Talent Acquisition Business Partner

MELANIE KIRK

Richardson, TX ***** 469-***-****

*****@****.***

linkedin.com/in/melaniekirk

TALENT ACQUISITION BUSINESS PARTNER RAIN MAKER SOURCING EXPERT Significant experience marketing and recruiting “best fit” diverse professional talent for a plethora of industries. growing a business at 200% per year. Notable expertise building rapport and trust with candidates and clients

(internal and external) through timely interactions, meaningful communication, and an innate ability to quickly understand specific hiring needs and requirements. Recognized for consistently exhibiting stellar professionalism and a natural ability to communicate talent acquisition results and provide timely feedback and necessary information to candidates, hiring managers, and agencies. Valued as an owner, independent and team collaborator who brings recruiting and talent acquisition subject matter expertise ensuring the entire recruitment process lifecycle is completed while minimizing the time to hire. Strengths include: Key Competencies in the following areas

Sourcing Strategies social media: Contracts Negotiating Offers Publishing Articles Screen Criteria Defining & Presenting Finalists Building Client Relationships Metrics Boolean Searches Excellent Communication Skills (oral, written and presenting MS Office Suite Stakeholder Communications Workforce Planning Pipeline Development & Pipeline Management Relationship Management ATS: Taleo, BrassRing, SuccessFactors, Workday ICIMS, PC Recruiter, Job Diva, etc. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRIME HEALTHCARE-11/2022 TO PRESENT

WORKING A FULL DESK HAVE filled since January, 2023 110 FULL-TIME RADIOLOGY, CLS, AS WELL AS OTHER

ROLES.

CONTRACT – THROUGH EMPYREAN CONSULTING/KING & BISHOP 2020 – 11/2022 ASHFIELD HEALTHCARE, GENENTECH INC., GEXPRO, MPay

TALENT ACQUISITION/ACCOUNT MANAGER

Built-out team for Colorado for Genentech

Built-out Gexpro organization from sales to C suite Hired a significant part of IT staff for Mpay

ACCENTURE (CONTRACT) 2019

US SENIOR RECRUITING SPECIALISTS CONSULTANT, CLOUD ADVISORY

• Accenture, recognized in Canada and in the US by Fortune and Working Mother as a 100 Best Companies to Work For, by BusinessWeek as a Best Place to Launch a Career, and by Melanie Kirk Resume 2

DiversityInc as a Top 50 Company for Diversity

• Full-lifecycle recruiting role with Products Client Service Group for Enterprise Technology vertical recruiting specific technology and business-related Consulting individuals nationwide:

• Responsible for managing internal client relationships (Sr. Leadership Hiring Managers and Executives) while providing real industry insight and experience. NTT Data, Plano, TX 2018—2019

Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Conduct recruitment research and support business case for new hires.

• Update candidate database from recruiting efforts that include networking, referrals, and extensive searches.

• Utilize and update applicant tracking system (ATS).

• Partner with HR, hiring managers, and provide regular feedback to managers.

• Contribute to the entire recruitment process lifecycle to help ensure efficiencies in the talent acquisition process within an environment where there are often differing point of views and interpretation of talent needs.

Empyrean Consulting, Inc., Dallas, TX 1997—2018

Talent Acquisition, Virtual Recruitment & Consulting

- Built a fifteen (15) million-dollar company

- Nominated for Small Business of the Year by Dallas Chamber

- HUB Certified – National & Southwest

- Women & Minority Business Certification

• Provided thoroughly researched and sourced candidates and consulted on finalist recommendations that best fit business and client needs.

• Partnered with human resources, business leaders, hiring managers and other stakeholders to design workforce planning, employee development programs, employee engagement programs, mentoring programs, succession planning, high potential career pathing, etc.

• Interacted with clients on a timely basis to understand specific hiring requirements.

• Identified screening criteria and conducted pre-screening of candidates and identified and presented finalist to hiring managers for review.

• Developed hiring and sourcing approaches and consulted on talent needed to drive business results.

• Determined and managed best channels of media that would create the most effective talent solutions to meet requirements.

• Conducted client discovery meetings; detailed intake sessions, culture surveys, and assessments.

• Served as a recruitment subject matter expert and championed talent solutions and delivery in IT Development, Database Architecture, Database Management,Business Analytics, Infrastructure and Program and Project Management

• Monitored, tracked and managed talent pipeline and ensured a robust talent pool was always available to meet the requirements of open vacancies.

• Collaborated with stakeholders, department heads, and others including shared services to identify sourcing capabilities and opportunities to close any gaps.

• Adhered to strict corporate and government compliance. Melanie Kirk Resume

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• Provided direction and feedback on candidates.

• Extended and negotiated offers and generated contracts, communicated results, organized new hire logistics.

• Applied the use of metrics to show hiring authorities’ success and sustainability rates of new hires and any short-falls.

• Used and managed applicant tracking systems (ATS) that included: Taleo, BrassRing, SuccessFactors, ICIMS, PC Recruiter, Job Diva, etc.

• Interacted with stakeholders and at times with stakeholders holding different objectives.

• Developed recruiting scorecards, scored STAR schemas, and applied measurement of findings. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (BS) Interdisciplinary Studies with specialization in Biological Sciences and a Minor in Public Health, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Class of 1992

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