Recruiter

JOSEPH R. AUSTIN

: *** * ******* ******, *******, WI 53703 : 262-***-**** : **************@*****.*** TALENT ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL

Professional with vast experience in talent acquisition, leading large-scale corporate initiatives to maximize recruiting efforts for industry leaders. A successful corporate recruiter with expertise in full- cycle hiring and cultivating business partnerships to secure top personnel for challenging roles. Ability to work with management to create methods for increasing employee productivity and engagement. Strategic thinker and self-motivated recruiter capable of exceeding targets for time to fill, client/candidate satisfaction, and retention using unique sourcing strategies in a fast-paced, deadline-driven workplace. PROFILE SUMMARY

Ability to successfully collaborate with hiring managers in determining the number of individuals needed in various departments and sectors.

Skilled in ensuring that the company's personnel demands are met while keeping the long-term talent plan in mind.

Competent in developing and implementing sourcing tactics to generate pipelines of possible candidates, such as employer branding efforts.

Experienced in developing and implementing comprehensive applicant recruitment processes to create a positive candidate experience.

Successfully established close relationships with recruiting managers to ensure clear candidate/interview expectations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Recruitment Business Partner Talent Management

Screening Offer Negotiations Recruitment Process

Onboarding Employee Retention Vendor Relationships

Social Networking Training/Development Performance Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Heartland Business Systems, Little Chute, WI January 2023 – February 2025 Corporate Recruiter

Develop and implement the most effective sourcing and recruitment strategy to attract qualified candidates.

Maintain pipeline of possible applicants on hand. Research methods to expand candidate pools and develop recruiting strategies, such as career fairs, college recruitment, social media recruiting

(creating, designing, and implementing weekly social media job advertising on websites), and other targeted outreach.

Ensure compliance with Affirmative Action and EEO regulations.

Develop and implement a strategy for attracting applicants from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, as well as establish and maintain contact information for Affirmative Action/Diversity.

Take responsibility of the requisition process. Examine resumes and cover letters, set up interviews, do pre-employment screening, confirm employment, and run reference, background, and drug tests.

Explain and answer candidates' questions about the benefit package. JOSEPH R. AUSTIN

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Tracking recruiting and hiring metrics on a weekly and monthly basis to provide detailed reports to the team.

Work closely with organizational stakeholders and other HR business partners to develop candidate offers letters; collaborate with compensation to determine new hire compensation; and use the ATS to maintain accurate and concise hiring candidate data and reports at each stage of the recruitment process.

Monitor recruitment metrics to assess the effectiveness of initiatives. Develop forecasting methods and standard operating procedures for all SOP’s in order to improve and boost effectiveness.

Actively participate in current business operations and HR initiatives.

Cultivate positive relationships with key leaders and hiring managers within the business.

Staying up to date on the latest breakthroughs in technical and professional expertise by reading professional periodicals, attending educational courses, and joining professional associations. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Milwaukee Tool Company, Brookfield, WI August 2021 – December 2022 Talent Acquisition Coordinator

Responsible for full-cycle talent acquisition recruiting and hiring, including candidate sourcing, behavioral-based interviews, and negotiations, to ensure high-quality employee placements for the Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Talent Acquisition engineering departments.

Outreach - Identifying candidates through traditional and creative sourcing strategies, such as social media, LinkedIn, tradeshows, job boards, and referrals.

Applicant screening - arranging interview questions, developing benchmarks for interview questions, arranging rating panels, and scheduling applicant interviews.

Providing Milwaukee Tool employees with interpretations of human resource regulations and procedures.

Maintaining great customer service for Milwaukee Tool's internal and external clients, as well as strong recruiting networks and ties with colleges, career facilities, and talent pipelines.

Generating weekly, monthly, and quarterly recruitment reports for senior management, as well as defining and evaluating role classifications and job postings. EDUCATION

Iowa State University, Ames, IA May 2021

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

Achievements/Involvement:

Iowa State Ivy College of Business Dean’s list 2019-2021

Iowa State Best Buddies Organization (Volunteers that create opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 2017-2019

Kappa Sigma Fraternity Recruitment Chair and Head of Social Media 2017-2020

Former-Vice President, former-Grand Master of Ceremonies, recruitment chair and brother at the Gamma-Lambda chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity 2017-2021 JOSEPH R. AUSTIN

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SKILLS

Active Listening: Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.

Communication: Ability to promote understanding through exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

Customer Orientated: The extent to which to which an individual desires to service both external and internal clients by focusing effort on meeting the client’s needs, understanding their concerns, and seeking to build trust.

Decision Making: Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.

Detail Orientated: The ability of the individual to pay attention to all aspects of a situation or task, no matter how small or seemingly unimportant.

Diversity Oriented: The ability of the individual to support the company diversity goals by using ethnic, gender, religious, or socio-economic inclusiveness.

Enthusiastic: The eagerness or sense of excitement the individual brings to the position.

Interpersonal: Ability of the individual to develop and maintain relationships with others.

Innovative: The ability to go beyond the conventional, a willingness to try different solutions, and to encourage new ideas from employees and co-workers.

Judgment: The ability of the individual to form sound opinions or make decisions by evaluating available information.

Negotiation Skills: Ability to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.

Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.

Relationship Building: The ability of the individual to establish and maintain a good rapport and cooperative relationship with customers and co-workers.

Self- Motivated: The ability of the individual to reach a goal or perform a task with little supervision or direction.

Working Under Pressure: Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations. REFERENCES

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