Ariel Watford
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Career Summary: Accomplished and motivated HR professional with extensive recruitment experience. Proven track record of success in sourcing and onboarding high-caliber talent for a variety of industries including Technical, Healthcare, Finance/Accounting, Legal, Executive and Senior level roles. Skilled in Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, and Onboarding. Leveraging innovative techniques and nurturing relationships with hiring managers to ensure timely acquisition of qualified candidates. Dedicated to delivering superior results through exceptional customer service and a strategic approach to the Recruitment process.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Talent Acquisition Partner
Contract
01.2017 - Current
- Identify inventive sourcing methods to expand visibility and network for potential candidates in a highly competitive markets and industries.
- Develop & Implement cost-effective strategies that increase hiring velocity.
- Ensure recruiting practices are driven by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to help attract, retain, and promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce.
- Greeting applicants, ensuring quality and memorable first impression.
- Explained job duties, compensation and benefits to potential candidates.
- Negotiating compensation with candidates and drafting offer letters.
- Advertised and promoted open positions using social media and digital marketing procedures.
- Developed recruitment strategies to achieve required staffing levels for assigned requisitions.
- Created and maintained positive relationships with hiring managers and HR business partners.
- Provided hiring status updates to HR and managers for comprehensive oversight.
- Searched for qualified job candidates using computer databases, media advertisements or employee referrals.
- Sourcing and recruiting Senior and Executive level talent including, Vp of Clinical, VP of Finance, Accounting Director, Director of Information Technology and Director of Human Resources.
- Sourced, qualified and conducted screening interviews with job candidates.
- Interviewed job applicants to obtain information on work history, education or job skills.
- Developed or implemented recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs.
- Maintained current knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action guidelines and laws.
- Advised management on organizing, preparing or implementing recruiting or retention programs.
- Reviewed employment applications, candidate backgrounds, skills, compensation needs and other qualifications.
- Facilitated job application processes for qualified candidates.
- Contacted job applicants to inform of application status.
- Ensuring legal compliance throughout HR Department.
- Serving as a mediator to resolve/minimize workplace conflicts.
- Assisting in Onboarding by way of Credentialing.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand their particular organizational needs, drive recruiting pipelines, implement best hiring practices, and provide transparent and consistent updates on recruiting progress.
Foreign Exchange Trader
Self-Employed
06.2016 - 02.2021
- Identify statistically significant edge relationships in large data sets.
- Analyze data sets and execute profitable means using data set.
- Perform various mathematical calculations, including, but not limited to: risk/reward ratio, leverage, and percentage of capital growth/decline.
- To accomplish and exceed personal plan and contribute to desk plan.
- Develop, institute, and monitor risk metrics and reporting around derivatives, FX trading, and portfolio impacts.
- 5 years of experience involving the development of anticipation and adaptability.
- Over 5 years of experience using statistical, mathematical, data techniques.
- Various precise documentation including, but not limited to, capital loss, net profit, initiated trade count, etc...
- Implement and utilize improved strategies custom created for particular market circumstances.
- The ability to communicate and expound upon complex ideas, numbers, and charts.
- Determine bullish/bearish trends and time entries.
- Forecast market trends and/or patterns that have proven profitable.
- Predicting the impact various factors have on the markets such as news, supply and demand, political stability, etc...
- Futures, Bitcoin, Crypto.
Teacher Assistant
Lovin Elementary School
08.2019 - 08.2019
- Assisting teachers in classroom learning, providing a smoother, more enriched learning environment for children.
- Incorporating diverse/innovative learning strategies tailored to each unique child.
- Providing not only educational, but emotional comfort to young children.
- Collaborating with teachers to ensure attendees are focused, attentive, and working efficiently.
- Managing a load of 20+ children during temporal teacher absences.
- Assisting Librarian staff, ensuring books from an array of grades/classrooms are checked in/out efficient and effectively.
- Organizing books precisely, ensuring they are in their proper place.
- Reading engaging stories to children, captivating them to ask questions and conjecture their own ideas/opinions.
Education
High School Diploma -
Georgia Cyber Academy
Atlanta, GASkills
- Taleo
- Workday
- Greenhouse
- ICIMS
- SAP
- Visio
- Paycom
- Google Suite
- IOS
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Onboarding
- Compensation & Benefits
- Employee Relations
- HR Compliance
- SucessFactors
Timeline
Teacher Assistant
Lovin Elementary School
08.2019 - 08.2019
Lead Talent Acquisition Partner
Contract
01.2017 - Current
Foreign Exchange Trader
Self-Employed
06.2016 - 02.2021
High School Diploma -
Georgia Cyber Academy
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