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Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

Work as an Independent Consultant providing Talent Acquisition expertise to Meet the Peak, a boutique consultancy firm for HR practitioners seeking employment and/or coaching.TALENT ACQUISITION STRATEGY: Developed career search course content for HR professionals and leaders seeking new career opportunities on topics including Establishing Goals, Navigating Applications, Building LinkedIn Presence, Interviews, & Offer Negotiation.TRAINING & COACHING: Served as a weekly “Talent Acquisition Expert” in HR Search cohorts to provide perspective on the search process from the perspective of a corporate Talent Acquisition team.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Invested in my professional development through the use of executive coaching and completion of the “Energy Leadership Assessment (ELI)” an insightful tool aimed at using personal energy to influence and impact those around you.

Plantation, Florida, Us

Led team of ~40 Managers, Supervisors, Recruiters, & Coordinators to innovate solutions that enable scale of the company through the candidate experience, internal mobility, and talent operations supporting 700k applicants, 200k interviews, 52k offers and 42k hires per year.DATA ANALYTICS: Established a Chewy TA data ecosystem with People Analytics and BI Developers that pro-actively monitors pipeline health, source plus candidate quality, and recruiter performance leveraging Tableau based reporting capability.TALENT ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY: Together with peer AD, built a complete overhaul of the TA Tech Stack through first comprehensive TA process mapping, operational time and vendor analysis resulting in identification of tool redundancy, improvement in process automations by 40%, reduction in operational time by 35% per hire, reduction in time to fill by 15%, and incremental savings of $5M. Harnessed the power of automation to eliminate manual reporting by Recruiters and Coordinators resulting in operational time savings of 22k hours per year ($500k in operational time).INTERNAL MOBILITY: Built a dedicated Customer Service (CS) Internal Mobility Team who achieved a 13% internal fill rate (IFR) in less than one year (Benchmark 5% Corp, 4% FC Network) using technology automation, business leader insights, and candidate education tactics to deliver ~1300 internal hires.EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE: Established candidate hyper-care support for the FC Network in partnership with 13 site GMs to deliver personalized letters and welcome to new Team Members as part of an effort to reduce FC attrition by 20% Year over Year (YoY).

Oakland, Ca, Us

Led all US full cycle recruiting with team of direct reports including 4 Leads, 10 Recruiters and 1 Coordinator in 4 States.TALENT ACQUISITION STRATEGY: Created and executed a three-year road map aligning Talent Acquisition to the Clorox Ignite Business Strategy centered on candidate attraction and experience; recruiter development; inclusion and diversity and business analytics and reporting.INCLUSION & DIVERSITY: Aligned all recruiters to Clorox Employee Resource Groups to develop unique candidate attraction events resulting in increased diverse candidate applicant flow and hires. Served as corporate partner to Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) to recruit under-represented minorities serving as national host of the Career Prep program for ~200+ undergraduate students.HIGH VOLUME RECRUITMENT: Following the COVID pandemic, implemented centralized high-volume recruitment in support of Clorox cleaning manufacturing plants to automate and improve the hiring process through transformation of the hiring process from contingent worker conversions to direct hires. Deployed onsite recruiter strategy to accelerate hiring process and allow for more effective onboarding of new hires.TALENT ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY: Implemented and supported user acceptance training for Workday ATS, Textio, LinkedIn Talent Insights and Gartner Talent Analytics improving the candidate, hiring manager and recruiter experience with the power of automation and analytics.

Oakland, Ca, Us

EARLY CAREER RECRUITMENT AND PROGRAMS: As University Programs Manager, converted early career recruitment from decentralized to centralized enterprise model led by US Talent Acquisition supporting all business functions. Upskilled the interview process for candidates through development of a 2-day innovation themed case study interview for intern candidates to increase exposure to Clorox culture and the consumer goods innovation process.

