Tamera George
Lee’s Summit, MO 64081
**************@*****.***
Ph: 717-***-****
Professional Summary
Tamera is a human resources and recruiting professional who has over 20 years’ recruiting and onboarding experience. Responsible for all aspects of full cycle recruitment including sourcing, interviewing, pre-employment processing and onboarding. She has excellent interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills. She brings a wealth of experience across various industries. Her career spans leadership roles in healthcare, logistics, telecommunications, information technology, and pharmaceutical contract research. A veteran of the United States Navy, Tamera specialized in Personnel, which adds a unique dimension to her expertise.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Kaplan University, 2012, GPA 3.46
Master of Science, Organizational Leadership, Colorado Christian University, 2016, 3.47
Technology
Brass Ring, Open Hire (Silkroad), ICIMS, Taleo, Tenstreet, HireRight, Seekout CircaWorks, ModernHire, Montage, Zoho CRM, AS400, Safersys, SAP,Transflo Workflow, QuickBooks, Peachtree, MS Word, Teams, Outlook, Exchange, Eudora, Excel, PowerPoint, Salesforce, Goldmine, Seekout, LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, HireRight, and ACT!.
Professional Experience
Contract Recruiter:
Elevate Home Health September 9, 2024 - Current
Part-time Recruiter
Managing candidate leads for three branches in California.
Developing leads from archived candidate files in the Workstream ATS.
Reaching out to all candidates responding to job advertisements, and scheduling Zoom video interviews with hiring managers
Fielding all incoming messages from candidates about job opportunities.
Dispositioning candidates in Workstream.
Setting up reminders to reach out to candidates for future follow up.
Aramark
Kauffman Stadium
Seasonal Human Resources Supervisor August 2024 - Current
Assigned to Seasonal leadership role overseeing more than 300 on-site, union concession workers for Royals games at Kauffman Stadium and Chiefs games at Arrowhead Stadium.
Checking in concession workers for each game, manning the sign-in table or uniform room
Verifying current licenses (TIPS, food handler, driver’s license)
Visit each Aramark concession stand and do a physical headcount to ensure each concession worker is in their assigned stand working, and in compliance with food safety regulations (wearing correct shoes, wearing gloves, hairnets, etc.).
Utilizing NPO.event Simple City application to verify stand assignments for each concession worker.
Responsible for handling conflicts in the stands between concession workers and resolving disputes, reassignments or expulsions as necessary.
Layne Christensen Company (Construction Company) May 2023 – April 2024
Recruiter
Assigned to identify laborers to help drill water wells for municipal governments. Positions recruited for the field include laborers, water well drillers, and water well pump installers.
Recruited machinists with manual lathe experience, welders, machine mechanics with hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical skills.
Sets up interviews for candidates, Conducts phone screening.
For corporate office recruited Project Managers for water well projects.
CSI Companies November 2022 – July 2023
Healthcare Recruiter
Assigned as a senior sourcer to the non-provider team of Optum/United Health Group
Sets up interviews for candidates.
Recruiting Medical Assistants for the Northeast (NY, NJ, CT, MA)
Interviewing candidates, scheduling interviews for leadership
Sourcing candidates using Boolean search strings, Seekout Superuser, LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, CircaWorks, ModernHire, email and text campaigns, Brazen virtual interviews.
CEI Group
Healthcare Recruiter July 2022 – November 2022
Assigned to a Senior Living Company, 5 Star Senior Living Company
Recruiting for Director level positions in the community (Executive Director, Director of Nursing, Director of Sales, etc.) in Western U.S.
Conducts phone screening, responsible for full cycle recruiting and employee onboarding.
CSI Companies
Home Health Recruiter November 2021 – July 2022
Assigned to the Homecare Dimensions Group of United Healthcare
Responsible for full-cycle recruiting, Interviewing candidates, scheduling interviews for leadership
Recruiting Nurses for Home Health and clinics, Quality Assurance, Regulatory
Sourcing, interviewing candidates, and scheduling interviews for leadership utilizing MS Outlook
Kansas City Southern March 2021 – October 2021
Senior Recruiter Kansas City, MO
Recruiting union employees, responsible for full-cycle recruiting
High volume recruiting of Conductor Trainees, Trainmasters, and miscellaneous positions.
