Greater St. Louis
Senior Talent Acquisition & HR professional with experience leading high performing teams while leveraging innovative recruiting strategies and technologies to achieve organizational success. Experience within Higher Education, Global Digital Consulting, Financial Services, and Staffing Agency organizations.
• Responsible for the Talent Acquisition department within the Office of Human Resources for a nationally recognized university with a student body of 12,000 and 6,000 employees • Lead a team of Talent Acquisition/Human Resources professionals to provide full oversight of hiring, succession planning, and development of training curriculums across all (4) SIUE Campuses: - Edwardsville Main Campus - School of Dental Medicine - Southwestern Illinois Justice & Workforce - East St. Louis Center • Develop creative solutions related to sourcing strategies, employer branding, recruitment marketing, programmatic, and business priorities • Implement strategic planning into all hiring and retention solutions to address the university’s most critical talent needs • Partner and collaborate with all areas across the university to attract, develop, and retain high-caliber employees effectively • Responsible for the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of the Talent Acquisition department to perform, innovate, and grow
• Led a geographically dispersed team of (16) talent acquisition colleagues responsible for permanent and contract roles supporting Corporate, (12) Technology Business Units, Campus Recruiting, and actively managed technical & non-technical requisitions (HR, Business Operations, Technology, Leadership) • Collaborated with peer recruiting teams, recruiting operations/support specialist team, sourcing team, and third-party staffing vendors to fill (2200+) positions in support of high-volume business needs for US, UK, and Serbia locations • Talent Acquisition Liaison between internal marketing department and external recruitment marketing firm to develop and implement recruitment branding and marketing strategies to business units (Google SEM, Programmatic Campaigns, LinkedIn Paid Campaigns/Conversational Ads, LinkedIn Recruiter & Talent Insights Training, Glassdoor/Indeed/DICE, and iCIMS/Oracle Recruiting Cloud ATS) • Partnered with senior level business leaders and internal teams (VP’s, General Managers, Directors, Business Operations, and Human Resources) to ensure talent forecasts, talent budgets, and talent development initiatives are aligned to overall business objectives • Member of Corporate HR Leadership Team responsible for partnering with Business Operations, Legal, and HR Business Partners to deliver HR and Talent Acquisition solutions to business units • Utilized talent acquisition reporting data and metrics to influence decisions and identify opportunities for team development, performance management, employee engagement, process improvements, and recruiting strategy realignment
• Responsible for all talent needs across Audit, Accounting/Finance, Client Services & Operations, and Technology divisions for St. Louis, MO and Tempe, AZ Corporate Headquarters • Led, developed, and retained a highly effective Talent Acquisition Team of (14) recruiters to achieve all hiring initiatives and recruiting metrics: - (300+) hires within first trimester - Time to fill average of (44) days - Accounted for (61%) of total hires within Home Office Talent Acquisition - Exceeded target for Hiring Leader & New Hire engagement surveys • Led all recruiters responsible for Technology Hiring Initiative (400+ positions for Core, Strategic Firm Programs, Digital Strategy, and Attrition) to meet the talent demand for the following roles/skills: - Developer/Architect/Engineer (JAVA, iOS, Cloud, Network, Security, UX) - Technical Program/Product/Project Manager/Leader • Achieved operational excellence by meeting/exceeding quantity, quality, and compliance metrics (Production, Speed, Hiring Leader/Candidate Experience, and Systems/Processes) • Led, developed, and retained (5) Talent Acquisition Support Specialists responsible for interview scheduling, pre-employment process (Compliance Background Review), and candidate onboarding process (New Hire Orientation Plan) • Partnered with Executive Recruiting, Contingent Workforce, University Recruiting, Recruiting Operations, HR COE, Talent Management, Associate Relations, Compliance, HR Business Solutions, PMO & Data Analytics, and Compensation to develop and implement talent acquisition strategies, workforce planning/capacity plans, recruitment marketing plans, and reporting solutions via SuccessFactors, Tableau, BrassRing ATS, and Firm Analytics
• Performed overall recruiting process which included partnership meeting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation/closing, and on-boarding of new hires • Partnered with hiring leaders in Network Services, Network Security, Data Center Operations, and Technology Operations to fill (100+) positions annually and meet/exceed performance metrics
• Secured accounts for contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent assignments for Professional Office positions at multiple client sites (New business segment of Aerotek) • Led (2) recruiters responsible for overall recruiting process which included client meetings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation/closing, and on-boarding of new hires
• Placed high-end technical professionals in contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent assignments for Information Technology positions at multiple client sites • Performed overall recruiting process which included (25+) qualified contacts per day, client meetings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation/closing, and on-boarding of new hires