VALERI S. PARHAM

ad1vdi@r.postjobfree.com

202-***-****

TALENT ACQUISITION AND RECRUITING PROFESSIONAL

Technical abilities include Taleo, Workday, SmartRecruiters, Avature, People Fluent, iCIMS, Hiretual, LinkedIn Recruiter, Twitter, Facebook, GitHub and Slack.

professional experience

RSI RECRUITMENT (Virtual) 2023 - present

Talent Delivery & Client Engagement

Responsible for high volume recruitment for the Engineering, IT, Sales, Marketing and Operations positions.

Demonstrate strong sourcing skills by finding and engaging the best talent in the market.

Develop relationships with local universities, colleges, diversity groups, and technical schools to identify candidates.

Use Boolean searches and Xray searches to find untapped, passive talent.

Exceed weekly metrics: over 250 candidates contacted weekly, with 20 to 25 candidate interviews scheduled weekly, resulting in multiple offers per week.

MANPOWER RPO (Virtual) 2018 - 2022

Senior Recruiting Partner

Collaborated with Hiring Managers globally to identify talent pools and hiring goals for high-volume recruitment of Customer Service, Sales, and Technical Support professionals.

Provided over 1200 new hires for FIS Global, Krispy Kreme, and KB Home.

Supported strategic initiatives and developed strategic plans to impact talent management business goals.

THE JPI GROUP (Virtual) 2017 - 2019

Manager, Talent Delivery

Direct Manager providing RPO, direct hire and contractual staffing services to clients.

Strategically focused and responsible for client satisfaction, maintaining client communication, and the overall management of the client relationship.

Grew the client relationship by identifying new business opportunities.

Worked with delivery team to execute contract terms.

Ensured and maintained on-time delivery of recruitment projects.

CONDUENT/XEROX (Virtual) 2015 - 2017

Senior Healthcare Talent Sourcer/Recruiter

Performed internet research, sourcing, and executed out-of-the-box recruiting strategies. Focused on delivering results and driving the recruitment process for Healthcare, Sales and Technology.

Participated in requisition intake calls and built credible relationships with internal client staff and Hiring Managers.

Utilized multiple recruiting sources and advanced sourcing techniques to identify candidates.

Managed 2 popular LinkedIn Groups geared toward niche Healthcare positions with over 40k members.

RANDSTAD SOURCERIGHT RPO (Virtual) 2014 - 2015

Senior Recruiter

Drove sourcing and recruitment processes for Technology and Consulting Solutions business units for AllianceBernstein and BlackRock.

Spearheaded the Campus Recruitment initiative in collaboration with the Recruiting Center of Excellence helping increase internship and new graduate recruitment by 90%.

Managed and delegated daily workflow for off-shore Sourcing teams (Poland and India).

LEXISNEXIS, Cary, NC (Virtual) 2012 - 2014

Talent Acquisition Relationship Manager

Provided exceptional client service/candidate experience via full life cycle recruiting for the Global Client Groups - Sales, Marketing, Finance, Software Development and Product & Platform Development while managing a team of Recruiters.

Reduced cost per hire – reduced usage of third-party agencies from 70% to 20%.

Improved quality of hires reducing turnover rate by 75%.

STAFFING PLUS RPO, Washington, DC (Hybrid) 2006 - 2012

Technical Talent Manager and HR Business Partner

Clients: Amtrak, Booz Allen Hamilton, FTI Consulting, Harris Corporation, and Telesolv Consulting

Talent Manager / Recruiter / Sourcer

Reduced search firm fees by $2M annually by developing internal programs and “out of the box” methods for sourcing and hiring executive level employees.

Introduced Corporate Diversity Training Initiative as mandatory training for all supervisors, managers, and executive level employees; program is currently still in use.

Reduced vacancy turnaround time of 120 days to 45 days, exceeding the goal of 90 days.

Managed process of evaluating jobs and compensation structures for newly created positions based upon the disbursement of $1B American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.

Implemented a rapid staffing initiative to hire 500+ security cleared Construction, Engineering, and Technical Subject-matter Experts within a four-month period.

Human Resources Business Partner

Combined two junior administrative roles into one, executive administrative role, saving the two departments $50K per year.

Modified employee manuals and improved compliance by revising outdated policies and adding new policies to increase morale.

Investigated complaints, grievances, and concerns; recommended performance improvement plans, and terminations based on investigations and interviews.

Managed contingent workforce including temporaries, contractors, and interns.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle - Volunteer 2023 – present

education and professional credentials

Wake Technical Community College: Associate Degree Studies, Business Major

Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies (AIRS) Training: Certified Diversity Recruiter, Certified Advanced Internet Recruiter, Googling for Government and Defense Candidates, and Fearless Cold Calling.

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