Brady A. Ward
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*******@*****.***
EDUCATION
Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
Bachelor of Arts May 2009 Major: Psychology Minor:
History
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2012-Present EDG, Inc Consulting Engineers, Metairie, LA
Talent Acquisition Specialist
. Responsible for full cycle recruiting for hourly, professional
and senior level positions for a variety of disciplines
(engineering, technical, finance, information technology) for
three regional offices
. Conduct thorough intake session with hiring managers on job
requirements while setting clear expectations which in turn
allows for a smooth recruitment process
. Proactively establish strong internal relationships with
stakeholders and serve as a primary source of staffing and
recruiting strategy, advice, consultation and education.
. Function as primary point of contact with all parties involved
in the recruitment process i.e., hiring managers, HR, payroll,
benefits, compensation, relocation and legal counsel for all for
H1-B visas.
. Effectively manage and complete initial screens of candidates,
prepare behavioral interview guides, assist in the coordination
of interviews, travel and communication with candidates to
ensure a positive experience
. Successfully negotiate final offers with candidates as well as
communicate with HR Coordinators on the preparation of offer
letters, new hire paperwork and on-boarding
. Trusted by upper management to represent and participate in
networking activities including job fairs and campus recruitment
coordination
. Productive in building candidate sources by researching and
contacting community services, colleges employment agencies,
recruiters, media and internet sites
. Personal desk load averaging 25 monthly corporate openings with
an average monthly fill rate of 6+
. Accurately maintain and populate applicant tracking system HR
Smart
Jan 2010-May 2012 The Frey Consulting Group, Inc., Mandeville LA
Sourcer Recruiter
. Proactively partner and collaborate with recruiting business
owners on sourcing strategies and delivery of QIA (Qualified,
Interested and Available) candidates to meet the demands of
specific engineering and technical categories
. Effectively grew as a search expert for functional areas by
understanding functional hiring needs, position specifications,
and search requirements of targeted skill sets
. Successfully partnered with company recruiters to generate
leads, leverage resources, and share information that
facilitates an effective search process
. Effectively manage the candidate pipeline to ensure continued
identification and movement of candidates through the use of
candidate relationship development activities, programs and
communication strategies, utilizing the Sendouts recruiting
software solution
. Sourcing tools utilized: Linkedin, Monster, CareerBuilder, Zoom
info and aggressive social media postings
. Accurately maintained and populated applicant tracking system
Sendouts.
Jan 2010-May 2012 Quick Stick Lacrosse Co., Mandeville LA
Vice President
. Duties include coaching over 25 teenage student-athletes,
drills, motivation, team development and team management
. Effectively handled conduct issues, oversight and management of
various intense lacrosse camps
. Trusted to manage retail lacrosse store front; including opening
and closing procedures, inventory control and service and
repairs
. Served as St. Paul's High School Lacrosse Team & Team Quick
Stick Elite Lacrosse Travel club assistant coach and manager
. Effectively instructed beginner lacrosse camps and provided
private lessons to student athletes
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May 2005-Jan 2010 Chelsea Moore Construction Co., Cincinnati, OH
Site Manager
. Proactively demonstrated initiative and responsibility by
working unsupervised on construction sites to accomplish clean
up and other various activities
. Increased my tolerance to perform hard physical labor and my
ingenuity to figure out problems on my own
. Mentored under contractor to learn the ins/outs of building
homes from the ground up.
o Learned how to manage/coordinate with vendors on schedules
and expectations
o Learned how to order the correct amount of wood for frames
of homes
o Learned how to order re-bar/concrete amounts
Sept 2008-Jun 2009 Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
Head Lab Assistant
. Effectively instructed rat lab for freshman psychology course
for a semester
. Increased my training in dealing with students who needed
increased knowledge on how to work with lab animals, as well as
having the opportunity to run a lab alone and have all my
students get the concept of the lab
. Successfully ran an experiment with a professor on rats and junk
food
. Learned how to run my own experiment with little to no help from
professor and collect own data and input and collaborated to
write a paper that is waiting to be published
OTHER ACTIVTIES
2006-2009 Wittenberg University Lacrosse Team - Attackman
COMPUTER SKILLS
. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
. Sendouts Recruiting Software Application
. HR Smart Recruiting Software
*Trying to relocate back to the Cincinnati area.