Head of Talent Acquisition

Deja Martin

Mableton, GA *****

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

www.linkedin.com/in/dejamartin

Professional Summary

●Seasoned Talent Acquisition, Human Resources and Recruitment Professional with extensive experience in the field across an array of industries.

●Adept skills in developing and implementing new Recruiting and On-Boarding processes to improve the overall candidate experience.

●Multiple years of experience creating Boolean Searches, using multiple career databases to source candidates and conducting preliminary recruiting calls to establish interest.

●Advanced skills with multiple ATS systems and negotiating salaries and hourly pay rates.

●Successfully recruited various levels of professionals such as C-Level Executives, Directors, Managers, Supervisors and Associates.

●Extensive experience filling very niche roles in a timely manner.

●Proven success reducing turnover and increasing candidate applications.

Education

●Georgia State University 2017

Bachelors of Arts in Journalism, minor in Speech and concentration in Public Relations

●Pebblebrook High School Mableton, GA 2009

Skills

●Microsoft Office

●CareerBuilder, Monster, LinkedIn Recruiter and Dice job boards

●BullHorn, ADP and JazzHR ATS systems

●Strategic Planning

●Critical Thinking

●Recruiting

●Talent Acquisition

●Boolean Searches

●Cold Calling

Work Experience

Ted Todd Insurance November 2018 - Present

Head of Talent Acquisition

●Work closely with all business partners to perform all recruitment activities.

●Develop and manage all recruiting activities for the company by implementing innovative company-wide recruiting strategies, processes and procedures.

●Implement strategies to source qualified, diverse candidates to meet position requirements from internal, external, and/or referral candidate pools.

●Develop recruitment plans to utilize all sourcing methodologies including cold calling, posting, LinkedIn, career fairs, professional relationships, and agencies (including the negotiation of contracts).

●Improve organization attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices, monitoring job offers and compensation practices and emphasizing benefits and perks.

●Identify qualified candidates and manage the process through final hire, including the employees first 90 days.

●Work with Directors and Managers to ensure new employee satisfaction during their first 90 days.

●Wrote all job descriptions and effectively marketed open roles on social media platforms and at various Career Fairs.

●Managed all Social Media handles.

●Negotiate, problem solve and communicate.

●Demonstrate knowledge of recruitment and selection techniques.

●Understand the legal requirements for Federal selection guidelines, and Federal and State laws regarding employment practices.

●Responsible for all Talent Acquisition functions for all 6 offices.

●Remain highly organized and proficient with reporting tools, databases, and Applicant Tracking Systems Skills.

●Managed Employee Engagement and office culture.

Accomplishments

Created and implemented new Recruiting Processes and Interview Processes to improve the overall candidate experience and assist with sustaining quality employees.

Created a new Onboarding process for new employees.

Assisted with the creation of a new Employee Handbook.

Migrated ATS from JazzHR to ADP.

Created a 30-60-90 day Employee Program to obtain feedback and reduce turnover.

Maintained an over 35% Response Rate on LinkedIn.

Created and implemented LinkedIn projected to update all employee LinkedIn profiles to improve brand image.

Managed process of researching steps for entering employees into H1B Lottery.

Reduced turnover and increased candidate applications by marketing open positions on Social Media and attending multiple Career Fairs.

Randstad April 2018 - November 2018

Staffing Manager - Major Accounts - Strategic Delivery

●Built, managed, qualified, and maintained a database of clients and prospects aligned to business opportunities in the market.

●Sold the value of Randstad services to support customers in achieving their business goals.

●Effectively recruited, interviewed, retained, coached and developed Talent, understanding their needs and helping them meet their professional goals.

●Marketed the Talent's skills, knowledge and abilities to the right companies to make the best match for the Client and the Talent.

●Consistently exceeded Client and Talent expectations of service by following Randstad's Operational Standards and offering innovative and creative employment solutions.

Accomplishments

Grew weekly spread to over 12k after first 3 months.

Territory was increased by an additional two states after first 3 months.

Filled extremely niche roles for McKesson, US Bank, AmerisourceBergen, Willis Towers Watson, MetLife, Electrolux, State Street, GlaxoSmithKline and more.

The KellyMitchell Group: Senior Technical Recruiter December 2017 - March 2018

Technical Recruiter June 2017 - December 2017

●Thoroughly read and dissected job descriptions to determine important key technologies.

●Created Boolean searches with specific keywords to bring up the most qualified candidates.

●Cold called candidates, clients, and potential clients.

●Accurately screened candidates to determine technical and soft skills.

●Formatted candidate resumes.

●Remained constantly available to clients and candidates via phone and email.

●Kept accurate and thorough excel log of recruiting activity.

●Exceeded weekly and monthly goals.

●Prepped candidates for interviews.

●Received weekly coaching.

●Kept pipelines of qualified candidates ready to go for different skill sets in different geographic locations.

●Participated in rate negotiations.

Accomplishments

Grew weekly spread to over 10k after the first 3 months.

Was promoted to Senior Technical Recruiter after 6 months.

Filled extremely niche roles for Coca-Cola, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Mobilitie, ADP and more.

Staffed an entire Technical Support team for ADP.

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