Talent Acquisition Specialist

CORNELIUS THOMPSON JR.

Dallas, TX Home/Cell : (916) 342- 6592 ********@*****.***

Results-oriented Recruiter and Talent Manager with years of experience in Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a broad range of industries. Success in leading effective strategies to improve recruitment and retention, foster relationships with educational partners, and create new recruitment pipelines. Seeking to leverage background and experience to take next career step in recruitment with a highly respected organization focused on creating strong internal teams.

Skills/Core Qualifications

Recruiting and Onboarding

Talent Acquisition and Management

Staff Development and Coaching

Strategic Planning

Sourcing and Screening

Interviewing

Networking

Applicant Tracking Systems – Workday, Icims, Bellhorn, Taleo

Google Suites

Tableau

Microsoft Office knowledge

Experience

Exyte 5/20/24 - Present

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract) Dallas, tx

Acted as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders, including hiring managers, engineering leadership, and HR business partners to understand the needs of the business and help grow the organization.

Lead the recruitment lifecycle for various technical roles, including software, electrical and mechanical engineers, cloud developers, architects, and other specialized technology positions.

Collaborated with hiring leaders to understand their business and hiring needs, ensuring alignment in critical skills through the recruitment and selection process.

Developed and executed sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive and active talent through various channels (LinkedIn, job boards, technical forums, employee referrals, agencies, etc.)

Built and maintained a strong candidate pipeline and positive candidate experience across the hiring process.

Screened candidates to assess their technical qualifications and alignment with company values.

Collaborated closely with hiring managers to understand their technical hiring needs, refine job descriptions, and create effective recruitment strategies.

Provided an outstanding candidate experience by guiding candidates through the interview process, giving timely feedback, coaching leadership as necessary and fostering positive engagement.

Utilized Workday applicant tracking systems (ats) and recruitment tools to manage and track the recruitment process and maintain data integrity.

Stayed up to date with industry trends and market data to recommend and implement effective recruiting strategies.

Coached hiring managers on best practices for interviewing and recruitment processes, ensuring consistent and compliant hiring practices.

Drove improvements in recruitment processes and outcomes, leveraging analytics and data to refine sourcing strategies and pipeline development.

Davaco inc. 01/2021- 5/10/24

corporate recruiter Dallas, Tx

Take a proactive approach to meet staffing requirements (strong sourcing skills A must)

Focus on identifying strong diverse talent by designing and executing creative sourcing strategies.

Conduct full life cycle recruiting including: telephone and in person interviews as required.

Prepare candidates for interviewing by providing detailed information on the company, our business strategy, department background and job descriptions.

Provide candidate feedback in a timely manner.

Maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on candidate searches, hiring manager interactions and other recruiting activities to ensure company and legal compliance with employment practices.

Provide insightful analysis of reports and make recommendations for improvements.

Continually working on acquiring a higher level of knowledge and skills related to talent acquisition as well as knowledge of the organization, processes and customers.

ATS system - Workday

Reddy Ice 02/202001/2021

Regional Recruiter (Contract) DALLAS, TX

• Efficiently and effectively fill open positions (High Volume) with quality talent Partner with hiring managers to collect and understand position responsibilities and duties ensuring top quality hires.

• Execute traditional and creative recruiting strategies that attract the ideal candidates through the Reddy Ice Career site, external job boards and professional organizations.

• Assist with managing the interview process by connecting and scheduling candidates with hiring managers.

• Utilize various interview processes including candidate pre-screen questionnaires, telephone prescreens, etc.

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Gather and analyze feedback from hiring managers on a timely basis.

• Ensure candidate requirements and successfully close offers throughout the interview process

• Understand and fully comply with laws, regulations, and internal processes, policies, and procedures.

• ATS system - Workday

SPOTON INC. 02/2018-02/2020

EXECUTIVE RECRUITER SAN FRANSISCO, CA

• Recruits, develops sources, and executes recruitment strategies, market and sell the company's attributes.

• Participates in special projects associated with recruitment, performance improvement initiatives, system enhancements, conversions, or implementations, and other applicable Recruitment projects.

• Working closely with managers to clarify job specifications and requirements, discuss business operations and develop recruiting strategies to fill current and future staffing needs.

• Ranked #1 Recruiter 16 out of the 23 months with the company.

• ATS system – Icims, Taleo

• Google Suite

KPIX NEWS 06/2017-02/2018

EDITOR/PHOTOJOURNALIST SAN FRANSISCO, CA

• Shoot general news assignments and sports in the addition to editing (linear and nonlinear) as well as perform other tasks as assigned VO's, Vosot's, Pkg's, Nat Pakg's.

• Combined video, audio and graphics to effectively convey each news/sports story.

• Set up live shots and remote; managed proper care of camera and other equipment.

KOAT NEWS 07/2015-06/2017

VIDEOJOURNALIST ALBUQUERQUE, NM

• Shoot general news assignments/sports in the addition to editing (linear and nonlinear) as well as perform other tasks as assigned VO's, Vosot's, Pkg's, Nat Pakg's.

• Combined video, audio and graphics to effectively convey each news/sports story.

• Set up live shots and remote; managed proper care of camera and other equipment.

WTVA NEWS 04/2014-01/2015

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST TUPELO, MS

• Researched, wrote, reported, shot video and edited news material for television newscast and all news platforms, including digital and smart phones.

• Furnished content working either alone or in tandem with other field personnel.

• Coordinated with assignment desk and teams of multi- media producers.

KLST NEWS 02/2013-04/2014

SPORTS REPORTER SAN ANGELO, TX

• Generated sports stories, set up and conducted interviews.

• Shot all video produced for sports program.

• Daily posting of web stories with social media integration.

• Set up and perform live shots at major sporting events.

DALLAS COWBOYS 01/2012-01/2013

SPORTS REPORTER DALLAS, TX

• Provided on-air commentary as a Sports Reporter on local television stations and television FOX programs.

• Gathered and verified information regarding stories through interviews, observation and research.

• Completed research and checked all facts to maintain high standard of journalistic integrity.

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Broadcasting, Mass Media 2012

Minor: Organizational Communication

University of Texas Arlington

California State University Sacramento 2008-2009

REFRENCES:

Vance Guyse

Wondr Health/Talent Acquisition Manager

C: 469-***-****

Ashley Clark

Reddy Ice Recruitment Team Manager

C: 469-***-****

Adrian Evangelista

Exyte Talent Acquisition Manager

C: 817-***-****

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