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Gary W. Young Jr.

Denver,NC

Summary

Dynamic Talent Manager offering 13-year progressive career across diverse industries. Proven history of designing and implementing recruitment, training and conflict-resolution initiatives for companies with over 100k employees and Tech organizations from 5-8k associates. Insightful and creative with strengths in partnering with cross-functional business executives to strategize personnel-management solutions. Known for identifying improvement opportunities, effective stakeholder collaborations and spearheading projects to drive effectiveness.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Talent Advisor – Information Technology

American Airlines Incorporated
01.2020 - 03.2021
  • Primary oversight of all recruiting objectives related to the Corporate IT organization.
  • Regularly collaborated with Compensation, Compliance, HRIS, Legal and HR Business Partners to support strategic initiatives related to attracting IT talent.
  • Served as project lead/consultant for the following: IT Technical Interview – partnered with AA team of Principal Programmers to develop live coding assessments for niche, hard to fill technical skilled roles in Software Development, DevOps Engineering, Infrastructure Architecture, etc.
  • Team Labor Market SME - Utilized Talent Neuron to research market compensation to submit recommendations for pay structures for tech roles, sponsorship equivalences, and roles requiring location comparisons for potential candidate relocations.
  • Pioneered DE&I recruiting efforts by facilitating partnering with Black Enterprise to host HBCU exclusive Hack-a-thons in 2018, 2019 & 2020 resulting in hiring over 90 software developers from 15 HBCU institutions.
  • Coached team members in strategic techniques necessary to complete job tasks, projects and report results.

Talent Advisor – Information Technology

American Airlines Incorporated
08.2016 - 12.2019
  • Served as a single point of contact for recruiting for the IT department and positions including but not limited to Enterprise Infrastructure, system administrators, networking engineers, software developers, infrastructure architects, IT Help Desk, and Desktop and Field Services
  • Provided professional consultation to hiring leaders on immigration candidates who required sponsorship for work authorization.
  • Advised candidates and hiring leaders on relocation assistance, salary negotiations and exception guidelines when required.
  • Supplied innovative strategies to attract hard to fill talent for more select roles
  • Additional contributions included: Developed and facilitated trainings and created Interviewing guides to improve hiring inefficiencies in IT leadership’s interviewing and selection practices.

Contract Division Recruiter

Nestle Waters North America
08.2015 - 08.2016
  • Served as lead recruiter in sourcing, screening and scheduling interviews for the North Texas Zone which includes the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, and Waco
  • Organized and coordinated job fairs in all supported markets targeting candidates for route delivery, warehousing and direct sales delivery
  • Hosted weekly and biweekly meetings to discuss recruiting and retention strategies with Zone Operations Manager, Unit Leaders and General Manager and provided weekly status updates on openings, hires, interviews and candidates pending background
  • Utilized Taleo, Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, and several other organizations to supporting sourcing efforts.

Contract Regional Recruiter

FleetPride Inc.
10.2014 - 08.2015
  • Responsible for all hires in the Operations division covering the entire Eastern Region of the company
  • Region covered a total of 22 states including New York, Florida, Alabama and Michigan
  • Successfully managed 45 to 50 requisitions at any given time maintaining an average of 28 to 30 days to fill
  • Responsible for hiring positions ranging from non-exempt entry level branch roles to exempt level leadership positions experienced in the Heavy Duty trucking industry
  • Partnered with Regional Human Resources Business Partner frequently to review any questionable background cases regarding employment eligibility.

Full-Time Corporate Recruiter

Exeter Finance Corporation
06.2013 - 10.2014
  • Promoted to Originations Corporate Recruiter after redesigning the recruiting process for the Originations division
  • Successfully partnered with business clients to recruit 102 Dealer Sales Managers and 10 Sales Directors to implement Originations sales team in 2013
  • Responsible for all recruiting duties of 47 branches in the Originations division across the nation
  • Occasionally recruiting corporate roles across the company in various departments such as Finance, Compliance and Training & Development
  • Transitioned to lead recruiter for Exeter’s Servicing Department recruiting Exempt and Non-Exempt positions for Collections, Customer Service, Loss Mitigations, Vendor Management and Specialty Collections
  • Lead recruiter in the launch of Exeter’s new Servicing Center in Salt Lake City, UT successfully recruiting over 150 Exempt and Non-Exempt from June to September 2014
  • Served as a project manager on several special HR projects including Success Factors implementation of Compensation, Performance Management, and Succession Planning and Learning Management System modules.

