CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Gallatin,TN
Summary
a/ Passionate Servant-Leader with a track record cultivated with 20 years as a senior enlisted advisor specializing in operations management, interpersonal communication, and leading large scale teams 8yrs experience in human resource management, full life cycle recruiting, employee development and organizational marketing Comprehensive background in personnel management to include strategic planning, coaching, training, and equal employment opportunity (EEO) Record of improving efficiency and productivity through process improvement initiatives Excellent interpersonal, motivational, presentation, and communication skills.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
TRC
Nashville, TN
08.2023 - Current
- As a dedicated Technical Recruiter with a wealth of experience in the field, I've successfully played a pivotal role in connecting top-tier talent with innovative organizations
- My expertise encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including: o Collaborated with hiring managers to define job requirements and develop job descriptions
- O Sourced and screened qualified candidates through various channels, including LinkedIn
- Recruiter, Indeed, job boards, social media, and professional networks
- O Built a Keyword database to target sourcing efforts toward highly sought after skills
- O Worked daily in a LinkedIn Recruiter and Indeed seat
- O Utilized iCIMS ATS, CRM and Text Recruit o Conduct initial screenings and interviews to assess candidates’ technical skills and a cultural fit
- O Managed the candidate pipeline and keep hiring managers informed of the hiring process
- O Coordinate interviews and facilitate feedback sessions with interviews
- O Utilize applicant tracking systems to manage candidate data and maintain recruitment records.
Assistant Program Manager
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
Murfreesboro, TN
06.2022 - 08.2023
- Senior advisor to the Program Manager for Officer Acquisitions on all aspect of lifecycle recruiting
- Worked in niche markets to find applicants and negotiate contract options for specialty fields such as lawyers and pilots
- This role focused more on the quality of individuals, only assessing individuals with high levels of physical fitness, moral integrity, and propensity to achieve top level leadership roles in the Marine Corps
- O Developed and implemented targeted marketing strategies with top Law Schools and Aviation
- Programs in Tennessee and Northern Alabama
- O Met 110% of the assigned Law quota
- O Met 150% of the assigned Pilot quota
- O Met 100% ground officer quota
- O Met 100% diversity goal
- O Streamlined the accession pipeline reducing the contact to contract time from 70+ days per average contract to 25 days
Assistant Regional Director of Recruiting Operations
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
Nashville, TN
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- Senior advisor to the Operations Officer and the Commanding Officer on the status of accessions and the shipping of individuals to recruit training
- Ensured the contracting accessions are on pace with monthly and yearly requirements
- Analyzed future requirements and established quotas for Area Sales Managers
- O Managed all aspects of the shipping mission achieving 100.41% of the assigned mission, shippingindividuals to Marine Corps Recruit Training
- O Over saw the contracting of 1193 individuals achieving 100.28% of the assigned mission
- O Analyzed the data for 15 Recruiting Sub Stations and used that data to build out future contracting and shipping models for the Operations Officer and Commanding Officer to act on
- O Collected and analyzed market trends to direct the actions of Area Sales Managers
- This data was also used by the Sales Training Team to build new and update existing training plans
- O Spearheaded incentive campaigns to recognize and reward top performing Recruiters and Area
- Managers
- This built a team mentality while still encouraging healthy competition amongst the field.
Regional Human Resources Manager
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
Nashville, TN
06.2018 - 06.2018
- Directly supervised and trained Liaisons for the state of Tennessee on all processes for final screening of applicants, the finalization of enlistment contracts and resolving qualification and eligibility issues
- Ensuring all contracts are in accordance with Marine Corps and Department of Defense standards
- O Standardized the enlistment packages used by the 70+ recruiters processed through our 3 locations
- O Managed all aspects of scheduling 1100+ applicants annually for new employee orientation into the
- United States Marine Corps, ensuring proper documentation and administrative filing of all qualifications for employment
- O Supervised and trained 12 Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Career Advisors spanning 3
- MEPS sites (Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis)
- O Planned and executed quarterly training events to cross pollinate new ideas, build a team mentality and develop leadership abilities
- O Passed 100% of Department of Defense and Marine Corps inspections on proper PII storage and use along with zero erroneous contracts being written.
