Business Development Talent Acquisition

Herman Bradford

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***********@*****.*** · 908-***-****

Accomplished Talent Acquisition Professional with

Expertise in University and Campus Recruitment

Qualification Highlights

Successful in full cycle recruitment, building candidate and hiring manger relationships, and business development.

Experienced across a variety of industry verticals including technology and pharmaceutical/biotechnology.

•Expertise in university recruitment sourcing from college career fairs, Handshake, and relationship building efforts.

•Demonstrated ability to recruit high caliber candidates for clients as an agency recruiter as well as for in-house roles.

•Skilled in leveraging networks and market knowledge to identify, assess, cultivate, and deliver top talent.

•Adept at identifying unmet needs, implementing improvements, and providing high caliber customer service.

•Focused on providing exceptional candidate care by communicating with a high level of professionalism.

•Proven ability to cultivate and maintain client relationships and effectively partner with internal recruitment teams.

•Successful in executing on company objectives and surpassing targeted business development goals.

•Ability to plan, implement, and manage at strategic and operational levels to fulfill client recruitment needs.

•Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, decision-making, and relationship building skills.

•Aptitude to develop relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and across varying levels of responsibility.

•Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and work well in an environment with competing demands.

•Highly accomplished, results-focused, strategic, analytical, detail-oriented, ambitious, and goal-driven.

Key Competencies

Talent Acquisition

University Recruitment

Recruitment Strategy

Sourcing Strategy

Recruitment Marketing

Candidate Assessment

Relationship Building

Candidate Experience

Diversity Sourcing

Business Development

Account Management

Cold Calling

LinkedIn Recruiter

Handshake/Indeed/Monster

Ziprecruiter/Careerbuilder

Applicant Tracking Systems

Workday/Bullhorn/Salesforce

Recruitment Fairs

Corporate Recruiting

Technology Industry

Pharmaceutical Industry

Finance Industry

Retail Technology

Commercial Technology

Education

Bachelor of Science · Exercise Science/Physiology · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL

Professional Experience

State of New Jersey - Newark, NJ

Human Resources Specialist/Recruiter (July 2023 - Present)

Payroll administration

FMLA and workers compensation administration

New Hire Orientation

NJ State Pension and Benefits administration

Recruiting and attending career fairs

Time and Leave Reports adjustments

Generating employee leave reports for review by the HR Manager

Collaborating with the State of NJ Treasury, Division of Risk Management on accident/injury reports for employees affected

Maintaining a high level of confidentiality and security while working in a maximum security facility/environment

Other duties as needed

Personal Sabbatical (March 2022 - March 2023)

•Took personal time off to care for ill family member and now ready to return to full time employment.

CITI · New York, NY (remote contract)

Recruitment Coordinator (January 2022 - March 2022)

•Provided recruitment coordination support to the Graduate Recruitment and Program Management team.

•Served as the point of contact in daily recruitment efforts for program managers and recruiters across the US.

•Recruited for BS, MS, and PhD students for software development, business analysis, and data science roles.

•Coordinated candidate interviews, debriefs, and gathering candidate feedback post-interview.

•Supported event management including securing internal or external venues and marketing events.

•Managed recruitment event expenses and budgetary approval.

•Collaborated with program managers on training programs for new hires and interns for smooth onboarding.

•Coordinated rotation placement, reviews, mentor programs, career development, speaker series, social events, etc.

•Maintained data on mentor programs, alumni, retention statistics, and general reporting for new recruits.

•Updated, compiled, analyzed, and validated data such as applicant acceptance and conversion rates in Excel.

•Ensured that recruitment activities adhered to federal/state/local immigration and work authorization regulations.

Herman Bradford

Walmart, Inc. · Bentonville, AR (remote contract)

University Relationship Program Manager (June 2021 - September 2021)

•Provided full life-cycle recruitment services for university recruitment activities for Walmart hub locations including Arkansas, California, Dallas, Minnesota, and New York and New Jersey.

•Recruited for BS, MS, and PhD computer science students for corporate software development roles.

•Managed sourcing, screening, pre-qualifying and interviewing candidates as well as offer negotiation.

•Coordinated and attended campus job fair and special events to build a strong university talent pipeline.

•Utilized LinkedIn and Handshake to network with and source college students as future talent.

•Provided top-notch candidate experience throughout the interview process from screening to offer.

•Managed candidate interviews, preparation of and debrief of candidates, and professional “release from process”.

•Maintained ongoing communication with applicants, hiring managers, and HR business partner colleagues.

•Built strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers and HR and ensured a high level of customer service.

•Managed applicant tracking systems (Workday) and maintained recruitment related data in SharePoint and Excel.

MThree Consulting · New York, NY (acquired by Wiley)

Talent Acquisition Consultant/Campus Recruiter (October 2018 - November 2020)

•Managed end-to-end recruiting cycle for new graduate hiring across the United States and Canada.

•Hired the top 5% of technical graduates for technology consulting roles to support client consulting work.

•Drove long-term university recruitment strategies and diversity sourcing to increase hiring of diverse backgrounds.

•Consulted with client business and functional leaders to define competencies and qualifications for specific roles.

•Sourced, recruited, reviewed resumes, and interviewed candidates for specific job requirements.

•Built and sustained a network and pipeline of potential candidates to ensure active pool of talent for client needs.

•Identified targeted top tier Comp Science/Stem university programs underrepresented in technical job marketplace.

•Represented MThree Consulting at various networking events, career fairs, and university recruitment events.

•Established relationships with university partners within the employer relations and campus recruiting departments.

•Assessed candidate’s technical abilities in including software development, ITIL, DevOps practices.

•Prepared candidates for client interviews and assisted with the negotiation of job offers and counter offers.

•Collaborated cross-functionally with other teams (sales, operations, HR, technical) to achieve business objectives.

•Assisted in training and onboarding new hires to the talent acquisition team.

•Key Accomplishment: Forged strong relationships with candidates and represented MThree as a trusted partner.

Premier Group Recruitment · New York, NY

Recruitment Consultant (July 2018 – October 2018)

•Provided full cycle recruitment of data science/engineering professionals for Fortune 500 company clients.

•Recruited, developed, and maintained a pipeline of active and passive candidates for openings nationwide.

•Screened, pre-qualified, and interviewed candidates to present to in-house recruitment partners.

•Utilized a variety of sourcing methods including cold calls, Boolean searches, social media, and networking.

•Mastered cold calling techniques generating high quality passive candidate leads.

•Engaging both big and small businesses to establish long term recruitment partnerships via phone (<75 calls/day).

•Participated in diversity networking events such as “Women in Technology” and “Diversity and Inclusion”.

•Built strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers and HR and ensured a high level of customer service.

ProClinical Staffing · Philadelphia, PA

Associate Recruitment Consultant (April 2017 - April 2018)

•Managed end to end recruitment services for clients in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.

•Recruited positions in R&D, Medical Writing, Medical Affairs, Manufacturing, and G&A roles including Facilities.

•Partnered with in-house recruitment teams ensuring smooth recruitment processes and efficient collaboration.

•Sourced candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing activities to identify high caliber candidates.

•Acquired new business and cultivated existing client relationships to surpass business sales quotas.

•Key Accomplishments:

-Surpassed company global record with securing a $79K deal for new client business.

-Promoted within three months as a result of recruitment and business development success rates.

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