Alex Harning
Grand Rapids,MI
Summary
Dynamic Senior Recruiter with a proven track record, experienced in technical recruiting and talent acquisition. Excelled in building high-performing teams, enhancing recruitment processes, and mentoring recruiters. Achieved significant improvements in hiring quality and efficiency, Indeed/Zoom Info/LinkedIn Recruiter and collaborative teamwork.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Recruiter/Technical Recruiting Manager
Talent Strategy
Grand Rapids, USA
05.2021 - Current
- Oversee a team of 4-6 technical recruiters
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for technical and corporate roles, sourcing and hiring top-tier talent in engineering, skilled trades, and managerial roles
- Develop and execute strategic hiring plans to meet business objectives, reducing time-to-fill, and improving quality of hires
- Partner with hiring managers and leadership to define job requirements and build high-performing teams
- Implement sourcing strategies, using LinkedIn, Indeed, and employee referrals to attract top talent
- Communicate directly with HR personnel and hiring managers with client companies
- Lead recruiting meetings weekly to review allocation, requisitions, strategy, and priorities
- Conduct weekly 1 on 1 meetings with technical recruiters individually
- Provide training and guidance for recruiting effectiveness
- Meet personal and technical team margin/revenue goals
- Build strong candidate pipelines through proactive outreach, ensuring a steady flow of qualified candidates
- Optimize applicant tracking system processes, improving candidate experience and streamlining workflows
- Negotiate competitive offers, ensuring alignment with market trends and candidate needs
- Review KPI's to drive continuous improvement
Personnel Supervisor/Recruiter
ResourceMFG
Kalamazoo, USA
02.2020 - 05.2021
- Specialized in recruitment for manufacturing and logistic clients
- Schedule, onboard, interview, and process associates
- Client relations
- Account management
- Run background checks/I9's/drug screens
- Collect payroll weekly
- Skill market associates to clients
- Follow MIOSHA rules and regulations
- Administer testing and training
- Key holder
Production Supervisor
Outerwears Inc.
Schoolcraft, USA
07.2018 - 02.2020
- Managed day to day operations on the shop floor
- Coordinated all incoming material and managed inventory
- Developed multiple SOP's
- Identified process inefficiencies and how to improve them
- Made quality decisions and reported quality issues or inefficiencies
- Scheduled production
- Completed light maintenance around shop
- Interviewed, hired, and dismissed employees
- Shipping and receiving
Supervisor
Lawson Ice Arena
Kalamazoo, USA
09.2016 - 07.2018
- Supervised customer events
- Supervised operations during home hockey games
- Opened and closed the building
- Drove the Zamboni during hockey games
- Key holder
Education
Bachelor's - Business Administration-Management
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI05.2018
Associate - Business
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo, MI12.2016
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Talent acquisition
- Project Managemen
- Technical recruiting expertise
- Candidate sourcing
- Compensation negotiation
- Candidate pre-screening
- Recruitment marketing
- Job posting optimization
- Applicant tracking systems
- Boolean search techniques
- Recruitment process improvement
- Recruiter training and mentoring
- Passive candidate engagement
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Social media recruiting
- Onboarding process management
- Candidate vetting
- Collaborative teamwork
- Interviewing techniques
Timeline
Senior Recruiter/Technical Recruiting Manager
Talent Strategy
05.2021 - Current
Personnel Supervisor/Recruiter
ResourceMFG
02.2020 - 05.2021
Production Supervisor
Outerwears Inc.
07.2018 - 02.2020
Supervisor
Lawson Ice Arena
09.2016 - 07.2018
Bachelor's - Business Administration-Management
Western Michigan University
Associate - Business
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
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