Christian Blakey
Bakersfield,CA
Summary
A dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle with experience and insight into digital marketing campaigns, planning and public relations. Experience developing and implementing customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Also, a skilled Marketing Director versed in driving positioning, pricing and go-to-market strategies with in-depth knowledge of market needs and trends with experience with creating and executing acquisition and adoption initiatives.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Recruitment Specialist
Telespeech Therapy
11.2023 - 03.2024
- Developed and implemented recruitment strategies to attract qualified Speech Language Pathologists, including job postings, networking events, and social media outreach.
- Conducted thorough screening and evaluation of candidate qualifications, skills, and experience to ensure alignment with organizational requirements and standards.
- Managed full-cycle recruitment process, from sourcing and screening to interview coordination, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
- Cultivated strong relationships with hiring managers, department heads, and external stakeholders to understand staffing needs and priorities.
- Utilized applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruitment tools to maintain accurate candidate records, track progress, and generate reports for management review.
- Provided guidance and support to candidates throughout the recruitment process, serving as a primary point of contact for inquiries and updates.
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Day And
08.2022 - 04.2023
- Oversaw all aspects of the recruitment cycle including processes for evaluating resumes and interviewing candidates across various different requisitions and 12 different locations.
- Established systematic workflows for recruitment and managed logistical processes, such as talent acquisition, interview scheduling, and onboarding.
- Worked alongside the HR department with maintaining candidate information database containing over 6500 portfolios, assessments, and feedback statuses.
- Planned and conducted recruitment and selection processes for recruiters in order to expedite new hires. (interviews, screening calls, offer, onboarding, etc.)
- Used analytics and metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement.
- Implemented new and different sourcing methods to fill open positions and anticipate future needs.
- Took various steps to ensure and maintain positive candidate experience and positive retention database.
- Organized, attended and managed career fairs as well as assessment events.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/Marketing Director
Innovative Career Resources
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Implemented and maintained programs involving leave administration, workplace safety, compliance training, learning and development, and all other human resources programs.
- Handled all administrative tasks for onboarding and new hire orientation to deliver an exceptional first-day experience.
- Directed the Marketing team through day-to-day activities (e.g., project updates & follow-ups).
- Assisted the Marketing team with updating reports of customers from CRM and ATS.
- Managed and responded to customers’ direct messages on various review sites.
- Issued marketing notifications to announce new openings, positions and referral bonuses.
- Performed Quality Assurance of new website pages and of email creative.
- Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
- Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
- Sourced and screened candidates for various IT roles including developers, programmers, developers, system analysts.
- Worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers and onboarding.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Aerotek Aviation
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Organized logistics for marketing and proposal strategy meetings.
- Coordinated and project managed requests related to marketing communications for the department as well as cross-functional teams.
- Built and maintained positive, professional relationships with corporate, regional and internal/external teams.
- Used Workfront to project manage all communications jobs, tasks and requests
- Worked closely with corporate and internal teams such as legal, creative, content to ensure project and task deadlines are met.
- Effectively communicated project expectations to stakeholders/project requestor in a timely and clear fashion as the project evolves.
- Prepared various reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data.
- Helped coordinate email-marketing campaigns by facilitating deployment, creative uploads, and identify opportunities to enhance targeting and segmentation capabilities.
- Ensured marketing communication materials in the regions are up to date and adhered to corporate messaging and brand standards.
- Kept current on industry trends and new marketing methods to improve communications.
- Revitalized employee communications to better convey important information and boost morale.
- Led strategic development and implementation of clients' branding and marketing plans.
National Recruiter
Aerotek
05.2020 - 12.2021
- Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates.
- Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Advertised job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards.
- Worked with hiring managers to develop job descriptions and determine key requirements for open requisitions.
- Identified qualified candidates utilizing multiple recruiting sources to include, but not limited to, networking, job boards, and referrals.
- Conducted phone screens on qualified candidates and presented top candidates for the hiring manager’s review.
- Scheduled onsite interviews between management and candidates.
- Initiated the full hiring process including conducting background checks and references.
- Collaborated with the Head of HR and hiring managers on writing and presenting job offers.
- Conducted new hire onboarding and training.
- Completed I-9, E-Verify and other legal documents as required by Federal and State Labor Laws.
- Helped develop processes and procedures for HR, including a manual system to keep track of applicants aside from the ATS we were using.
- Assisted the Head of HR with open enrollment, updating the employee handbook, and workers compensation claims.
- Completed and submitted documentation to establish employer accounts in various States (Withholding, UI, and Work Comp accounts) to support nationwide field service workforce expansion.
Account Manager/Sales Representative
LGCY Power
02.2017 - 08.2019
- Identified areas of client needs, manages business opportunities within the sales funnel, and worked with the management team to create winning technical solutions and capture new business.
- Promoted and increased sales through customer technical support, opportunity management, and direct component and subsystem level sales.
- Directed customer interaction and presentations requiring domestic travel up to 25% of the time.
- Established new customer relationships while maintaining existing relationships.
- Meet or exceeded booking goals for the local+ national solar market segment.
- Maintained a three-year revenue forecast.
- Dispatched and supervised installation teams daily to ensure the given job(s) were completed correctly and efficiently.
- Provided input to the company’s strategic planning process and recommended new business pursuits and/or possible expansion.
- Efficiently utilized organizational resources to build an effective team and worked within a capture team environment to achieve company goals.
- Participated in trade shows.
- Collaborated with managers to provide customer feedback and recommend operational changes to meet emerging trends.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Marketing
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL06-2019
Associate of Arts - Education
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL06-2017
Skills
- Candidate pipeline management
- Compensation analysis
- Talent management
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Microsoft Suite
- Google Analytics
Timeline
Recruitment Specialist
Telespeech Therapy
11.2023 - 03.2024
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Day And
08.2022 - 04.2023
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Aerotek Aviation
06.2021 - 12.2021
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/Marketing Director
Innovative Career Resources
01.2021 - 07.2022
National Recruiter
Aerotek
05.2020 - 12.2021
Account Manager/Sales Representative
LGCY Power
02.2017 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Marketing
University of Central Florida
Associate of Arts - Education
Hillsborough Community College
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