Jason Keough

*** *** **** *****

Simi Valley, CA 93065

Cell 805-***-****

adifse@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position that promotes growth, opportunity, and leadership. To use my deep experience in Global hiring, Distribution, and Technology to help make a company it’s best.

SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Over 20 years of leadership and recruiting experience.

Re-built a team which previously outsourced 98% of all company hires.

Managed recruiting efforts for 15 Disney Consumer Products companies.

Developed and executed strategic business goals and objectives.

Managed recruiting budgets at 4 companies.

Possess outstanding management, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.

Ranked #1 for Production/Placements every quarter at Lyons Recruiting

Presidents Club – Top Producer out of over 1,000 employees – McCoy Ltd.

Top Producer of the Western Region – JW Gant

Extensive training in the following HR subjects: Behavioral Interviewing, Employee Relations, Handling Conduct and Performance Problems, Labor Relations, Performance Management, EEO, Federal Government Benefits, Federal Government Employment Forms, and Federal laws pertaining to HR. SHRMS Certified in Human Resources. Certified in AIRS Sourcing.å

Ability to successfully complete a project from initial concept through completion.

EXPERIENCE

Consultant- Vaniam Group, Kite Pharma, TechStyle 3/2016-Pres

Contracts with Pharma/Biotech and Online Retailer

Recruit and hire for General and Administrative as well as Client Services.

Full lifecycle recruitment- assisting with job description creation; educate hiring groups, and direct sourcing the best in the industry.

Recruit for positions ranging from coordinator level to senior leadership

Oversee all executive hires.

Created TA strategy and implemented new workflow and processes.

Reduced agency spend by 10% in first 6 months.

Restructured TA team to pair coordinators with recruiters.

Created weekly reporting.

Hired 2 VPs of IT and several dozen software engineers.

Aramark

Director Talent Acquisition, Uniform Services and Refreshments 1/2014-3/2016

Aramark is a Fortune 200 leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management and uniform & career apparel to healthcare institutions, universities & school districts, stadiums & arenas and businesses around the world. The company is recognized as one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" by the Ethisphere Institute, one of the "World's Most Admired Companies" by FORTUNE magazine and one of America's Largest Private Companies by both FORTUNE and Forbes magazine.

Oversee a team of 13 Talent Acquisition Managers and a Coordinator responsible for hiring thousands of employees across the U.S. and Canada.

Defined TA metrics and used the ATS to report the metrics out to the executive team weekly.

Successfully presented the change of the TA structure from region based to function based, bringing the average req load from a disparity between 2 to 60 to a consistent 25 each; allowing for pipelining and strategic hiring.

Created and implemented company transfer policy.

Re-branded and re-launched Employee Referral program.

Prioritized recruiting efforts.

Successfully presented how hourly hiring can be done in the most cost effective manner possible. Reduced agency spend by more than 75% my first year.

Time to fill had been reduced by 10 days my first year.

AECOM

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant 3/2013-1/2014

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government with revenues exceeding $8billion and 50,000 employees world-wide.

Started this contract sourcing for candidates to be located in several Middle Eastern countries.

Full lifecycle recruitment- assisting with job description creation; educate hiring groups, and direct sourcing the best in the industry.

Recruit for positions ranging from coordinator level to senior leadership.

Work with Global Mobility when hiring out of country candidates and handling work visa needs.

Hire for transportation, environment, energy, water, and information technology.

Harbor Freight Tools

Senior Director Talent Acquisition and Global Mobility 3/2011-3/2013

Harbor Freight is an 11,000+ employee retailer with over 400 stores nationwide. The company is growing at 50 new stores a year and generates over $2.5 billion in revenues.

Managed a team of over 40 employees.

Promoted to Senior Director after 1st year.

Oversaw all hiring and on-boarding for field, corporate, and distribution centers.

Implemented the first employee referral program.

Designed and started the company’s first college internship program.

Eliminated Agency fees by over 98% my first year.

Defined metrics and a system for gathering and filtering the data.

Trained and mentored staff in all areas of Recruiting and Human Resources.

Created recruiting process across the entire company.

Selected and implemented new applicant tracking system.

Prioritized recruiting efforts.

Wrote and rolled out behavioral interview programs.

Managed Global Mobility.

Introduced social media advertising for jobs and hiring events.

Hands on full lifecycle recruiting for all executive level positions.

Disney Consumer Products

Manager, Recruiting 2/05-3/2011

Disney Lines of business under DCP include Disney Interactive, Disney Fashion & Home, Disney Food, Health and Beauty, Disney Toys, and The Disney Stores. Merchandise reaches more than 90 countries yearly and generated an estimated $40 billion.

Managed a team of 9.

Recruited for Disney Interactive Studios- hiring over 10 people a month; included were Game Producers, Game Designers, Creative, Localization, QA, Marketing, and Developers.

Partnered with division leaders for workforce planning.

Interacted with hiring managers to develop job descriptions and candidate profiles.

Trained and mentored staff in all areas of Recruiting and Human Resources.

Collaborated with Organizational Development team to improve career development.

Streamlined the recruiting process and created workflow.

Determined print and Internet ad use.

Prioritized recruiting efforts.

Re-defined metrics to emphasize quality of hire.

Increased Diversity hiring numbers in every line of business, at every level.

Re-branded Disney’s Employee Referral Program.

Selected to be member of several company-wide task forces that led to improvements in efficiency, diversity outreach, social media, and on-boarding.

Managed the budget for Campus Recruiting and Consumer Products Staffing, North America.

Handled full life-cycle recruiting for IT function.

Helped Disney Buena Vista Games, now Disney Interactive Studios, grow from 300 employees to close to 1,000.

EDUCATION

San Diego Mesa College

Business Administration

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