Anna Karoutsos
614-***-**** Chicago Il ad3ywm@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/akaroutsos/
Recruiter & Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Talent Acquisition
Experienced talent sourcing specialist with a strong background in recruiting and prequalifying candidates. Skilled in utilizing various online resources and conducting specialized internet searches to find the best candidates. Efficient in maintaining records and conducting behavioral and technical interviews. Proven expertise in high volume recruiting,
Technical Recruiting & Sourcing, in Agency, Corporate and RPO settings.
Technology Recruiting
Strategic Sourcing & Research
Customer Service
Social Media Resources
CRM
ATS (Taleo, Catstone, Ascendify, ADP, Workday, Avature)
AI Tools (Swoop & Arya)
MS Office Suite
Google Suite
Qualifying candidates
Technical knowledge
Contingency Recruiting
Talent Pipelining
Relationship Management
Search engine strategies
Key competencies:
Professional Experience
3/2023 – 9/2023 Talent Sourcing Specialist – The Mom Project
The Mom Project is a start-up staffing firm located in Chicago IL.
Hired as a part of the Strategic Sourcing Team, implemented research and talent sourcing strategies.
Fast paced agency environment, The Mom Project required our team to be flexible (adaptable), motivated, and able to work independently.
Positions supported: Legal, Information Technology, Software Development, and Support Personnel.
ATS: Workday
Accomplishments: Consistently provided quality candidates within 48 hours.
Collaborated with the Recruiting team to ensure the highest quality of candidate submissions.
Reason for Leaving: Company eliminated the Sourcing Team, Lay Off.
10/2022 – 1/2023 Sr. IT Recruiter – ChenMed (Short Term contract)
ChenMed is a health care company, on a mission to expand medical practices to hundreds of underserved communities and deliver better healthcare to those in need.
Provided full cycle recruiting support for the following opportunities: Software Engineers, Cyber Security Engineers, Operations team, Quality Assurance Team, Research Scientists.
ATS: Workday
Reason for leaving: Contract ended
3/2019 – 9/2022 RPO Recruiter – TalentRise/Broadleaf
Client: Disney Streaming Services: The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. Disney Streaming Services engaged Broadleaf to assist with the hiring of 150 IT professionals within 6 months. Specifically assigned to the sourcing team, Recruiter Mobile Team and the Advertising Technology Team, I lead our team in identifying new hires.
Client: Sonesta Hotels International Sonesta will have over 160 hotels in the US and nearly 200 world-wide. Hired to assist with the acquisitions and mergers of hotels worldwide. I was responsible for Human Resource Management Recruiting.
Developed sourcing strategies to target top talent
Maintained the ATS System (Avature), updating information daily
Provided leadership and guidance to the sourcing team.
Client: Health Management Systems Provided full desk recruiting services to HMS (medical software - SaaS) located in Irving TX. Successfully recruited: Software Application Directors, Enterprise Architects, Data Scientists and Engineers, Infrastructure/Voice Engineers, and Information Security Analysts and Engineers.
Successes:
Recruited and hired several the Data Science Engineers, Analysts, and Managers
Consistently exceeded hiring metrics
ATS: Avature
2014 – 2019 Aon Hewitt/PeopleScout
Client: Bank of Montreal
Responsible for:
Timely, effective sourcing of technology candidates.
Search strategies included:
oSeveral traditional online resources i.e., Monster CareerBuilder and Dice
oSpecialized internet searches using LinkedIn Recruiter, niche sites and social media sites such as GitHub,
oAngel.co, Reddit, Facebook)
oMaintained a record of activity via Taleo, Ascendify.
oPrequalified each candidate using behavioral and technical interview questions.
Client: LexisNexis
Provided tactical sourcing of Information Technology Professionals
Developed and maintained strong relationships with client recruiters, ensuring the best candidate experience.
Pre-qualified all technical candidates
Searches: Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, Data Scientists, NLP, Machine Learning, And Computational Linguistic Professionals. Successfully maintained metric requirements; exceeded placement metrics; Provided an exemplary Sourcer/Recruiter model for the recruiting team.
2012 – 2014 Advantage Technical Resources
Client: Citi Bank
Responsible for the recruitment of Contract IT Professionals for Citi Bank.
In collaboration with the hiring team and recruiters, developed, documented, & implemented sourcing strategies.
Consistently exceeded metric requirements.
Successful hires included: Project Managers, Business Analysts, Infrastructure Architects, Data Analysts, IT Security Professionals, and Application Developers
Oct 2011 – July 2012 JP Morgan Chase, Credit Card Services Contract recruiter
JP Morgan Chase is a leader in the financial services Industry, with over 20,000 employees in the Columbus OH area.
Responsible for full life cycle recruiting of Customer Service Advisors for the JPMC Credit Card Services Division.
Performed in a fast-paced environment with high volume results, including up to 60 hires per month.
Managed the entire recruiting cycle, including intake sessions with the hiring team, sourcing and identifying candidates, scheduling interviews, extending offers, onboarding, and providing an orientation to candidates on their first day of employment.
November 2010 – Sept 2011 Luxottica Group SpA (Contract)
Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate based in Milan. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails its eyewear brands all through its own subsidiaries
Led recruiting efforts for Designers, Quality Assurance Engineers, Process Improvement Engineers, and Manufacturing Engineers
Prior Experience includes: Recruitment for Manufacturing companies and Staffing Agencies. Zoe Staffing, (sole proprietor), clients included Jacobs Engineering, Cardinal Health, IBM, Accenture, Star Leasing, Nationwide Insurance, Moog.
Education
Miami University Oxford, Ohio B.A. Psychology GPA 3.75
University of Georgia Athens, Georgia M.A. Child and Family Studies GPA 4.0
Relevant Coursework:
The Internet Recruiter: The Breckenridge Group/ Chicago Illinois