Talent Acquisition Business Operations

Wade Ramsey

Meridian, Idaho USA ***** 720-***-**** ********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/waderamsey

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Innovative, full life-cycle recruitment and resource management professional, specializing in matching candidates and hiring managers in mutually beneficial opportunities for optimal growth and success of the business. Broad experience with strategic business operations and management, metric-driven processes, onboarding, and change management. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor and develop others, and lead at both the tactical and strategic levels.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Business Process Improvement & Optimization Corporate Recruiting Sourcing Ninja Certifications

Technical & Clinical Recruiting Full-Scope Sourcing Talent Acquisition Data Analytics

Matrixed Organization Effectiveness Compensation Planning Merit, Bonus & Stock Planning

Cross-functional Team Leadership Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Offer Negotiation Diversity, Equality & Inclusion (DEI) Incoming Sponsorship & Visa Processing Interviewing

High-Volume Recruiting Onboarding Training Programs & Delivery Human Resource Operations

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Phenom Workday Taleo SharePoint

Boolean Searches Apploi Hubflo ADP

WORK HISTORY

MS Consulting Oct 2024 – Present

Recruiting Principal & HRBP

Leading the full life-cycle recruiting efforts for clients of MS Consulting.

Establishing procedures and processes for client recruiting efforts.

Coordinating recruiting function with CEOs and senior leaders of business partners.

Business verticals include Health Care, Retail, Leisure Athletics, and Semi-Pro Athletics.

Cigna Group Oct 2012 – Aug 2024

Full Life-Cycle Recruiter / Senior Recruiter and Team Lead

Recruit top talent for Cigna business units across the global enterprise.

•Developed relationships and facilitated discussions with internal business and HR partners to establish strategies and create shared engagement for talent attraction, assessment, and acquisition, resulting in highly qualified hires with a 92% retention rate.

•Collaborated with business and HR partners on strategic workforce planning needs to identify talent gaps, set hiring goals, and develop and deploy action plans for national and international business segments, leveraging strategies that increased the talent base for continued business growth.

•Partnered with cross-functional areas of the organization to leverage enterprise strategy and develop local and functional outreach to connect with talent globally, allowing quicker time-to-hire metric goal achievement.

•Ensured consistency in how we market and position branding of Cigna, working to evolve our online and visual standards for advertisement and communications for a broader candidate outreach.

•Planned and executed strategies for incentive programs, including bonuses, merit and other long-term incentives (LTI) involving stock, retention bonuses or lifestyle incentives.

•Successful navigation of a highly matrixed organization, with both Agile- and Waterfall-focused project environments.

•Created a customer-centric candidate experience that supported establishing Cigna as a premiere employer of choice and served as a brand ambassador ensuring all interactions with the external marketplace capitalized on the value of Cigna’s reputation in the market.

•Developed and implemented unique and non-traditional strategies to source qualified diverse candidates from internal, external and/or referral candidate pools, ensuring DEI and affirmative action goals were continually met.

•Full life-cycle recruitment, from sourcing to candidate evaluation, from selection to complete offer structure and negotiation.

•Team leadership / mentorship for new and tenured peers and functional oversight of team, participating in future team development and succession planning.

Modis Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

IT Resource Management & Recruiting Lead

Lead stand-up of full life-cycle recruitment team to fill roles in the Rocky Mountains Region.

•Developed and implemented strategies and processes to locate and recruit diverse candidates from vendors, internal referrals, external groups, and social media sources.

•Established processes, KPIs and best practices for new team of recruiters.

•Recruited, hired and developed recruiting team for Cigna’s Denver location, working with Vendor / Strategic Management to identify key talent gaps and vendor partners.

•Utilized multiple tools, including social media sites, referral networking, external databases, and local networking groups, to locate talent nationwide from senior- to leadership-level opportunities.

•Identified and mitigated legal risk factors across the organization in previous recruitment practices, reducing potential legal challenges.

•Spearheaded vendor relationships and hiring process for technical hiring managers via the Cigna VMS process and tools.

•Exercised sound independent judgment and discretion in high-pressure and sensitive subject areas.

•Managed multiple pressing priorities, work independently and with minimal direction.

•Maintained excellent behavioral interviewing skills and candidate evaluation processes.

Talent Recruiters, Inc. Apr 2010 – Sep 2011

Senior Recruiter and Partner

Responsible for sales, recruiting, and overall business establishment.

•Targeted IT-related fields, including IT project managers, software developers, engineers, system and network administrators, QA testers and related opportunities.

•Activities included client management and relationship management with local government organizations to maximize B2B sales and partnerships.

•Vertical markets included software, manufacturing, oil and gas, and distribution centers.

•Focused on the best “fit” for both clients and candidates: long-term client successes, not short-term billing gains.

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

District Judge, Ada County Elections – 2022 to present

Board President, Bainbridge Homeowners Association – 2021 to present

Career Councilor, Global Talent Idaho – 2019 - 2022

EDUCATION

Journalism / Public Relations (International Affairs), Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS

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