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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name 511 W. Northern Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21210 (757) 676-9696 cell EMAIL AVAILABLE https://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLETalent Acquisition and Sourcing Lead SynopsisEnergetic, disciplined professional with a proven record of building outstanding workforces with strategic, creative recruiting abilities and a tireless work ethic. Impactful experience as a Leader in Talent Acquisition (Intel, IT, Medical, Educational, Scientific, Engineering & Manufacturing, Executive, Power & Energy, Construction for IDIQ, T & E, FFP and Cost+, Funded and Pursuit Contracts); Talent Management, Cadre and Tranche Readiness, Organizational Development, HR Audit and Learning Management Systems (LMS) Training Module Development. Proud U.S. Navy Veteran. Active Public Trust Clearance.Expertise:Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Interviewing Passive Candidate IdentificationCandidate Sourcing - Aggregators Bid & Proposal Team Talent Acquisition Confidential Searches/Exec-levelRequisition Management Manager/Hiring Team Training Recruitment Team ManagementCandidate Aptitude Assessments Salary Negotiations/Closing Offers Managing Post Interview ProcessTools & Technical Competencies:Avature ATS/CRM Scope/Process Taleo iCIMs Workday Kenexa/Brass Ring Vurve JazzHR ADP Workforce Now PeopleClick PeopleFluent WebHire RecruitMax Resumeware Cyber Recruiter Bullhorn Newton Ultipro SmartRecruiters ATS SAP SaaS PeopleSoft Lawson Microsoft Outlook SeekOut HireEZ Hiretual Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Excel Microsoft Teams Windows Adobe Acrobat ACT Goldmine Maximizer Enterprise Resumix ResuMate fedbizops.gov Kennedy Information Hoovers Bloomberg Gartner IDC LexisNexis Naturally Speaking Google X-ray GitHub StackOverflow Quora Talemetry SharePoint JIRA ServiceNowPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Str8Source Consulting Contract/Project-Based Assignments (Remote) 11/2023-PresentContract Talent Acquisition Management, TA Process Mapping, Training, Content Creation, Recruiting & Sourcing SolutionsClients/Partners: DHS Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, APV, Inc., iParametrics, LLC, Professional Safety & Management, LLC, MAC Engineering Search, Inc. Industries: Federal Govt, Emergency Services, Nuclear ConstructionProvide Strategic Human Resource guidance to DHS Agency Leads regarding People, Process and Tools enhancement/enablement programs and initiatives that are underway and needing to be revised or those soon to be rolled out. Developed short and long-term recruitment strategy and methodologies for agency leads.Serve as Lead for 5-year plan to move the type of work and the shape of the workforce toward a growth model, as opposed to one of stagnancy and attrition.Guide Developers and Content Creation team in creating a more user-friendly set of tools, artifacts and processes.Train Managers on utilization of said tools after beta testing all in focus groups.Initiate Gap Analysis, Tools & Technology Pilots and Introduce concepts for Skills Inventory/Talent Marketplace to enhance productivity and increase job satisfaction.Devise all data visualizations to create meaningful dashboards for project progress reporting.Job Posting Optimization and Management as well as content writer, on contract. Coaching Hiring Managers and Junior Recruiters in outreach, posting, and correspondence best-practices, while carrying full req load.Lead team of 5-7 Recruiters and Account Managers in processes and methods for boosting Staff Augmentation Hires.Revamped the entire Sourcing and Experienced Hire Recruiting Process, including Assessment of new ATS options, posting abilities, reporting capabilities, cost, and other selection criteria.Devised and implemented new Sourcing Practice from ground floor. Developed and delivered all training materials.Secure high-quality talent for immediate placement for Proposals and Funded role in executive, professional and technical roles, incl: Director, EH & S, Safety Manager, Construction Project Manager, Nuclear Engineers, Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineers, Cost Estimators, Capture Manager, Data Analysts.Critical evaluation of all job posting and sourcing/aggregator tools. Established selection criteria for assessment.Develop Playbook/Roadmap for all Hiring Managers to utilize in solidifying effective and compliant hiring methods.Collaborate daily with Business Development Director, positioning organization for strategic growth in area of expertise.Interface daily with Executive Team re: organizational direction, invoicing, and impending business opportunities.Approximately 50% of roles required TS/SCI Clearances. Most required use of Aggregators: SeekOut and HireEZKPMG, LLC. Tysons Corner, VA (Remote) 1/2021-10/2023Lead Recruiter - Recruiting Manager- Federal Advisory PracticeFull Life-Cycle Talent Acquisition of qualified individuals for Big 4 Audit & Management Consulting Firm for the Federal Government Practice. Primary Bid & Proposal