Human Resources Development

FELICIA D. ECHOLS

Mobile: 301-***-****

Email: *************@***.***

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Rutledge Technical College / Business Administration, 1984 -1986, SHRM – Member & HR Generalist

Certified. Technical Skills: People Soft, OSHA, Resume Databases, HRIS, ADP, Taleo, Ceridian, Microsoft

Suite, Excel; Lotus and JIRA.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

National Children’s Center (NCC) – Non – Profit

Sr. Recruiter:.(NCC) offer’s comprehensive services to people with developmental disabilities to allow them

every resource necessary in order to learn, live, work, grow and thrive in their communities. Responsible for

full cycle recruiting of Teacher’s, Counselors, Aides, Psychologist, Corporte Support, Administratvie Staff, IT

Suport, Professional and all othter vacancies within the organization,

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (CLB) (Private – Not for Profit) -

Staffing Specialist/ Business Development: Placed and provide programs to adult individuals with

vision loss become or remain independent through Vocational Assessments –Job Search and Placement

Assistance –. Job Retention and Coaching - provided consumers with assistance in accomplishing their job

duties once they have obtained employment working closely with the employee and his/her supervisor.

Academy for Educational Development (AED) Non Profit.

Recruiter: USAID funded programs/projects to support education, health and economic development for the

American Indian communities through building schools and providing educational tools and resouces.

International program/roject in India to improve the health, education, livelihoods and leadership

opportunities of girls and women while educationg them of the harmful gender practices that reduce

economic inequality, unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, sexual violence and early

marriage..

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HR Consultant, 1099

Various Human Resources Departments

Recruiter: August. 13 – Present

12 plus years of Recruiting experience ranging in areas from Non-Profit, Professional,

Management, Sales, Support Staff, Administrative, Help Desk, Windows System Administration,

Network Administration, Developers, Tester’s, Security and Compliance positions.

Experienced with interviewing candidates and performing technical screens.

Demonstrate great communication and interpersonal skills,

Enjoy creating trusting relationships with candidates by being personable and honest.

Experience working in Corporate government supported Organizations hiring in government

supported roles and clearly understand various clearances levels and training/certification

requirements.

Enjoy working in a fast pace environments and being able to do a variety of tasks.

Great find your next great employee!

Armedia, LLC, Vienna, VA

Human Resources Department

IT Recruiter: September.12 – June 2013

Networked through industry contacts and existing employees for best hires.

Coordinated and implemented recruiting initiatives; and placed IT professionals of all areas in

Technical roles (Software Developers, Software Architects;Testers; Engineers, etc.) of all levels

across a broad spectrum in Government/State Industries.

Utilized a variety of sourcing techniques to screen, identify, and select qualified candidates.

Sourced candidates via databases, Internet, cold calling, networking, and other creative sourcing

activity techniques to generate additional candidates.

Wrote and post job descriptions to company website and Internet job boards.

Developed and maintained a solid pipeline of qualified candidates resulting in a steady flow of

perspective hires.

Evaluated, negotiated, and extended offers to candidates.

Documented/recorded all recruiting activities and results.

Assisted Business Development team in organizing staffing requirements for new business.

Established and maintained resume bank and corresponding databases.

Assisted with other Business Development duties as assigned.

Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)

Recruiter (20 hrs.): June. 11 – September 2012

Recruited undecided high school students and adults in Community Colleges and CUA’s

freshman/sophomores in selecting Engineering Dept. as their major.

Developed and implemented undergraduate recruiting activities.

Developed and maintained online department public relations websites using Social Networking

sights such as Facebook and Twitter for the benefit of prospective students, current students, and

alumni.

Created EE/CS correspondence and followed up by e-mail and telephone calls to prospective

students and their parents.

Created and maintained relationships with community colleges to facilitate transferring adult

students entering the EECS field.

Coordinated with other department recruiters on open house events.

Cold-call targeted students/Adults and researched and developed resources to recruit to the

Engineering Department.

National Children’s Center (NCC), Washington, DC

Human Resources Department

Senior Recruiter: June.09 -June.11

Recruited for technical, administrative, managerial and senior support staff as well as Financial,

Executive level positions. Lead and contact recruiter in the selection of the organizations

replacement CEO.

Managed Recruitment advertising programs.

Verified professional references via child protective services and criminal background check

administration.

Validated qualifications such as license/certification and physical/drug screen information in order to

meet the regulatory requirements of each Program/position.

Prepared Offer Letters relative to the hiring process and managed In-processing of new hires and

paperwork with the members of Benefits Administration and Finance departments.

Communicated with managers and Operations informing each of new hire placements in a

quantifiable manner utilizing the tools developed to track the process and the final outcome.

Managed and updated Affirmative Action Logs, Position Control Notebook, and Job Code directory

and assigns job codes to departments on a weekly basis.

Maintained accurate weekly Employee Activity Update reports and Opportunities Bulletin and

distributed them to HR team while ensuring affirmative action guidelines were met.

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