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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Connie Ross

Connie Ross

Lago Vista,TX

Summary

Dynamic Talent Acquisition Specialist with proven expertise in recruitment planning and candidate pipeline management. At Genentech, I excelled in building strong partnerships and leveraging social media recruiting to enhance talent acquisition. Skilled in negotiation and persuasive sales techniques, I significantly improved hiring quality and efficiency.

Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Offering 25 years of recruitment strategy development.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Compass Group Management
03.2019 - 03.2023
  • Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company.
  • Sourced and screened candidates for [Type] roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.
  • Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
  • Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Genentech
12.2003 - 10.2018
  • Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company.
  • Sourced and screened candidates for [Type] roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.
  • Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
  • Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
  • Created and distributed job postings on job boards, corporate career sites and social media networks to increase reach.
  • Conducted telephone and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.
  • Provided regular updates to hiring managers and HR staff on recruitment activities and progress.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
  • Developed and maintained applicant tracking system, tracking all job openings, applicants and interviewing activity.
  • Assisted with writing job postings and job descriptions for boards.
  • Pre-screened resumes prior to sending to corporate hiring managers for consideration.
  • Worked alongside global business leader to deploy new training strategies.

Education

No Degree - Business Administration

UC Davis Extension, Sacramento, CA
  • Completed AP course in Human Resources
  • Relevant Coursework: compensation, benefits, recruitment, organizational management

High School Diploma -

Armijo High School, Fairfield,CA.
01-1973

Skills

  • Career fair management
  • Recruitment planning
  • Candidate pipeline management
  • Recruitment reporting
  • Contract negotiation
  • Recruitment
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Onboarding support
  • Talent management
  • Social media recruiting
  • Compensation analysis
  • Cold calling
  • Procedure training
  • Candidate tracking
  • Salary and benefits negotiations
  • Managed client contracts
  • Vacancy posting
  • Application screening
  • Work authorizations
  • Business forecasting
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Referral generation
  • Applicant tracking systems
  • Persuasive sales techniques
  • Global recruitment
  • Building partnerships
  • Pipeline maintenance
  • Candidate sourcing

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team 2-5 staff members
  • Collaborated with team of 10 in the development of Recruitment Strategies for site of 1000 people
  • Achieved Staffing tools by introducing Workday and other programs for sourcing candidates.

Affiliations

  • SHRM

Certification

  • Employment law
  • Workers compensation
  • Benefits
  • several ATS Certifications
  • Software Training - all Microsoft


Timeline

Talent Acquisition Specialist - Compass Group Management
03.2019 - 03.2023
Talent Acquisition Specialist - Genentech
12.2003 - 10.2018
UC Davis Extension - No Degree, Business Administration
Armijo High School - High School Diploma,

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