Melissa Cappadona

Carlsbad, CA: 760-***-****

adcl4l@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 20+ years of human resources experience including 10 years of Full Cycle Recruiting, Sourcing, TA Coordination, Training and Development, New Hire Orientation, Community Relations, and Administrative responsibilities

• 20+ combined years of experience in high-tech, bio-tech, healthcare and nonprofit companies

• Driven, result-oriented, efficient, approachable, problem-solver, friendly, team player, self-motivated, multi-task well, reliable, resourceful, ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, ability to deal with diversity and ambiguity, great time management, organized, strong follow-through and excellent work ethics

WORK EXPERIENCE

Talent Acquisition Partner – Physical Rehabilitation Network- Carlsbad, CA- 2019 – present

Source and recruit passive candidates for 125+ PT clinics in 10 different states along the west coast

Recruit for licensed Physical Therapist Assistant level position and higher, up to professional director, HR, accountants and VP positions

Post jobs on 20 different job boards, including universities and attend national convention career fairs

Provide sound advice/feedback to hiring managers as a talent acquisition business partner

Huge accomplishment: Hired 60 people within 6 months of employment; time to filled requisitions were 30 to 60 days or less

Talent Acquisition Partner – Abbott Labs- San Diego, CA- 2017 - 2019

Recruited for LA, FL, CA, VA etc. from entry level positions to professional as well as high-level positions, successfully filled the following reqs: Clinical Data Specialist, Calibration Analyst III, Interface Analyst, Regional Account Manager US and OUS, Documentation Analyst, Documentation Control Specialist II, Business Analyst, Inventory Analyst, Production Chemist, Pricing Coordinator, Contract Administrator, Pricing Analyst, Material Handler II/III, Accessioning Lab Technician and Specimen, etc.

Accomplishment- filled 45+ requisitions within less than a year and saved the company over half a million dollars in recruiting expenses

Got promoted from a Sr. TA Coordinator to a Talent Acquisition Partner within six months

Managed/posted all requisitions via company's internal website and external job boards using Taleo and WorkDay

Supported 6-8 recruiters in scheduling/coordinating for their candidates and hiring managers to set up phone and onsite interviews via Skype, WebEx, Calendly, etc. nationally and globally with complex people, time-zone and schedules, especially with VPs and Directors positions

Arranged for all candidates travel plans including booking flights, hotels, ground transportation and handle reimbursements

Problem-solved any situation in order to meet the team's goals with minimal supervision

Coined the “hustle hard girl” by coworkers because I get things done efficiently Recruiting Specialist – Amazon, Inc./Fast Delivery Systems – Carlsbad, CA- 2017 - 2017

Recruited for Amazon delivery drivers for three stations- San Jose, San Leandro, and Hawthorne

Coordinated and scheduled interviews for all the managers

On-boarded candidates through our hiring process including background checks and drug tests

Rescued trouble stations by hiring on average 20 people a month per station and helped retain employees longer than predecessor and other recruiters

Reported daily stats to CEO

Technical Recruiter & Sourcer – HoCloud, Inc. - Cupertino, CA- 2012 - 2018 (contract, remote)

Recruited for technical “hard to fill” requisitions that include Senior DevOps, Front-End or Back-End Engineers, Machine Learning, Data Scientists, Web Crawlers, Automation Test and NLP Engineers, etc.

Performed phone screening for technical managers and scheduled candidates for interviews via Google calendar

Sourced and recruited for the following start-up companies Pinger, Glam Media, Atieva, Drive.ai, TP- Link, SamSung, Hiretual, Qventus, Proteus, etc.

Talent Acquisition Partner - AMN Healthcare – San Diego, CA- 2015 - 2016 (contract)

Recruited for candidates for CVS and Peace Health nationwide, various positions from pharmacy technicians, customer services reps, warehouse stockers to nurses in a high-volume recruiting Recruiter & Human Resources Coordinator for nonprofit organizations- San Diego County, CA- 2009 - 2015 EDUCATION

B.S. in Public Relations, minor in Business Marketing at San Jose State University, graduated Cum Laude Certificate in Practice & Management at Cal State San Marcos Certificate in SHRM at Mira Costa College

COMPUTER SKILLS

• HRIS – Crelate, JobVite, Taleo, WorkDay, Hiretual, PeopleSoft, PeopleTrak, Joomla, Constant Contact, etc.

• Recruiting Source - Use Boolean to search LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiters, Dice, Yahoo, Facebook, Smart Recruiters, Google Jobs, GlassDoor, Monster, Career Builders, Craigslist, etc.

• Microsoft Office including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoints, Access, Publisher; Concur, Calendly, METRO, intranet/internet software, etc.

• Google Chrome, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Drive References Available Upon Request

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