Recruiter
JAMES C. WILLIAMS
State Farm
Smyrna,GA
Summary
Talent acquisition professional with 13+ years of corporate and agency recruiting experience, including banking recruitment at Synovus and sourcing for Banking, Capital Markets, and Mortgage Underwriter roles at Accenture. Consultative partner to executives, hiring managers, and HR on workforce planning, talent availability, and hiring strategy. Manages full-cycle recruiting, specialized talent pipelines, and candidate engagement, using recruiting metrics and market intelligence to improve hiring decisions and recruiting effectiveness.
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
5 Years- Advised executives, directors, hiring managers, and HR partners on workforce needs, talent availability, and search priorities across technical, operational, analytical, and corporate functions.
- Partnered with executive leadership to define ideal candidate profiles, reducing average time-to-hire from 45 days to 28 days.
- Managed full-cycle recruiting from intake and sourcing through screening, interviews, selection, offer negotiation, and hire; maintained clear communication and candidate engagement throughout the process.
- Translated market intelligence and business priorities into targeted sourcing strategies and passive candidate pipelines for niche and high-priority roles.
- Expanded diverse talent networks through technology organizations, universities, and regional professional communities; guided hiring leaders and HR partners on recruiting policies, best practices, and issue resolution.
- Used AI-assisted workflows for candidate research, Boolean search refinement, job description optimization, and recruiting communications to improve productivity.
Talent Acquisition Partner
3 Years 8 Months- Managed 35-40 requisitions across Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee in a banking environment, balancing specialized searches with high-volume hiring needs.
- Consulted with executives and department heads on Director, Associate Director, and Senior Manager searches, aligning talent profiles and hiring decisions with business priorities.
- Sourced active and passive candidates through LinkedIn, direct outreach, market mapping, referrals, and relationship building.
- Conducted competency-based and behavioral assessments, calibrated candidate quality with hiring leaders, and provided evidence-based selection recommendations.
- Presented pipeline health, recruiting metrics, and market insights to executive leadership to guide hiring decisions and identify recruiting process improvements.
- Led a consultative hiring manager training program that aligned cross-functional teams and standardized behavior-based interviewing matrices.
- Served as the primary subject matter expert on External Associates, advising hiring leaders and HR partners across departments on processes and best practices.
Sourcing Recruiter
2 Years 6 Months- Managed sourcing for 30 to 50+ openings across Banking, Capital Markets, Retail, Consumer Goods, and Software, supporting competing business priorities.
- Consulted with Managing Directors and senior leaders to define talent profiles and source Director, Associate Director, and Senior Manager candidates through targeted passive candidate engagement.
- Built specialized pipelines for Mortgage Underwriters, Business Analysts, Project Managers, SAP professionals, and software engineers.
- Partnered with recruiting and business leaders on sourcing strategies for exempt and non-exempt roles across the U.S. and Canada.
- Tracked candidate pipelines and recruiting funnel activity in Avature and Taleo to strengthen pipeline visibility and recruiting effectiveness.
Technical Recruiter
1 Year 1 Month- Partnered with client stakeholders in an agency environment to define hiring needs and prioritize an average of 30-35 active requisitions.
- Delivered full-cycle recruiting from intake and market research through sourcing, screening, interviews, selection, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
- Built active and passive candidate pipelines through direct sourcing, referrals, cold outreach, job fairs, and internal databases; recruited sales, customer success, and marketing talent.
Recruiter
11 Months- Managed end-to-end healthcare recruitment for caregiver, support, and clinical personnel, including targeted outreach and compensation negotiation.
Consultant - Technology Capability Team
4 Years 7 Months- Managed litigation records and FOIA requests supporting U.S. EPA Region 3 Hazardous Sites Cleanup Division under CERCLA regulations; developed outreach approaches to promote client services.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Telecommunications
Skills
Financial Services Recruiting | Full-Cycle Recruiting | Executive Stakeholder Partnership | Workforce Planning | Active and Passive Candidate Sourcing | Talent Pipeline Development | Candidate Screening and Assessment | Interview Management | Offer Negotiation | Candidate Experience | Recruiting Metrics | Market Intelligence | Process Improvement | Hiring Manager Training
Avature | Taleo | LinkedIn Sourcing | Boolean Search | Recruiting Databases | AI-Assisted Recruiting Workflows
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
State Farm
07.2021 - 07.2026
Talent Acquisition Partner
Synovus
11.2017 - 07.2021
Sourcing Recruiter
Accenture
03.2015 - 09.2017
Technical Recruiter
Open Systems Technologies
02.2014 - 03.2015
Recruiter
Good Samaritan Home Care Solution
06.2012 - 05.2013
Consultant - Technology Capability Team
Booz Allen Hamilton
01.2007 - 08.2011
The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Arts from Telecommunications