TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

Experienced international and domestic recruitment professional, I am a goal driven strategic, and passionate Human Resources professional who positions HR/Talent Acquisition as a business partner. I currently possess over 8 years of HR experience including corporate and agency recruiting, HR Generalist task, Organizational/Strategic Development, and Talent Analyst experience. Effective in building positive relationships with all levels of personnel while providing the highest level of service to meet an employer’s hiring needs.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

M.B.A. and M.A: Industrial Organizational Psychology, Roosevelt University

B.A. Psychology, Minor: Business Management, Southern Illinois University

SHRM – CP Certification, Northwestern University

SHRM – CP: 2019

Airs Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) – 2019

WORK EXPERIENCE

United Airlines, Senior Recruiter (Contract: September 2019-Present) Chicago, IL

Own the recruitment process for the corporate communications department, along with recruiting for Finance, Marketing and Loyalty, and Legal departments (averaging 40+ requisitions).

Partner with Hiring Managers, HRBP’s, Coordinators, Compensation and Sourcers through the recruitment process, including posting of requisitions, sourcing of candidates, coordination of interviews, negotiation of compensation and ultimately offers for candidates.

Develop diverse recruiting strategies (including outreach to specific BRG’s and niche groups) to increase candidate pool for positions at United Airlines. Pipeline candidates for roles, monitor and track metrics for HR/Hiring managers, align hiring goals with goals of the organization.

Sinai Health Systems, Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract: April 2019 –Aug 2019) Chicago, IL

High Volume Full-cycle recruiting for healthcare service providers (including Nurses, CNA’s/PCT’s, Medical Care Assistants, Phelebotomist, and other roles), averaging over 75 requisitions and 20 hiring managers across Sinai Health System.

Managed all phases of recruitment cycle, including defining hiring management needs and posting available positions, identifying potential candidates, interviewing, and communicating the duties, compensation, benefits, and working conditions to all potential new employees and internal transfers.

Created monthly “Recruitment Scorecard” to show recruitment statistics for all recruiters; including time to fill, length of position openings, average days to fill, number of positions, percentages of position breakdown, and other graphical representations, as needed in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.

Created frequent onsite job fairs, requiring the coordination of Employee Health Screening, compliance team, HR Staff and hospital security staff, resulting in over 100 hires and a 15% reduction in requisition load across talent acquisition team.

Serrala, Recruiter (Contract: January 2019 – March 2019) Chicago, IL

Reduced projected $1.2 million dollar cost of recruitment to projected $250k by creating, implementing and managing US recruitment process, (which included identifying hiring needs, performing job analysis, creating job descriptions, determining salary ranges, and creating hiring plans for the year, included succession planning).

Manage all phases of recruitment cycle, including defining hiring management needs and posting available positions, identifying potential candidates, interviewing, and communicating the duties, compensation, benefits, and working conditions to all potential new employees and internal transfers.

Created and implemented an international recruitment process for newly formed US HR department to align German headquarters cost goals with US hiring needs and strategic goals of the organization.

Managed and recruited for over 40 reqs, including Sr. SAP developers, VP of Sales Team Leaders, Business Developers, Sales Representatives, Associate General Counsel, Office Managers, and various other positions

Synectics, Recruiter (May 2018 – December 2018) Chicago, IL

Full Life Cycle recruiting for Fortune 100 companies such as McDonalds, Abbott Laboratories, Pfizer, Takeda, and Northern Trust for Information Technology professionals in both contract and direct-hire positions.

IT/Engineering/Life Science focus on: Engineers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Quality Analyst, Quality Control Specialist, Software Developers (Java/.NET), Database Developers, Network and System Administrators and Engineers, Web Developers, and Quality Assurance/Test Engineers.

Advanced Resources, Talent Acquisition Specialist (January 2018 – May 2018) Chicago, IL

Independent RPO Talent Acquisition Consultant

Contractor tasked with helping clients fulfill their recruitment efforts utilizing strategic Talent Acquisition processes and measures.

Millennium Trust Company Recruiter, (Contract: August 2017 – December 2017) Chicago, IL

Saved company nearly $500,000 through agency reduction. Reduced 2017 recruitment cost from nearly $470,000 (01/17 to 07/17) down to $21,000 through agency reduction.

Owned and managed all corporate recruitment for Millennium Trust Company (over 50 jr. to senior level requisitions), including management of ATS (Clear Company), management of outside agency relationships, and development of processes to improve internal recruitment.

Partnered with department managers to perform intake sessions for positions, determine best candidates and provide consultation on recruitment. Developed questionnaires for managers to utilize for onsite interviews.

Sourced and identified candidates utilizing various platforms (ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice, network leveraging, etc.).

Cardinal Path Talent Acquisition Specialist, (Contract: January 2017 – July 2017) Chicago, IL

Full cycle international corporate recruiting (over 40 requisitions) for Google Certified GA/Adwords Consultants, Data Engineers, and Analyst for Cardinal Path across United States and Canadian Borders.

Successfully recruited and built an office (15 individuals) in St. Johns New Brunswick, Canada.

Implemented iCIM's Applicant Tracking System, reducing agency fees by $540,000.

Conducted HR behavioral job interviews with applicants and Partnered with managers to suggested candidates to advance through hiring process. Hired candidates and set up for Cardinal Path Onboarding.

Performed salary analysis to determine salary range for positions to protect internal equity.

Conducted H1B Visa Transfers for international workers in collaboration with legal department to insure US and Canadian legal compliance.

Developed policies aimed at advancement of company through organizational development.

Created Training & introduction on HR Policy/Processes for all new company hires.

Loyola Hospital Talent Acquisition Coordinator, (FTE: July 2015 – December 2016) Melrose Park, IL

Responsible for coordination of weekly new hire orientation including parking, ID creation, manager/Employee meetings and communication with new hires.

Complete and audit all onboarding paperwork including I9, tax forms and benefit enrollment forms.

Successfully utilized Lawson to input new employee information for payroll, benefits, and personnel matters.

Utilize Position manager to communicate with department managers and applicants.

Confirm background checks through IDPH for new hires, input workers to IDPHs database.

Upload new hire documentation to Primary Source in accordance with The Joint Commission.

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ADDITIONAL SKILLS/ACTIVITIES

Software Experience: Daxtra, ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Monster, Position Manager, UltraStaff, Pointwing, Workday Applicant Tracking System, Kronos, Lawson Software, SPSS, Microsoft Office Suite

Project Experience: Data analysis for a Chicago Headquartered Fortune 500 company

Language: 4 years formal Spanish, 2 years French independent studies

Community: SHRM, Chicago SHRM, NAAAHR – Chicago, NBMBAA, Hinsdale Humane Society volunteer

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