Eileen (Desautels) Padro
Upper Arlington, Ohio 43221
614-***-**** *******@******.***
http://www.linkedin.com/in/eileenpadro
Senior Level Recruiter ( HR Management ( Business Process
Implementation
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly experienced in full cycle recruiting, management and in business
operations. Offering talent acquisition expertise in Human Resources,
Healthcare, Architecture, Engineering, Finance, and Information Technology.
. Keen sense and ability to work with executive level management, and
relationship building. Source qualified candidates through a wide variety
of channels and managing the end-to-end recruitment process. In addition,
my ability to coordinate with hiring managers, create offers based on
current labor market and negotiate employment offers with candidates
according to customer based staffing guidelines.
Recognized for exceptional human resource knowledge by assisting and
advising senior level hiring managers. Great ability to motivate
candidates on all levels, and coaching them in making good career
decisions.
EDUCATION
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1978 - 1983
KEY COMPETENCIES
. Passion for recruiting top talent acquisition and building high
performing, innovative teams.
. Longstanding, established client and candidate relationships based on
credibility and trust.
. Excel at partnering, coaching and interacting with client managers as a
trusted advisor across the organization throughout the hiring process to
effectively close offers and hire top talent.
. Take pride in understanding priorities and requirements within the
context of the business model and the client's goals in order to build
great teams.
. Exceptional at minimizing the inefficiencies of the recruiting lifecycle
to maximize the probability of successful hires within a high volume
recruiting environment.
. Unique ability to identify the right candidates that are qualified based
on the requirement, culture and vision and have a high probability of
acceptance.
. Innovative and engaging recruiting strategies of passive and active
candidates to provide a consistent flow of qualified talent. These include
using Google, Referral base, a significantly large database, social media
(LinkedIn, Facebook), Job Boards, University Alumni sites, corporate
directories and attend tradeshows and networking events.
. Follow through with candidates throughout the recruiting life cycle to
ensure a positive experience.
. Strong bias for action with a great sense of urgency.
. Excellent ability to prioritize and solid time management skills.
. Complete projects with tenacity and deliver results.
. Staffed clients with global teams covering, architecture, IT and
engineering.
. Delivered on searches under retained, contingency and contract models.
. Skilled in recruiting for C-level executive and middle management
positions.
. Skilled with various methods of creative Internet to include: blogs,
social and professional networking sites, the use of Boolean search
logic, search modifiers and Internet data mining techniques.
. Highly skilled in cold calling and competitor direct sourcing techniques
and closing.
. Ability to analyze and evaluate people, data and other resources to
determine courses of action.
. Ability to effectively and tactfully deal with people and management and
to reverse the role and manage others if asked to do so.
. Successful at being patient, adaptable, flexible and mentoring others.
. Strong organizational skills; ability to manage time to complete work by
deadlines; ability to manage multiple tasks/account work simultaneously.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EDP Resources, Columbus, Ohio
1988 to 2010 President
EDP Resources provides on site and off site full lifecycle recruiting and
temporary services. Started in 1988, it has a reputable reputation for
recruiting difficult hard to find candidates working in architecture,
engineering, IT, and finance.
Performed many functions that included various business operations,
training recruiters, overseeing recruiting efforts, marketing, sales,
community functions, and various human resource process reviews.
Collaborate with CEOs, CTOs, VPs and hiring managers to define and execute
on their hiring plan, put together a strategy based on priorities to
attract the right candidates and create compensation packages to hire top
tier, innovative talent.
Successfully delivered results at all levels from executives to individual
contributors in various functions, including R&D, Product Management,
Business Development, Marketing, Operations, IT and Supply Chain Management
Proven track record for qualified screening; quickly identifying and
engaging the right talent; and selling the client's benefits and value.
Strong ability to facilitate, negotiate and close challenging hires.
Employing and managing up to forty-five contract employees per year that
would routinely roll off payroll every six months and placing 30
contingency based searches each year.
Aggressive in new business development and the strong ability to search and
find new candidates for customer base.
Richard Trott and Partners Architects, Columbus, Ohio
1986 to 1988
Interior Designer / CAD Manager
Established the firm's first Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) department.
Managed and estimated all CAD projects.
Designed and space planned large interior projects in excess of $45
million.
Organized and established graphic standards used by the firm to save money
on future architectural projects.
Continental Office, Columbus, Ohio
1985 to 1986
Interior Designer / CAD Manager
Introduced CAD (Computer Aided Drafting), into the design department and
managed the implementation of interior space planning projects for entire
sales staff.
CAD was introduced within Continental in the early 1980's and eventually
became a successful drafting and design tool.
Successfully trained other interior space planners on CAD.
Implemented CAD standards within the interior design department.
Variety of Volunteer Work for the U.S. Air Force, Enid, Ok
1984 to 1985
(Husband in pilot training with U.S. Air Force)
Red Cross, Officers' Wives Club, Child Care Center, Community Involvement
within the City of Enid.
Systema Puerto Rico, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico
1983 to 1984
Interior Designer, Space Planner and Sales for Westinghouse open office
systems
Called on all U.S. based pharmaceutical companies and provided space
planning needs for office spaces.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Ohio Staffing Association, AIA Columbus, AIA Chicago, AIA Cincinnati, AIA
Kentucky, Columbus Chamber Commerce, Columbus Meals on Wheels