Alicia Gissendaner, CDR
*.*******@*****.***
Specialties
Recruiting, Communications, Employment Branding, Employment Law, Unemployment, Workers
Comp, Retail Management, Training, Public Speaking, Community Engagement, Event Planning,
Salary Arbitration, Leadership, Mass Recruiting, Talent Strategy and Full Cycle Recruiting.
Experience
Contract Recruiter at McJunkin Redman Corporation
May 2010 - Present (5 months)
6 month contract hiring for 150 locations nationwide. I am recruiting for warehouse, sales (inside/outside), leadership,
and executive officers. Currently working on managing the companywide temp service and implementing internal and
external hiring processes. Working closely with hiring manager to support career fairs and hiring needs.
PT Bartender at Fine dining restaurant in Tulsa OK.
October 2009 - May 2010 (8 months)
Part Time job while I am looking for a job in my career field HR/Recruiting.
West Region Recruiter at U.S. Cellular
February 2007 - August 2009 (2 years 7 months)
Staffing and recruiting for all Corporate Retail locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri,
and Kansas. Full cycle recruiting from Management to Frontline Sales.
Duties Included: Provided advice and assistance to Hiring Managers to make legal hiring decisions for the company.
Processing hires with interviewing, screening, background checks, drug testing, wage grades, offer letters, and
orientation. Utilizing all electronic methods to track applicant flow, identifying (screening) and process applicants,
maintain requisitions, and to make verbal and written communications with all applicants. Posting and announcing job
postings for internal and external reporting. Representing U.S. Cellular at Career Fairs and community involvement
across the West Region to strategically identify and develop talent pools. Ambassador of Diversity Hiring
Practices
13 recommendations available upon request
Division Manager at The Holland Group
July 2005 - August 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Awarded Partner of the Year - Tulsa Speech and Hearing
Awarded Employer of the Year - Goodwill Industries
Manager of a staff at Owasso Holland Group location. Staffing for the Whirlpool Corporation Production Plant.
Recruiting and management of 200 to 300 industrial employees. Continuous Community efforts to drive candidates to
open positions. Duties included: Workers Compensation, Unemployment, Payroll, Employee Relations, FMLA, OSHA
compliance, ADA, EEO, Advertisement and Marketing. Orientation and training employees and office staff on HR
matters such as coaching/counseling and interviewing. Reporting to the DM with daily, weekly, monthly and yearly stats
which included but not limited to P&L, Sales, Client Contact, Workers Comp., and Loss Reports (invoices) collections.
Production Assistant at Destiny Church
July 2004- August 2005(1 year 2 months)
Coordination of all projects including and not limited to: film, print, and audio. Assistant to the producer of TV show This
Generation coordinating and scheduling shoots, radio interviews, and photo opportunities. Travel arrangements for
personal and business trips. Working with vendors and publishing companies on books wrote by the Pastor Eastman.
Gathering quotes from several vendors on print and duplication. Coordination and maintaining merchandise for public
speaking and concerts. Getting quotes on Radio and TV to air This Generation Radio, This Generation TV,
Destiny TV, and local and national commercial spots. Creating book series on CD for existing sermons. Weekly church
bulletin and weekly updates with producer, art director, and media editor.
1 recommendation available upon request
Contract Recruiter at DecisionOne
2004 - 2004 (1 year)
Contract Recruiter - full cycle recruiting for Sprint Call Center.
1 recommendation available upon request
Staffing Specialist at Adecco
July 2002 - January 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Staffing Specialist and Sales for Industrial Placement
Continuous service with extensive customer base with their staffing needs. My consistent duties were interviewing and
screening potential employees for temporary industrial placement. I also worked with Workers Compensation,
Unemployment, sales, on-call, career counseling, and employee relations.
1 recommendation available upon request
Staffing Specialist at Manpower
February 2000 - January 2002 (2 years)
Duties included: Sales and marketing new and potential clients, rate reviews and presentations, maintaining and
improving existing accounts. Working one on one with some of the largest call centers in Tulsa, the most prestigious
companies in manufacturing and administration such as, onsite at Kimberly Clark and First Data. I increased sales with
the new clientele through marketing strategies that were proposed on a weekly basis. Educated new and potential
customers on our services and programs, to help find them the best employees, which created true and dedicated
customers for Manpower.
Store Manager at Edison Brothers Concepts
January 1996 - January 1998 (2 years 1 month)
Shifty's and 5-7-9
CSR Manager at Olan Mills
January 1995 - January 1996 (1 year 1 month)