• Oversee a team of recruiters in the areas of talent acquisition, recruiting strategy and client relationship management• Effectively allocate resources and prioritize to support the most critical business initiatives• Source, recruit, interview and place top talent into direct-hire roles • Develop engaging and effective job postings, descriptions, policies and procedures to drive client and team success• Drive business development by cultivating and maintaining meaningful client relationships, taking a consultative approach to managing key accounts and business partnerships• Support internal new hire onboarding with the development and facilitation of new hire orientation/training in the areas of TA/direct hire placements• Engaged employee with involvement across multiple internal committees and external networking partners

Responsible for creating engaging, relevant content across all social media channels for Western New York's most prestigious wedding and event venue.

Took a leap of faith by stepping into a different side of the HR functionality to expand my skillset into the Talent Acquisition/Recruitment Marketing space and support the growth and engagement of their new Buffalo office. Initially responsible for review/creation of social content, email campaigns, and candidate attraction strategy; complete overhaul of all job descriptions and managing the full job description library; led the #PowerResume initiative by creating dynamic consultant profiles to be shared with industry-leading clientele; manage complete requisition life-cycle for all job reqs, including submission, approvals, opening, assigning, changing, closing out, tracking status and timelines; support campus recruitment initiatives, attend career fairs and create strategy to effectively engage this talent pool; successfully cultivate agency relationships, developing streamlined process for all agency submissions, interviews and hires; developed Playbooks designed to inform, train and guide hiring managers, talent team members and new hires regarding company structure, staffing issues, policies, and procedures; Sponsor User for IBM’s onboarding communications, playing a key role in developing streamlined outreach to new hires and participated in IBM’s Professional Development Task Force, identifying key topics and engaging/supporting SME’s for presentations on relevant training materials. Then promoted to Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist after realizing my heart lies with recruiting and making strong candidate connections. Responsible for the full requisition lifecycle for a wide variety of Bluewolf positions across the US; daily sourcing, recruitment and engagement of key talent; coordinate with staffing team to validate needs and ensure projects are staffed effectively; act as point of contact for Bluewolf talent team members and Hiring Managers to drive communication and hiring initiatives.

Full-cycle recruiting for Accountemps and OfficeTeam divisions. Source effective recruiting tactics, identify strong candidates for current and future opportunities, pre-screen accounting/administrative professionals accordingly. Schedules and conducts interviews, provides feedback to coach and mentor and makes recommendations for hire. Write-up candidate profiles to present to market and assists with reference calls and compliance issues as needed. Maintains open communication with recruited candidates and performs routine follow-up calls. Creates dynamic job postings for open orders, posts to company "outbox" as well as external sites and audits postings weekly. Coordinates and attends all local career fairs. Builds and maintains relationships with local recruiting sources and acts as division representative for candidate presentations/forums. Collaborates with staffing/hiring managers to continuously evolve strategies, policies and procedures to maintain a competitive recruiting process.

Function as managing administrator for the Buffalo, NY office, overseeing all administrative duties, front desk personnel, sales support responsibilities, as well as internal compliance and HR directives. Direct support professional to the Branch Manager and Division Directors assisting with recruiting, the interview process, hiring, training and maintaining personnel files. Act as liaison between District and Branch personnel, rolling out important policies and procedures to staff as directed to ensure compliance and unified operations throughout the district. Generate and distribute Branch and District reports. Process all paperwork for the Branch including (but not limited to) timesheets, new hires/terminations, background checks, check requests, accounts payable, supply orders, billing adjustments, special billing requests, placements/conversions etc. Support Branch marketing initiatives by coordinating events such as call blitzes, quarterly Continued Professional Education (CPE) seminars, process letters, creating email blast templates for mass distribution to all clients/candidates. Prepare all client contracts requests (Terms & Conditions, addendums, local contracts). Monitor branch budget by tracking expenditures (including supplies and marketing materials) in Microsoft Excel. Work closely with building staff on all facilities related issues including standard maintenance (office temperature, cleanliness, issues requiring building contractors) security, building events and filtering important and/or urgent communications down to our team. Collaborate regularly with our Technical Support team to assist branch personnel with all matters in a technical capacity such as equipment set-up/ordering, alerting IT when network performance is negatively impacting productivity, coaching staff on IT fixes that can be performed in-house (restarting computers, printer performance, document formatting, setting signature pickers/Outlook preferences etc.).

Helped to define this position and the role it would play in the development of this relatively young and fast-paced company by setting the standard for organization, customer service and professionalism. Performed general clerical duties including (but not limited to) answering multi-line phone system, sorted and distributed all incoming/outgoing mail, UPS and FedEx, faxed and filed documentation in a very well-organized manner, greeted all guests with a welcoming smile and provided friendly service. Also handled all administrative aspects of each new hire including the organization and distribution of orientation and new hire packets, providing tax and benefit information as well as basic office information for reference. Maintained personnel files, assisted in the recruiting process, event planning, reviewed training materials for relevance, collaborated with the Finance department to ensure all invoices and PO’s were properly submitted and assisted their department in distributing payroll checks, expense checks and bus passes. Provided general IT support.