Tom Downs, Cdr Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, VA, US

Mclean, Virginia, United States

* Lead the strategy development and implementation of the Firm's Diversity, Military, University Talent Acquisition efforts, Employee Referral program and Up skilling/Re-skilling program (Tech Excellence).* Consult and advise the firm's executive leaders (EVP level) and other senior leadership teams on Diversity outreach, engagement and hiring efforts*.

Arlington, Virginia

• Created and led delivery of the D&I strategy in support of the company’s mission critical global diversity hiring initiatives; managed 25 external diversity partnerships impacting the Americas, EMEA, APAC, and ANZ
• Created and led the company’s first D&I TA Council – a global Center of Excellence for a consistent approach to attract, engage, recruit and retain diverse candidates; Council comprised of 57 HR professionals
• Served as D&I advisor to Business leaders, TA teams, HR Partners, Compliance officer, and Benefits/Compensation teams; Assess data: Gender pay gap analysis, employee attrition, provide critical input on the AAP and CSR.
• D&I consultant to Employee Resource Group (ERG) leadership teams to maximize the ERG’s contributions to our global diversity hiring strategy; referral campaigns, social media strategy and solicit feedback about our D&I.
• Created and facilitated ongoing D&I training's to ~500 HR personnel and numerous business leaders located around the globe; Unconscious Bias, Disability Etiquette, Inclusive leadership, etc.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Cohort 2 (graduate)

Mclean, Virginia

In support of Capital One's Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) initiatives...developed and led the execution of the enterprise wide diversity recruiting strategy for Veterans, military spouses and People with Disabilities (PwD). Part of this effort included developing and executing a concentrated national events strategy to support these hiring initiatives..

Mclean, Virginia

Corporate D&I strategy lead. Consulted with our Business Resource Group (BRG) Leadership Teams on the strategy and implementation of the Corporate D&I initiatives. Partnered with our BRG leaders to establish a foundation and support structure for our BRG’s so that they can deliver on attracting great talent, developing, retaining, engaging our associates.

Mclean, VA

As part of the corporate Diversity and Inclusion team, I had the privilege and honor to lead a team of recruiting professional's responsible for Capital One's Enterprise wide Veteran, military spouse and individuals with disabilities (IwD) recruiting efforts. - Led efforts for Capital One to be recognized as 2016's winner of the "Military Spouse Employment.

Mclean, Virginia

Led a team of talent acquisition professionals supporting the Retail and Direct bank recruiting efforts for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets.Developed, planned and executed unique "in market" candidate prospecting strategies that are now a standard practice for all Retail and Direct bank markets.

Arlington, VA

Interfaced daily with three Senior U.S. Government clients; executed programmatic requests and resolved any unforeseen issues affecting the critical path time line. Managed six subcontractors’ efforts on two programs valued in excess of $5M; ensured all deliverables were reviewed and submitted on time per contractural agreements. Monitored Earned Value.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led the worldwide full life cycle recruiting of highly specialized personnel assigned to a program charged with extremely challenging worldwide missions. Planned and executed unique recruiting strategies that screened and filled DOD mission critical vacancies by way of data mining, personal presentations, career fairs, cold calls and obtaining referrals..

Ft. Knox, KY

Supervised and trained recruiting personnel advanced recruiting techniques and procedures. Diligently executed an event marketing campaign that resulted in exceeding challenging recruiting objectives. Coordinated and executed the recruitment of culturally diverse personnel, analyzed and reported recruiting data to senior military leaders on the projects’.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Awarded the “U.S. Army Recruiter of the Year” honors by the Secretary of the Army from a field of over 6300 peers. Surpassed recruiting goals by 100% in one fiscal year and noted by the unit Commander as the subject matter expert for all areas pertaining to full cycle recruitment of personnel entering the U.S. Army. Trained and mentored companies.

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