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AVERY N. ROPER

Tulsa

Summary

Focused on using effective recruitment strategies and candidate pipelines to meet employment needs. Leverages traditional and online methods to bring in top talent.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Talent Acquisition Lead

SteadyMD
09.2021 - 12.2023
  • Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
  • Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
  • Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
  • Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
  • Successfully placed over 100 telehealth professionals in various specialties.
  • Consistently achieved 90% fill rate for telehealth positions and maintained average time-to-fill of 30 days for telehealth roles.
  • Conducted compensation conversations with human resources and hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
  • Negotiated contracts and managed budget for recruiting expenses.
  • Created and delivered HR training sessions to staff, managers and executives.
  • Developed and implemented on-boarding and orientation programs for new employees.

Sr. Nursing Recruiter

Mohawk Valley Health Systems (Contract)
06.2022 - 02.2023
  • Evaluated comprehensive recruitment and selection program for positions within Department of Nursing
  • Worked with Director, Recruitment to develop operational initiatives in alignment with HR Strategic Plan
  • Provided training and consultation on development of nurse recruitment
  • Attended meetings with Director, Recruitment and senior leadership as subject matter expert on nurse recruitment related issues
  • Initiated, led, planned and executed all nurse recruitment events
  • Researched and compiled data for reports to Director, Recruitment and senior leadership, as needed
  • Designed, maintained and continually evaluated strategies to maximize communication with Nursing and Human Resources staff, and to proactively address potential problems
  • Collaborated with nursing management to identify departmental needs related to recruitment and selection program, and customize MVHS Human Resources processes as appropriate.
  • Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
  • Conducted reference checks, background screening and other pre-employment checks to verify information on applicant's resume.
  • Coordinated schedules to arrange management interviews with applicants.
  • Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build network.

Diversity Sourcer

HP HOOD LLC (Contract)
02.2022 - 05.2022
  • Planned and implement recruitment marketing and employer branding strategy to attract high-quality applicants Plan and manage recruitment media campaigns via handshake and company LinkedIn page
  • Oversaw company’s career site and suggest improvements (primarily from D&I aspect)
  • Created engaging job descriptions
  • Identified tactics and platforms that will be most effective in reaching specified target audience
  • Created and implement strategies for building talent network/talent community
  • Designed and plan recruiting events
  • Served as brand ambassador at various events, like career fairs or on-campus recruiting events
  • Communicated regularly with HR department to get clear view of company’s hiring needs and organizational goals
  • Worked closely with HR department to develop creative ways for addressing recruitment challenges
  • Suggested new ideas for improving candidate experience and engagement by creating D&I SOP
  • Researched marketing and advertising trends in staffing industry (sourced information from SHRM association)
  • Kept abreast of new trends in social media channels

Diversity Sourcing Technical Recruiter

Amazon Web Services (Contract)
09.2021 - 02.2022
  • Create unique multi-channel and market-specific advanced search strategies that attract bar-raising engineering talent
  • Building talent networks and tapping into knowledgeable industry resources to develop evergreen diverse candidate pipelines
  • Lead/co-lead experiments to alter operating processes (if required) to deliver results and better serve target candidate customers
  • Develop prospects into candidates and assessing them for role fit, level, and motivations by conducting calibrated phone interviews
  • Possess ability to develop and prepare SDE candidates up until point of on-site interview
  • (At times) partner, train and up-skill peers to from larger talent acquisition teams to help adopt diversity recruiting practices in their daily operations

Diversity Recruiter

Akron Children’s Hospital
09.2020 - 08.2021
  • Planned and executed sourcing, recruiting, selection, and hiring process of qualified diverse candidates to ensure pool of top talent for organization while maintaining excellent relations with hiring managers, co-workers, candidates, and community
  • Developed outreach relationships with workforce organizations (educations, non-profit organizations) to increase pool of viable diverse candidates
  • Create comprehensive recruitment strategies including advertising plans, outreach, training, and tracking in collaboration with recruitment team
  • Creates and maintains diverse candidate pools of qualified candidates through frequent contact and notifications of positions
  • Fosters strong candidate relationships
  • Tracks Talent Acquisition diversity metrics and provides data and reports on regular basis
  • Monitors and evaluates effectiveness of programs and adjusts as needed
  • Advances Children’s as employer of choice while guiding hiring managers and candidates through full staffing life-cycle.

