Simone Mitchell Barnes, Phr, Ms, Mba Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va, Us

* Manage the full-life cycle recruiting process to meet organizational staffing goals and established timelines for a broad range of positions including a focus on IT and technical positions. * Conduct needs assessments with hiring managers to develop recruitment strategy and screen a diverse pool of candidates to match position requirements using resume analysis, behavioral, and competency-based screening and interviewing techniques in compliance with legal practices. * Collaborate with Human Resources Business Partners throughout the recruitment process. * Educate hiring managers on interviewing techniques including providing resource materials to ensure that legal and best practices are followed. Serve as a trusted advisor throughout the recruitment process. * Support the selection and decision-making process for internal and external talent utilizing knowledge of market trend and hiring needs. * Negotiate and extend job offers to selected candidates. Conduct pre-hire onboarding activities. * Research, develop, and utilize creative resources to build a pipeline of top talent candidates through innovative sourcing strategies and market knowledge, including finding, engaging, and activating passive candidates. * Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations relating to talent acquisition. * Collaborate with HR team to identify, develop and execute integrated solutions to build and sustain a productive workforce and environment in support of talent acquisition. * Support the Talent Acquisition team with position coverage and contributing to team success.

200 Applied Parkway, University Park, Il, Us

Applied Systems is a worldwide leader in insurance technology, and we’ve been in business for 37 years. We develop a suite of cloud and mobile software products for insurance agencies in North America & Europe (US, Canada, UK, & Ireland). We also offer Cloud Data Center solutions so we can host a network or all the data for an insurance agency and also offer Professional Services which include our consulting, education, and technical support services on our technology. Software Development is the biggest part of our business. Brokerage Management Software-We develop the #1 & #2 software products for running insurance agencies/brokerages in the world (Applied Epic & TAM). They are all-in-one software systems that run all of the day to day operations of an insurance agency/brokerage. They are also used to generate insurance quotes, file claims, manage clients & contacts, accounting, reporting, sales, marketing, etc. all within a single software system (Developed in UP, ATL, Mississauga, Brighton, & Belfast).

Arlington, Va, Us

* Partner with department leaders to build talent plans aligned to departmental strategy;* Manage and take ownership of the recruitment process for all HQ positions;* Conduct phone interviews and make recommendations for interviews;* Manage interview logistics and conduct background and reference checks;* Extend verbal offers, prepare and submit offer letters, distribute and compile new hire paperwork;* Serve as Project Manager for new ATS implementation (Workforce Ready);* Manage major job description project that involves collecting and compiling all staff job descriptions and submitting for compensation analysis;* Successful in recruiting for several program, technical, and finance positions.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Position Eliminated Talent Acquisition• Managed and took ownership of entire recruitment process for prominent start-up technology company; • Proactively sourced talented professionals for various sales and technical roles while building a pipeline of strong candidates;• Collaborated with hiring managers in determining best recruiting strategy;• Conducted phone and in-person interviews, made recommendations, and managed interview logistics;• Managed Applicant Tracking System and vendor/agency relationships;• Conducted background and reference checks and negotiated employment offers;• Created and submitted electronic offer letters and managed the onboarding process;• Successful in recruiting several sales and technical professionals, as well as, various other roles.Onboarding and Compliance• Initiated Salesforce ticket to set up new hire accounts with IT;• Conducted new hire orientation and served as point of contact for all new employees;• Created employee accounts on benefits portal;• Processed employee I-9’s via E-Verify;• Ensured federal and state legal compliance.HRIS• Created new hire accounts, assigned employee numbers, and electronically submitted new hire paperwork to employees for completion;• Processed all PAF’s for employee changes in title, salary, department transfers, promotions, terminations, etc.• Created and distributed various HRIS reports for senior management.Employee Recognition• Compiled data from recognition tool and created Excel reports to submit to senior management for determination of monthly and annual recognition award recipients.Employee Engagement• Facilitated employee engagement by creating and distributing engagement surveys via recognition tool and distributed findings to staff;• Managed LinkedIn Learning account and administered licenses to employees;• Served as member of social committee and solicited event ideas from employees via Survey Monkey.

