Shawna N. Thornton

aduozx@r.postjobfree.com 240-***-****

Senior Technical Recruiter

Results driven, Technical/Corporate Recruiter with 17+ years of experience in hiring for IT, Cyber, Corporate and Technical positions. I have verifiable talent for sourcing and placing Mid-Senior Cleared System Engineer’s, System Administrator’s Also Software Developer’s and Engineer’s. with success in capitalizing on growth opportunities, implementing Promotional marketing strategies, Articulate communicator and effective trainer. Thorough, trusted HR professional who upholds the highest ethical and security standards.

Qualifications Include:

Customer Management Positioning

Customer Service/Loyalty

OFCCP Compliance

Cleared/ IT Talent

Healthcare Recruiting

Growth/Development

Organizational Leadership

Team Building/Recruitment Staffing

EEO/I-9, E-Verify

Productivity Management

Exceptional Listening Skills

HR Policies & Conduct

New Hire Employment Process

Benefits

Sense of Urgency

Applicant Screening

Training

Various ATS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alexander Mann Solutions September 2021-Present

As a Senior Corporate recruiter for AMS, I worked on the Projects side. I worked with different programs and Collaborated with several different business units within the project’s unit. I worked within the banking industry as well as with Meta through Milestone on a project. I had 23+ positions to work on.

Source and screen qualified talent using different niche Channels and social media

Conduct intake calls with my managers for their newly opened requisitions.

Conduct regular follow-up with managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting efforts.

Research and recommend new sources for active and passive candidate recruiting.

Continuously develop networks/partnerships to actively build database/pipeline of candidates and the ATS company brand.

Consult with leaders, hiring managers and human resources team on position descriptions, requisition creation, compensation, and sourcing strategies.

Insight Global (Contract) January 2021-March 2021

As a Recruiter with Insight Global I worked with on one of their Premier Clients.

I collaborated with the Managers on a weekly basis. I sourced, Screened and Hired applicants that were best fit for the positions I was recruiting for.

Recruit and perform talent acquisition activities such as resume & phone screens, candidate interviews, recommend final selection of applicants and close qualified candidates.

Arrange pre-employment testing, background & references screenings.

Communicate with managers and employees regularly to promote ATS referral program and internal opportunities.

Create offer letters, maintain applicant tracking system, recruiting reports and other staffing administration functions as needed.

Conduct new employee onboarding, ensuring process is engaging and that processes are followed and accurate.

GDH Consulting (Contract) August 2020- January- 2021

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter with GDH I had the opportunity to work with different programs. I collaborated across the board from finding Sr. System Administrators and Software Engineers to a System Engineer. I had 10+ positions to work on at one time.

Coordinate with managers to identify staffing needs

Determine selection criteria

Source potential candidates through online channels (e.g. social platforms and professional networks)

Plan interview and selection procedures, including screening calls, and Interviews.

Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our Applicant Tracking System

Post job descriptions and requirements on our job sites.

Set goals for each week on Calls, Connects and Interviews that we set up.

Organize and set up all of my positions so that I could work on all of them during the week.

Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates.

LOCKHEED MARTIN (SGS) Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist Hanover, MD (Contract) June 2018-November 2019

As a Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist, I proactively manage the recruiting process by understanding talent selection and attraction challenges. I develop comprehensive talent sourcing strategies to build diverse talent pools and pipelines in the Aerospace and Defense. Full life cycle for Engineer’s Software Developers, System Engineers, and System Administrators.

Collaborate with HR Business Partners in conjunction with the onboarding process

Attend/lead Industry recruiting events

Work closely with hiring managers to understand technical requirements of roles and functions to identify with best fit for positions.

Source potential and passive candidates through internet sourcing, direct outreach, and relationship building.

Consult and guide hiring leaders, and potential Candidates through the Recruiting process.

Sourcing, Recruiting, and Managing 30 to 50 reqs.

Manage full life cycle recruiting process for technical, systems and software engineering and cleared positions.

Source and recruit proactively to make sure that I have a pipeline of qualified candidates for future positions.

