Dana Reep
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
*****@*********.***
Senior Recruiting Professional
A high energy, results driven, accomplished recruiting professional with
over eight years of experience executing all phases of the recruitment
process including candidate sourcing, screening, testing, interviewing, and
the maintenance of various Applicant Tracking Systems. Exceptionally
proficient with a proven track record recruiting in the Sales/Marketing,
Telecommunications, Warehouse, and the Banking industries.
Knowledge and Experience
Recruitment and Retention
Training and Development
Organizational Development and Strategic Planning
Staff Development
Management Coaching
LinkedIn and Social Media
Knowledge of Federal and State Employment Law
Benefit Communication and Administration
Selection Techniques
Assessment Tools
Applicant Tracking Systems
Professional Experience
Corporate Recruiting Specialist, Mosaic, Irving, Texas
2010-2011
Responsible for delivering high quality professional and executive-level
candidates that will advance my company across numerous markets and
professional communities, while working closely with hiring managers, the
client teams and candidates through our selection process. Perform full
lifecycle recruiting and maintain excellent relations with hiring managers,
candidates, and the community at-large. A wide degree of creativity, near-
and long-term recruiting vision, business understanding, and personal
organization.
Patient Advocate, New Beginnings Surgical Group, Dallas, Texas
2009-2010
As a Patient Advocate I navigate the medical system then inform, counsel
and help my patients and their families understand what the patient will
need to do according to their insurance criteria to obtain a positive
response once submitted to insurance for surgery approval. Work with the
patient from start to finish.
Senior Contract Recruiter, Tree of Life, Dallas, Texas
2009-2009
Responsible for recruiting Sales Professionals and Warehouse Associates for
the entire Southwest Region for the top distributor of Organic and
Specialty Foods.
. Attract talent by placing job advertisements, using newsgroups and
effectively using internet jobsites.
. Use Behavioral Based Interviewing techniques to determine applicant
qualitifcations and compare them to established position qualifications
and job requirements.
. Remains up to date on new philosophies, technologies, methods and
techniques in the learning and development field.
. Knows fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of adult learning.
. Develop criteria to measure and track training effectiveness, including
both written assessments and simulated activities.
. Create new training materials, as well as updating existing material as
needed.
. Develop monitoring procedures to measure the effectiveness of training
programs, and coordinate re-training for existing employees.
. Proactively identify staffing requirements and implemented strategies to
ensure that qualified, diverse talent is available to meet organizational
objectives.
. Partners with client management and the Regional Sr. Managers of Sales
Training to determine training needs and manage training
schedules/calendars.
. Coordinated interview schedules with on and off-site supervisors and
managers.
. Market the company to qualified talent by being knowledgeable of the
Company's compensation and benefit packages.
. Reduced "days-to-hire" by 75%
Senior Contract Recruiter, Washington Mutual, Dallas, Texas
2008- 2008
Responsible for recruiting in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona for
small business bankers to include Small Business Specialist, Business
Development Officers, and Small Business Relationship Managers.
. Successfully developed recruiting strategy that included direct sourcing,
cold calling and the contacting of competitor's talent to develop an
internal pool of qualified candidates.
. Developed relationships with traditional and non-traditional referral
sources to generate additional leads for qualified talent.
Independent Contractor, Sales Recruiting and Real Estate Sales
2006- Present
Corporate Recruiting Specialist, Mosaic, Dallas, TX
2004-2005
Responsible for recruiting high caliber employees in the areas of Regional
and District Sales Managers, Accounting, Telecommunications, Account
Executives, Sales Managers, Executive Administrative positions, Retail
Sales, and Retail Merchandising for multiple regions within the company.
. Identified candidates through cold-calling, networking, referrals,
internet databases, and career fairs.
. Sourced, identified, screened, scheduled, and closed candidates,
including employment offers.
. Worked directly with Hiring Managers and Human Resources to determine the
knowledge, skills and abilities of the desired candidates.
. Incorporates eLearning modules into the training curriculum and supports
coaching/support associated with post-learning activities.
. Integrates his/her current field sales skills and techniques into the
corporate and field training program to ensure instructor-led training is
as realistic to the position as possible
. Monitor and evaluate training efforts for effectiveness
. Maintain accurate training tracking database
. Design, schedule and implement training modules
. Acted as primary liaison between candidates and District Managers
Recruiter, CIBER, Inc,/DigiTerra, Dallas, TX
2001-2003
Responsible for following CIBER's process to effectively and efficiently
source, screen, and close candidates.
. Produced candidate reference checks, conducted in-office candidate
interviews, negotiated salaries, coordinated background and drug
tests, and generated candidate/sales leads for office, provided resume
formatting and architected creative resume summaries to mirror the
open requirement.
. Candidate profiles sourced include: Technical Project Managers,
Project Coordinators, Business Analyst, Technical Requirements
Analyst, C++/JAVA/.NET architects/developers, SQL Server/Oracle DBAs,
Data Analyst, Infrastructure Specialists
Administrator (11/01 - 06/02)
. Supported the Vice President Dallas Branch Government Operations
. Sourced candidates with specific technical requirements per client
specifications
. Resume formatting and summary creations
National Staffing Firm
2001-2001
Staffing Manager
. Responsible for marketing administrative staffing services.
. Sought out new clients and meeting set quotas.
. Recruited and interviewed possible candidates both phone and in
person.
. Placed appropriate candidates in job positions per the client's needs.
. Responsible for tracking headcount and managing active, open and
ending job orders.
Dave and Buster's World Headquarters 05/98 - 08/00
Senior Human Resource Representative (05/99 - 08/00)
. Supervised two Human Resource Representatives, providing support for
their regions, along with previous duties for my region as an HR Rep,
including investigation, follow up and closure of all Employee and
Guest relations for twenty-five stores.
. Headcount reports, Employee and Guest relations reports, all reports
were turned in weekly and monthly with supporting graphs.
. Responsible for the recruitment of Human Resource candidates along
with specific Accounting roles.
. Training and Development of Human Resource Representatives.
Human Resource Representative (5/98 - 05/99)
. Support five stores in Illinois, Ohio, California and Michigan, along
with the Corporate Office.
. Provide one-stop services to store managers in human resource and
other areas, including employee relations, guest relations, benefits,
recruiting support, policy and procedures, relocation, employment
verification, unemployment and employee recognition programs.
Skills
Proficient in MS Office Products, QTalent, Taleo, MPloy, Vurv and Internet
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