Jade James
Talent Aquisition
Houston,TX
Summary
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. Job Title successfully builds future leadership by elevating talent. Experienced in full cycle recruiting to source, select and hire top talent. Establishes and maintains effective recruitment metrics, processes, systems and tools to deliver five star candidate experiences and contribute to company employment brand. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager
Concord University
01.2022 - 05.2024
- Increased the quality of new hires by refining job descriptions, setting clear expectations, and establishing performance metrics for success.
- Managed a high-performing talent acquisition team, fostering professional development opportunities, setting performance goals, and providing continuous support for success.
- Negotiated contracts and managed budget for recruiting expenses.
- Created comprehensive reports on recruitment trends and metrics which informed executive decision-making related to workforce planning strategies.
- Evaluated and updated company recruitment policies to ensure alignment with industry best practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Coordinated job fairs and campus recruiting events to attract top talent from diverse backgrounds.
- Spearheaded diversity inclusion initiatives within the recruitment process by partnering with community organizations focused on underrepresented groups in the workforce.
- Reduced time-to-fill rates by utilizing advanced recruitment tools such as applicant tracking systems and social media platforms.
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
- Led training sessions for hiring managers on topics such as interviewing techniques, unconscious bias awareness, and legal considerations in the hiring process.
- Implemented innovative sourcing techniques to identify passive candidates and expand talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles.
- Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
- Facilitated successful candidate experiences throughout all stages of the recruitment journey by maintaining open lines of communication and providing timely feedback.
- Conducted regular evaluations of recruitment vendors to optimize budget allocation while maintaining high-quality services and deliverables.
- Reduced process gaps while supervising employees to achieve optimal productivity.
- Enhanced team workflows and employee job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Jogan Health Solutions
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Responsible for the entire recruitment process from creating requisitions, posting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessing and hiring
- Optimized corporate support structure programs
- Responsibilities include but are not limited to working with client HR Recruiter and managers to fill open positions, strategic sourcing, screening, and pre-qualifying candidates for hire
- Launched diversity initiatives to identify and develop key underrepresented talent
- Work with recruitment director to fill high-level hospital positions
- Pre-screen applicants to present only the best candidates.
Regional Recruiting Manager
Krucial Staffing
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Deliver recruiting expertise and seamless support to high-profile, diverse industry clients in acquiring top talent
- Successfully filled over 20,000 contract positions for a government contract
- Assist in writing and placing job advertisements
- Develop and maintain contacts with education institutions, employment agencies, placement firms, and other sources of applicants
- Wrote job descriptions and worked with media team to create ads for social media, increasing talent pool by 27%.
Unit Medical Recruiting Specialist
Favorites Staffing
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Recruit and interview potential caregivers through various sources
- Develop strong relationships and partner with government officials
- Provide adequate living conditions and medical services for immigrants
- Demonstrate up-to-date expertise and apply this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans.
Education
Bachelor Degree, Public Relations -
Alabama State University
Skills
- Recruiting life cycle
- High Volume Staffing
- Expense Control
- Placement & Onboarding
- Process & Productivity Optimization
- Account management
- Succession planning
- Employee Engagement
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Performance Management
- Talent Acquisition Marketing
- Training & Development
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Recruitment
- Data-driven decision-making
- Candidate Sourcing
- Talent management
- Compensation analysis
- Onboarding Processes
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Candidate pipeline management
- Social Media Recruiting
- Candidate tracking
- Recruitment and hiring
- Relationship Building
- Hiring and Onboarding
- Onboarding, Training, and Development
- Executive Recruiting
- Training development
- Leadership Training and Development
- Performance Management Systems
- Succession Planning
- Employee Development
Certification
- CPR Licenses - American Red Cross
- Behavioral Intervention Certification - Lamar University
- Emergency Management Licenses - FEMA
Memberships Committees
- NAACP- Nation Member
- North America Women in PR - National member
- Houston Food Bank - Outreach committee
Professional Highlights
- Recruited 1,000 medical Personnel In 72 hours
- Decrease turnover by 74%
- Saved $35,000 Reduction in job posting expense
- Increased productivity by 25% in two quarters
- Developed recruitment programs, policy and procedures for a start-up company
- Decreased deployment turnarounds from 120 hour to 72 hours
- Raised employee retention rates over 22%
- Speaks conversational spanish
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager
Concord University
01.2022 - 05.2024
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Jogan Health Solutions
01.2021 - 01.2022
Regional Recruiting Manager
Krucial Staffing
01.2020 - 01.2021
Unit Medical Recruiting Specialist
Favorites Staffing
01.2016 - 01.2020
Bachelor Degree, Public Relations -
Alabama State University
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