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JANUARY 2023 - JUNE 2025

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SALES/RECRUITING SPECIALIST

NOVEMBER 2006 - SEPTEMBER 2009

Responsible for identifying, placing and managing contingent employees by providing “world class service” through earning their respect, acting with the greatest amount of professionalism and expressing the highest sense of urgency.  

  • Recruited IT professionals up through senior directors and engineers across the United States via the internet, job boards, internal applications, networking events and referrals

  • Generated new client meetings by upselling through references, cold calling, and face-to-face networking

  • Coordinated with various offices across the United States and overseas regarding best practices, local area information, sourcing, candidate pipeline, and client contacts

  • Trained new recruiters on business policies, generating sales leads, and product knowledge

  • Obtained appropriate technical personnel as per job order request in a timely and accurate manner

  • Conducted phone screens and internal interviews to qualify potential candidates, in addition to assisting candidates throughout new hire process to include resume presentation, interview preparation, and new hire logistics

FRESHMAN ADMISSIONS ADVISOR/ AREA DEPARTMENT LEAD

SEPTEMBER 2009 - APRIL 2012

Responsible for direct marketing and recruiting among area high schools and administrators in South Central and Central Virginia adapting to a variety of environments and audiences.

Admissions Advisor

  • Tracked applicants from initial assessment, testing, admissions interviews, coursework, internship requirements through graduation

  • Coached students and colleagues on best practices, future goals and problem resolution

  • Assisted in student retention and developed on campus student programs

  • Established annual recruiting calendar

  • Coordinated recruiting events on campus providing attendees a variety of presentations and specialized insight

  • Pioneered development of first University Summer Camp including, but not limited to, coordinating, organizing, and overseeing initiative from program design through successful completion

Area Lead

  • Collaborated internally with program Department Heads, Director of Education, Director of Admissions, and Campus President regarding efficiency and effectiveness of recruiting strategy

  • Created strategic partnerships with internal departments, area high schools and local businesses

  • Generated partnerships between local business professionals and students to provide participants with realistic future career expectations utilizing face-to-face networking, social media, and traditional marketing materials

  • Chaired special project, Guerilla marketing campaign, to include:

  • Organized scope, marketing, advertising, and logistics for all events

  • Coordinated internal events of nearly 1000 students, plus 50 staff/faculty, and feedback by collecting data, analyzing comments, and presenting to committee for review

  • Planned and managed external events within the community and in conjunction with a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations

  • Directed quarterly project update meetings

  • Implemented campus activities, including Monthly Community Outreach

SENIOR RECRUITER

APRIL 2012-FEBRUARY 2014

Support recruiting efforts for a true, full service information technology consulting firm which provides Virtualization, Professional Services, Managed Services, Enterprise Storage, Network, and Security to Fortune 500 companies across North America.

  • Responsible for full life cycle recruiting to include sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding, resume presentation, interview preparation, and retention after placement.

  • Participate in community networking, job fairs, user groups, and seek out additional opportunities to build relationships between clients and consultants

  • Keep organized records of all candidates in applicant tracking system, new hire paperwork, as well as create, maintain, and follow up on job postings

  • On-going research of best practices, industry trends, negotiation techniques, and creative recruiting through published articles, personal networks, and involvement in community networking events

  • Assist in data collection, area trends, and competitive analysis reports

  • Enthusiastically seek areas of improvement throughout organization, in various departments, while remaining diligent in primary responsibilities, and prioritizing effectively 

CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

MARCH 2014 - OCTOBER 2015

Responsible for building talent acquisition business with current and new clients through internal partnerships, networking, increased brand awareness, and continuous client contact throughout the Long Island, New York City, New Jersey, and South Connecticut regions.

  • Direct collaboration with internal and external management to provide resources dependent on their needs with a particular focus on customer culture

  • Responsible for full life cycle recruiting to include sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding, resume presentation, interview preparation, and retention after placement

  • Collaborate internally with Engineering, Talent Acquisition, CTO, CMO, VP of Sales, VP of Strategic Partnerships, and company President regarding staffing strategy, business development, and company re-branding

  • Assist in creation of department procedures and their implementation

  • Utilize personal networking techniques, job boards, social media, cold calling and LinkedIn for business development leads, new resources, and to maintain consistent pipeline of qualified candidates

  • Focus on retention of company consultant base and encourage employee engagement opportunities

  • Keep organized records of all candidates in applicant tracking system, client service agreements as well as create, maintain, and follow up on job postings

  • Coordinate client events providing attendees a variety of presentations and specialized insight

  • Participate in community networking, job fairs, and seek out additional opportunities to build relationships between clients and consultants

  • Train new recruiters on business policies, generating sales leads, and product knowledge

  • Pioneered increase in brand awareness through various social media avenues, particularly LinkedIn by coordinating, organizing, and overseeing initiative from program design through execution

  • Established a marketing content calendar and generated new, updated marketing material for entire company

  • On-going research of best practices, industry trends, negotiation techniques, and creative recruiting through published articles, personal networks, and involvement in community networking events

  • Enthusiastically seek areas of improvement throughout organization, in various departments, while remaining diligent in primary responsibilities, and prioritizing effectively 

HR MANAGER

JANUARY 2016 - PRESENT

Responsible for managing employee relations, full life cycle recruiting, performance management program, training and development for a high-end, luxury jewelry retailer headquartered in New York with business all over the world.  

  • Propose, publish, and administer company-wide HR policies, practices and procedures in accordance with stated corporate policies and legal requirements in a timely, fair and consistent manner

  • Identify and address employee concerns before they escalate

  • Strategize, coach and mentor managers to effectively handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with employment law, internal policies and practices

  • Initiate, investigate, report and document investigations of any employee complaints

  • Proactively work with managers to identify and strategize how to fill existing and anticipated staffing needs

  • Authorized to review and revise job descriptions to ensure consistency with actual job responsibilities

  • Review resumes and employment applications, make decisions on the candidates to be considered further, decide the applicants who will interview with senior and executive management

  • Handle new hire orientation and exit interview processes

  • Decide on the career advertising websites and job boards to be used to post jobs and attract qualified candidates

  • Attend major national jewelry trade shows and represent LeVian as an employer of choice.

  • Conduct reference and background investigation checks where appropriate

  • Negotiate and facilitate job offers and ensure consistency of the process

  • Ensure job descriptions are reviewed and updated

  • Manage the timeliness and protocol of the performance appraisal process from inception to communication, completion and filing

  • Review performance appraisals with a focus on comprehensive details that reflect positive and negative job performance over the review period

  • Coach managers to document and conduct effective discussions with employees

  • Work with department supervisors and managers to identify organizational development needs

  • Identify and provide internal and external resources to accomplish goals

  • Executive duties as assigned: calendar management, travel and event arrangements, company greeter

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