Scott Kilpatrick
Huntsville, AL
**********@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/scott-kilpatrick-b3303aa
Professional Summary
Talent Acquisition professional offering proven skills in Recruitment and Talent Acquisition. Dedicated to promoting efficient business operations and high productivity by on boarding well-qualified candidates and minimizing employee turnover.
Skills
Talent Acquisition
Applicant Tracking System
CRM Tools
High volume recruitment
Resource planning
Talent management
Diversity Recruitment
Social Media Recruitment
Work History
Sr. Talent Acquisition Lead, Talent Acquisition 01/2020 to 12/2024
KBR – Huntsville, United States
Serves as Recruitment Lead and Talent Acquisition Specialist for KORD/KBR in Huntsville, AL
Additional recruiting locations include but not limited to Hawaii, Texas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Maryland, and Ohio
Key involvement in recruitment integration with KORD to Centauri and with KORD and KBR.
Increased overall hiring numbers by 75% from day one.
Identify hiring needs to fill critical openings with well-qualified employees. Performs with minimal direction to utilize high level of expertise and professional acumen.
Utilizes appropriate tools (ATS – Workday, Taleo, LinkedIn, Resume databases, etc.) to locate potential candidates and to document contact activities.
Utilizes Phenom CRM database and to locate potential candidates.
Participates in activities and initiatives to enhance talent acquisition initiatives, including staffing forecasting, offer Letter metrics reporting on acceptance and denials, networking activities, etc.
Includes complete salary negotiation and process of offer letter approval process to include any caveat items as relocation or signing bonus, background checks and drug screens.
Utilization of Taleo and Workday ATS for all applicant tracking, interviews, and offer letter processes.
Attendance at Job Fairs and other Networking events
Build talent pipelines of qualified applicants through various recruiting strategies to support efficient and effective hiring.
Senior Sourcing Analyst Talent Acquisition 10/2019 to 01/2020
Aerojet Rocketdyne – Huntsville, Alabama
Talent Sourcing Role:
Use various channels to look for potential candidates, contacting passive candidates, and building talent pipelines for future hiring needs.
Identify hiring needs to fill critical openings with well-qualified employees. Performs with minimal direction to utilize a high level of expertise and professional acumen.
Researches, identifies contacts and qualifies prospective candidates for assigned positions. Establishes, evaluates, and employs a broad range of sourcing techniques to develop pipelines of high-quality candidates. Communicates and manages the sourcing process and progress with recruiters and management. Monitors quality of candidates and adequacy of sourcing efforts and adjusts techniques as necessary. Develops talent pipelines for future hiring needs. Develops referrals from current employees and external networks and promotes the employer brand.
Utilizes appropriate tools (ATS - iCIMS, LinkedIn, Resume databases, etc.) to locate potential candidates and to document contact activities.
Participates in activities and initiatives to enhance the Company's talent acquisition program, including staffing forecasting, networking activities, etc. Applies expertise toward recommending process improvement of the overall staffing strategy, focusing on quality, cost effectiveness and timeliness of fulfilling staffing needs.
Talent Acquisition Recruiter Role:
Includes full life cycle recruiting duties:
Attract, screen, schedule, and interview candidates for multiple open job requisitions.
Includes complete salary negotiation and process of offer letter approval process to include any caveat items as relocation or signing bonus, background checks and drug screens.
Utilization of ICIMS ATS for all applicant tracking, interviews, and offer letter processes.
Attendance at Job Fairs and other Networking events
Recruitment Lead 10/2005 to 10/2019
Quantum Research International, Inc – Huntsville, AL
Work with clients nationwide to provide prompt support to all open vacancies and recruiting needs.
Serve as Human Resources liaison to Business Development Support Operations group.
Provide support to ISO Quality Control Team as Internal Auditor
Seek out best means recruiting initiatives to include job fairs, applicable resume search engines and other external recruiting options to support hard to fill vacancies.
Prepare and post job requisitions in accordance with Federal, State, Affirmative Action and EEO Regulations
Operation of applicant tracking system software and any updates or changes involved with this software.
Provide critical resume search results for all open vacancies and contingent staff calls.
Coordination and attendance at recruiting events
Scheduling and/or processing interviews of perspective applicants
Execution of Offer Letter Process to include Full Time, Part Time, Consultant 1099 Status, and temporary/ staffing placements.
New Hire Benefits set up and orientation.
Practices knowledge of all HR practices, guidelines, and regulations
Compliance with all employment laws, regulations, and policies
Created and implemented highly effective and individualized human resource solutions for clients.
Oversaw all facets of staff and client training objectives to install knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations and requirements.
Worked with HR management to devise and update policies based on changing industry and social trends.
Liaised between employees and senior leadership to address inquiries, complete contract processing and foster problem resolution.
Coordination and set up of full online applicant tracking system.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Business Management, Human Resources Management
Athens State University - Athens, AL