Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Profile Of Qualifications
References
Timeline
Generic

David Harris

Merrillville,IN

Summary

Dynamic recruiter with a proven track record at Pactiv Evergreen, excelling in full-cycle recruitment and strategic workforce planning. Expert in leveraging ATS and social media recruiting to build strong candidate pipelines, resulting in a 500% increase in profit margins. Adept at client relationship management and data-driven recruitment strategies. Resourceful and meticulous recruiter with several years of experience communicating and collaborating effectively with all levels of personnel, agencies, hiring managers and candidates to maximize talent quality. Solutions-oriented relationship builder focused on cultivating and maintaining industry partnerships to maintain consistent candidate pipeline. Methodical and well-coordinated administrative professional well-versed in recruitment strategies. Comfortable multitasking in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments. Proficient in organizing schedules and paperwork. Seasoned recruiting professional with proactive, flexible and hardworking approach to accomplishing employer hiring objectives. Works well with job boards, LinkedIn and ATS systems. Skilled in coaching, overseeing and encouraging successful recruiters. Strategic Recruiter known for high productivity and efficiently completing tasks. Excel in candidate sourcing, interview technique development, and relationship building. Strong in communication, negotiation, and organizational skills which are leveraged to excel in fast-paced environments.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Recruiter

Pactiv Evergreen/Novolex
Chicago, IL
11.2020 - Current
  • As a recruiter for Pactiv Evergreen, I am responsible for sourcing and recruiting hourly, hard-to-fill, and skilled positions.
  • Developed job descriptions and postings to attract qualified applicants.
  • Sourced and screened potential candidates for open positions.
  • Referred suitable candidates to relevant departments for additional assessment.
  • I am part of a labor-ready team that challenges facilities to support strategies and implement operations that assist in closing the gap on their lack of labor.
  • I collaborate with the plant and department managers on a regular basis, and proactively identify future hiring needs.
  • I attract candidates using various sources, such as social media networks, various job boards unique to open positions, and employee referrals.
  • My ultimate responsibilities are to ensure Pactiv is attracting, hiring, and retaining the best employees while growing a strong candidate pipeline.
  • Design and implementation of the overall plant recruiting strategy.
  • Development and maintenance of updates to job descriptions and job specifications.
  • Perform job and task analysis to document job requirements and objectives.
  • Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job boards, newspapers, colleges, etc.
  • Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media, etc.
  • Screen candidates' resumes and job applications.
  • Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection tools and methods to filter candidates within the schedule.
  • Assess applicants’ knowledge, experience, and aptitudes.
  • Onboard new employees in order to become fully integrated.
  • Monitor and apply HR recruitment best practices.
  • Provide analytical and well-documented recruiting reports to the rest of the team.
  • Act as a point of contact, and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process.

