Talent Acquisition Specialist (15 Years)

JIM SPRAY

SENIOR TALENT ACQUISITION & RECRUITING LEADER

Denver, CO 720-***-**** ****************@*****.*** ***********@*****.*** LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jim- spray-143705

MASTER PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Talent Acquisition and Recruiting Leader with 15+ years of experience leading full-cycle recruiting, executive search, recruiting operations, account management, and recruiting teams across agency, corporate, healthcare, technology, engineering, finance, professional services, government-cleared, and RPO environments. Experienced in recruiting from individual contributors through VP and Director leadership, building talent pipelines, partnering with hiring managers and senior leaders, improving recruiting processes and ATS workflows, coaching recruiters, and delivering against aggressive hiring, placement, and revenue goals. Combines hands-on recruiting expertise with people leadership, workforce planning, client management, business development, and consultative talent strategy. CORE COMPETENCIES / ATS KEYWORDS

• Talent Acquisition Leadership Full-Cycle Recruiting Senior & Executive Recruiting Executive Search

• Talent Acquisition Partnering Recruiting Manager Recruiting Team Leadership Recruiter Coaching & Mentoring

• High-Volume Recruiting Healthcare & Clinical Recruiting Technical & IT Recruiting Engineering Recruiting

• Finance & Accounting Recruiting Professional Services Recruiting Government-Cleared Recruiting

• ATS & CRM Optimization (Bullhorn, Greenhouse, Salesforce, Recruit CRM, Zoho, ICIMS, etc)

• Workforce Planning Talent Strategy Talent Pipeline Development Candidate Sourcing Market Mapping

• Hiring Manager & Executive Partnership Candidate Assessment Interview Management Offer Negotiation

• Recruiting Operations Process Improvement ATS / CRM Optimization Recruiting Metrics Time-to-Fill

• Client Relationship Management Account Management Business Development Contract Negotiation

• Contract Contract-to-Hire Direct Hire RPO Agency Recruiting Corporate Recruiting

• AI-Assisted Recruiting Recruiting Research Candidate Outreach Networking Referrals PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CHASE CONSULTING — Contract Senior Full-Cycle Recruiter May 2025 – Present

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for executive, technical, finance, healthcare, operations, and professional services positions across multiple industries.

• Recruit and place VP, Director, manager, and senior individual-contributor talent through targeted sourcing, market research, candidate assessment, and consultative recruiting.

• Partner directly with hiring managers and business leaders to define hiring requirements, develop recruiting strategies, and improve time-to-fill.

• Build and maintain qualified talent pipelines using proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, and targeted candidate outreach.

• Manage recruiting from initial intake and sourcing through interviewing, offer negotiation, placement, and post- placement follow-up.

• Provide hiring managers and clients with market insight, candidate feedback, and guidance throughout the recruiting process.

• Maintain strong candidate and client relationships through consistent communication and a high-touch recruiting approach.

FAMILY TREE PRIVATE CARE Senior Recruiter / Recruiting Manager September 2023 – April 2025

• Directed high-volume, full-cycle recruiting across multiple Colorado markets for caregivers, CNAs, nurses, physicians, and other clinical professionals.

• Managed and mentored recruiting staff while establishing recruiting priorities, monitoring performance, and improving hiring velocity.

• Partnered with Operations and HR leadership to forecast staffing requirements and develop recruiting strategies aligned with business growth.

• Improved recruiting workflows and ATS processes to strengthen candidate tracking, communication, onboarding, and overall recruiting efficiency.

• Developed talent pipelines for difficult-to-fill healthcare positions through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, and targeted candidate outreach.

• Supported hiring managers throughout candidate evaluation, interviewing, selection, and offer processes.

• Helped improve recruiter productivity and quality of hire through coaching, process improvement, and consistent recruiting practices.

UDI Senior Recruiter / Senior Recruiting Manager October 2018 – September 2023

• Led full-cycle recruiting across executive, healthcare, IT, engineering, finance, professional, and government-cleared positions.

• Supported recruiting engagements for clients including Ripple Effect, Western Union, AWS (Amazon), and Discovery.

• Built, coached, and developed recruiting teams while continuing to maintain strong individual recruiting production.

• Consistently exceeded placement and revenue goals through strategic sourcing, business development, pipeline development, and consultative client management.

• Partnered with hiring managers and senior leadership to understand workforce requirements and develop targeted recruiting strategies.

• Trained recruiters on sourcing, candidate assessment, interview preparation, ATS utilization, and recruiting best practices.

• Developed recruiting processes designed to improve recruiter productivity, reduce time-to-fill, and increase candidate quality.

• Managed candidate and client relationships throughout the recruiting lifecycle, helping create strong retention and repeat business.

• Recruited across multiple levels, from individual contributors through executive leadership, adapting sourcing strategies to search complexity.

ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY — Denver, CO Lead Recruiter July 2016 – October 2018

• Led and coached a team of six recruiters supporting technology, finance, accounting, and executive hiring initiatives.

• Managed full-cycle recruiting and client relationships while supporting contract and direct-hire staffing requirements.

• Contributed to a $3.5 million year-over-year increase in gross margin through recruiting performance, business development, and client relationship management.

• Ranked among the Top 5 recruiters in a region of 23 recruiters based on overall performance.

• Earned $1 Million Milestone and Gold Member recognition for outstanding recruiting and business performance.

• Developed strong relationships with hiring managers and clients to understand staffing needs and deliver qualified talent quickly.

TECHNISOURCE — San Diego, CA Regional Recruiting & Sales Manager August 2006 – August 2010

• Built and scaled a new market operation from startup to $3.5 million in annual revenue.

• Managed a team of 17 recruiters and account managers, overseeing recruiting, sales, client relationships, operations, and P&L performance.

• Developed and executed recruiting and business-development strategies that expanded the client base and increased market penetration.

• Managed key client relationships and partnered with business leaders to identify workforce needs and deliver recruiting solutions.

• Recruited, trained, coached, and developed recruiting and account-management professionals.

• Oversaw recruiting performance, pipeline development, account growth, and operational execution across the market.

• Recognized as the #1 Recruiter in California in 2006 and 2007. EDUCATION

University of Arizona — Bachelor of Science, Business Administration CERTIFICATION

SHRM Certification — Expected 2026

MASTER KEYWORD BANK — USE FOR JOB-SPECIFIC TAILORING Talent Acquisition, Talent Acquisition Strategy, Talent Strategy, Recruiting Strategy, Workforce Planning, Full-Cycle Recruiting, Executive Search, Executive Recruiting, Leadership Recruiting, Passive Candidate Sourcing, Candidate Engagement, Candidate Experience, Talent Pipelines, Market Mapping, Hiring Manager Partnership, Executive Stakeholder Management, High-Volume Recruiting, Healthcare Recruiting, Clinical Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, IT Recruiting, Engineering Recruiting, Finance Recruiting, Accounting Recruiting, Professional Recruiting, Cleared Recruiting, Government Recruiting, Agency Recruiting, Corporate Recruiting, RPO, Contract Staffing, Contract-to-Hire, Direct Hire, Recruiting Operations, ATS Optimization, CRM, Recruiting Metrics, Process Improvement, Time-to-Fill, Quality of Hire, Recruiter Productivity, Team Leadership, Coaching, Mentoring, Account Management, Client Management, Business Development, Revenue Growth, P&L, Offer Negotiation, Candidate Assessment, Interviewing, Onboarding, Sourcing, Networking, Referrals, Market Research, AI-Assisted Recruiting.

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