Senior Recruiting Lead ManTech I National Security Sector Annapolis Junction, MD Oct 17-June 2018 (Contract)

As a Recruiting Lead for ManTech International, a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs supporting the Intelligence Community; the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice; the Space Community; and other federal government agencies.

Lead/Managed team of four recruiters and one Recruiting Coordinator

Interdisciplinary team approach to recruitment across the Division

Principal Technical recruiter supporting SIGINT and CYBER divisions and 2 prime contracts

Established business partner relationships with targeted business unit leaders to fully understand the work environment and job profiles of all assigned job openings.

Reviewed pending job requisitions for accuracy.

Responsibilities include interfacing with hiring managers to collect and review requirements, sourcing/prescreening candidates, participating in interviews, assisting managers with reference checks, and developing competitive job offers.

Initiated search techniques (Internet, Social Networking, personal networking) to identify passive candidates.

Supported job fairs as required by strategic needs of the business.

Pre-screened candidates for interest, basic qualifications and salary expectations.

Managed all candidate activity through BrassRing applicant tracking system.

Provided candidate summary to hiring manager and help to coordinate interview process with manager and interview team.

Followed up with candidates to continue recruiting process, answer questions and to establish interest and needs.

Negotiated a win-win offer of employment with candidate consistent with the needs of the business.

Initiated offer approval process and extend formal offer of employment.

Recruit and qualify candidates, submit candidates to managers and set up interviews. Negotiate salaries and extend offers to candidates. Gather new hire paperwork and process new hire information in the job applicant tracking system, Brass Ring.

Responsible for tracking statistical recruiting information and reporting to management

General Dynamics Mission Systems Annapolis Junction, MD (Contract) December 2016- August 2017

Senior Technical Recruiter/Sourcer

Full Life Cycle Recruitment for the Intelligence Community contracts.

Aggressively recruit/source for 30-60+ openings requiring TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearances.

Drive Recruiting Strategy for the business unit.

Interface with HM’s on hiring requirements to select the best qualified candidate with a quick response time.

Key areas include Cyber, Cloud and Big Data.

Uptima Group Annapolis, MD February 2016-December 2016

Lead Technical Recruiter

Sourced and filled positions that required a Top Secret and above clearance.

Followed all OFCCP Compliance.

Sourced for Cleared Software Engineer’s, Software Developer’s as well as System Engineer’s.

Handled all Salary negotiations and offers.

Conducted Full Life Cycle Recruiting Process.

Had 25-35+ Requisitions that I worked on and filled.

TAD PGS, Alexandria, VA September 2015- January 2016

Senior Recruiter (Contract)

Place highly qualified cleared candidates into Top IT positions.

Handled as many as 19 open positions at one time.

Handled all of the onboarding and New hire paperwork for all of my contract or permanent candidates.

Made sure that all my candidates were qualified and the right fit overall for all of my clients.

Labor Ready, Greenbelt, Maryland November-2014- September-2015

Staffing Recruiter

Handle all aspects of the recruiting process

Hiring and placement of temporary workers

Scheduling and conducting all interviews daily.

Handle and oversee all application and new hire paperwork.

Prepare candidate assessment tools. i.e. Waste Management compliance and all Safety packets.

Customer’s first contact.

KForce Reston, VA (contract)

Government Contract Recruiter August 2014- November-2014

Full Life Cycle Recruiting for Background Investigators.

Using ATS Taleo.

Created, Sent and received all offer letters.

Completing the On-Boarding process as well as setting up orientation.

Office Team, Greenbelt, MD June 2013 –August 2014

Recruiter (Various Assignments)

Completed full life cycle recruiting for accounts up to the Offer letter.

Sourced for top talent through Monster, Indeed, and CareerBuilder as well as the social sites.

Direct contact for all questions, emails and inquiries from client and candidates.

Prince Georges County Library System (Contract) Hyattsville, MD March 2013 - June 2013

HR Specialist

Maintained data for 250+ employees full and Part-time

Handled employee relations, conflict resolutions and performance improvement.

Managed personnel files, performed background checks.

Led new hire and benefits orientations.

Set scheduled and served on the interview panel for all 17 branches.

