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Tampa, Florida, United States

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist for Tampa's electric utility company supporting wide-ranging roles across specialty engineering in power distribution, software systems, leadership plus corporate functions. Providing advanced sourcing support for difficult to fill positions utilizing creative sourcing techniques and advanced tools. Consulting with business leadership regarding position metrics, engineering talent landscape and sourcing strategy.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Partnered with Talent Acquisition and Business Leadership while leading a team of 5 Recruiters and Sourcers to design, develop, implement and monitor advanced sourcing strategies for niche IT, Engineering Leadership and Advisory level positions nationwide.• Led a team of five reporting into Director level TA leadership setting daily, weekly and monthly objectives, metrics and targets. • Coached, mentored and led the team while monitoring the performance and contributions of each individual using a new daily standup cadence with a shared tracking portal which led to increased accountability and active team participation in shared goals. • Presented analytics, metrics and thought leadership to influence business leadership in the U.S. and Europe in adopting new hiring strategies which led to multiple new hires in a highly complex niche IT/Cloud/Engineering skill set.• Designed and led bi-weekly business leadership strategy meetings presenting to VP level leaders to influence hiring strategy, goals and projects for several industry verticals in IT, Automotive, Sustainable Energy, Pharma and Media.• Sourced, presented and closed senior to executive level passive candidates using all available tools including LinkedIn, HireEZ (Github, Stack Overflow), ATS and other systems across IT, Data Science, Cloud, Engineering and Management profiles.• Developed a network of candidates and referral mentors in a specialized job family (Industry Specialists) previously not known by me and others, generating multiple new hires in an extremely complex IT and Advisory Engineering consulting discipline while also improving diversity metrics.• Received accolades from TA leadership, Business leadership and TA team members for leading advanced sourcing, special projects and doubling year over year hiring results.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Lead Recruiter on a team of 15 Recruiters plus 5 Sourcers covering all Corporate functions across North America reporting into Senior TA Leadership. • Provided day-to-day supervision of the team, assigning daily jobs/tasks, managed workloads, metrics and reporting, coaching, mentoring, training, compliance, errors or sensitive situations plus regular 1on1’s. • Organized and led teams of Recruiters, Sourcers and agencies on project builds, sensitive VP searches, new location standups, capability building efforts and reorgs of entire departments.• Expert in international recruiting operations, hiring and relocating employees to the U.S. from other countries including Brazil, Columbia, Singapore, The UK, and Canada. • Global and regional experience managing hiring projects and activities with leaders based in Singapore, The UK, Brazil, Columbia, Prague, Ireland, Switzerland, and Puerto Rico. • Member of 2021 Data Science/eCommerce Global Practice Team. On assignment recruiting Data Science and Digital eCommerce positions across J&J’s technical and pharmaceutical clinical research areas working with a team in the U.S. and England.• Provided “white glove” full lifecycle recruiting, sourcing and talent strategy to corporate leaders at the Manager to VP/CIO level across North America, South America and Europe.

Tampa, Fl

• Senior Recruiter brought in to build a brand new 400+ seat Call Center site in Tampa Florida/Houston Texas with the Regional Director of TA. • Effectively built relationships with assigned business groups to meet recruitment needs in an extremely high-volume environment. • Developed innovative sourcing initiatives to build a solid pipeline of qualified candidates. • Managed all assigned talent pools and candidate life-cycle processes (sourcing, screening, submittals, interviews, offers and onboarding) through phone and email communication plus utilization of the ATS (Taleo). • Closely monitored candidate onboarding activities (online paperwork, background, drug testing and I-9 verification) to ensure target start dates were met.

Tampa, Fl

• Senior IT Recruiter on a team of 13 developing a large network of cutting edge technology professionals working on H-1B and F1 visas, then placing them within leading corporations across the U.S. • Provided immigration consultation and guidance to candidates, Kforce employees and hiring managers. • Aided in the training of new recruiters in immigration policy and government regulations. • Developed an ever-rotating network of leading IT consultants which led to many successful placements, often involving intensive high stress offer negotiations. • Skilled in developing lasting relationships with client hiring managers and candidates by offering a consultative sales approach, recognizing opportunities and offering tremendous value above the competition.

Nationwide

• Team Lead Recruiter on a team of 12 responsible for peer reviews, recruiting strategy, team performance metrics and assisting the Director with the performance review and corrective action process. • Lead IT Recruiter on a team developing a network of candidates across the U.S. • Partnered with leading corporations nationwide on critical projects in multiple disciplines including IT and F&A. • Skilled in placing highly sought-after IT professionals with cutting edge corporations nationwide. • Assisted Kforce and hiring managers with varied tasks in recruiting, information technology and Human Resources.• Designed complex tracking sheets, templates and scripts to aid the team in tracking and maintaining high performance.

Tampa, Fl

• Partnered with Tampa Bay corporations managing complex and sensitive recruiting engagements on an exclusive basis. • Successfully staffed numerous local and national positions from Manager to C-Level roles in varied disciplines including Human Resources, Marketing and PR, IT, Accounting, Health Care and Operations. • Supervised three contract recruiters across multiple complex search assignments. • Partnered directly with HR Managers and Directors to aid in developing job descriptions, recruiting strategy, ad placement, succession planning, salary surveys, compliance issues, sourcing, screening, interviewing, placement and onboarding for external and internal corporate positions. • Placed internal employees directly for our parent company before the company was taken over and renamed by myself and one co-owner. • Successfully performed duties in recruiting, business development, staff management, account management, back office functions (contracts, billing, A/R, account maintenance) and internet presence. Aided in building the business from a start-up into a full-fledged operation.

Vienna, Va

• Managed complex recruiting efforts for numerous small to large corporations in multiple industries throughout the entire Washington D.C. Metro area. • Director of Business Development managing a team of three IT Recruiters. Supervised their work, production, schedules and candidate submittals through to the offer and onboarding phases. • Staffed entire companies across IT support and management level positions in rapidly growing business sectors. (.com and Y2K projects) • Awarded Salesperson of the Month 6+ times. • Worked directly with HR managers and hiring managers to develop job descriptions, recruiting strategy, sourcing, screening, placement and onboarding of new contract or permanent employees.

B.S. Business And Public Administration, Marketing Major

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Epsilon National Marketing Fraternity - Board Member. Sigma Nu Fraternity - Board Member.Internships.

Mechanical Engineering Degree Studies