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Allison Bzdok

Royal Oak,MI

Summary

With a robust background in IT Talent Acquisition, I bring over 15 years of experience in sourcing, recruiting, and onboarding top-tier IT professionals. My expertise lies in leveraging innovative recruitment strategies, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring a seamless candidate experience. I have a proven track record of successfully filling critical IT roles, driving diversity and inclusion initiatives, and utilizing data-driven approaches to optimize recruitment processes. As I aspire to step into my next Senior role, I am committed to leading and mentoring teams, enhancing recruitment strategies, and contributing to the overall success of the organization by attracting and retaining the best IT talent.

Leadership Achievements

  • Led a team of 10 recruiters to achieve a 30% increase in IT hires within six months by implementing targeted recruitment strategies and fostering a collaborative team environment.
  • Developed and implemented a new onboarding process that reduced time-to-hire by 20%, resulting in a more efficient and streamlined recruitment process.
  • Mentored junior recruiters, leading to a 50% improvement in their performance metrics and overall team productivity.
  • Resolved a critical talent shortage by creating a targeted recruitment campaign that attracted top IT talent, ensuring the organization met its project deadlines.
  • Aligned recruitment strategies with business goals, leading to a 15% increase in employee retention and contributing to the long-term success of the organization.
  • Fostered a collaborative team environment through effective communication and empathy, enhancing team morale and productivity.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Talent Acquisition

Billhighway LLC
11.2015 - 05.2024
  • Led recruiting for 4 SaaS Companies Billhighway, GreekBill, Impexium and ChapterSpot
  • Developed and executed talent acquisition strategy supporting the organization’s long-term hiring objectives
  • Responsible for full cycle recruiting with a primary focus on technical positions including Developer, QA, Data warehouse, BA, PM, DBA, Analyst etc.
  • Staffed a new Data warehousing team.
  • Applied knowledge of talent acquisition and business policies and procedures to effectively advise Hiring Managers on staffing process and best practices to increase efficiency, reduce cycle time, and identify the candidate with the best fit
  • Continuously monitor, review and improve the recruiting processes, tools, and resources to ensure effectiveness and deliver a high touch experience for candidates
  • Implemented and delivered key reports on recruiting related metrics to Executive leadership
  • Developed a deep understanding of our business, teams and positions to screen for the candidates with the best fit
  • Interview potential candidates and perform a cultural assessment
  • Organize career fair participation and on-campus recruiting to develop a relationship with local colleges and universities
  • Worked directly with Executives and managers on job descriptions to attract desired candidate pool
  • Conducted market research for new and existing positions and handled all salary negotiations.
  • Oversaw and facilitated onboarding with our 4 headquarter location, Washington DC, Detroit, New Orleans, and Los Angeles and remote employees in 28 different states
  • Recruited 12 developers for our Colombia, South America office.
  • Owned contractor experience for onboarding
  • Managed all vendor relations and contracts
  • Created and implemented diversity recruitment strategies
  • Attend after hours networking functions for candidate technical recruitment sourcing
  • Supported other duties and projects assigned related to culture, company training, benefit programs, social responsibility and general HR administration
  • Managed all offboarding responsibilities including communication, exit interviews and unemployment.
  • Led and managed Work Permits, Sponsorship and Visa
  • Created and ran social responsibility programs such as the Diversity and Inclusion Group and Growing Families.
  • Responsible all charitable volunteer programs including working with potential organizations to identify opportunities, creating content to share quarterly, selecting internal opportunities to incorporate into culture training sessions, and time tracking and reporting

Technical Recruiter - Team Lead

BROOKSOURCE
06.2008 - 09.2015
  • Company Overview: One of Five Team Lead positions earned throughout the 20 Offices nationwide.
  • # 1 Recruiter Companywide in 2010, 2011, #2 Recruiter Companywide 2012 and 2014
  • Consistently in Top 10 in terms of revenue generated nationwide all 7 years of employment with four job promotions
  • Provide direct supervision and leadership to a team of up to 7 recruiters. Oversee the full life cycle of technical recruiting
  • Conduct visits to other offices to analyze recruiting strategies and drive process improvement
  • Cross trained in the sales process to better mentor junior recruiters
  • Attend sales meetings to promote office and company goals
  • Conduct interviews for internal
  • Train all new recruiters on proper phone professionalism, screening, interviewing skills, and labor and employment laws at corporate headquarters. Class sizes range from 20-30 new hires, twice per year
  • Present seminars to recruiters and executive leadership team at annual conference. Topics included 'Compensation Negotiations' and 'Lockdowns'
  • Selected to develop a new onboarding and talent retention program to be rolled out company-wide. Part of a group of 5 working closely with the Business Process Manager and other members of the executive leadership team
  • Maintain constant knowledge of business trends and candidate pools
  • Represent the company at college career fairs to discuss career opportunities with students
  • Attend monthly technology networking events to identify new candidates and expand our network
  • Analyze weekly recruiter reports and implement new ideas to increase productivity.
  • Facilitate contract negotiations between business units including Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Technology Officers and Legal
  • Collaborate with hiring managers on intake sessions to gather requirements and create job descriptions
  • Review applications, conduct phone and in-person interviews with candidates to discuss qualifications for technical positions
  • Conduct professional reference checks
  • Work with Sales Team and Management to create SOWs
  • One of Five Team Lead positions earned throughout the 20 Offices nationwide.

Contractor Relations Specialist

Brooksource
06.2008 - 09.2015
  • Managed 25 contract employees in multiple industries (healthcare, telecommunications, automotive, insurance, IT services and law firms) and meet monthly with contractors to discuss work performance
  • Coached contractors and managers in effective methods of complaint resolution and conflict management to support a productive work environment.
  • Led and advised management on performance improvement, disciplinary actions, and terminations, ensuring adherence to company policies and fostering a productive work environment.
  • Experienced in handling unemployment claims, separation requests and wage management.
  • Responsible for contractor payroll with our Accounting department

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising

Michigan State University
Lansing, MI
05.2008

Skills

  • MS Office Suite
  • MS Outlook
  • Windows 7
  • Bullhorn CRM
  • TalentWise (now part of FirstAdvantage)
  • Broadbean

Athletics

Michigan State University, Track and Field, 2003-2007, Big Ten All Academic 2006 and 2007

Timeline

Senior Talent Acquisition

Billhighway LLC
11.2015 - 05.2024

Contractor Relations Specialist

Brooksource
06.2008 - 09.2015

Technical Recruiter - Team Lead

BROOKSOURCE
06.2008 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising

Michigan State University