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Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location:
Reston, VA
Posted:
February 06, 2024

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Lori Jensen

ad3e5m@r.postjobfree.com

571-***-****

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



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