Operations Manager/Senior IT Recruiter

Software Tech Enterprises, Inc.
Tinley Park, IL
07.2019 - 11.2020
  • Collaborated with management team on long-term strategic planning initiatives for the organization.
  • Directed operations staff by providing guidance, training, and support in order to meet company objectives.
  • Monitored and improved efficiency of processes, team performance, and customer service.
  • As the Senior IT Recruiter, I supported government clients in partnership with a teaming partner entity for the sourcing and placement of hard-to-fill security clearance and highly skilled IT professionals. I prepared and submitted government contracted roles to job boards.
  • These positions were inclusive of Senior Java, PostgreSQL, AWS DBA, and Node developers.
  • Provided solid recruitment techniques to meet contract requirements using recruiting tools, such as social media, job boards, databases, and an applicant tracking system.
  • Sourced and reviewed resumes to match the appropriate skill sets to client requirements.
  • Interacted with partners to identify key skills, and supported IT solution needs.
  • Maintained confidentiality in all aspects of client, staff, and agency information.
  • Provided and placed quality candidates through career and/or skill-specific resume databases, searching to build strong candidate pipelines and arrange interviews, both phone and in person, prescreening candidates to validate their skill sets.
  • Provided expertise in managing candidates through the process of closing and onboarding.
  • Supported Business Development staff with qualified candidates for proposals and anticipated contract awards.
  • I communicated with the Managing Partner and/or Task Managers to support submitting candidate profiles that specifically address their needs and to arrange interviews, from technical to final.
  • Prepared responses to all correspondence containing routine inquiries for recruitment.
  • Supported STE's Human Resources in processing employment and security background documents.
  • Prepared weekly status reports, and forecasted needs and trends.
  • Created, prepared, and submitted the candidate profile to be reviewed by the Hiring Managers and Technical Review teams.
  • Designed and provided the implementation of the overall recruiting strategy.
  • Developed and maintained updates to job descriptions and job specifications.
  • Prepared recruitment materials and posted jobs to appropriate job boards and social media sites.
  • Sourced and recruited candidates by using databases, social media, etc.
  • Screened candidates' resumes and job applications.
  • Conducted interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection tools and methods to filter candidates within the schedule.
  • Assessed applicants’ knowledge, experience, and aptitudes.
  • Conferred with Management for next steps in candidate process.
  • Performed 30, 60, and 90 check-ins with Hiring Managers and new hires for quality assurance, and monitored turnover and attrition rates to forecast recruitment needs.

Account Manager/Sr. Recruiter

Premier Staffing Source Inc.
Lanham, MD
03.2017 - 08.2018
  • As an Account Manager, I was responsible for business development and nurturing the customer relationship management (CRM) for several contracts obtained by the organization specifically for the Chicago location.
  • As a recruiter, I sourced, recruited and placed staff on specific assignments according to client needs and candidate skill set.
  • The Chicago location was generating about 200K yearly and within a year I brought its profit margin to over 1.3M.
  • Provided quality staffing coverage and temporary staffing services in accordance with contracts and company policies and procedures.
  • Maintained adequate staff for the office during business hours; recruit, retain and manage office staff position.
  • Accountable for payroll process including collection, verification, data entry and reconciliation of discrepancies.
  • Monitored scheduled overtime to reduce costs and eliminate inefficiencies.
  • Oversaw and managed human resource duties for employees.
  • Led and was solely responsible for recruitment, screening and hiring of new applicants.
  • Track and maintain personnel files including mandatory training and credential expirations.
  • Managed company recruiting promotional activities via social media.
  • Pre-screened and interviewed candidates utilizing a variety of situational and behavioral questioning methods.
  • Counseled and mentored employees to provide impartial determinations to employee issues and to seek effective resolutions.
  • Administered performance management duties.
  • Coached/Counseled direct support staff on policy and procedures.
  • Maintained communication and strengthen ties with contract agencies and key personnel to increase billable hours.
  • Managed PTO benefits for both field and administrative staff.

Management Liaison Specialist

DC Government
Washington, DC
07.2011 - 07.2016
  • As a Management Liaison Specialist I was responsible for administering, implementing and advising on recruiting and staffing actions including matters which include novel, controversial and complex staffing issues.
  • My role also served as backup to the HR Benefits Specialist.
  • Was responsible for full life cycle recruitment inclusive of merit case files and the competitive selection process and specifically recruited for security cleared professionals for government and contract positions with several federal agencies.
  • Was responsible for Internal and External Recruiting utilizing tools such as Delegated Examining Unit (DEU), US Staffing and Merit Promotion Plans.
  • Conducted Background and Personal Reference Checks and guided candidates through the pre-employment process and close requisition and prepared all pre-employment paperwork.
  • Was the knowledge expert and point of contact for recruiting issues with several business units whereby I supported workforce planning and organizational transformation activities inclusive of long-term plan development, performance of organizational skills assessments, organizational planning/design, skill-gap analysis, and organizational capability building.
  • Supported design and implementation of a succession plan, including skill assessments, resource identification and development plans, and organizational role/responsibility documentation.

