Sarah Zike Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

TalentSource360 is the universal solution to meet the talent acquisition demands and career development needs of their clients and candidates. Through a rapidly expanding network of experienced recruiting experts, we are delivering the customized recruiting solutions our clients want in a recruitment partner while streamlining process so they can focus on.

Arlington, VA

• Partnered with the managers of Human Resources Recruiting and Operations in the development, implementation and administration of human resources programs across 2 Washington D.C. area based locations.
• Served as a resource to employees with benefits or personnel related questions.
• Worked closely with department managers across both domestic and international office site locations to define hiring criteria and create job descriptions.
• Facilitated all phases of the recruitment process: screened and routed resumes, scheduled interviews; conducted interviews, recommended qualified candidates to department mangers, conducted reference checks, presented.
• Designed sourcing strategies and identified the most efficient and cost effective recruitment methods to product qualified candidates.
• Managed requisition activity and candidate details within our application tracking system.

Mclean, VA

• Developed and maintained a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified accounting and finance professionals.
• Leveraged online recruiting resources (Monster, Careerbulider, Linkedin, etc.) and in-house system (Recruiter Workbench) to identify and recruit the most qualified candidates.
• Reviewed resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills and experience in relation to position requirements.
• Prescreened candidates; created and presented prescreening questions to hiring managers for collaboration and approval.
• Interviewed all candidates presented for phone or in-person interviewing by the client.
• Managed the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and clients.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Processed payroll paperwork for new hires, terminations, work study students, etc. for a division with approximately 500 employees.
• Completed background checks, verified pertinent tax forms and maintained payroll related routing logs.
• Reconciled daily cash and credit card sales and submitted bursar and foundation deposits.
• Performed random, monthly cash audits of all safe and till funds.
• Assisted in creating and populating spreadsheets for comprehensive budget planning.
• Administrative duties: counting and logging inventory for employee apparel and uniforms, filing confidential payroll information, contacting vendors to return/replace fitness equipment and office supplies.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Directly assisted in raising assets for a fifteen-year-old hedge fund with over $10 billion in assets under management.
• Enhanced Business Development group’s productivity by implementing new procedures.
• Wrote client specific RFP’s to Consultants.
• Sent monthly performance emails to clients and prospects for all Symphony fixed-income and equity funds.
• Wrote business trip emails and handled follow-up for two Directors of Business Development.
• Interfaced with Portfolio Management groups to get charts, facts and pertinent statistical information for various requests from our prospect base.

• Promoted to Business Development group after nine months.
• Received phone calls for a 75-person firm, determined the nature of the calls and directed callers to the appropriate department.
• Maintained clean conference rooms, kitchens and overall office appearance.
• Completed expense reports in electronic form. Familiar with using international conversion rates and SEC requirements.
• Mail room duties: checking mail, Fed Ex, UPS, standard post, etc.
• Ordered office supplies.

• Opened new upscale, bridal boutique.
• Managed store operations and administration including customer service, reports, inventory, scheduling, special orders, training, etc.
• Extensive work with visual standards and merchandising high-ticket items.
• Placed orders to restock merchandise and handled receiving of new products.