Deborah Jones
Summary
Experienced Senior Recruiting Manager proficient in leadership, full cycle recruiting, reporting, budgeting and compliance areas. Adept at updating and working with executive leadership. Bringing superior skills in recruiting, strategic planning, negotiation and complex problem-solving gained over 20 years Human Recourse experience. Ready to make an immediate contribution to your organization.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Manager of Recruiting
Jumpstart for Young Children
10.2022 - Current
- Successfully sourced, recruited, hired and O & O a team of 2 Recruiting Specialists
- Developed and implemented recruiting strategies for all open corporate roles to attract top talent from competitive markets
- Supervised, coached and mentored recruiting team on regarding best practices for sourcing and recruiting quality candidates
- Performed both as the Recruiting and Talent Sourcing Specialist for 1 year during skeleton crew
- Successfully managed full-cycle recruitment processes for a variety of roles from nonexempt to executive level positions
- Developed strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership to understand the business needs and expectations
- Used data to evaluate, analyze and optimize current hiring processes, salaries and presented insights to advise senior leadership
- Organized pre-employment assessments such as aptitude tests or personality profiles
- Developed screening questions and rubrics for the recruiting team to capture relevant candidate information for hiring managers.
Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist
Jumpstart for Young Children
11.2021 - 10.2022
- Responsible for meeting hiring goals by sourcing, pipelining and full cycle recruiting to filled key vacancies with qualified with talented, passionate and qualified candidates including executive level
- Developed new recruiting strategies that addressed current organizational needs
- Establish strong working relationships and connections throughout the network to by providing an exceptional level of customer service to all current and prospective staff, and act as a role model in all internal and external interactions
- Created job postings for open positions posted on job boards, career sites, and social media platforms
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand their staffing requirements and develop effective sourcing plans and developed screening questions and rubrics to capture relevant candidate information for hiring managers.
Child Care Professional
11.2013 - 06.2021
- Implemented approved lesson plans to promote integrity of academics adhering to MCAS guidelines
- Implemented age-appropriate activities incorporating music that promoted physical development, creativity, learning, and social interaction among the children
- Actively participated in professional development courses related to early childhood education topics such as nutrition or first aid and CPR training
- Supported parents by providing feedback about their child's progress throughout the week.
Substitute Teacher
Lincoln Public Schools/Metco
Lincoln, MA
09.2012 - 06.2014
- Kindergarten - 5th grade
- Followed existing lesson plans to provide consistent instruction to assigned students
- Implemented approved lesson plans to promote integrity of academics adhering to MCAS guidelines
- Tutored students individually and in small groups to help master difficult subjects
- Conducted parent and teacher conferences to discuss student performance, social development, and academic growth.
High Volume Contract Recruiter
TD Bank
07.2011 - 10.2011
- Successfully filled over 110 key vacancies with qualified candidates.
Contract Recruiter
Boston Scientific
04.2011 - 07.2011
- Filled 17 key vacancies with qualified candidates.
Operations Manager
Southern Shaolin Invisible 1st academy
10.2008 - 02.2011
- Increased membership by 61% throughout my tenure via marketing via social media
- Managed billing, payroll, human resources, recruiting, scheduling, vendor management and daily operations ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures and regulations related to safety, security, privacy
- Resolved conflicts between personnel by employing creative problem-solving techniques.
Contract Corporate Recruiter
State Street Corporation
08.2007 - 08.2008
- Successfully filled more than 287 requisitions.
Contract Regional Recruiter
BANK OF AMERICA
Boston, MA
04.2006 - 12.2006
- Responsible for full cycle remote recruiting for all banking center personnel for the state of Rhode Island and all of Southeastern Mass
- Successfully filled 227 requisitions.
Regional Recruiter
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITIES LLC
02.2005 - 03.2006
- Responsible for full cycle remote recruiting for nurses, nursing management and health care related personnel for Harbor Lights Rehabilitation and the Braintree Specialty Hospital
- Hired over 46 nonexempt to licensed personnel
- Addressed employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns
- Coordinated with outside staffing agencies to secure temporary employees, based on departmental needs.
Human Resource Generalist
Haymarket People's Fund
08.1992 - 01.2005
- Responsible for full cycle recruiting, employee relations, benefits administration, staffing and payroll
- Successfully pipelined and staffed 150 volunteers quarterly
- Assisted managers in resolving employee relations issues such as performance management, disciplinary action, grievances
- Conducted exit interviews to understand reasons behind voluntary terminations
- Managed onboarding process for new employees, including orientation and training
- Drafted policies regarding hiring practices, termination procedures, disciplinary measures and other topics related to employment law compliance
- Represented organization at community activities to enhance organization's brand.
Education
Some College (No Degree) -
Newbury Junior College
Boston, MASkills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Data Analytics
- HR Policies
- Fully Cycle Recruiting
- Social Media & job platforms Proficient
- DEI
- Sales & Marketing
- Talent Development
- Strategic Planning
- Partnership Development
- Market Analysis
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Documentation and Reporting
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Budget Administration
- Operations Planning
- Influencing and Negotiating
- ATS Management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sr. Manager of Recruiting
Jumpstart for Young Children
10.2022 - Current
Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist
Jumpstart for Young Children
11.2021 - 10.2022
Child Care Professional
11.2013 - 06.2021
Substitute Teacher
Lincoln Public Schools/Metco
09.2012 - 06.2014
High Volume Contract Recruiter
TD Bank
07.2011 - 10.2011
Contract Recruiter
Boston Scientific
04.2011 - 07.2011
Operations Manager
Southern Shaolin Invisible 1st academy
10.2008 - 02.2011
Contract Corporate Recruiter
State Street Corporation
08.2007 - 08.2008
Contract Regional Recruiter
BANK OF AMERICA
04.2006 - 12.2006
Regional Recruiter
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITIES LLC
02.2005 - 03.2006
Human Resource Generalist
Haymarket People's Fund
08.1992 - 01.2005
Some College (No Degree) -
Newbury Junior College
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