Implementing recruiting strategies of engineering and architectural professionals for Stratus Team groups which include Brockenbrough Associaates and Ascent Engineering Group.

Strategic HR Partner for mid-sized businesses.

• Human Resources Business PartnerResponsibilities:Strategic HR Planning: Develop, implement, and evaluate HR policies, programs, and procedures to support organizational goals.Job Analysis and Structure: Maintain accurate job descriptions and requirements for all positions to ensure effective staffing and compensation.Talent Acquisition: Establish and manage a robust recruiting process, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding new hires.Employee Relations: Foster a positive employee experience through effective communication, conflict resolution, and performance management.Compensation Management: Conduct salary surveys, perform job evaluations, and implement competitive compensation structures.

• Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers how to coach employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and managers.• Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits market analysis and benchmarking of benefits; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.• Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.• Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system keeping past and current records.• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.• Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees, following up on work results.• Actively participates in strategic planning for the corporation.• Created the Social Team and oversees and activities, on a monthly basis.• Created the corporate Diversity and Inclusion initiative.• Manages performance review process.

Management:• Developed and directed a team, as well as recruited for open positions, using strategic recruiting plans.• Assisting employees in their efforts to recruit.• Assigned job responsibilities, established daily priorities, and kept track of weekly submittal activity and income.Recruiting:For contract and direct hire placements in the Richmond, VA region, I provided full lifecycle recruiting for Engineering, Scientific, and Information Technology professionals. • Recruited for Fortune 500 companies to place R&D Scientists, Chemists, Biologists, Agricultural Specialists, Laboratory Support, and Engineers.To locate untapped talent for contract and full-time employment, I attended job fairs and formed ties with professors of Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, and Agriculture.• Maintained consultants and pipelined resources for positions (up to 60 resources).• Based on the clients' requirements, I screened and picked the top applicants through referrals, the internet, and a database.Business Development:• Manage new and existing accounts while developing new business and maintaining professional relationships with clients, including cold calling, prospecting, and following up on possible client leads.• Maintained client and staff connections for both contract and direct hire positions. To gain a better understanding of the hiring process, I collaborated with hiring managers, project managers, and Human Resources.Strategic staffing efforts were developed and implemented.• Identified clients and target accounts by following the sales cycle. Billing and placement fees were negotiated for both contract and permanent placements. Existing revenue was increased through contract and permanent placement.

Recruiting of Information Technology and Engineering Professionals. Maintaining client and employee relationships throughout the United States.

Played a key role for establishing and maintaining corporate-wide metrics to assess the effectiveness of our recruiting efforts; researched and recommended additional outside recruiting training seminars/courses; trained all new incoming recruiters; directly supervised a team of three recruiters; created and maintained the corporate recruiting strategy; assisted branches in their recruiting efforts; and researched new websites for recruiting resources. Recruited for corporate level and branch staff positions: Chief Financial Officer, Directors of Business Development, Branch Managers and Regional Managers.

• Screening and selecting the best candidates from a database of 100,000+ according to clients’ specifications; act as a liaison between client and employee providing all necessary information; negotiating rates and contract requirements; making appropriate recommendations pertaining to the selection of candidates; making travel arrangements for employee; and insuring all needs have been met. Developing Sales Leads for Account Managers to generate new business.• Counseling candidates on benefits and corporate environments. • Discussing VISA status and sponsorship issues with prospective employees. Awarded Recruiter of the Quarter 5 times out of 8 quarters. Awarded 1998 Recruiter of the Year.