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
Knoxville, TN
08.2015 - 06.2018
- Led, trained, and mentored an aligned team of 10 Marine Recruiters responsible for accomplishing a monthly/yearly mission of prospecting and assessing individuals into the United States Marine Corps
- My personally recognized abilities to train each Marine in the art of sales, communication, and presentation skills, not only led to their own recognition, promotions, and awards from superiors, but led to my team accomplishing the below: o Successfully completed 117% of contracting missions annually
- O Successfully shipped 121% of the assigned shipping mission
- O Managed the prospecting pipeline from contact to assessing over 350 individuals
- O Utilize data analysis to drive operations decision-making
- O #1 of 15 Recruiting Sub-Station in Tennessee, North Georgia, North Alabama, and North
- Mississippi for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years o #2 of 15 Recruiting Sub-Station in Tennessee, North Georgia, North Alabama, and North
- Mississippi for the 2016 fiscal years
- O Lead my recruiters and directed their efforts resulting in 5 of them ranking in the top 20 of 70 in
- Recruiting Station, 3 of them taking the top 3 spot
- O In 2018 I was named Top Sales manager 2 consecutive months in the Southeast Region
- O Cultivated strong working relations with members of the community and local high schools.
Talent Acquisition Recruiter
U.S. Marine Corps
Blue Ridge, GA
12.2014 - 08.2015
- Utilizing prospecting activities of telephone calls, area canvassing, home visits, and social media
- Ensuring the effectiveness of recruiting support programs while building and maintaining relationships with educational institution, local media outlets, and government agencies at all levels
- O This was an independent billet that requires drive, initiative, drive, and ability to produce with minimal supervision
- O Completed government background checks utilizing the standard form SF-86 National Security
- Questionnaire
- O Multi-tasked client appointments, media visits, high school career days, and key influencers meetings by utilizing time management and recruiting planning tools
- O Performed database searches to source qualified candidates for specific quotas
- O Interviewed and assessed candidates to qualify against quota needs
- O Applied full cycle recruiting procedures to a diverse culture resulting in meeting all assigned quotas by specific category
- O Achieved every assigned quota doing so with quality
- Was recognized with numerous recruiting awards.
Education
o Basic Recruiter Course (8 weeks) – Systematic recruiting practices, consultative selling, data analysis, closing and post-closing techniques, recruiting ethics o Career Recruiter Course (5 weeks) – - undefined
o Staff Noncommissioned Officer Career Course (10 weeks) – Leadership, decision making o Advance Staff Noncommissioned Officer Course (15 weeks) – - undefined
Skills
- Operations management
- Strategic Planning
- Analysis & Reporting
- Team Building
- Conflict Resolution
- Talent Acquisition
- Client Relations & Retention
- On-Boarding
- Employee Benefits
- Performance Management
- Training & Development
- Leading Virtual instruction
- Employee Development
- Public speaking
- Digital Marketing
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
TRC
08.2023 - Current
Assistant Program Manager
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
06.2022 - 08.2023
Regional Human Resources Manager
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
06.2018 - 06.2018
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
08.2015 - 06.2018
Talent Acquisition Recruiter
U.S. Marine Corps
12.2014 - 08.2015
o Basic Recruiter Course (8 weeks) – Systematic recruiting practices, consultative selling, data analysis, closing and post-closing techniques, recruiting ethics o Career Recruiter Course (5 weeks) – - undefined
o Staff Noncommissioned Officer Career Course (10 weeks) – Leadership, decision making o Advance Staff Noncommissioned Officer Course (15 weeks) – - undefined
Assistant Regional Director of Recruiting Operations
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command
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