Bethany Ross
Mount Eden ,KY
Summary
Full life cycle Recruiter with 14+ years of DoD Recruiting experience; hiring cleared and uncleared talent.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior New Business Recruiter / Defense Systems Sector – Airborne Systems
Leidos
12.2021 - Current
- Initially hired for the New Business team, became Talent Acquisition SME for special projects, including recruiting for the Airborne Systems team, before transitioning permanently to the Airborne Systems team in January 2024
- Senior Recruiter supporting enterprise-wide recruiting initiatives and priorities for defense and airborne related programs consisting of funded, indirect, contingent and proposal requirements for CONUS and OCONUS positions
- Support proposal efforts by identifying and securing talent for key positions to ensure readiness for contract award
- Facilitate regular meetings with hiring managers and department leaders to understand their unique team dynamics, job requirements, and long-term hiring goals
- Design and implement customized hiring strategies to meet the specific needs of individual teams
- Create and maintain weekly reports to share with managers to track hiring for current and future openings for funded and unfunded work
- Regularly deliver data and metrics to leaders to educate them on hiring trends, job description traction and process improvements to increase candidate flow
- Assist in writing and enhancing job descriptions for clarity, engagement, and inclusivity, to align with labor categories, market trends, and organizational and program objectives
- Increase applicant quality by implementing data-driven approaches to job description refinement and posting strategies, while providing feedback to hiring managers throughout the process
- Collaborate with hiring managers on the choosing of job codes aligning with work being performed
- Coordinate and deliver constructive feedback to internal and external candidates, ensuring a positive and transparent recruitment process
- Guide, mentor and train junior recruiters; sharing best practices, tools, and techniques to strengthen the recruitment team’s overall performance
- Complete competitive and equitable job offers, ensuring alignment with organizational policies, budget constraints, and candidate expectations
- This includes regularly working with internal compensation team to ensure adherence to current budget and job code salary structures
- Work directly with staffing agencies to fill roles requiring external assistance, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and requirements
- Participate in onsite and virtual Brazen hiring events
- Member of Cyber Champion team, which consists of identifying cleared talent for hiring pipeline
- Utilize Workday, Talemetry, Talent Neuron, LinkedIn Recruiter, Clearance Jobs and other sourcing tools to identify talent
Principal Talent Acquisition Analyst - Defense Team
SAIC
08.2014 - 12.2021
- Lead Recruiter supporting enterprise-wide recruiting initiatives and priorities for DoD related projects consisting of direct, direct pending, contingent and proposal requirements for CONUS and OCONUS positions
- Responsible for all aspects of full life cycle recruitment efforts including qualification of overall business need and demand, proactive recruiting, requisition management, customer relationship management, sourcing and screening and offer negotiations
- Utilize ATS, Taleo, Talemetry, LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools to identify and successfully engage qualified technical professionals for employment consideration
- Communicate with managers on market trends, provide competitive intelligence, and formulate and present recruiting strategies
- Network with colleges and participate in virtual hiring events geared towards civilians and veterans
- Provide mentoring and training to new recruiters
Lead IT Recruiter
TEKsystems
03.2010 - 06.2014
- Responsible for a high volume of full life cycle recruiting for entry level and experienced Information Technology candidates for 100+ clients in Louisville, KY and surrounding areas; within a fast-paced and goal-oriented environment
- Recruiting lead for DoD clients in Fort Knox, KY
- Utilized a variety of strategies to attract top IT talent, build relationships within the market geared towards proactive recruiting initiatives
- Coached and mentored IT professionals throughout their positions including reviews, pay raises, and terminations
- Trained and mentored new recruiters
Team Lead
Guess Inc.
07.2007 - 11.2008
- Assigned to manage and coach a team of employees
- Trained new employees
- Interviewed and hired new employees
- Single POC for escalations related to incentive program for all US and Canadian customers and all US and Canadian stores
- Handled escalated issues with customers and employees
- Collaborated with credit card companies in the research and tracking of fraudulent orders or credit card issues
- Researched fraudulent orders and worked with law enforcement in the investigation of credit card misuse
- Calculated and applied refunds to customer’s accounts
- Investigated missing or damaged orders and collaborated with UPS to investigate
Team Lead
Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Assigned to manage and coach a team of 13 employees
- Trained new employees and developed training courses
- Handled escalated issues with student loan borrowers
- Assigned POC for student loan repayment incentive programs
- Created presentations used to conduct training for current and new employees
- Formulated and distributed training and reference documents
- Conducted interviews and participated in hiring of new employees
- Calculated interest rates and monthly payments for student loan repayment
- Completed applications for the consolidation of student loan debt
- Determined eligibility for the deferring of student loan payments
- Assisted students with financial aid information and eligibility information
- Worked with Kentucky colleges in assisting with questions regarding loan and payment calculations
Customer Service Representative
Electronic Data Systems- Direct Loans
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Assisted student loan borrowers in consolidating of student loan debt
- Trained new employees
- Contacted students regarding consolidation of student loan debt
- Serviced Student loan consolidations
- Calculated interest rates and monthly payments for student loans
- Handled inbound and outbound calls from student loan borrowers
- Calculated consolidation eligibility based upon student loan debt
Education
Master of Education -
Georgetown College
01.2009
Bachelor of Marketing -
Indiana Wesleyan University
01.2007
Skills
- Team collaboration
- Recruiting and sourcing
- Candidate screening
- Time management
- Recruitment strategies
- Applicant tracking systems
- Recruitment strategy development
- Pre-screening candidates
Phone
cell, 502-718-0585
Timeline
Senior New Business Recruiter / Defense Systems Sector – Airborne Systems
Leidos
12.2021 - Current
Principal Talent Acquisition Analyst - Defense Team
SAIC
08.2014 - 12.2021
Lead IT Recruiter
TEKsystems
03.2010 - 06.2014
Team Lead
Guess Inc.
07.2007 - 11.2008
Team Lead
Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation
01.2002 - 01.2007
Customer Service Representative
Electronic Data Systems- Direct Loans
01.2000 - 01.2002
Master of Education -
Georgetown College
Bachelor of Marketing -
Indiana Wesleyan University
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