MELISSA C. STRICKLAND

**** ****** ****** . ***** *******, Ohio 44137 . 216-***-**** .

abifr5@r.postjobfree.com

RECRUITING AND STAFFING PROFESSIONAL

Executive Recruiting and Staffing professional with extensive experience in

full life cycle recruiting. Recognized for successful track record of

building and maintaining client relationships. Expertise in cold calling,

sourcing resumes, phone screening, interviewing and candidate selection in

high volume-recruiting environments. Skilled in writing executive summaries

and interview reports, managing applicant tracking systems and reporting.

SKILLS: PeopleSoft, Business Objects, Recruitmax, OpenHire, MS-Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, MS-Outlook

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONFIDENTIAL 2008 to Present

$600M Manufacturer of braking systems for Commercial Vehicle Industry

Talent Acquisition & Development Recruiter

Report directly to the Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Development

Manager

Strategic Recruiter responsible for designing recruiting strategies for all

mid-management, executive & Sr. management level positions in multiple

locations for Corporate Headquarters and Plant locations. Work with Talent

Acquisition Manager to track and measure cost effective recruiting

strategies throughout the organization. Manage full-life cycle recruiting

process for all positions in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Partner with

clients and hiring managers to identify "A" talent for the organization,

utilizing best practices in sourcing passive candidates. "Go to" person for

training and administrating the ATS system "OpenHire".

Most Recent Successful Placements:

o CFO

o Vice President Sales & Marketing

o Director of Customer Excellence

o Plant Manager

o General Manager

o Controller

Additional Responsibilities include:

. Process owner for all H1-B Visa cases for all employees, which include

labor certifications, foreign nationals employee transfers, training

Visa's, etc.

. Coordinate all training and development for employees via the Learning

Management System

. Processed all resource request and job offer approvals utilizing

internal and external market data.

. Relocation coordinator, generating reports and processing all

relocation for new hires and transfers.

. Manage third party contracts and relationships. Responsible for

Contingent worker process

. Manage recruiting pipeline and dashboard to track all recruiting

metrics and reporting to senior management

RATLIFF & TAYLOR, INC., Independence, OH 2006 to 2008

Retained executive search firm

Senior Executive Recruiter

Reported directly to the Vice President of Recruiting.

. Performed the critical function of identifying and recruiting "A" talent

for the manufacturing and services industries.

. Developed client and customer relationships with top organizations.

. Conducted extensive research on candidate identification and marketplace

intelligence and execute recruiting strategies.

. Utilized cold calling, internet sourcing, phone screens for candidate

selection and review. Established networks with various associations

including diversity organizations.

. Wrote business development proposals executive summaries and interview

reports.

. Conducted face-to-face interviews, reference checks and background

investigations.

. Worked with clients to negotiate appropriate offers including base,

bonus, stock options, and benefits.

. Achieved 100% success rate closing ten-twelve retained searches per year.

STRUEVER BROS. ECCLES & ROUSE, Baltimore, MD 2005 to 2006

Construction, Property Development Company

Corporate HR Generalist

. Recruited all open positions from senior level management positions in

Property Development and Finance in multi-state locations (Boston, Rhode

Island, NC, PA, Delaware). Hired up to 100 employees each year.

. Partnered with HR Manager and hiring managers to identify recruiting

strategies for business needs.

. Managed partnerships with all recruiting agencies and community

partnership programs.

. Reduced agency fees by 85%.

. Managed monthly candidate flow including sourcing and reviewing all

qualified applicants and tracking applicant history and activity.

. Established and communicated policies and procedures on employee law,

employee relations, exit interviews, new hire orientation, and benefits

administration.

. Conducted phone screens, scheduled and conducted live and interviews,

presented offers and negotiated salaries.

. Created applicant history and activity tracking methods and generated

weekly and monthly recruiting reports.

. Provided updates on salary information and guided managers in making

hiring decisions.

. Coordinated training for all nine locations, including internal and

outside facilitator training, scheduling, and reporting activities for

all employees.

T. ROWE PRICE, CORPORATE RECRUITING, Baltimore, MD 2003 to 2005

Investment Firm

Recruiter/Coordinator

. Recruited for all series 6 & 7 license positions

. Sourced resumes, conducted phone screens and interviews, and testing.

. Served as administrator single point of contact for applicant tracking

system, Recruitmax. Managed system enhancements and maintenance.

. Posted open positions on industry specific web sites.

. Gathered data, tracked, and analyzed statistics and metrics.

SPHERION CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH 2002 to 2003

Integrated staffing solutions company.

Branch Coordinator

. Recruited for administrative and industrial labor hires, assisted with

resume sourcing, reference checks, and temporary placement.

. Ensured compliance with established policies and procedures, as well as

local, state, and federal laws and guidelines including Worker's

Compensation, Unemployment, Human Resources, Legal, and WOTC.

. Managed reference process.

. Process weekly payroll for over 100 temporary employees

MANAGEMENT RECRUITERS INTERNATIONAL, Cleveland OH 2002

Recruiting Intern

. Recruited for all corporate positions.

. Scanned r sum database, conducted phone screens, interviewed and

scheduled background checks. Assisted in developing policies and

procedures for Medlogix / Radlogix.

Early Career History: Christian & Timbers, Management Recruiters

International, Ernst & Young LLP

EDUCATION:

Human Resources Management, Myers University, Cleveland, OH

DDI Behavior Interview Training - certification

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