Used several jobsites to find top talent such as monster, career Builder, Indeed, as well as social sites LinkedIn and Face Book.

Created, prepared and managed weekly reports for the managers meetings.

Responsible for all new hire testing.

Handled all aspects of full life cycle recruiting.

Chenega Corporation (Contract) McLean, VA September 2012 - February 2013

Corporate IT Recruiter

Active role in the full life cycle of recruitment efforts, including the ability to look for the necessary skills to help evaluate candidates for all of the current government contracts worked on.

Effectively communicate with management throughout the organization in order to develop the most effective recruiting strategies.

Initiate and maintain a network of contacts to help identify qualified candidates for hiring needs. Help drive all sourcing channels actively, including employee referrals, utilization of vendors, job fairs, etc.

Prioritize tasks effectively in order to maintain candidate communication to include: Interview follow up and reference checks. Look at position requirements to ensure job requisitions are completed, and match prospects to meet hiring managers’ need and expectations.

Actively seek new avenues to attract candidates to include: coordinating and attending local job fairs and college events.

Ability to source the brightest and most talented individual for the open positions which were: Network Administrator, System Administrator, Database Administrator, System Engineer, Transition Engineer and Software Engineer also Cyber Security Engineer just to name a few.

Delta T Group, Columbia, MD December 2011- September 2012

Healthcare Recruiter

Recruit Residential Aides CNA’s, RN’s and LPN’s for Hospitals, Group and Private homes.

Responsible for building a book of business for the week to week side keeping my book between 750-1,000 hours

Responsible for making sure that all of my Independent Contractors were credentialed before the start of their assignments (References checked, onboarding, certifications verified Background check complete.)

Making sure that I made at least 40-50 calls a day to my active and inactive clients to get new Placement Requests.

Perform daily duties such as sourcing for candidates on Career Builder, Monster Facebook, LinkedIn, & craigslist as well as Indeed.

Trak Services, Enlightened Inc. (Contract) Washington, D.C. August 2011 - October 2011

IT Recruiter

Perform daily recruiting activities, such as, recruiting, matching candidates to requirements, reviewing resumes, phone screening, scheduling, and conducting interviews and reference checks

Ensure paperwork for all candidates is completed and in full compliance with company policies and government regulations

Maintain a steady pipeline of active candidates within core competencies i.e. Secret or Top-Secret Clearances.

Prospect candidates via lead generation methods including, but not limited to the internet, technical schools, referrals, print advertisements and job fairs

Track recruiting activity and candidate sources to ensure effectiveness of advertising initiatives

Attend job fairs and/or remote recruiting

Recruit on job boards/Internet

Place top candidates in contracts for the DOD.

Work with the Project Managers and Executive Management on all current contracts.

Spherion Staffing, Silver Spring, MD August 2007 - January 2009

Client Service Supervisor

Interviewed all candidates presented for detailed interviewing by hiring managers, and include the use of face-to-face behavioral-based interviewing methodologies.

Prescreens candidates. Create and present prescreening questions to hiring managers for collaboration and approval.

Consistently developed strong, sustainable relationships with partners and executive decision makers of Fortune 500 client companies.

Volt Services, Columbia, MD June 2005 – July 2007

Staffing Recruiter

Team consistently ranked #1 in company sales for two consecutive years.

Led Mid-Atlantic location team building relationships with our Clients later adopted as company-wide standard for Business Development Managers and Regional Recruiter’s.

Impacted business because we were the liaison through continual communications and efforts with both our Clients and sales team members

Full Cycle Recruitment used in all aspects of the recruiting process.

EDUCATION& CERTIFICATIONS

Winton Woods High School (Forest Park, Ohio) Diploma Received

Dale Carnegie Sales Training 2007

Leadership through Quality 2007

Spherion SMB Sales Apprentice Graduate 2008

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Microsoft Office, ADP, Adobe Acrobat, Oracle Taleo, PeopleSoft, RTE Payroll Systems, Time Keeper, R5W and SharePoint. Deltek, Bullhorn, Smart sheets and Sales force, Kenexa Brass Ring, ICIMS, Text Recruit, Work Day.

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