Ashley Zeller
Covington,KY
Summary
Seasoned recruiting professional with forward-thinking, adaptable and detail-oriented approach to meeting employer requirements. Well-versed in job boards and online recruiting techniques. Successful training, supervising and motivating high-performance recruitment teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Recruiting Manager
Perfetti Van Melle
06.2023 - Current
- Responsible for full-cycle recruiting for multiple requisitions at once, including drafting and posting job ads, sourcing passive candidates, interviewing and screening potential candidates to ensure they meet employment and position qualifications, scheduling interviews/coordinating appointments, and administering new hire paperwork as assigned.
- Build recruiting strategies and drive execution to meet annual hiring goals.
- Maintained best in class KPIs including 25.09 average days to fill and 8.5 days in progress for hourly manufacturing roles
- Build partnerships with community organizations and targeted schools to generate candidate interest in Perfetti Van Melle.
- Manage contractual relationships with Staffing organizations (when needed) for roles that are difficult to fill.
- Generate and maintain a pipeline of qualified and diverse candidates using creative and strategic methods including, researching new job advertising techniques, cold calling, networking, attending job fairs, and participating in community events.
- Lead candidate debriefs with interviewers and business partners, voicing opinions and influencing offer decisions to secure top talent.
- Maintain standards, policies and procedures, and data integrity with ATS, dashboards, and HRIS.
- Liaising with company department heads to anticipate and plan for future recruitment needs.
- Administer company’s Affirmative Action plan and stay current on equal opportunity and affirmative action regulations to ensure compliance in accordance with government requirements.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Illumina
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Senior member of the established sourcing team, focusing on the corporate, commercial, marketing, legal, finance, and R&D business units
- Utilized LinkedIn Recruiter as primary sourcing tool
- Main responsibilities included building and maintaining pipelines for crucial sales, legal and finance roles while submitting an average of 11 candidates per requisition
- As a talent partner, I was responsible for attending all intake and update calls with hiring managers
- I regularly provided data-driven updates and was consistently participating in calling campaigns and phone screens with the recruiting team
- In addition to these duties, I also led the sourcing and recruiting team through several market analyses and was responsible for organizational mapping from senior director level and above for companies participating in industry layoffs
Talent Acquisition Sourcer
Catalent Pharma Solutions
12.2021 - 06.2022
- Confidently employed an array of sourcing strategies and tools to develop top talent to present to hiring managers and recruitment professionals
- Main responsibilities included sourcing and screening via creating unique and appealing messaging strategies for various different markets and demographics
- I also managed pipeline activity, candidate statuses, and passive candidate relationships in order to develop extensive talent pools in Phenom
- I managed weekly interview blitz days for all manufacturing and production roles in several diverse markets, which involved pre-screening, scheduling interviews, obtaining panel feedback and delivering offers to prospective candidates
- Consistently handled 40-59 requisitions with a strong focus on DEI sourcing
- Also participated as a beta tester for new CRM
Talent Sourcer
Advanced Testing Laboratory
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Responsible for interacting with potential candidates on job boards and professional networks
- Main responsibilities included sourcing and screening candidates for hourly lab-based roles
- I also managed pipeline activity, candidate statuses, and passive candidate relationships in order to develop extensive talent pools
- Additionally responsible for entering and maintaining the integrity of data for reporting purposes and doing extensive research on compensation packages from competitors
Corporate Recruiter
The Kroger Company
04.2019 - 05.2021
- Responsible for generating and maintaining candidate flow, processing applications, performing phone and Zoom interviews, managing background check statuses, and meeting standardized recruiting metrics (94 applicant contacts per day, 22 interviews per day, and a 60% interview to hire rate per calendar period)
- Special projects include leading a team of 12 individuals to exclusively manage west coast divisions (Ralphs, Food4Less, and Fred Meyer) and successfully decreased the division's time to hire by 11 days
Senior International Recruiter
Xavier Center for International Education
12.2018 - 04.2019
- Responsible for recruiting and assessing international undergraduate applications, interviewing students and families, processing visa applications, and recruitment event planning
- Consistently satisfied recruiting goals of 20+ international students per semester, growing Xavier's international population by 11% under my tenure
Undergraduate Recruiter
Xavier University Office of Admissions
01.2016 - 12.2018
- Responsible for recruiting and assessing undergraduate applications from students in the greater Cleveland MSA
- Recruiting goals included obtaining and assessing over 2,000 applications per academic year, obtaining 267 deposited and committed students and families, and responsible for 80% RSVP event attendance during recruitment events
Education
Masters of Arts and Sciences - Urban Sustainability and Resilience
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH08.2018
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences - Political Science and International Studies, Organizational Development, Economics
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH05.2015
Skills
- Recruitment analytics
- Success Factors
- Behavioral Interviewing
- ADP Workforce Now
- Slate
- KnowMe
- Paycor Recruiting
- Workday
- Phenom
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Indeed
- Career Builder
- Zip Recruiter
- Talenya
- Handshake
- Advanced Boolean searches
- Google X-Ray searches
- Microsoft Office suite
- Data analysis
- Comparably
- Radford
- Glassdoor
- LinkedIn Reporting
- Workday Reporting
- Recruitment analytics
- Team Management
- Campus recruiting
- Recruitment Budget Management
- Job Board Management
Timeline
Recruiting Manager
Perfetti Van Melle
06.2023 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Illumina
06.2022 - 01.2023
Talent Acquisition Sourcer
Catalent Pharma Solutions
12.2021 - 06.2022
Talent Sourcer
Advanced Testing Laboratory
05.2021 - 12.2021
Corporate Recruiter
The Kroger Company
04.2019 - 05.2021
Senior International Recruiter
Xavier Center for International Education
12.2018 - 04.2019
Undergraduate Recruiter
Xavier University Office of Admissions
01.2016 - 12.2018
Masters of Arts and Sciences - Urban Sustainability and Resilience
Xavier University
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences - Political Science and International Studies, Organizational Development, Economics
Xavier University
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