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Tampa, Florida, United States

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Successfully retained and redeployed thousands of internal employees globally to minimize layoffs and optimize roles during Covid-19 crisis.
• Single-handedly oversaw complex global project of identifying client growth opportunities as well as client reduction needs to effectively re-assign qualified employees.
• Partnered with senior executives to implement a cohesive global talent acquisition strategy to maintain consistencies and efficiencies in talent management and improve operations.
• Designed, developed and executed a sustainable, robust North American Internal Talent Acquisition Program focused on performance management, employee engagement, retention and succession planning.
• Created and drove a culture of relevant, scalable and compliant recruiting policies and practices.
• Adept at leading and coaching teams while fostering an environment of innovation and excellence.

Clearwater, FL

• Worked closely with hiring managers to ensure a high-level of candidate engagement and a positive candidate experience while successfully filling open positions within the desired time frame.
• Sourced both active and passive candidates using various tools such as social media, job boards, external vendors, and career fairs.
• Provided consultative support to identify and select top talent to support organization’s mission.
• Built extensive professional network of industry and vendor partners, association memberships, and social media contacts.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Successfully met employer’s needs by sourcing, recruiting, and screening qualified candidates from an organic database, internet marketing and social media platforms.
• High volume recruiting of active and passive candidates for both exempt and non-exempt positions.
• Built a consultative relationship with all employers to organize and promote career events, job fairs, and other significant networking events.
• Demonstrated sound human resource knowledge and skills such as administration, federal and state employment laws, wage and salary trends as well as FMLA, worker’s compensation and ADA laws.

Clearwater, FL

• Led a seasonal team of 80 seasonal employees and earned a permanent position.
• Conducted situational behavioral interviews to qualify and hire candidates for a designated region of stores.
• Reviewed 200-300 employment applications daily for non-exempt retail positions in a call center environment.
• Provided an exceptional candidate experience for all applicants.
• Effectively tracked applicants and new hires through employment process and provided and exemplary candidate experience.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Recruited, hired, and trained a recruiting team focused on achieving results.
• Developed weekly, quarterly and annual recruiting strategy and budget.
• Provided coaching, mentoring and leadership development for senior representatives to achieve weekly recruiting metrics and objectives.
• Monitored and evaluated operational effectiveness and implemented changes for improvement.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Achieved 111% of annual corporate budget during first full calendar year.
• Grew campus census by 14% in first 3 quarters.
• Accountable for the overall operations and success of the Recruitment Department including forecasting and achieving quarterly budgets.
• Responsible for hiring, training and motivating a team of sales representatives to meet the campus enrollment objectives.
• Analyzed representative statistical recruiting data to determine effectiveness and opportunities for improvement.
• Delivered employee evaluations and performance reviews.

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