FELICIA GAILLARD

Columbia, SC *****

Mobile: 240-***-****

Email: ad3kgu@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY & CAPABILITIES

Human Resource professional with over 20 years of experience and strategic planning in Recruitment, Benefits and Administration within organizations such as Healthcare, Research and Science, IT, Sales, Finance, Legal and Education. Lead person for support and senior level staff resulting in exceptional leadership and management skills.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Rutledge Technical College / Business Administration, 1984 -1986, SHRM, HR Generalist Certified and MHCRA (Maryland HealthCare Recruiters Association) member. Technical Skills: Position Manager, Success Factor; Medi-Teck, Epic and People Soft, Paylocity, Clear Company. Applicant tracking systems, HRIS, ADP, Taleo, Ceridian, Microsoft Suite, Excel;

WORK HISTORY

NATIONAL SPINE AND PAIN CENTERS

Senior Recruiter

July 2022 – Present

Partner with hiring manager to determine staffing needs.

Assist Recruiting Manager with coordination of recruitment strategies to achieve required staffing needs

Provide information on company operations and job opportunities to potential applicants.

Screen and refer qualified applicants to hiring manager for interviewing

Responsible for posting and closing requisitions and dispositioning candidates in ATS system.

Conduct reference and background checks to ensure that candidates meet all hiring requirements.

Work closely with Recruiting Manager to research, analyze and prepare hiring statistics.

Develop and maintain pipeline of qualified candidates; correspond regularly to notify them of opportunities.

.Schedule and attend job/career fairs with appropriate staff as a source to generate qualified candidates.

Coordinate and maintain employee referral program; work with Payroll to coordinate the timely distribution of employee referral bonuses.

All other duties as assigned.

LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER

Human Resources Department

Healthcare Recruiter: August 2021 – June 2022

Work with senior management, hiring managers and HR staff to develop yearly staffing plans,

Use the full functionality of Applicant Tracking System to manage the selection, offer,

Full life cycle recruiter, acting as the primary communication point with applicants and candidates from contact point to offer. Working with hiring managers and/or senior management, negotiating and making offers of employment.

Lead communication and relationships with hiring managers and interview teams.

Provides feedback on applicants and candidates, and ensures timely coordination of candidate movement through Applicant Tracking System and background checking/results.

Participate on various HR/Recruiting project initiatives.

Utilize exceptionally innovative sourcing techniques and leverage technology to find active and passive candidates, cold calling and establishing a network of talent and resources.

Review applicants who applied via Applicant Tracking System.

Conduct professional and thoughtful phone interviews.

Articulate job offer and drives for candidate acceptance.

Perform all other duties as assigned.

Shutdown during 2019 Pandemic - March 2021 - August 2021 -

Techlink – INOVA HEALTH SYSTEMS

Human Resources Department

Senior Recruiter: December 2020 – February 2021

Finding qualified Nursing professionals (Inpatient and outpatient nurses in hospitals, med-surg, ICU, nurse managers, nurse leaders, LPN's, etc.) and other candidates for vacant job positions.

Manage interviews on telephones or personal meetings to figure out the matched qualities, before processing it to the hiring manager or key interview panel.

Assist the managers in recognizing the key skills and competencies of the candidate to make the final selection of the candidate.

Negotiate and decide the cost/salary of the employee in consultation with the higher management.

Check the background of candidates followed by employment reference checking.

Suggest new approaches towards developing better recruitment policies. Arrange several marketing initiatives in advertising job vacancies through job sites, company websites, newspapers, job vacancy journals, etc.

JOHNS HOPKINS HOME HEALTHCARE

Human Resources Department

Senior Recruiter: September 2020 – December 2020

Sourced, recruit, interview and screen both internal and external candidates for referral to open exempt positions, including off site locations, ensuring that only top-talented candidates are referred in order to contribute to a high caliber productive workforce.

Plan and implement client’s talent acquisition strategy; serve as consultative partner with internal clients.

Developed recruitment programs or networks in order to attract, grow/ train, and retain an applicant pool for high turnover positions.

Coordinated with hiring management to develop a recruitment plan and coaching clients in selection and interviewing processes that yield high quality selections.

Represent clients internally and externally at events, job fairs, college recruitment functions with a goal of networking/relationship building with potential candidates and community outreach programs in order to give presentations and establish and maintain an organizational presence in the community.

.Performed additional duties as required including providing input during periods of reorganization, providing backup support for the recruitment of non-exempt positions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham, MD

Human Resources Department

Recruiter: June 2013 – September 2020

Recruit for Hospital Healthcare openings such as RN's, Tech’s, Technical, Administrative, Managerial and Senior support staff as well as Executive level positions. Lead and contact recruiter in the selection of the organizations replacement of CIO.

Manage Recruitment advertising programs, agencies and processes.

Background check administrator.

Validate qualifications such as license/certification and physical/drug screen information in order to meet the regulatory requirements of each Program/position.

Prepare Offer Letters relative to the hiring process and manage In-processing of new hire and suggest compensation of new hire and paperwork with members of Benefits Administration department.

Communicate with managers and Operations informing each of new hire placements in a quantifiable manner utilizing the tools to track the process and report the final outcome.

Manage and update Affirmative Action Logs, Position Control Notebook, and Job Code directory and assign job codes to departments.

Maintain accurate weekly position update reports and Opportunities Bulletin and distributed them to HR team while ensuring affirmative action guidelines were met.

Additional HR related activities to include but not limited to Career Fairs, Community Outreach activities and Employee Relations events.

Armedia, LLC, Vienna, VA

Human Resources Department

IT Recruiter: September 2012– 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 maintain 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 2011 – 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 implement undergraduate recruiting activities.

Set up and maintain 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 follow up by e-mail and telephone calls to prospective students and their parents.

Created and maintain 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 research and develop resources to recruit to the Engineering Department..

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

Human Resources Department

Senior Recruiter: June 2010 -June 2011

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.

References upon request

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