• Managed recruitment process either solely or as part of a recruiting team for leading non-profits, membership organizations, information services, and technology companies;• Conducted phone and in-person interviews, made recommendations, managed interview logistics and ATS; • Conducted background and reference checks and determined employee suitability;• Collaborated with hiring managers to make optimal hiring decisions;• Successful in recruiting several legal, technical, sales, marketing, communications, market research, human resources, and fundraising/development professionals.

Montgomery Village, Maryland, Us

• Supported one company client (IT/data migration) with 650 employees by providing complete HR management services with primary focus on benefits management, FMLA tracking, and onboarding;• Coordnated with vendors and enrolled employees in all company benefits plans including STD, LTD, basic and voluntary life insurance, FSA, and 401(k);• Calculated insurance premiums to determine employee deductions and submitted to payroll;• Provided timely responses to all employee benefit inquiries and advocated on behalf of employees with insurance vendors;• Set up new employees in HRIS and submitted the benefits and tax information;• Maintained HRIS and updated any changes to employee records;• Served as Senior Recruiting Consultant for other company clients (digital marketing client).

Washington, Dc, Us

• Write and post job ads and use social media to source candidates; Interview attorneys and legal support staff to determine if viable for open positions; Administer testing when necessary;• Write bio and pitch candidates to employers in a high-volume recruitment environment;• Network within various DC professional associations to source potential candidates; • Staff contract attorney projects by matching attorneys with appropriate projects;• Successful in placing attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries, IT staff, finance/accounting staff, and marketing staff with area law firms, corporations, non-profits, and government agencies.

Managed all recruiting programs including fall OCI and nine off-site programs; responded to inquiries from law students and employers regarding interview programs, job postings, etc. and provided assistance with Symplicity; conducted employer outreach and encouraged greater program participation; coordinated hotel, catering, and vendor arrangements for all recruitment events; assisted career counselors with various career services events/workshops; delivered a presentation explaining the logistics of the fall recruitment program to 400+ law students.

(Caplin & Drysdale). Firm suspended all recruiting programs due to economic downturn. Managed recruitment process for all attorney recruiting (summer associates, entry-level and lateral attorney hiring); managed the attorney on-boarding process; worked with law schools in coordinating details for the fall on-campus recruiting program; scheduled all call back interviews; created interview schedules; facilitated and coordinated hiring committee meetings and communicated hiring decisions; created and managed recruiting department budget; developed summer program; monitored summer associate assignments and evaluations; coordinated training and development opportunities for summer associates; planned and executed summer associate social events and annual firm gala; supervised Recruiting Assistant.

Responsible for recruitment of all non-attorney staff positions such as paralegals, legal secretaries, IT professionals, marketing professionals, accounting staff, etc.; closed 22 open positions in less than 60 days; worked with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategy; conducted new hire orientation for all staff; developed and maintained recruiting budget; provided guidance to HR Assistant.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Screened resumes from website submissions; developed and implemented an employee recognition program; processed employee benefits selections in PeopleSoft, and reconciled payroll deductions on a routine basis to ensure accuracy; responded to employee benefits inquiries; acted as primary vendor contact for benefit enrollments, changes, and terminations and ensured records were in compliance with federal regulations; conducted new hire orientation of all staff and attorneys and processed all new hire paperwork and submitted to payroll via PeopleSoft; facilitated firm-wide training initiatives and tracked training evaluations; assisted with planning and executiion of Staff Appreciation Day and annual firm picnic events; prepared and monitored annual $2M HR budget and submitted monthly variance reports.

Master Of Jurisprudence, Labor And Employment Law

B.S., Management, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

M.S. And Mba, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General