Recruiter. Part of Transformation Delivery Program Management Team as a Key Voice to Partners/ Managing Directors. Primary Recruiter and Manager for Intelligence Sector, hiring TS/SCI Cleared professionals w/active Polygraphs. Military Events Representative. Brazen Lead. Avg of 20-40 open reqs and 40-60 hires/year.Interface daily with Engagement Managers, Program Managers, Managing Directors, and Partners, regarding Position Descriptions, potential candidate assessment, Interview Evaluation & pre-hire contingencies.Successfully De-conflict all hires through OGC, Legal, Security, Lead Engagement Partners/Non-Competes and NDAs.Formulate Bid to Win Plans, create and extend offers, negotiate & close candidates and communicate clearly and effectively with internal Program Management teams, alerting them of the new hires who will be joining the firm.Built Roadmap and presented to entire Service Network, ushering in a digitized staffing request process, best practice candidate assessment methodologies and SLAs, effectively reducing time-to-fill from over 60 days, to under 35 days.Facilitated focus groups to collect data for program design & development.Created matrices to assess job posting optimization and rolled out surveys re: recruiting marketing channel developmentLeveraged knowledge of a matrix organizational structure to suggest where skills gaps exist, then recruited to fill gaps.Proficient in analyzing and interpreting both qualitative and quantitative data to develop Talent Management ProgramsTrack progress for Engagement Teams in Program Management Tools: ServiceNow, JIRA, FAST, SharePointSuccessful professional rotation (4 months) in HR Shared Service Center, as 3rd Party Risk Mgmt Auditor/Detective.Str8Source Consulting - Sr. Contract Recruiter/Contract Recruiting Manager 12/2019-1/2021Clients included: Booz Allen, SAIC, Mission Essential, Hershey Corp., Henkel (fully Remote)Provided on demand, real-time full life cycle recruiting management for government and commercial Fortune 100 clients. Served as candidate liaison for all actions including Final Salary Negotiation, Security, Customer Approval, DS/BG Investigation, Travel, etc.) for hires. Ran metrics & conducted team touch point mtgs. Capture Recruiter.SME for major, high profile contracts requiring savvy, high-touch methods of accessing qualified passive candidates.Focus was on difficult-to-fill requisitions, executives, and highly technical skill sets using qualified passive candidate flow.Responsible for Business Development Pursuits and the integrity of daily, weekly, and monthly metrics.Supported Intel, Program Management and Technology contracts for DIA, NSA, FBI, Army Futures Command, ONI, USAID.Recruited for a wide set of Intelligence skills; All Source, SIGINT, HUMINT, ELINT, GEOINT, IT/Technology, PM, CM and KMCarefully processed all Clearance verification queries pre-interview, and all other verifications and NDAs pre-hire.Cyber Division SME leading Passive Candidate Sourcing Training for group of 5 RecruitersEngagement partners: ADP RPO, Recruiter.com, Socium Group, LLC and NSSNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems/NG Space Systems (Previously Orbital ATK) Dulles,VA- 4/201612/2019Strategic Sourcing Lead/Principal Talent Acquisition Specialist Space Systems GroupLed sourcing for a group of 6 Recruiters, developing and executing strategic plans to locate passive candidates. Spent 1 yr as TA Manager and Full Life Cycle Recruiter w/2 shared FTEs and a personal load of 30-40 requisitions. Bid & Proposal Recruiter.Identify/recruit cleared candidates and Executive Team candidates for premier provider of government and commercial satellite manufacturing and communications systems, space exploration, propulsion systems and scientific solutions.Sr. Talent Acquisition professional called upon to perform Special Projects, i.e.: Confidential Searches/replacements, Market Entry presentations and introductory feasibility research pertaining new Business Development pursuits.Mastery of all social media platforms, campaign tools/managers for launching events and databases.Daily leveraging of Taleo and Avature for ATS/CRM needs, as well as Hiring Solved and Hiretual aggregators.Insignia Technology Services- Newport News & Rosslyn, VA, and Charleston, SC - 5/2014 4/2016A VA-Verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business-(SDVOSB)Talent Management Director/Lead RecruiterFull life-cycle Recruitment for a growing Service disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) for Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Time & Material (T&M) and Captures. Sourcing, screening, interviewing, extending offers & compensation negotiations.Managed 3 FTEs (one in Europe) key contact to Executive Leadership on all Talent Acquisition & Onboarding issues.Primary party involved in growing organization from 70 FTEs in spring 2014, to over 200 FTEs by 2016Attended Veteran Outreach and other networking events within industry as company.Employed creative techniques to attract cleared, IT Talent, including job boards, aggregators, IT Blogs, social networking, events, passive candidate sourcing, employee & external referrals and cold calling.Ran weekly Program Management and Executive Leadership Staffing Meeting for the Company, updating all management on status of open requisitions as well as impending opportunities, per BD and Executive Team.Met w/Hiring Managers on a regular basis, keeping communication open on current and impending searches.For Executive Searches, implemented Personality and Talent-Oriented Assessment tool, DISC.Implemented Professional Hiring Recruitment Campaign Plans, College Recruitment Plan, including Entry Level IT and Business Analyst, hiring as well as creating and administering a new Intern Program for the Company.STG, Inc. - Civil Sector Linguistics & Intelligence Solutions Group, Reston, VA 2/2013 5/2014Talent Acquisition Lead-Principal IT RecruiterLead Proposal Recruitment professional aligned w/Intelligence Groups IT Director in Program Management Office, providing full life-cycle recruitment of TS/SCI w/Poly, IT and Program Management Professionals for large, IT Support Services Contracts for the IC. Expert with -iCIMS Applicant Tracking System.One of three PMO Team Members involved in mapping, drafting, and final technical writing for all Contractor Staffing Request (CSR) Submission Reports for candidates during 30-day Transition Period, per the details of the customers Mandatory and Desired Skills Listings from their Portal Tool.Interviewed candidates, negotiated offers, completed salary analysis and secured over 140 Signed Contingent Offer Letters (COLs) from active Full Scope Poly-holding IT Candidates in preparation for release of over 2000 active, openly competed positions during transition period, in 2-month window.Str8Source Consulting-Sourcing, Contract Recruiting and TA Management 9/20102/2013Recruiting Manager and Sourcer as needed based on client requirements, assigned to major long-term contracts with high touch customers, often in niche areas requiring an extremely articulate and firm presence to both assess real needs and then utilize appropriate methods to assure proper fit. Expert at quickly developing trust and synergy with Program and Task Mgrs, Executives and customer contacts. Primary Executive Recruiter at two large orgs, hiring Director and VP-level talent.Client Companies included: BAE Systems, Inc ITT Exelis (now Harris) Dell Services, Federal Government (DSFG)Lockheed Martin Corporation via Beeline RPO/Adecco N.A. 7/2007-9/2010Lead Technical RecruiterRecruiting Lead for up to 6 Full Life Cycle Recruiters, 3 Sourcers, a Coordinator and Scheduler, supporting several large, highly visible pursuits, awarded & fully staffed (one was over 600 FTE, 8 yrs, $3B ceiling), from RFI/RFP, pre-award planning, and award through transition. Notable metrics for my team: 235 FTEs Hired in 2009, one new program staffed w/over 80 FTEs in 75 days, 41 day time-to-fill avg, w/average req load of approximately 40-50 per Recruiter.Led sourcing efforts to locate top skilled IT individuals for wide variety of contracts & pursuits, such as TSA, HHS, EPA, FDIC, USAID, DHS, USJFCOM, USAF, US Navy, E-Gov, NIH, OPM, IRS, U.S. Treasury, FAA, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of State and other Health and Security contracts.Provided SME guidance and management for invitation-only career events (both on-site and virtual) for both funded and contingent contracts.General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Suffolk, VA and Fairfax, VA 5/2005 7/2007Senior IT/Technical RecruiterFull life cycle recruiting for IT, professional and scientific roles for several U.S. locations at various clearance levels. Filled an average of 8+ positions per month. Responsible for : job description management, sourcing, pre-screening, job posting, ad-placement, scheduling and conducting interviews and reference checks. Expert using Brass Ring Applicant Tracking System.Primary interface with all levels of management including Program Management, Government Leads and Branch Chiefs and HR Management team in filling requirements on 7 major contracts: USJFCOM, SJFHQ, NRO, DIA, DHS, IWN, AOC WSI.Initiated compensation ratio research and internal equity studies, background checks, verified medical and drug screen results, coordinated travel and relocation.Northrop Grumman Corporation, Ships and IT Sectors, Newport News and Chantilly, VA and Dallas, TX 8/2003-5/2005Sr. Recruiter/Human Resource RepresentativeEmployment liaison for salaried employment for several large departments. Brass Ring ATS user.Effectively marketed NG as the Employer of Choice for the East Coast at Community/Civic Events, Colleges & Military Bases.Sector representative on Corporate Education Relations Committee, working directly with Branding/Advertising Agency TMP, creating One-Look Employment Branding for NGMILITARY Service:U.S. Navy, Norfolk, VA USS El Paso, LKA-117 (2 years Active Duty, 4 years Reserve Duty) (SM3) Petty Officer 3rd Class (E-4) Communications Specialist.EDUCATION:B.S. Marketing, University of Wisconsin-StoutB.S. Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout-Minor: Business Administration, Concentration: Journalism & Technical WritingCum Laude Graduate |