New York, Ny, Us

Led US & international campus and diversity recruiting with team of direct reports including 4 recruiters in the US and UK for 200 Summer Analysts and 50 Fulltime Associates through development of an integrated centralized campus recruitment strategy in partnership with C-Suite leadership.EARLY CAREER RECRUITMENT AND PROGRAMS: Created and executed enterprise campus recruitment strategy developing a three tier-university core school selection process for identifying top early career talent.INCLUSION & DIVERSITY: Co-led effort to incorporate diversity recruitment conferences as part of the core BNY Mellon selection process including ALPFA, Tapia, and Grace Hopper.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, Us

Provided seasoned consultative services to executive leadership, directors and managers to determine workforce forecasts and create viable plans to meet present and future staffing needs primarily in high volume operations focused recruitment.FULL CYCLE & HIGH-VOLUME RECRUITMENT: Supported the Northeast Pipeline Division, recruiting for operations and specialty trained maintenance mechanics. Developed process enhancements for bulk hiring events to accelerate hiring process and maximize time of hiring managers in manufacturing facilities.TALENT ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY: Established technology solutions to drive talent acquisition efficiencies including HireVue video interviewing platform, Quintela leadership and mechanical aptitude testing and Checkster, automated reference check platform.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the enterprise recruiting program for the largest offshore independent producer of oil and gasincluding the recruitment and placement of over 50 roles in nine months including engineers, geologists, field personnel and business professionals.FULL CYCLE & HIGH-VOLUME RECRUITMENT: Led the talent integration of an acquired company (EPL Oil & Gas) resulting in 125 employee offers within 2 months as part of the acquisition/merger.TALENT ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY: Partnered with iCims ATS to develop automated technology for calculating candidate Total Rewards Profiles (TRP) Statements at time of offer in addition to automation of candidate onboarding documents – eliminating all paper processes.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Led the university relations recruitment program for a $9B oil and gas organization including the management and coaching of two fulltime employees, and the development of a company-wide university relations project plan. Served as strategic and tactical human resources partner to over 300 corporate employees from departments across the business spectrum including IT, Engineering, Finance/Accounting, Administration, and Materials.EARLY CAREER RECRUITMENT:► Partnered with technical staff across four states (Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Utah) to develop an entry-level recruitment pipeline at 15 colleges and universities interviewing 360 students and hiring 50 interns establishing the largest summer intern program in Newfield’s history. ► Launched new intern program initiatives including the design and implementation of a four-day Intern Leadership Conference designed to provide leadership development, networking and industry training opportunities.►Served as strategic and tactical human resources partner to over 300 corporate employees from departments across the business spectrum including IT, Engineering, Finance/Accounting, Administration, and Materials.HR BUSINESS PARTNER:► Facilitated key employee events including recruitment, onboarding, promotions, transfers, performance review process, voluntary and involuntary termination, office moves, and leadership development coaching for the corporate business unit resulting in increased efficiencies and employee satisfaction across the business unit.

Houston, Tx, Us

Provided full-cycle recruitment services for IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Business Excellence. Participated in company-wide effort to streamline experienced hire recruitment process including partnership with Supply Chain Management and Business Process Improvement to standardize the relationship with third-party recruitment agenciesEARLY CAREER RECRUITMENT:► Oversaw a company-wide, strategic university relations plan for the organization that addressed hiring needs for three business units including technical and non-technical staff totaling over 115 positions annually. EARLY CAREER TALENT MANAGEMENT:► Created and managed the “EP Elite” intern program, recognized by the National Association for Colleges and Employers as a nominee for the “Innovation Award for Student Engagement”; built on an 85 member intern program, the largest program in El Paso’s history.

London, England, Gb

Hired to create and manage first college recruitment program for Clear Channel University, a division of the world’s largest media company, Clear Channel CommunicationsEARLY CAREER RECRUITMENT:► Established long-term partnerships with seven universities in the US Mid-Atlantic using extensive prospecting and sales techniques; cultivated relationships with faculty, student leaders and industry professionals► Directed over 90 large-scale and targeted recruitment events throughout the Mid-Atlantic region including career fairs, classroom and student group presentations, and community events within the first year of college recruitment operations.

Promoted from Leadership Development Program (LDP) Associate to coordinate and nationally recruit for the nation’s largest network of commercial printing companies.EARLY CAREER RECRUITMENT:► Developed “Redefining Leadership” branding campaign to successfully recruit over 70 Leadership Development Program Associates each year, growing the LDP to 250 Associates, the largest in company history.EARLY CAREER TALENT MANAGEMENT:► Implemented the “First Year Initiative,” a four-day onboarding program held twice annually to orientate new college hires to the company.