Interviewing candidates, scheduling interviews for leadership
Supporting all locations, minimum of fifty hires monthly
Interviewing candidates, scheduling interviews for leadership
Tracking all hires utilizing Excel spreadsheets
Initiating and tracking background checks, medical exams, and drug tests in CHS Examinee Access System
Accenture November 2020 – March 2021
HR Service Delivery Senior Analyst Kansas City, MO
Assigned to the UPS Account to hire Hourly Employees.
Working inside UPS proprietary applicant tracking system
Working in a collaborative environment
Supporting multi-site locations with recruiting and sourcing support
Spectrum April 2019 – November 2020
Senior Recruiter Kansas City, MO (full time)
Responsible for annual hire of two hundred outside direct sales staff
Reached and exceeded headcount for first time in company history for Kansas City and Nebraska
Increased headcount from 59% to 120% in just over 90 days from start date in 2019
Exceeded year end hiring goal by more than 200% in 2019.
Exceeding 100% of hiring goal without adjustment despite two-month shut down from Covid-19 in 2020.
Came within two heads of reaching 100% for Minnesota, which historically runs below 70% headcount.
Run regional recruiting for Kansas City, Minnesota, and Nebraska for Outside Sales
Assigned to mentor teammate at the beginning of November 2020, increased performance rose to meets standards by year end.
Report on weekly leadership call for recruiting activities on territories cover.
Run and distribute daily onboarding reports when the manager is on leave.
Member of Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce in 2019
Subject Matter Expert for Modern Hire Scheduling Tool
Select local hiring events to attend, set up booth, recruit at the events.
Regularly tapped by peers for help with process or policy
Provide coverage for teammates’ areas while on leave.
Utilized for critical areas outside of my regular areas on a as needed basis.
Regularly attend trainings for professional development
Kindred At Home September 2015 – April 2019
Corporate And Clinical Talent Acquisition Manager Overland Park, MO (full time)
Multi-unit, high-volume recruiter carrying an average requisition load of 70 with fluctuations exceeding 100+ count supporting branches across the United States.
Talent Acquisition Manager filling corporate roles at the director, manager and staff levels in Finance and Accounting, and in Operational roles within finance and accounting, Positions filled include Accounting Manager, Payroll Manager, and Government Accounting Manager.
Additional corporate roles filled include staff level Accountant positions, Cost Project Managers, Senior Accountant and Staff Accountant. Non-management roles filled in the Accounting and Finance departments include Accounts Payable and Payroll Processor positions. In the shared services unit, Human Resource roles.
Multi-unit Field Recruiter filling regulated positions that adhere to Medicare guidelines for home health and hospice including Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Home Health Aides, Social Workers, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists
Work with Recruiting and Field leadership to develop recruiting strategies and plans for hard to fill positions in highly competitive markets.
Coordinate onboarding process.
Develop analysis for staffing various markets across the United States.
Utilize social media, job boards, post-card, and email marketing campaigns, and placing radio and print advertisements for recruitment marketing.
Coordinate recruiting events on-site at branch locations and other venues.
Work with third-party agencies as needed.
Ryder Transportation July 2014 – June 2015
Contract Recruiter Lenexa, KS
Support Great Plains Business Unit (KS, MO, AR, NE, IL)
Recruit Diesel Mechanics
Supported Logistics Managers on multiple client staffing projects for both Non-CDL and Class A CDL Drivers
Develop a strong network of both active and passive qualified candidates.
Follow-up on leads to produce weekly hires.
Screen applicant qualifications and work history against position guidelines.
Order and analyze MVR, Criminal, Employment, and D&A reports.
Explain company benefits, home time, pay, and bonuses.
Requisition load average 25, went up to 50+
References upon request.