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Carolyn Awe-Husky ACIR, CIR, CDR
Whitney, TX
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linkedin.com/in/carolynawehusky
Profile
Talent Acquisition Leader who strategically guides full cycle recruiting for all levels of an organization. 15 years’ experience establishing talent acquisition departments from scratch, providing multi-national leadership across multiple sites. Expertise in leveraging solid interpersonal and collaboration skills to partner with hiring managers and internal clients, truly ascertain their needs, and engage them in the recruitment process to gain buy-in. Committed to onboarding quality candidates into challenging positions, then providing the tools that support long-term retention and success. Proven ability to improve the recruitment process, candidate quality, employee onboarding and training, performance, and retention.
Global Talent Acquisition
International Recruitment Strategy
Strategic Direct Sourcing
Employer Branding
Talent Pipeline Development
Recruitment Marketing
Recruitment Technology
Internet & Social Media Recruiting
Campus Recruitment Programs
Candidate Interviewing & Selection
Applicant Tracking Systems
Project Management
Experience
SALO- (A Korn Ferry Company) LLC
Virtual Recruiter-Consultant (Sept 2021 to Nov 2024): Leading specialized full-cycle recruitment projects, building, and sustaining robust candidate pool for open and hard-to-fill positions. Cultivate productive client relationships, articulate strategies to align recruiting and hiring practices, and drive continuous improvement in sourcing effectiveness. Execute research, digital outreach, and attraction campaigns. Area of concentration: medical, construction and energy.
Manpower Group, LLC
Virtual Recruiter-Consultant (Sept 2019 to Sept 2021): Leading specialized full-cycle recruitment projects, building, and sustaining robust candidate pool for open and hard-to-fill positions. Cultivate productive client relationships, articulate strategies to align recruiting and hiring practices, and drive continuous improvement in sourcing effectiveness. Execute research, digital outreach, and attraction campaigns. Area of concentration: environmental, high volume and medical.
Texas Tissue Converting, LLC Houston, TX
Corporate Talent Acquisition Manager (Aug 2018 to Aug 2019): Strategically planned and implemented 1st enterprise-wide talent acquisition methodology for short-term, long-term, and seasonal positions. Engaged managerial leaders in targeting high-potential candidates, recalibrating job descriptions, developing top performers, and retaining quality employees. Placed sharp, new focus on building employer brand and continually raising the bar for talent acquisition. Provided leadership to a team of recruiters executing full lifecycle recruitment: posting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessing, offering, and hiring top talent. Managed talent acquisition vendors including Glassdoor, LinkedIn, and Indeed.
Migrated recruitment functions from 100% reliance on staffing agencies to in-house. Evaluated staffing needs, partnered with managers, formulated job descriptions, and instituted standardized recruiting process.
Took ownership of the hiring process, conducting skills assessments, behavioral interviewing, and comprehensive evaluation of candidates for mechanical aptitude, cultural fit, and desire to build a career with Texas Tissue.
Slashed turnover from 80% to 25% in less than 1 year. Facilitated hiring manager learning initiatives and equipped internal business partners to serve as advocates in hiring, engagement, and retention.
Directed campus recruitment initiatives with area colleges and universities. Invited school presidents, faculty, and students to tour Texas Tissue.
Forged professional relationship with Lonestar College to leverage them as feeder into Texas Tissue’s recruiting pipeline. Sat on boards of the college’s School of Energy and School of Manufacturing.
Escorted Texas Tissue’s owner to Lonestar’s certification class, to view the equipment, training, and speak to students.
Structured agreement to hire top-performing certification students’ half-way through the program and guaranteed those who graduated with a 3.5 GPA full-time employment as electro-mechanical technicians.
Introduced the best practices in employee engagement. Publicly recognized employees of the month acknowledged birthdays and anniversaries and partnered with managerial leaders to walk the production floor on Donut Wednesdays.
Kirby Corporation Houston, TX
HR Recruiting Manager (Oct 2017 to Apr 2018): Established talent acquisition department, and principally guided Kirby’s full hiring life cycle, publicizing to the market that Kirby was hiring, to build robust pipeline of diverse talent. Strategic and tactical role encompassed conferring with senior leadership to articulate pipeline strategy and conduct talent acquisition planning, as well as counseling senior leaders on full scope of talent acquisition issues. Drove sweeping change management, replacing legacy ad hoc procedures with centralized, standardized talent acquisition process. Provided oversight to direct reports and project teams executing recruiting strategy in high-volume recruiting environment. Ensured team met or exceeded hiring objectives and diverse goals.
Expedited recruitment process by introducing ATS, after whiteboarding steps in the hiring, onboarding, and training processes, and recalibrating them to shift focus from candidate quantity to candidate quality.
Directed camps recruiting initiative at San Jacinto College, which offered a program to train students to work on the types of boats Kirby Corporation utilized. Promoted program to hire top-performing graduates.
Reduced turnover from 45% to 25%, by integrating candidate assessment tools, defining feedback loops to learn lessons and quickly adapt recruitment processes, and instituting panel interviews with hiring manager and training manager.
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. Houston, TX
Corporate Talent Acquisition Manager (Jun 2016 to Jun 2017): Built talent acquisition department from ground up for this fast-growth organization, conceptualized employer branding, innovated talent sourcing strategies, structured recruitment programs. Served as internal consultant and strategic business partner to senior leadership, issuing recommendations impacting workforce planning. Traveled to different sites to confer with hiring managers regarding talent needs, and formulated position descriptions. Attracted, developed, and retained talent acquisition staff.
