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New York, New York, Us

Québec, Québec, Ca

Serves as the US TA lead for vertical with the parent company and horizontal integration along all US subsidiaries in partnership. Works collaboratively with the Director of Talent Acquisition and communicates strategy and performance with executives and leaders. iA Financial is one of the largest financial services companies in Canada.• Leadership and Team Management: Led an international, multi-lingual team of up to 16 recruiters in a high-growth, 10K-employee environment across the US and Canada. • Process Optimization: Reduced US time-to-hire from 90 days to 37 days within six months; crafted system for tracking, PowerBI dashboards, and automation in the US in the first year. Launched the US talent acquisition function within 30 days, including tools, templates, training, and metric tracking.• Performance/Quality of Service: Led the team to achieve a global time-to-hire goal against industry standards for the first time since creation, along with consistently high NPS scores and the most proactive sourcing strategy to date.• Cost Savings: Saved $1.4M in the US by reducing agency spend through strategic in-house recruiting.• Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management: Served as a consultative partner to stakeholders across the organization, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Implemented several programs in the US through effective change management. Regularly collaborates with COEs, HRBPs and cross-functional teams• Performance Metrics: Collaborated and helped design the key metrics to be measured alongside our data team. Managed the evolution of the team's KPI dashboard with the support of the Lean team and using agile principles.• Training and Development: Supported team members through professional development goals resulting in internal mobility, and pursuit of external opportunities aligning with their passions. Co-led the annual performance review cycle and created the technical solution for data collection at scale for US based employees.

New York, New York, Us

Full-cycle recruiter and sourcer in a high-growth, acquisition-heavy, matrixed, and nimble environment for corporate positions, executive level roles, marketing roles, technical roles, account management, operations support, and fintech roles along with sourcing support for producer (sales) roles throughout the U.S. and Canada. NFP is one of the largest insurance brokerage and consulting firms with a focus on commercial, corporate benefits, private client resources, and financial/wealth management.• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Managed end-to-end recruitment for corporate, executive, marketing, technical, and operational roles in a high-growth, acquisition-heavy environment.• Training and Mentorship: Trained and mentored four new recruiters, enhancing their sourcing skills and recruitment techniques.• Strategic Sourcing: Provided strategic sourcing training and support for IT and new firm acquisition roles.• High-Volume Recruitment: Managed 35+ requisitions simultaneously, averaging over 10 hires per month.• Leadership Training: Led training sessions for Emerging Leaders on talent selection and best practices.• Program Development: Co-led internship programs focusing on resume coaching, interviewing, and social training.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Full cycle recruiter supporting high volume hiring needs for the Global Customer Experience organization. Focused on talent attraction, selection and creating great experiences for candidates and internal partners.

New York, New York, Us

Full-cycle recruiter and sourcer in a high-growth, nimble environment for corporate positions, executive level roles, marketing roles, technical roles, insurance industry service roles and sourcing support for producer (sales) roles throughout the U.S. and Canada. NFP is one of the largest insurance brokerage and consulting firms with a focus on commercial, corporate benefits, private client resources and financial/wealth management.► Supports 30+ requisitions at any given time, across the US► Averages 10 hires/month► Headed job advertisement redesign project, joined as part of the employer branding team efforts► Led training for Emerging Leaders on how to Select the Best Talent

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Recruits and oversees the talent acquisition efforts of all Recruiters and Staffing Assistants in Austin and San Antonio Branches. LeadingEdge is a boutique temp, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire staffing firm specializing in office support roles.• Recruitment Management: Oversaw talent acquisition for two branches, managing 20-70 open requisitions.• Marketing Integration: Designed mailing campaigns and implemented an AI chatbot, significantly improving engagement and open rates.• Performance Reporting: Developed monthly reports on marketing and recruitment metrics, including SEO performance and recruiter effectivene

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Proactively builds candidate pipeline, sources emerging talent, manages networking opportunities, partner with operations team to develop strategies to meet company needs. Assists in facilitating hiring processes and skills test administration. Utilizes data analytics to improve ROI for various job board and sourcing services. LeadingEdge is a boutique temp, temp to hire and direct hire staffing firm specializing in office support roles.► Developed an internal system to track candidate placement from source to hire► Through effective recruiting, helped over 600 employees gain placement in temp and temp to hire roles► Booked over 3200 candidates for interviews in 2018► Responsible for the recruitment life cycle (25 - 45 requisitions on average) for office support, clerical, administrative, accounting and customer service candidates for temp, temp to hire and direct hire roles utilizing various ATS and recruiting platforms.

Cary, North Carolina, Us

In conjunction with the American Association of Medical Colleges, served as a screener for the Standardized Video Interviews for the 2018 & 2019 ERAS cycle of applicants to the emergency medicine residency programs throughout the U.S. Utilizing skills and techniques taught by the AAMC, rated emergency medicine physician candidates based on their answers to situational and behavioral questions for placement in residency programs. Orion Novotus is a talent company and mid-market leader in RPO outsourcing.

Georgetown, Tx, Us

Managed company store purchases for retail, supply, apparel, and equipment needs and served as a point of contact and lead for facility repair personnel. Responsible for inventory and maintenance reports, assists with building supplier relationships, and maintains online supplier pages. Manages maintenance and appearance standard compliance, on-site contractors, and suppliers for 60 Locations. Sport Clips is one of the fastest-growing franchise concepts in the nation, specializing in men’s haircuts.• Operational Management: Managed retail, supply, and equipment purchases, and coordinated RFPs and project fulfillment for 60 company locations and provided a framework for duplicating this at scale for over 1700 locations.• System Implementation: Implemented a cloud-based work order management system to streamline reporting and tracking.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Served in a generalist capacity including full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, onboarding, HR support, benefits, timekeeping, and payroll. North America Security Services is a licensed security company providing uniformed armed/unarmed security, consulting and investigations, executive protection, and more.• HR Generalist Duties: Managed full-cycle recruiting, onboarding, HR support, and benefits administration.• Vendor Management: Selected and managed vendors for payroll, HRIS systems, and office tracking.

Parsippany, Nj, Us

Full profit and loss responsibility for assigned portfolio (1.3M annual revenue) to include over 15 clients and 125 employees and 3900 Hours serviced per Week. Provided leadership for assigned Branch; ensures delivery of quality services; manages operations efficiently and effectively to achieve service and profitability objects. Initiated the acquisition and integration of new business. Coordinates and directs new client transitions. Coached, trains and develops supervisors. Securitas is a global leader in protective services providing a wide range of security solutions.► Compiled information and customer needs to aid in the bidding of technology solutions► 100% client retention (3900 HPW across 15 clients)► Assisted in the implementation of ACA measures both with clients and employees

Parsippany, Nj, Us

As a Human Resources Specialist: Performed a variety of human resources administration functions to include recruiting, sourcing, onboarding & offboarding, administering benefits, maintaining personnel files, provide counseling, ensure compliance with company and Region HR policies and investigations. Securitas is a global leader in protective services providing a wide range of security solutions.► Increased employee retention by 16% annually► Recovered over 75% of uniforms issued to total an annual savings of over $13,000► Created a database/program to maximize HR efficiency in branch office through critical path analysis

Master'S Degree, Project Management

Architecture (Study Abroad)

Bachelor’S Degree, Architecture

Concurrent Enrollment While In High School, General Studies

High School