ERICKA M. BRIDGES

Milwaukee, WI

ad3zp2@r.postjobfree.com

Cell Phone: 414-***-****

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/erickambridges

Summary:

Experienced Senior Recruiter well-versed in full-cycle recruitment, start-up programs and business development within agency firm and in-house platforms. Superior independent recruiting skill sets with workflow, hiring talent and sourcing for various positions at all levels in healthcare, sales, manufacturing and customer support. Consistently meets and exceeds productivity goals.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Business Management

Some College: Business & HR Courses Completed

Concordia University –Milwaukee, WI

Entrepreneur Training Certification, 5/2010

Small Business Development Center/University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Applicant Tracking Systems:

Taleo, Bullhorn, Jobvite, SuccessFactors, Avature, Greenhouse, ICIMS, Crelate, ZohoRecruit, Workday, Loxo

Experience:

Senior Recruiter – August 2021 – Present

MedCentric

Remote

Placement of 1-2 candidates per month with a revenue contribution of $240K plus

Successful recruitment and placement of physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, therapists, medical assistants, LPNs, certified professional medical coders and other healthcare professionals for remote, tele-health, home health and on-site roles.

Deliver a high-touch candidate experience

Conducts initial and ongoing one-on-one interviews until offer acceptance

Extends verbal offer of employment and negotiates salary

Implement strategies to identify and select a qualified candidate pool.

Efficient time management to execute high volume recruiting with phone screens and expedited recruiter interviews.

Independent Contractor: Expert Applications Recruiting Coordinator - August 2019 – August 2021

JustAnswer, LLC

Remote

Successfully partnered in the start-up and growth of the recruiting department

Individually increased Medical Category to 150% of target goal

Design and execute full cycle staffing plans to attract and find Experts in professional disciplines and categories ranging from Physicians to Veterinarians for remote contract roles for a technology-driven organization.

Additional professional industries recruited for: Automotive, Appraisal, Finance, Engineer, Computer, Consumer Electronics, Heavy Equipment, Home Improvement and Lawyers.

Partner closely with category leaders and moderators to deeply understand present and future team resourcing needs, staffing metrics, expertise, needs and goals. Actively identify the ideal qualifications, licenses and backgrounds to onboard qualified Experts.

Find and engage unique and amazing candidates through creative sourcing techniques, including outreach and pursuit of talent passively interested in opportunities.

Facilitate achievement of objectives and key results and projects with other team members, that will continuously improve, deepen and scale Expert services available to members globally.

Regularly maintain the Expert talent pipeline and report data-centric updates to leadership.

Driving results by use of data, KPI, reports and performance metrics to maintain a high level of awareness throughout the candidate pipeline building process.

Verify candidate experience, credentials and approve or deny candidate admission to the company.

Training and mentoring of new and current staff employees.

Actively utilizing data analytics to analyze various metrics & create recruiting strategies

Contract Strategic Recruiter - November 2018 – May 2019

Randstad USA – Client: 360 Behavioral Health

Remote

Source for and recruit Behavioral Interventionists and Board-Certified Behavior Analysts to work in-home with autistic children and their families throughout the state of California.

Responsible for fast-paced, high-volume sourcing of 100+ qualified candidates per week

Management of job boards to include negotiation of job board packages and point of contact for job board account managers

Evaluation and negotiation of vendor and online partner contracts

Established networking opportunities to attract top talent, including community efforts and alternative job boards.

Process and review all referred candidates for the company Employee Referral program to include corresponding with employee and referred candidates, resume review, tracking candidates in an excel file, adding to ATS and sending to appropriate hiring manager, determining which clinical sites and positions the candidates are best qualified for.

Build and maintain a strong partnerships with clinical and recruiting teams for a complete understanding of the role/geographic location and needs to fill open positions.

Implement strategies to identify and select a qualified candidate pool.

Execution of high volume recruiting with phone screens and expedited recruiter interviews.

Created and executed sourcing plans for challenging clinical sites and regions.

Accountable for achieving personal and team goals based on daily and weekly recruiting metrics.

RPO Available Workforce Contract Recruiter - September 2018 – July 2021

ManpowerGroup Solutions

Remote

Recruitment Process Outsourcing contractor assisting with various recruiting projects

Fast-paced, high volume recruiting and sourcing

Recruiting Assignments:

Comcast Central Contract Project

Project: OBSR - Outbound Business Sales Representative

Successfully submitted 10 qualified candidates with scheduled interviews, per day.

Comcast Central Contract Project

Project: Sterling Heights, MI – Customer Experience Rep (Retention)

Successfully submitted 10 qualified candidates with scheduled interviews, per day.

Comcast Central Contract Project

Project: North Charleston, SC - Customer Experience Rep (Repair)

Successfully submitted 10 qualified candidates with scheduled interviews, per day.

Medline

Project: Maryland plant – Warehouse

Traveled to assist with onsite career fair and finalize the recruitment processes and strategies between ManpowerGroup and Medline.

Uber for Business

Project: Sales Development Representatives

Sourcing candidates for sales roles in a high-volume capacity

Citizens Bank

Project: Retail Business Line

Souring candidates for teller and banking roles for the Pennsylvania markets

Associate Recruitment Consultant – October 2016 to May 2018

Physician Recruiter – October 2013 to October 2016

VISTA Staffing Solutions, Inc. West Allis, WI

A member of the Permanent Physician Search and Consulting division as an Associate Recruitment Consultant, solely leading the startup and growth of an Advanced Practitioner service line. Recruiting qualified Advanced Practitioners for our client's permanent positions in a full-cycle process, nationwide. While in the Physician Recruiter role, I recruited qualified physicians in all specialties in a full-cycle process.

Worked remotely: July 2017 – May 2018

Successfully ran a full book of business of 100+ positions across various organizations.

Solely work with facilities on their permanent positions: all communications, decision making, negotiations, scheduling and reporting.

Client sales and marketing to include the negotiation of firm to facility/organization contracts.

Successfully submitted 5 qualified candidates per week to clients, based on placements fees generated up to $240,000 in revenue per year.

Review physician and advanced practitioner curriculum vitae

Extensive assessment of professional and personal needs via a phone screening/interview to qualify physicians and advanced practitioners for permanent positions.

Sourcing: Boolean search strings, passive candidate sourcing, reverse search resources, niche job boards, social media sources, conferences, email campaigns and VISTA’s database and job board.

Perform physician and advanced practitioner background checks and confirm credentials.

Reverse marketing of candidates

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