Introduced more candidates into recruiting pipeline using strategy to place decals on company vehicles advertising Orion Careers with a toll-free number. Despite leadership’s initial resistance, the approach proved successful.
Saved $80K by switching audit division from 100% reliance on staffing agency, to in-house recruitment function. Conferred with leaders on qualifications they needed, composed job descriptions, and recruited high-quality candidates.
Implemented ATS technology to proactively fill the recruitment funnel. Diversified sourcing channels across employee referrals, alumni, and transitioning military.
Archer – The Well Company Houston, TX
Corporate Recruiting Manager (Oct 2014 to Nov 2015): Launched talent acquisition function for this high-growth organization. Scope encompassed articulating employer brand, defining talent acquisition strategy, and innovating recruiting tools and technologies to attract best-in-class talent. Placed sharp focus on translating strategic business plans into relevant, actionable talent acquisition solutions that fulfilled organization’s people agenda. Directed strategic sourcing, college recruiting, military/veteran, employee referral, and temporary staffing programs. Partnered with hiring managers in the field to ascertain their talent needs and gained their buy-in during the talent acquisition process. Provided thought leadership, recommending cost-effective talent acquisition investments.
Innovated leading-edge recruiting technologies, digital marketing, and social media platforms to fill the recruitment pipeline.
Instituted mechanisms to measure impact, performance, value, and ROI of talent acquisition programs, channels, vendors, and consultants.
Facilitated 1st on-time gear-up in company history, building recruitment pipeline and optimizing training program to prepare 25 new hires to operate rigs within 60 days.
Developed and delivered executive suite and field management training on how to articulate talent needs, evaluate candidates, and contribute to the process of onboarding, developing, and retaining employees.
MRC Global, Inc. Houston, TX
Corporate Recruiting Manager (Apr 2013 to Oct 2014): Installed during period of sweeping organizational change, following merger and relocation of corporate HQ, to create talent acquisition department that would staff all US locations. Steered recruiting for global product service lines, which involved partnering with hiring managers in the field, as well as with directors and vice presidents. To achieve consistently strong buy-in from the business, discovered internal clients’ needs and expectations, and recruited candidates offering the right combination of technical skills and cultural fit.
Designated senior recruiters, recruiters, and contract recruiters placed worldwide to facilitate identifying candidates with specific skill set.
Orchestrated on-site job fairs to introduce company to Houston, build employer brand, and provide facility tours to prospective candidates.
Provided leadership in selecting and implementing ATS, merging new functionality with legacy system, and defining appropriate performance metrics.
Articulated quality metrics for HR Leadership Team, to indicate impact on up leveling caliber of candidates sourced and ultimately hired.
Stewart & Stevenson, LLC Houston, TX
Corporate Recruiting Manager (Jun 2005 to Apr 2013): Advanced to this role to establish talent acquisition department and steer global, full-cycle talent management for 3 divisions: rig, after-market, and manufacturing, with 42 locations total. Partnered with HR teams on local, regional, and national levels, and implemented best practices in recruitment to staff positions on all levels: executive, administrative, shop, and field service drivers. Reported key recruitment metrics to executive leadership, focusing on time to fill, cost per hire, and ROI. Conducted vendor management and administered RPO contracts. Upheld OFCCP, EEO, and AAP compliance. Managed $1M budget. Previously held the title of Corporate Recruiter.
Designated as project manager for series of technology implementations: ATS, Taleo, and Peopleclick, to facilitate and optimize recruitment and training.
Implemented suite of employee engagement and performance improvement programs: management trainee, mentoring, and internships.
Led college recruitment initiatives, articulating strategies to increase and diversify talent pipelines by leveraging trade schools, colleges, and universities.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree, Marketing Madison University Gulfport, MS
Certifications
AIRS
Certified Internet Trainer, CIR
Certified Diversity Recruiter, CDR
Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter, ACIR
HCI Strategic Workforce Planning Certification
People Fluent- System Administrator- Certification
Six Sigma - White Belt
EEOC Compliance
Essentials of HR Management
ADAAA
I-9 Audit Compliance
Harassment in the Workplace
Affiliations
ASPCA -Competed Online Course Training
SPCA - Donor and Volunteer- Large Dogs and Wildlife Center
GHILB- Greater Houston Industry Liaison Group
Executive Member, Human Capital Institute
Lone Star College - Manufacturing & Energy Council
AIRS
LAC- Legislative Action Committee, HR Houston
SHRM
ASTD - Houston Chapter
Rotary - Downtown Houston Club
GHBLN - Greater Houston Business Leadership Network
American Red Cross Volunteer- Gulf Coast Region
The Rose Organization - Consulting
Houston Texas Episcopal Diocesan Regional Discernment Committee
ERE - Recruiting Intelligence
NACE - National Association of Colleges and Employers
Computers
Microsoft Suites, Office, Adobe, Outlook-Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Projects, Target Process, SharePoint, AS400, ACT, Lotus Notes, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Access, Vurv, Taleo, Peopleclick, Bullhorn, Applicant Pro, ADP, iCIM SAP SuccessFactors, Workday.
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