Recruiting Coordinator

Exeter Finance Corporation
02.2013 - 06.2013
  • Coordinated on-boarding procedures by providing HR with completed application packets, consisting of employment applications, resumes, background check reports, offer letters, and approved job requisitions
  • Utilized ADP Talent Management systems (i.e
  • Virtual Edge) to track the recruiting status of all candidates, applicants and hires
  • Scheduled and coordinated interviews between candidates, recruiters and hiring managers
  • Arranged and coordinated meeting locations, travel arrangements, including itineraries, hotel, transportation reservations and confirmations
  • Assisted Recruiting team with all job fairs and other recruitment events/venues
  • Coordinated the hiring process of 58 hires in four months prior to being promoted.

Full-Time Recruiting Coordinator

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
01.2012 - 02.2013
  • Managed candidates in Virtual Edge and coordinated all interviews, offer letters, drug screening and background screening results
  • Partnered with the business line to review strategies on retention and forecasting staffing needs
  • Directly onboarded over 450 employees including Mortgage Sales Professionals, Loan Processors, Loan Closers, Banking Auditors and other valued operations positions within the company
  • Managed all new hire paperwork, backgrounds, offer letters and legal documentation for 13 recruiters in the Originations departments.

Store Assistant Manager

Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
08.2010 - 01.2012
  • Ensured efficiency in daily operations: account receivables, inventory turnover, and sales production
  • Grew store sales to 4th place in sales growth among stores in the DFW district in 2012
  • Trained, coached, and managed a team of 6 store employees
  • Directly assisted manager with market trends, competition, and opportunities analysis monthly
  • Built and grew loyal business relationships and rapport with customers
  • Directly acquired 42 major accounts in the Irving area to build store sales.

Human Resources Departmental Intern

Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
05.2010 - 08.2010
  • Conducted research analysis on Sherwin Williams’ recruiting and retention practices in comparison with competitive company’s Management Training Program
  • Presented findings from research at the company’s HR Internship Conference among 100 other interns
  • Worked exclusively with both North and South Texas Area HR Managers on improving prescreening processes, employee relations, and policy and procedure revisions.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Development -

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
08.2010

Skills

  • Auto Finance Recruiter
  • Recruiter
  • General HR Knowledge
  • Direct Sales Recruiting
  • Call Center Recruiter
  • Corporate Recruiting
  • Mortgage Professional Recruiter
  • Finance Recruiter
  • Background Screening
  • Taleo
  • Careerbuilder
  • Monster
  • Virtual Edge
  • ADP
  • Accurate
  • Zip Recruiter
  • LinkedIn
  • General Labor Recruiting
  • Warehouse Recruiting
  • Specialty Roles
  • General System Implementation
  • Management
  • Sales
  • Talent Neuron
  • Success Factors
  • SAP
  • IT Recruiter
  • Team Lead
  • Development
  • Coaching
  • Talent Management
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Compensation Analysis
  • Candidate Tracking
  • Global Recruitment
  • Candidate Pipeline Management
  • Salary and Benefits Negotiations
  • Fee Collection
  • Work Authorizations
  • Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Recruitment
  • Expense Tracking
  • Staff Development
  • Performance Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Workforce Management
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Team Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Negotiation
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Lead Generation

Timeline

Lead Talent Advisor – Information Technology

American Airlines Incorporated
01.2020 - 03.2021

Talent Advisor – Information Technology

American Airlines Incorporated
08.2016 - 12.2019

Contract Division Recruiter

Nestle Waters North America
08.2015 - 08.2016

Contract Regional Recruiter

FleetPride Inc.
10.2014 - 08.2015

Full-Time Corporate Recruiter

Exeter Finance Corporation
06.2013 - 10.2014

Recruiting Coordinator

Exeter Finance Corporation
02.2013 - 06.2013

Full-Time Recruiting Coordinator

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
01.2012 - 02.2013

Store Assistant Manager

Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
08.2010 - 01.2012

Human Resources Departmental Intern

Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
05.2010 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Development -

Texas A&M University

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