AZANI S. FITTEN

OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE

• *+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience across 5 states in the sales and marketing, and exempt and non-exempt roles – including sourcing, screening, hiring manager prep and consultation, compensation, onboarding, orienting, and new hire orientation

• Experience with OE work including redesigning and facilitating the candidate, hiring manager, and new hire orientation experiences using various change management and OE methodologies

• Strong leadership capabilities, skilled in developing partnerships and consultative relationships with hiring managers and business partners, serving as subject matter expert on talent and market trends for key industries

• Highly-innovative, comfortable using creative ways of facilitating HR processes and practices to produce excellent results

SKILLS AND TOOLS

Full-Cycle Recruitment Facilitation & Training Onboarding & New Hire Orientation Recruitment Marketing College Recruiting Disability Recruitment and Inclusion Affirmative Action Planning and Implementation Google Analytics Adobe Analytics Tableau Microsoft Excel SAP Success Factors WebEx and Skype LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed Entelo LEAN Methodology Intern Programming Social Media Marketing PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RECRUITER/TALENT ACQUSITION SPECIALIST Hallmark Cards, Inc. - Kansas City, MO Jun 2018- Present

• Full-cycle recruiting for exempt and non-exempt level roles – including sourcing, interviewing, hiring manager consultation/prep/training, pre-employment screening, onboarding, and new hire orientation, maintaining stellar time-to-fill and hiring manager satisfaction metrics

• Maintained top recruitment metrics across a team of 4 recruiters

• Source, recruit, hire, onboard, and orient for corporate and plant talent across multiple industries, 5 states, and 7 company facilities in the plant and corporate settings

• Perform behavioral-based screening interviews with dozens of candidates weekly to determine skills, position eligibility, and job fit

• Provide consultative insight and industry knowledge to business partners and hiring managers regarding recruiting best practices and talent market trends

• Re-imagine, redesign, and facilitate corporate new hire orientation for 200+ new hires annually both virtually and in-person

• Conduct outreach at career fairs and external events to uphold employment brand and work toward Affirmative Action Plans (AAP)

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Kansas City, MO

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• Source and screen candidates using LinkedIn, Entelo, and networking events to maintain a steady pipeline of qualified talent for existing and potential openings

• Develop compensation packages for exempt and non-exempt positions, ensuring salary recommendations are fair and equitable for internal employees and external market

• Review applications, resumes, cover letters, CVs and survey responses, conducting preliminary phone and Skype interviews and preparing hiring managers for second-round and final interviews HR RECRUITING ASSISTANT Hallmark Cards, Inc. - Kansas City, MO Jul 2017- Jun 2018

• Consulted with college contacts to coordinate career fairs for 15+ schools across 6 states

• Managed Talent Community of 50k subscribers and developed written, cross-cultural email content, for subscribers across 50 states, maintaining a 20-25% open rate

• Coordinated complex on-site and video candidate interviews with c-suite executives

• Implemented and processed pre-employment screenings including drug screens, background checks, and education checks for hundreds of new hires annually

• Collaborated with college recruiter to coordinate summer internship programming and events

• Developed and implemented pre-employment testing process; created digital and physical documentation outlining and communicating process changes to HR employees

• Created content and developed strategy for the Hallmark Careers Facebook and Instagram accounts

• Scheduled luncheons, social events, and multi-state travel arrangement, for the summer college internship program containing 50+ interns

EARLY OUTREACH RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR University of Missouri – Kansas City Sep 2014 - Jan 2017

• Developed and implemented strategy to attract students in elementary and middle school

• Planned complex campus visits and maintained calendar for individuals and groups of 50+ elementary, middle and high school students using Microsoft Office and CRM software

• Redesigned department PowerPoints for target elementary and middle schools

• Maintained consistent contact with prospective students to increase likelihood of conversion

• Presented in one-to-one, large group, and panel discussions to bring awareness about the university COMMUNITY SERVICE & ACTIVITIES

• Resume Writer – Career Uncaged, LLC 2019 – Present

• Recruitment and Retention Chair – Hallmark Disability Inclusion Group 2018 - Present

• Member - Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2018 - Present

• Volunteer – Women’s Employment Network 2018-2019

• Facilitator – Career Development Workshop Urban League of Kansas City 2018 EDUCATION

Master of Arts – Leadership and Organizational Development May 2021 (in progress) Saint Louis University

Bachelor of Arts – Communication Studies // Summa cum laude & Trustee’s Scholar Recipient 2017 University of Missouri – Kansas City

Global Ambassador Program Recipient – University of Malta // Msida, Malta

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