Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Serving as Interim Director of Global Talent Attraction, assuming full leadership responsibility for global recruiting strategy, operations, and team continuity during extended leadership leave. • Global scope includes North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM
• Expanded leadership scope to include global Talent Attraction Operations, alongside regional recruiting leadership for North America and EMEA • Oversaw global TA operations strategy and enterprise initiatives, strengthening alignment between regional recruiting execution and global operations to drive consistency, governance, and scalability
• Expanded regional leadership to all recruiting across North America and EMEA following Albemarle’s shift from business‑unit focused structure to a regional support model • Expanded management scope to lead a global team of 9 recruiters supporting diverse functions and geographies across the regions • Promoted and managed two Talent Attraction Managers (May 2024), strengthening leadership capacity and enabling scalable regional recruiting support • Acted as major participant in Eightfold AI recruiting software go-live project
Originally employed by XPO Logistics in March 2022 and then redeployed to spin-off company RXO in November 2022
• Responsible for developing, driving, and executing recruiting strategies for IT and Security functions • Actively recruited and sourced for roles including but not limited to Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Managers, Project Managers, Product Analysts, Business Intelligence Engineers, and Cybersecurity specialists.
The mission of Duke Energy's External Sourcing and University Relations team is to attract qualified diverse talent to Duke Energy and build a workforce that reflects the communities that we serve. We do this by establishing and maintaining relationships with universities, technical schools, community groups and diversity organizations to build talent pipelines for current and future workforce needs. • Led a staff of 8 Talent Acquisition professionals in the delivery of Student Programs, External Sourcing, and Workforce Development • Actively lead and improved employment branding strategies, diverse recruiting and sourcing strategies, college campus recruiting, and consultation to assigned customers • Supervised the hiring and on-boarding process of approximately 350 interns and co-ops each year • Drove recruiting strategies to support Duke Energy Diversity & Inclusion goals and HBCU Strategy • Created and presented presentations to leaders, including Senior Management Council (SMC), regarding external sourcing updates • Built and maintained long-term relationships with internal hiring managers and senior leaders • Provided consultation and guidance to assigned lines of business by combining HR knowledge, processes, and skills to assist departments in achieving business goals • Built strong relationships and partnerships with Diversity & Inclusion, and Workforce Development unit leaders to align hiring efforts to meet company diversity hiring expectations • Provided continuous process improvement for Student Programs including interns, co-ops and full-time rotational programs
• Executed recruiting services to multiple groups such as Cybersecurity, IT, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Protective Services, etc. • Drove and managed relationships with hiring managers and hiring teams to identify talent needs • Managed full life cycle recruiting process including defining job requirements, resume screening, phone interviews, managing offer approvals, offer delivery and negotiation, onboarding, etc. • Helped plan, execute and participate in recruiting activities including career fairs, mock interviews, networking events, etc. • Utilized LinkedIn Recruiter to find top talent, attended National LinkedIn Conference Oct. 2018 • Conducted executive searches for top leadership at Duke Energy, included CIO search and placement • Utilized Workday to create postings and track candidates • Tracked and maintained accurate hiring data, analyze hiring results and recruiting effectiveness • Responsible for the creation and HR training of a new "Rapid Contractor Conversion Process" to efficiently convert active contingent workers to full-time employees
• Responsible for relationship development and gathering of business intelligence with current and potential client Hiring Managers to effectively position and sell TEKsystems services • Effectively negotiated and recommended relevant solutions to talent management, training, staff augmentation, project-based work, and global outsourcing solutions • Responsible for recruitment of IT skill sets including but not limited to candidate identification, screening, placement, talent management, and redeployment • Completed recruitment placements in up to $300,000 profit for TEKsystems in one year • Utilized innovative recruiting and sourcing methods to obtain top IT talent for clients such as career websites, LinkedIn Recruiter, social media, and TEKsystems’ proprietary candidate database • Communicated feedback to Technical Professionals and provided coaching and recommendations for career success • Served as Social Chair for Charlotte and Raleigh TEKsystems offices; planned and coordinated internal and external events to build morale and market share • Trained, mentored, and managed members of our internal Delivery Team including sales targets and performance, candidate retention, production, lead generation, and professional development • Served on TEKsystems Hiring Committee and participated in internal hiring interviews to identify top talent