Devante Carter
San Antonio
Summary
Sr Recruiter with 5+ years of experience in sourcing and hiring top talent for fortune 500 and other diverse industry organizations. Skilled in full cycle recruiting through robust recruiting strategies, social media networking, and event/career fair organization. Worked in high volume agency and RPO environments, with a heavy focus on sales.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Technical Recruiter Consultant
Randstad/Wells Fargo
03.2022 - 03.2024
- Served as a primary recruiter for specific market(s) within a division and will be accountable for developing and fostering ongoing, collaborative working relationships with assigned business leaders, fellow recruiters, segment partners, and HR partners across Wells Fargo.
- Led efforts to develop innovative recruiting strategies and best practices for recruiting mortgage sales producers and leaders in key geographies.
- Managed and developed recruitment strategies and execution for multiple openings, from the initial research and planning phase, to sourcing and candidate identification, assessment, offer, close and pre-boarding.
- Leveraged creative approaches and methodologies for direct sourcing, such as competitor research, market awareness, networking and referrals to identify and acquire specialized talent across the skill set spectrum.
- Developed and maintained partnerships with hiring managers and leadership to influence recruiting strategies, provide coaching on passive recruiting processes/practices, ensure clarity in the recruitment process, eliminate barriers, drive efficiency, and push for results.
- Worked effectively in a matrixed organization, develop partnerships across businesses and operational functional areas.
- Executed strategies to positively impact Affirmative Action goals and communicate progress against goals to senior leaders.
- Assessed all job seekers expressing interest in the posted position, select qualified candidates for pre-screening interviews, conduct phone screens and measure candidates against a specific job profile, and recommend job candidates to hiring managers.
- Built rapport with internal and external candidates and deliver a positive applicant experience through proactive, authentic communication and efficient process management.
- Successfully closed and filled positions in a timely manner while adhering to all recruitment and hiring policies.
- In addition, I was responsible for following and completing all of the process requirements including dispositioning candidates and ensuring compliance with all policy and regulatory requirements.
HR Assistant/Recruiter
Elwood Staffing
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.
- Coordinated with executive team leaders to forecast hiring needs and department goals.
- Sourced and selected applicants for technical positions within company.
- Onboarded new hires and set up training.
- Referred candidate resumes to customer account managers for evaluation and submission.
- Interviewed candidates using different interview methods and approaches.
- Wrote and posted job descriptions for a variety of positions.
- Operated as trusted advisor and subject matter expert to build strong and credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers and critical stakeholders.
- Built and executed sourcing, assessment and closing approaches to manage return on investment expectations.
- Pre-screened resumes prior to sending to corporate hiring managers for consideration.
- Improved office efficiency by effectively managing internal communications and correspondence.
- Assisted senior management with making key decisions by developing and submitting performance and compensation reports with status updates and improvement recommendations.
- Coordinated orientation and onboarding for new employees.
- Created and wrote job postings for vacant positions on websites.
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Emphasized job benefits and perks to applicants to improve organization's attractiveness.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
PIMCO
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Collaborated with Human Resource Business Partners and Hiring Managers to agree on yearly campus and early career hiring numbers, interview timelines, assessment components, and closing strategies.
- Built and trained an “assessment team” for each aligned business to manage resume review and interviews ensuring a diverse slate of interviewers.
- Sourced and interacted with high quality candidates throughout the process.
- Audited pipeline to ensure accuracy of process and ensure all top candidates are considered.
- Reviewed and select candidate resumes to send to assessment teams.
- Facilitated interview process to ensure timely selection of candidates.
- Supported my aligned summer interns to ensure a strong experience for candidates and the business; including the collection of feedback, and facilitating the full-time offer process
- Supported my Candidate Development team by attending events and conferences where applicable
- Collaborated on candidate development process in driving the follow up strategies pertaining to their aligned businesses
- Served as a subject matter expert to help refine messaging about their groups/roles to external audiences
- Provided staffing recommendations for specific engagements
- Advised on business specific marketing content for prospect engagement events/programs
- Communicated business specific learning needs to be developed by the Talent Development and Learning team
- Conducted reference checks, background screening and other pre-employment checks to verify information on applicant's resume.
- Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Studied job descriptions and qualifications to determine applicant requirements.
- Assisted with onboarding and orientation of new hires to expedite acclimatization process.
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Coordinated schedules to arrange management interviews with applicants.
- Provided regular updates to hiring managers and HR staff on recruitment activities and progress.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM06.2020
Skills
- Contract Negotiation
- Job Description Development
- Behavioral Interviewing
- Strategic Sourcing
- Employee Hiring
- Promotion Coordination
- In-Person and Telephone Interviewing
- Background Checks
- Applicant Qualification
- Relocation Package Development
- Pre-Employment Screening
- Client Relationship Management
- Recruitment Strategies
- Verbal and Written Communication
- ATS
- Workday
- Agile
- Scrum
- Online Job Boards
- Job Offer Development
- Prospecting and Lead Generation
- Boolean
- MS Office
- Teams
- Excell
- LinkedIn Sourcing
- Recruitment Management
- Candidate Sourcing
- Agile
- SQL
Timeline
Sr Technical Recruiter Consultant
Randstad/Wells Fargo
03.2022 - 03.2024
HR Assistant/Recruiter
Elwood Staffing
01.2019 - 01.2021
Talent Acquisition Specialist
PIMCO
01.2017 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
New Mexico State University
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