Talent Acquisition

Pam Agar

Talent Acquisition Professional

Westminster, CO

720-***-**** ᐧ ******@*******.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamagar-recruiter

Professional Snapshot

• Senior talent acquisition professional with deep experience in recruitment in many different sectors supporting small, large, private, public, Fortune 500 and global companies in their recruiting needs for technical, non-technical, administrative, sales, marketing, management, leadership, and executive roles

• Consistently meet or exceed hiring expectations, attract top talent by creative avenues and excite them about the opportunity and company by being an impressive brand ambassador

• Improved hiring teams and candidate experiences by 50%, based on follow-up communications and feedback from both areas

• Optimized and streamlined recruiting processes, resulting in a decrease of time-to-hire, on average, by 25%, often as much as 20 days or more

• Developed retention and career excellence strategies for employees and management teams, improving knowledge and understanding of talent management as it relates to retention, career pathing and upskilled management

Core competencies include: Sourcing, Interviewing, Strategic Searches, Boolean Search Strings, Networking and Research Skills, IT / IS / ERP Recruiting, Admin/Sales/Marketing Recruiting, Leadership and Executive Recruiting, BPO Recruiting, Compensation and Roles Information Relative to Location, Various Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Strong Communication and Negotiation Skills, Organization, Knowledge of OFCCP, EEOC and Immigration/Mobility Guidelines, Diversity/Inclusion/Equity Initiatives and Diverse Slate hiring practices, Training and Mentoring, AIRS Certified Social Sourcing Recruiter (CSSR) Industry Experience

Talent acquisition and management, full-cycle recruiting and sourcing experience in: IT / technical fields, civil engineering, biotechnology, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical technology and manufacturing, geo-positioning / geolocation, government contract staffing, agribusiness and agri-tech, supply chain and logistics, construction, hydroelectric engineering, general corporate recruiting and talent management (all levels of positions), service / support / nursing / behavioral health roles supporting disabled populations, commercial insurance Select Career Highlights

• Developed effective talent processes and recruiting-related training for staff resulting in improved communication, time to hire and ease of process (PPCH)

• In addition to normal recruiting duties, developed and presented several training and informative PowerPoints on varied subjects, such as: “What Sourcers Do”, “Veteran Recruitment and Why It Matters”,

“Streamlining the Recruiting Process”, and “Boolean and X-Ray Searches Made Easy” (PeopleScout)

• Managed up to 38 requisitions within the first 5 months; completing kickoff meetings with hiring teams, sourcing candidates, moving applicants from screens to offers in a fast-paced biomanufacturing environment (Catalent)

• Exceeded demand by bringing more than 30 new Scientific Informatics Analysts into the development program within the first 9 months of my starting. Designed and helped streamline and calibrate interview processes to improve OFCCP / EEOC compliance, align more closely with stakeholders’ desires and better meet Diversity, Inclusion and Equity initiatives (Accenture)

• Filled over 90 positions in just 2 years - recruiting and closing 4 new hires per month for 24 months. Developed relationships with and earned the trust of the hiring teams, resulting in belief in the recruiting team’s ability to fill positions more quickly and effectively than previous 3rd party vendors (Trimble) Technical Skills and Experience

ATS / CRM experience with ADP, iCIMS, Taleo, Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, Bullhorn, PC Recruiter, Salesforce

- Microsoft Office, Google G Suite applications, X-ray and Boolean searches, extremely computer literate with strong internet networking and search experience

Education - Military - Certifications

A.A.S., Medical Laboratory Science - Coastal Carolina - Jacksonville, NC US Army E-6 / SSG - Honorable Discharge

AIRS Certified Social Sourcing Recruiter (CSSR)

Professional Experience

Parker Personal Care Homes - PPCH (hybrid) – Lakewood, CO Nov 2023 – Mar 2025 Talent Manager Layoff / RIF

• Developed and implemented effective recruiting strategies

• Ensured compliance with legal requirements, HR best practices, PPCH policies, rules and regulations of state and federal oversight agencies

• Provided recruitment and HR-related training and education to hiring managers and other leadership PeopleScout, a TrueBlue Company (remote) Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 Senior Technical Recruiter Layoff / Restructure

• Partnered with client’s in-house talent team to bring high-quality, niche technical resources to the business

• Managed the creative and innovative sourcing of passive candidates

• Successfully supplied candidates and filled requisitions for Software Engineers, Systems Administrators, Technical Lead Developers, Solutions Architects, Security Professionals, and other hard to fill technical roles

Catalent Pharma Solutions via Computech (contract and remote) Feb 2022 – Sep 2022 Technical Recruiter Contract completed

• Successfully managed up to 40 requisitions, building relationships with hiring teams, sourcing and managing candidates through offer and hire process

• Filled a variety of positions to include biomanufacturing upstream, downstream and mRNA and Molecular Therapeutics roles and Process and Operations positions such as Regulatory Affairs Specialists, Calibration Technicians, Biomanufacturing Optimization and Projects roles and Scientific positions such as Microbial Control Process roles (These positions all ranged from entry-level and early career to Lead and Management level positions)

Accenture via BCForward (contract and remote) Mar 2021 – Jan 2022 and Jul 2018 – Apr 2020 Technical Recruiting Specialist Contracts completed (COVID-related layoff between Apr 2020 and Mar 2021)

• Successfully sourced, recruited, and onboarded niche scientific candidates for hire within Accenture Scientific Informatics Services (ASIS), formerly LabAnswer, in the Life Sciences division, recruiting bioinformatics resources, biomedical engineers, data analysts, data scientists and more

• Exceeded demand by bringing more than 30 new Scientific Informatics Analysts to the department in my first nine months

• Supported a large delivery / logistics carrier in recruiting warehouse associates, product pickers and delivery drivers

Trimble Inc. via ClearPath (contract and hybrid) Feb 2016 – Jun 2018 Talent Advisor – Recruiter Contract completed

• Brought top talent to Trimble across multiple divisions such as Advanced Positioning, Geospatial, Survey, and Agriculture while providing positive candidate and stakeholder experiences

• Filled over 90 positions in 2 years, recruiting and closing 4 new hires per month for 24 months - Positions filled were process engineers, positional engineers, data analysts and data scientists, construction managers, agri-engineers, and more

• Consulted with and advised hiring teams and business partners how recruiting develops sourcing strategies to drive the best approach to recruit top talent in a highly competitive market and improved relationships with and instilled trust of the hiring teams resulting in their support of the in-house recruiting team

Prior talent acquisition experience

Accenture via BCForward - contract and remote - Recruiting Specialist DBAK - Englewood, CO - Senior Resource Manager / Recruiting Manager HPC Solutions - Lakewood, CO - Senior Recruiter and Assistant Contract Administrator Previous roles providing translatable experience

• Technical Staffing Specialist and Account Manager / Sales

• Bookkeeper and HR Generalist, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll

• Administrative Supervisor, Scheduling Specialist

• Co-owner of a Land Surveying business

• Licensed residential Realtor

• Medical Laboratory Scientist

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