Thomas F. Jackson
**** ******* ***** ********** *****, MI 48304
248-***-**** **********@**************.***
Summary
Professional Recruiting Manager with proven experience in full-desk and full-cycle recruiting utilizing diverse networking and social media sourcing methods to build talented candidate pipelines for business openings with professional, technical, and operational skill sets. Adept at collecting data and analyzing metrics to make proactive decisions regarding recruiting strategies and team performance. Experienced in developing business relationships with executive teams, hiring managers and candidates.
Skills
Full-Cycle/ Full-Desk Recruiting
Detail Oriented
Executive Recruiting
Multiple ATS and CRM Systems
Time Management
Strategic & Tactical Planning
Recruiting & Sourcing Strategies
Interviewing & Screening
P&L Management
Boolean Searches
Relationship Development
Employment Law & HR Affairs
Talent Assessment
Data Analytics
Offer Negotiation & Onboarding
Market Mapping
Executive Recruiting
Verbal & Written Communication
Accomplishments
Built a successful staffing division from 1 office to 5 offices and from 75 employees to 1,500 employees on payroll.
Developed business relationships with hundreds of decision makers, HR departments and executive teams to promote current and future talent acquisition service programs.
Hired, trained and mentored talent acquisition and sales teams up to 25+ employees.
Successfully rolled out a new national staffing service line for a fortune 500 company.
Created innovative multi-channel talent acquisition programs, including branding and candidate experience strategies that successfully delivered over 3,000 new hires annually.
Developed sales, marketing and customer service strategies that increased revenue 700%
Chaired the Steering Committee that successfully completed the ISO Certification process.
Professional Experience
Managing Director 04/2021 to Current
Right Fit Talent, LLC Bloomfield Hills, MI
As a Professional Search Firm, Right Fit Talent specializes in successfully locating difficult to find Professional and Technical talent utilizing our ever-growing networks and talent pipelines of business professionals who are High Performers, Super Stars and Leaders with professional, technical and operational skill sets.
Implemented social networking channels and talent pipelines
Developed and implemented a 3 phase 10 Step Sourcing and Screening Program to elevate placement success
Developed and implement a customer service program that sets expectations on service delivery, time lines and timely updates on deliverables
ATS integration and Web site Development
Focused teams on developing innovative and cutting-edge approaches with effective resource allocation and strategic planning.
Executive Talent Consultant 01/2020 to 04/2020
Iterum, LLC (Activity Suspended Due to Covid-19 Pandemic) Baltimore, MD
Recruited by this business consulting firm to develop a professional search practice to support the talent acquisition requirements of their growing client base in the Tri-State business community.
Developed and implemented new tools, technology and processes to empower the sourcing and screening activities of the organization
Developed Agile management structure to drive all activities and efforts of the recruiting team.
Creating new web presence and branding to upgrade image and experience on social media channels.
Incorporating cultural and psychometric based testing into overall screening process to insure Right Fit Talent is delivered to clients
Developing client relationships with the federal, state and local governments to assist in fulfilling their talent acquisition requirements
Director of Recruiting 8/2018 to 10/2019
Berkshire Human Capital Southfield, MI
Developed internal recruiting department for this start up professional search firm to handle client talent acquisition requirements for professional and technical skill sets.
Implemented recruiting processes and tools required to recruit for job orders utilizing various sourcing tools including digital/media channels
Partnered with executives, hiring managers and HR to create job profiles and compensation budgets for assigned openings
Leveraged connections/network to proactively identify passive talent
Managed a team to ensure successful and timely hiring occurs for all open requirements
Co-lead branding and outreach efforts to increase candidate experience
Manage key hiring success and productivity metrics including time-to-fill
Consult with clients regarding talent, sourcing activities and hiring decisions
Managing Director 07/2011 to 08/2018
Staffing Vistas, LLC Bloomfield Hill, MI
Developed this professional search firm to address the talent acquisition requirements of small and medium sized organizations who are seeking to fill human capital voids in; logistics, manufacturing, operations, engineering, accounting, finance and IT.
Developed and strengthened relationships with key executives and hiring managers within client companies
Developed and implemented all passive and active candidate recruiting activities for the company including social media, job posting and vendor relationships
Hired, trained and mentored a team of full cycle recruiting associates
Increased candidate flow by over 400%
Increased sales by350%
Created and implemented a recruiting process outsourcing program for a client that supported the capacity to deliver up to 1000 new hires per year
Account Manager 03/2010 to 07/2011
CBTS (Formally SunTel Services, Inc.) Troy, MI
Recruited by this growing 30 year old regional voice, data and network Integration company to market and recruit new business for the MSP segment of their network services portfolio.
B2B business development and marketing of MSP/Service Agreements to SMB sector achieving MSP contract portfolio growth of 25% in first year
Developed and closed multiple service agreements covering 100's of network devices including PC’s, routers, serves, switches and wireless AP's.
Developed complex IT infrastructure RFP responses and supporting presentations for customers and prospects
Customizes Salesforce database to capture industry specific information necessary to drive ongoing sales and marketing efforts for the company
Developed marketing materials and trade show display presentations
District Manager/National Account Executive 10/2006 to 07/2009
Kelly Services Troy, MI
Recruited by this Fortune 500 international staffing company to provide leadership to regional and national staffing sales and recruiting initiatives.
Trained field sales and recruiting staff on new service line in 70 markets covering 18 states.
Developed specific key account sales strategies with the field sales teams.
Supported field sales team efforts for all medium and large sized accounts requiring SME presentations, RFP responses, pricing and in-depth service line expertise
Full P/L Responsibilities for Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota
Opened new recruiting channels by implementing social networking initiatives
Implemented New sales and marketing initiatives utilizing database mining, cold calling, direct mail and email campaigns
Maintained KPI’s at 96% or better by decreasing time to fill, submittals per hire, submittal to hire timing, and cost per fill
Prior Experience
As Vice President, and part of the executive team, I was able to take part in building a privately held staffing firm from $7M to well over $100M in revenue by servicing our client’s talent acquisition requirements in clerical, Industrial, engineering and IT skill sets. The company infrastructure also grew from a single office to international in scope. As part of the executive team, I created and implemented the strategic plans to develop our people, processes and technology to support the fast growth of the organization. Under my direction, the CISD Division increased sales by 700% and profit by 400%. Direct reports included 25+ recruiters, branch managers and sales representatives as well as 1,500+associates working in the field at client locations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts: Double Major in Economics and History
Albion College Albion, MI
Software/Applications
Microsoft Office Suite
Salesforce
Visio
Google Apps
Jira
SAP/ERP
Multiple ATS
Microsoft Outlook
Linkedin and others
Microsoft One Note
Microsoft Teams
Internet Recruiting Apps