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Darlene Watanabe-Marchand

Middletown,CT

Summary

Inquisitive, high-energy professional with 25+ years of recruiting experience in Human Resources Recruiting, Corporate Recruiting, Agency Recruiting, and Executive Recruiting Environments. High caliber communications and relationship management skills. Builds lasting relationships with candidates and partners. Deeply understands and communicates hiring manager requirements in order to ensure optimal technical and organizational fit when sourcing. Expert user of social media, and other high-volume recruitment tools (5000+ LinkedIn connections). Capable of tapping vast network of contacts in order to source hard to fill roles, make critical connections, and fill recruiting pipeline.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Recruiting Manager

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO (MGA, INC)
  • Recruit, hire, staff SM's and DM's 700 stores in the Northeast and Southeast
  • Responsible for a hiring quota of 20 per quarter
  • Working Force Planning, Succession Planning, Coaching and Training.

Store Manager, DM in Training

VICTORIA'S SECRET (THE LIMITED, INC)
  • Generated and exceeded monthly sales goals by at least 20%
  • Top third in the company - Gold Circle of Excellence
  • Recruit, hire, train and develop managers and associates
  • Maintain customer base and service levels
  • Motivate and direct volume for 3 stores in the district.

Corporate Recruiter

LL Global
Middletown, CT
01.2014 - Current
  • Recruit and fill all open corporate roles- C-level, Director, and Managers / Analysts
  • Partner with the senior leadership team in recruiting strategies
  • Full life cycle recruiting, on-boarding, retention.

Manager, Recruitment Western New England

COMCAST
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Manage a team of 2 recruiters and a recruiting coordinator
  • Fill 370 roles yearly - exempt / non-exempt positions
  • Succession planning / Talent Review for Western New England Region CT, VT, MA, NH
  • Partnership with Senior Leadership Team on recruiting strategies
  • Compliance - OFCCP / AAP planning and ownership
  • Report directly to VP HR and VP of Talent Acquisition.

Executive Recruiter

THE MILLARD GROUP
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Headhunt IT Sales Engineer, IEEE Engineer, Regional Sales Manager, VP level roles
  • WIFI 802.11, Telecommunications, Networking, Security, Federal
  • Work closely with Pre -IPO start-ups in building there sales/engineering teams.

Human Resources Recruiting Manager

EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS INTERNATIONAL
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Initiated first Candidate spreadsheet and Workforce Plan
  • Recruit, hire, and onboard at all levels of management
  • Hired 425 employees at all levels in one year
  • Succession Planning - partnering with VP and Directors on needs
  • Responsible for openings in the corporate office across all departments - Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Procurement, Administrative
  • Employee relations, benefit administration, retention, training, performance evaluation
  • Job pricing / market analysis - negotiation of job offer.

Recruiting Manager

MOVIE GALLERY INC
01.2002 - 01.2009
  • Responsibility to recruit, hire, staff all openings at the SM, DM, RM, VP level countrywide - USA and Canada recruited current CFO
  • Succession planning at the DM level partnering with each RM on C-players and openings in there region - Corporate - Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Administrative, Field Managers
  • Extensive work in Workforce Planning, Candidate Spreadsheets, and Retention Management, Coaching and Training DM's in Recruiting, Employee relations.

Regional Recruiter

THE LIMITED, INC
01.1997 - 01.2002
  • Recruit, hire, staff over 600 stores as well as corporate level positions in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic States
  • Employee Relations, Benefit Administration, Financial Analysis
  • Coaching and Training DM's in recruiting practices
  • Entrance and exit interviews, retention, performance evaluation.

Education

BS in Business Administration -

Saint Joseph College
05.1992

Skills

  • Succession Planning
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Benefits Administration
  • Human Resources
  • Market Analysis
  • Recruiting
  • Change Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Performance Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Pricing
  • Operations Management
  • Employee Orientation
  • Employee Evaluation
  • Financial Analysis
  • ATS
  • Telecommunication
  • HR Sourcing
  • Computer Networking
  • Conflict Management
  • Communication skills
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Procurement
  • Taleo

Certification

Professional In Human Resources

Personal Information

Title: Corporate Recruiter - LL Global

Timeline

Corporate Recruiter

LL Global
01.2014 - Current

Manager, Recruitment Western New England

COMCAST
01.2012 - 01.2013

Executive Recruiter

THE MILLARD GROUP
01.2010 - 01.2012

Human Resources Recruiting Manager

EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS INTERNATIONAL
01.2009 - 01.2010

Recruiting Manager

MOVIE GALLERY INC
01.2002 - 01.2009

Regional Recruiter

THE LIMITED, INC
01.1997 - 01.2002

Recruiting Manager

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO (MGA, INC)

Store Manager, DM in Training

VICTORIA'S SECRET (THE LIMITED, INC)

BS in Business Administration -

Saint Joseph College
Professional In Human Resources
Darlene Watanabe-Marchand