting Structured Coaching Process (SCP) by observing peers perform their job duties and provide constructive feedback Recruit candidates via networking, job fairs, Internet and shopping the competitionInterview candidates and assess their qualifications for leader and sales roles in the banking centersNegotiate and present offersServe on a team to redraft interview guides to be used by recruiters and hiring managers; invited to participate in the Recruiter Role Clarity Focus Group to develop the new Recruiter position description guidelines; asked to participate in the Recruiter Incentive Plan Focus Group; requested to help rewrite the position description for Sales & Service Specialists, Personal Bankers, and Small Business SpecialistsDeveloped and performed an instructional presentation on How to Interview and Retain Small Business Specialists before a team of Sales Managers and the Regional Sales ManagerCoach associates on career choices and career developmentPartner with fellow recruiters to ensure that the market teams, branch managers, associates and candidates all receive our best customer experience via effective communication, sharing of candidates and forwarding recruiting leads

Placed executive search professionals in corporate and search firm positionsPartnered closely with clients to establish their hiring needs based on the firms' workload, business goals, and cultureRecruited candidates via cold calling, networking and web searchesScreened and personally interviewed the candidates, wrote extensive profiles on qualified candidates to present with their resumes to the clients, thoroughly prepared the candidates to meet with the clients, orchestrated interviews for these candidates with the clients, and promptly provided the feedback from both parties to each otherProvided regular progress reports and updates regarding the searchNegotiated and presented offers and closed both candidate and clientPerformed reference checksParticipated in pitch meetings with prospect clients

Placed thousands of legal professionals in a high volume and highly fast paced environmentAdvised partners and hiring managers at major law firms and corporate legal departments with regard to identifying and hiring of attorneys, paralegals and litigation support personnel and with regard to compensation packagesKept abreast of EEO and ADA legislation to ensure compliance theretoDeveloped and managed the high-end attorney recruiting and marketing program Engaged in daily client contact and provided customer service to extensive client base to ensure needs are being metRecruited via web searches, networking, cold calling and job fairs, interviewed, screened, credential and reference checked candidates. Counseled employees on issues relating to employee benefits, malpractice insurance, interviewing techniques, and guided career goals

Initiated and maintained client base for preferred customers programPlanned, organized and managed promotional events to include charity galas, fashion shows and private sales Served as a customer service liaison to corporate headquarters

Sold and marketed catering services and launched wholesaling of baked goods Managed office operations to include purchasing, billing and orchestrating deliveries