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Cassi Harris

Cassi Harris

Madison,Wisconsin

Summary

Seasoned Talent Acquisition Specialist with 11 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, candidate attraction, behavioral-based interviews, Boolean sourcing, candidate assessments and background/reference checks. Skilled in diverse candidate sourcing and developing talent pipelines for salaried roles and managing high-volume requisitions. Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems including Success Factors. Direct sourcing strategies including LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean strings and participation in career fairs, and boardroom presentations to hiring managers.

Seeking a senior-level Talent Acquisition Manager position in a dynamic organization.

Overview

11
11

Years of Experience

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Agency Owner Staffing Recruiter

AAA Auto Club Group
Dearborn, MI
04.2023 - Current
  • Promoted to Agency Staffing Recruiter within 2 months of hire based on past experience and success.
  • Put in charge of entire Agency Staffing service, including hiring manager intakes, extensive sourcing, cold calling, phone interviews and delivering quality candidates to new insurance agency owners.
  • Immediately exceeded expectations in delivering quality candidates to hiring managers, resulting in an average of 2 new hires per week.
  • Created Agency Owner Employee Hiring Workshop, which was approved by team and department leaders and will go live in January 2024.
  • Created new agent brainstorm zoom sessions to assist new agency owners in how to find creative resources for sourcing licensed insurance producers.
  • Extensive sourcing including LinkedIn Recruiter, Wall Street Jobs, ZipRecruiter, cold-calling and texting campaigns.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

American Family Insurance
Madison, WI
02.2020 - 09.2022
  • Consistently met or exceeded team performance KPI's for hiring, diversity sourcing and recruitment consulting, contributing to company's annual diversity metrics for ten consecutive quarters
  • Excellent feedback from Sales District Leaders for providing quality leadership to insurance agents in hiring of agency candidates
  • Promoted to recruiting projects in corporate talent acquisition based on successful performance in Sales TA
  • Certified LinkedIn Recruiter Coach, maintaining large network of potential candidates through successful relationship management
  • Trained and mentored newer recruiters in best practice strategies for interviewing and qualifying candidates
  • Completed LinkedIn Technical Recruiting Foundations Certification Levels 1-3, LinkedIn Diversity Recruiting Certification

Founder and Senior Recruiter

ExecuPlace Talent, LLC
Madison, WI
05.2015 - 12.2020
  • Specializing in retained sourcing and placement of executive-level candidates in healthcare, technical, administrative, HR, sales, creative, recruiting/staffing and customer service positions
  • Proactive outplacement and interview coaching for individuals and corporations
  • Offering career and resume consulting, expert sourcing, background/reference checks and full-cycle hiring packages
  • Influence and guide hiring managers and candidates on best recruitment practices
  • Excellent references for behavioral and skill-set phone screens

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Skybridge Americas
Minneapolis, MN
11.2016 - 08.2017
  • Saved company from losing largest US client in 2017 by over-filling high volume call center agent requisitions by deadline, first time accomplished in over two years
  • Received department-wide email of congratulations from HR Director for above achievement
  • Enhanced company's reputation by hiring local candidates experiencing long-term workforce displacement, receiving praise from supervisor and letters of appreciation from candidates
  • Averaged over 250 interviews in US and Canada per quarter

Career Services Specialist and Adjunct Instructor

ITT Technical Institute
Woodbury, MN
11.2012 - 06.2014
  • Dramatically increased relationships with local hiring managers through efficient networking at events and job fairs, resulting in a 45% hiring growth for Institute student body in one quarter
  • Created “Career Services Boot Camp” student seminars on resume and interviewing techniques, resulting in increased overall hiring for student body and promotion to additional Adjunct Professor position

Education

Master of Fine Arts -

Rutgers University

Skills

Design and execution of attraction and hiring strategies
Sourcing techniques: Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, social media
ATS systems: Workday, Taleo, Applicant Pro, ADP, Brass Ring, Bullhorn, ICIMS, Success Factors
Behavioral-based interviews and candidate assessments
High-volume requisition management
Performance tracking and reporting
Zoom, Teams, in-person and telephone interviewing
Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Calendly, Google Sheets
CRM's: Avature, Beamery, Salesforce
Certified LinkedIn Recruiter Coach
Excellent diversity recruitment metrics
Employee Relations
Career fairs (virtual and onsite), presentations, team recruiting projects, and sourcing huddles
Active LinkedIn profile with over 4000 followers

LinkedIn Profile

  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassiharrisexecuplace42877174/

Timeline

Agency Owner Staffing Recruiter

AAA Auto Club Group
04.2023 - Current

Talent Acquisition Specialist

American Family Insurance
02.2020 - 09.2022

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Skybridge Americas
11.2016 - 08.2017

Founder and Senior Recruiter

ExecuPlace Talent, LLC
05.2015 - 12.2020

Career Services Specialist and Adjunct Instructor

ITT Technical Institute
11.2012 - 06.2014

Master of Fine Arts -

Rutgers University

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