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Ebony M. Jones

Los Angeles,CA

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LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebonyjones0521


Experienced in designing and executing innovative employment branding strategies. Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager devises strategy and recruitment processes to execute sourcing and recruiting campaigns. Finds and screens candidates and develops corporate policy for talent bench-marking, talent assessment and interviewing policies. Develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high caliber, professional and diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.

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There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Skills

  • Expert in MS Office, iCIMS, SuccessFactors, Employee Central, Taleo, Workday, MyStaffingPro, Kenexa, and ADP HRIS
  • Experienced in Boolean Searching, LinkedIn Recruiter, Social Media recruiting (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube)
  • Building strong relationships with College/University alumni and fraternal organizations
  • Compensation Negotiations

Work History

Director, Talent Acquisition

O’Reilly Media
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • Media - 100% Remote (looking to leave due to upcoming layoffs)
  • For more than 40 years, O’Reilly has imparted the world-shaping ideas of innovators through books, articles, conferences, and their global online learning platform.
  • O’Reilly Media is a $300 million-dollar organization.
  • Led global talent acquisition strategies and develop talent acquisition programs that ensure successful hiring and achievement of organizational objectives.
  • Managed a team of two talent acquisition advisors and coordinator.
  • Created first-ever recruitment process, establish an SLA, and create hiring manager interview process.
  • Managed all global recruitment efforts in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Asia, and Latin America.
  • Created partnerships with HBCU’s, local colleges and universities, and diverse organizations to increase diversity recruitment.
  • Partnered with HR team and CPO to create DEI initiatives to retain new hires and current employees.
  • Worked with in-house Marketing team to grow our employment branding.
  • Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.

Manager, Talent Acquisition (Remote)

L.A. Care Health Plan
10.2019 - 04.2022
  • L.A. Care Health Plan is California’s local initiative Medi-Cal Managed Care health plan for Los Angeles County with 2,500 employees and provides healthcare to over 2.2 million members.
  • Evaluated recruitment process on regular basis to improve candidate experience.
  • Responsible for employment branding strategies to attract talent for organization.
  • Delivered weekly metric reports to C-suite leadership.
  • Implemented DE&I initiatives to attract and retain diverse candidates and employees.
  • Designed and implemented internship program that is committed to giving underserved, minorities, and disadvantaged students opportunities.
  • Managed annual recruitment budget which is over $1.5 million a year.
  • Managed, coach, and mentor a team of eight diverse full-time recruiting professionals.
  • Regularly reviewed and update the talent acquisition workflow within SuccessFactors.
  • Collaborated with HRBP’s and Total Rewards on recruitment initiatives, salary requests, or recruitment related issues.
  • Partnered with Hiring Managers and Senior Leadership to help buildout strategic and tactful recruitment projects across the organization.
  • Created the first-ever TA guide for Recruiters when hired or need a refresher on the recruitment process.
  • Selected talent assessment tools to help identify talent for senior leadership and IT roles.
  • Managed all recruitment efforts for senior leadership and management roles across the organization which include IT, Sales, HR, Legal, Finance, Clinical, and Operations.
  • Created interview training sessions for hiring managers to identify the right candidate(s) for their roles.
  • Negotiated contracts and managed budget for recruiting expenses.

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Various Companies
10.2017 - 09.2019
  • Managed the SuccessFactors implementation project at IBD.
  • Created a weekly report that tracked metrics data (time to fill, days open, filled roles, and cost per hire).
  • Built a talent acquisition process that includes an SLA, interview guides, requisition approval process, hiring manager interview training, strategic sourcing process, and interview process.
  • Collaborated with VP of HR and Senior Compensation Specialist to build a compensation process for all new job descriptions.
  • Hired for special projects to recruit senior leadership and management talent within sales, IT, Engineering, and Accounting.
  • Helped implement the RPO and VMS process within all my client organizations.

Manager, Talent Acquisition

Guthy-Renker, LLC
05.2015 - 09.2017
  • Guthy-Renker is one of the world’s largest and most respected direct marketing media group and is a $2 billion-dollar company.
  • Supporting well-known beauty products; Proactive Solutions and WEN Hair.
  • Collaborated with senior business leaders to identify key skill gaps as GR pivot from a start-up to an e-commerce leader.
  • Implemented and execute S.W.O.T analysis, created recruitment metrics, workforce planning, succession planning, creating job descriptions and updating old job descriptions, key performance indicators (KPI’s), and project managed recruitment materials for employment branding.
  • Made improvements and upgrades to current ATS (iCIMS) to create a better candidate experience.
  • Managed and coached a team of three recruiters that supported professional and hourly roles.
  • Achieved 60% agency savings over prior year.
  • Supported IT, Sales, Digital Marketing, Pharma, Engineering, and Operations.
  • Conducted behavioral interview training for hiring managers resulting in a consistent evaluation process and greater engagement in interview participation from the business.
  • Helped improve GR’s on-boarding program, GROW, launched in January 2016.

Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition

YP.com - Formerly AT&T Interactive
05.2013 - 05.2015
  • Re-organized the West Region Talent Acquisition team and contractors.
  • Responsible for achieving target-staffing goals every month, and personally filled 15-20 positions a month.
  • Coached and mentored six recruiters and one coordinator.
  • Identified senior leadership and professional talent for SEM, SEO, Marketing, Inside Sales, Digital Marketing, and Digital Sales positions.
  • Lead on ATS implementation project from Taleo to SuccessFactors.
  • Helped create YP LinkedIn page, YP Twitter page, and YP Facebook page to identify talent.
  • Reported bi-weekly recruiting metrics to the Senior Leadership team.
  • Reduced aging requisitions (open over 60 days) by 25% due to rebuilding talent acquisition process.
  • Consulted with Senior Leadership regarding workforce-planning strategies including forecasting future staffing needs and explaining labor market trends.
  • Collaborated with Director of Talent Acquisition to execute long-term strategic vision, which included workforce planning, employment brand marketing, and vendor management.
  • Worked with compensation team to ensure competitive and equitable compensation.

Global Manager, Talent Acquisition

TOMS shoes, Inc
03.2012 - 04.2013
  • TOMS founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie to help fight against third-world poverty and privately owned.
  • Started in a Sr. Contract Recruiter in 2011 and officially hired in the Global Manager role in 2012.
  • Increased diversity hiring in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013 at the executive, management, and professional career bands from 10% to 17%.
  • Created the first-ever internship and externship programs to attract “next generation” talent.
  • Partnered to effectively exit and on-board new senior leadership team, evaluated exit interviews, created all recruitment policies for the USA and U.K., advocate retention programs and strong on-boarding plan, conducted a compensation analysis with the Director of Compensation on both internal and new hires, conducted employee investigations, and oversaw unemployment claims.
  • Facilitated training on but not limited to; interviewing techniques (including behavioral based training), diversity hiring, negotiations, and vendor management system (VMS).
  • Coached and mentored seven direct reports, two contractors, and project teams.
  • Managed a major IT Consultant conversion project by successfully negotiating and hiring 80% of targeted conversions.
  • Conducted all executive searches for senior leadership and management roles within the organization.
  • Member of the Career Branding Project team to help design and implement new career website.
  • Upgraded company ATS from Taleo Business to Taleo Enterprise platform to support global recruitment efforts.
  • Implemented the Devine Group as TOMS robust candidate assessment for leadership hires.
  • Conducted all employee exit interviews to understand why employees were leaving the organization.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration and Management, HR Management

Touro University
New York

Leadership Certificate in Managing for Execution -

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Overview

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