Lori Jensen
ad3e5m@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contract Recruiter September 2020 – Present
Talent Acquisition Specialist for clients such as Accenture, GovCIO and Highmetric
•Effectively collaborated with clients to meet their hiring needs in securing the best talent
•Responsible for supporting business objectives through proactively sourcing, assessing, and recruiting top professionals for ServiceNow, Salesforce and other technical positions
•Managed the scheduling process to establish candidate interviews with the hiring manager
•Created and maintained pipelines for current and future hires
Incentive Technology Group (now ICF) April 2014 – September 2020
Senior Recruiter
Responsible for growing company from 45 employees to over 400
Successfully staffed ITG’s ServiceNow practice, sourcing and hiring over 150 ServiceNow professionals in 3 years
Managed and developed team of 4 recruiters, responsible for sourcing and full life cycle recruiting for all hiring
Successfully hired an average 10+ employees/month
Served as a trusted talent advisor to executive team for headcount and succession planning, including aggressive retention programs
Implemented ATS (Jobvite) and created hiring process from the ground up, with 100% adoption across the company
Created comprehensive sourcing plan to ensure a continuous pipeline of qualified candidates for key practice areas
Contract Recruiter June 2012 – April 2014
Projects included:
Content Analyst Company
Recruited by former Appian colleague to source and hire critical Software Engineer positions
Successfully filled all positions ahead of schedule and contract was extended to include searches for Director of Product Management and Director of Marketing
Clarabridge
Recruited critical SVP Sales Executive position, in addition to technical consultants, engagement managers, software engineers and business analyst roles through personal networking and direct sourcing
Developed university recruiting program at top tier schools - 100% acceptance rate
Successfully filled 15 positions in 5 months with a 93% acceptance rate and no outside agencies.
Jobvite implementation & training development for leadership team before rolling out to all employees
Created all content and successfully delivered new careers website on schedule
Developed interview training / best practices and delivered to all new interviewers
Booz Allen Hamilton -- Client Facing Recruiter for competitive IT Business Sector. Filled 20+ positions.
The Advisory Board Company -- Full life cycle recruiting for newly developed software product
Appian Corporation July 2008 – June 2012
Senior Recruiter / Recruiting Manager
Responsible for recruiting all positions at all levels within the organization, including EMEA & APAC. (Software Engineers, Sales Executives, Professional Services Consultants / Managers, Business Development, etc.)
Sourced hard to fill profiles for selective hiring team; able to establish strong relationships with demanding hiring managers and executives at all levels of the organization, as well as candidates for diverse position profiles
Successfully hired 90+ people during first two years; using outside agencies for only 2% of total hires
Increased sourced candidates to 70% of overall hires
Reduced time to fill from 70+ days to just over 30 within first 4 months; my quick ability to master position profiles and Appian’s business significantly reduced hiring team’s time spent on unnecessary interviews.
Developed automated reports to demonstrate increase in recruiting efficiency due to improved interview-to-hire ratio
Reduced average cost per hire to under $2000 by building and maintaining a continuous talent pipeline of qualified candidates; nurtured long-term relationships with passive candidates resulting in key hires years later.
Implemented Appian “Career Invitational” days (up to 20+ candidates complete entire interview process in one day)
Hired, trained and managed a team of 5 and exceeded most aggressive hiring targets in company history
Established Appian as an employer of choice in the DC Metro area and on select universities. Conceived and executed successful marketing campaign for top students (3.5+ GPA) at elite universities including UVA, Dartmouth, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, MIT and UMD. Developed creative sourcing strategy to hire top entry level candidates at other universities & exceeded planned hiring targets
Utilized Appian’s software to scale processes & increase employee self-service, significantly reducing recruiting spend
Developed an internship program for Software Engineers that was overwhelmingly supported by the leadership team. Surpassed set goals by hiring 7 interns majoring in CS at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UVA, Michigan and Duke
Accenture July 2001 – July 2008
Senior Recruiter
Technical recruiter for ERP growth platform within Accenture’s consulting practice
Lead Recruiter for Accenture's Human Resource Business Practice and Accenture HR Services
Successfully hired an average 10+ employees/month
Led team that staffed 100 new consultants in 30 days for Accenture HR Services first TSA project
Education
BA in Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior (3.5 GPA)
University of North Texas -- Denton, Texas