Senior Consultant/HR Recruitment Specialist

HGM Management and Technologies
Washington, DC
07.2007 - 07.2011
  • Provided human resources/recruitment support and performed recruitment consulting for several federal and local government contracts with HGM (USDA, NRC, OPM, DHS, MEMA, DCRA, DCHR, WSSC).
  • Provided recruitment management strategy support by facilitating senior-level executives and directors meeting for staffing and recruitment needs.
  • Managed workforce planning and organizational transformation activities inclusive of long-term plan development, performance of organizational skills assessments, organizational planning/design, skill-gap analysis, and organizational capability building.
  • Managed design and implementation of a succession plan, including skill assessments, resource identification and development plans, and organizational role/responsibility documentation.
  • Supported the implementation of job profile library to provide role descriptions, competencies, proficiency levels, and training and development information for employees.
  • Supported implementation of training and development tracking database with training metrics.
  • Supported mission and functional operations of the company by developing and administering the implementation of performance assessment forms and writing the organizational assessment reports.
  • Created and Conducted Survey Analysis tools to gather information for reporting purposes.
  • Performed Data Gathering and Benchmarking Analysis and for the preparation of white papers.
  • Wrote technical proposals in response to requests for proposals and quotes and participated in strategic planning meetings for proposal writing.

Recruiter(Contract)

Aerotek Staffing
Fairfax, VA
01.2007 - 07.2007

Recruiter (Contract)

Fannie Mae
01.2006 - 12.2006

Learning Center Manager/HR Manager/Sr. Recruiter

Accenture
Rosslyn, VA
09.1998 - 12.2005

Education

Purdue University
01.1998

Business Communications -

Ball State University
01.1994

Skills

  • ATS (iCIMS, Workday, Jobvite, Bullhorn, Brassring, Taleo, LinkedIn Recruiter, Jobscience, Kenexa, Peoplesoft 8)
  • Recruitment strategy
  • Labor market analysis
  • Data-driven recruitment
  • Job analysis
  • Applicant tracking
  • Employee onboarding
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Workforce planning
  • Client relationship management
  • Networking skills
  • Analytical thinking
  • Boolean search
  • New hire orientation
  • Background checking
  • Organizational planning
  • New hire paperwork processing
  • Campaign management
  • Team motivation
  • Full-cycle recruitment
  • Networking events
  • Candidate vetting
  • Background checks
  • Key partnership management
  • ADP workforce now
  • Compensation negotiation
  • Executive recruiting strategies
  • Compensation analysis
  • Job posting optimization
  • Social media recruiting
  • Microsoft Suites
  • Outlook
  • Sharepoint
  • Windows
  • Project
  • Corporate, Government and Manufacturing industry specialist

References

Available Upon Request

Profile Of Qualifications

Solid Technical and Corporate Recruiter with over 20 years of experience in both private sector and government entities. Sourced, Recruited and Placed upwards of over 80 candidates annually. Capable Operations Manager with strong background in human capital management, workforce analysis and development, human resource operations, recruitment, facilitation and strong leadership abilities. Responsible for contracts over 1M plus with revenues of up to 53K weekly. My combination of management experience plus the plethora of knowledge attained throughout my career progression inspires me to maximize the advancement of any company, as well as my continued professional career growth.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Recruiter

Pactiv Evergreen/Novolex
11.2020 - Current

Operations Manager/Senior IT Recruiter

Software Tech Enterprises, Inc.
07.2019 - 11.2020

Account Manager/Sr. Recruiter

Premier Staffing Source Inc.
03.2017 - 08.2018

Management Liaison Specialist

DC Government
07.2011 - 07.2016

Senior Consultant/HR Recruitment Specialist

HGM Management and Technologies
07.2007 - 07.2011

Recruiter(Contract)

Aerotek Staffing
01.2007 - 07.2007

Recruiter (Contract)

Fannie Mae
01.2006 - 12.2006

Learning Center Manager/HR Manager/Sr. Recruiter

Accenture
09.1998 - 12.2005

Purdue University

Business Communications -

Ball State University

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
David Harris