Diversity Recruiting Manager

Area Wide Protective Inc.
02.2019 - 09.2020
  • Engage, manage and develop team of high-performing staff
  • Oversee full recruitment life cycle process
  • Direct regional recruiting efforts to diversify staffing levels while collaborating with reentry and nonprofit programs
  • Compile data to update senior team on diverse and inclusive initiatives and present diversity statistics for reentry and nonprofit/community based hiring
  • Collaborate with Employee Relations supporting managers and employees as both trusted advisor to managers and employee advocate
  • Function as resource to facility level and regional management personnel in all 20 states working to strategically staff each diverse area
  • Research and gather best practices and trends to establish recruitment foundation interchangeable across all regions
  • Execute strategies associated with Human Resources and senior team that support retention, engagement and promotion of diverse talent
  • Partner with Business Analytics team to build and analyze baseline data, staffing scorecards and business utilization across organization
  • Strategically developed staffing initiatives to promote team morale which has increased staffing level goals from 62% to 74% in a month time span
  • Developed and implemented recruiter career ladder to add departmental growth.
  • Managed applicant tracking systems to keep recruitment processes organized.

Corporate Recruiter

Area Wide Protective Inc.
04.2018 - 02.2019
  • Managed full recruitment life cycle process which included creating job specifications, interviewing, extending/negotiating offers, and on-boarding
  • Creatively developed networking and social media initiatives to build then maintain network of diversely qualified candidates for future consideration
  • Designated lead recruiter for reviewing and analyzing business operation reports then training other recruiters how to review and analyze data for their respective regions
  • Participated in site specific and function specific recruiting and community events to increase diverse staffing efforts based on business operation data
  • Collaborated with staffing team to create and implement innovative sourcing strategies to accommodate challenging circumstances
  • Conducted basic market analysis and industry research so that management could make continuous improvements to recruiting processes and standard operating procedures
  • Assisted in management of third party recruiting agency referrals and relationships.
  • Placed advertisements, evaluated applicant credentials, conducted initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
  • Facilitated new hire orientation and scheduling.

Education

Masters of Science - Higher Education Administration

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire

Associate of Arts, 2014 -

The University of Akron
Akron, OH

Bachelor of Arts - Interpersonal & Public Communication

The University of Akron
Akron, OH
2015

Bachelor of Arts - Business Organizational Communication

The University of Akron
Akron Ohio
2015

Skills

  • Public Speaking
  • Problem Solving Skills
  • Sales Ability
  • High Emotional Intelligence
  • Decision Making Skills
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Multi-tasking
  • Business Development
  • Analytical Skills
  • Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Diversification
  • Workforce Diversity and Inclusion
  • With entrepreneurial endeavors
  • Highly proficient in applicant tracking systems and data management including Sales Force, ICIMS and CRM; Microsoft Office 365;
  • Outlook; Google Calendars
  • Candidate Pipeline Development
  • C-Suite Executive Relations
  • Dice Job Boards
  • Project Recruiting

Timeline

Sr. Nursing Recruiter

Mohawk Valley Health Systems (Contract)
06.2022 - 02.2023

Diversity Sourcer

HP HOOD LLC (Contract)
02.2022 - 05.2022

Clinical Talent Acquisition Lead

SteadyMD
09.2021 - 12.2023

Diversity Sourcing Technical Recruiter

Amazon Web Services (Contract)
09.2021 - 02.2022

Diversity Recruiter

Akron Children’s Hospital
09.2020 - 08.2021

Diversity Recruiting Manager

Area Wide Protective Inc.
02.2019 - 09.2020

Corporate Recruiter

Area Wide Protective Inc.
04.2018 - 02.2019

Masters of Science - Higher Education Administration

Southern New Hampshire University

Associate of Arts, 2014 -

The University of Akron

Bachelor of Arts - Interpersonal & Public Communication

The University of Akron

Bachelor of Arts - Business Organizational Communication

The University of Akron
AVERY N. ROPER