James Robinson
Hurst,TX
Summary
Dynamic professional with a proven track record in creating and implementing effective relationship-building strategies that foster connections among qualified professionals. Expertise includes leading and coaching talent acquisition teams on best practices in negotiation, communication, and behavioral interviewing techniques to ensure high standards of recruitment excellence. Skilled in developing robust networks, databases, and social media communities to enhance outreach and engagement. Recognized for adaptability and professionalism while consistently maintaining a personable approach in all interactions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Center Talent Advisor
Jones Lange LaSalle (JLL)
09.2021 - 12.2025
- Conduct high-volume recruitment for multiple clients in the skilled trades and Data Center sectors.
- Support major clients including AT&T, Edge, Cyrus One, Microsoft, Charles Schwab, BNSF, Cisco, Dell, and Google.
- Source potential candidates through diverse channels such as job boards, social media platforms, professional networks, and employee referrals.
- Recruit for specialized positions including Critical Facility Operating Engineers, Mechanical Program Managers, Building Engineers, Commercial HVAC Technicians, Chief Engineers, Critical Facility Managers, Regional Directors, and other roles based on client needs.
- Provide weekly updates to hiring managers and account directors on candidate pipelines, screenings, interviews, and offer statuses.
- Consistently hired over 220 professionals annually since 2021, with an average time-to-fill of 47 days, including background processing.
- Collaborate closely with People Experience Partners (HR) on each account.
- Process offers in coordination with the coordination team.
- Received 5 'Going Beyond' awards and 2 'Star' awards from clients since 2021.
- Develop and maintained strong relationships with clients.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Baseline Energy Services
05.2019 - 05.2021
- Full cycle recruitment for operations, accounting, engineering, marketing, sales, field, and all other positions needed within the organization due to business needs
- Ad hoc reporting for both DOT and Operations hour variance and overtime for all regions
- Distribution of random employee drug screenings
- Review background checks to ensure they meet company requirements
- Consult with management to define competencies for specific roles
- Troubleshoot difficult positions and source, identify, attract, secure and close hard-to-find candidates
- Prescreen candidates with detailed phone screens, evaluating candidates’ compatibility with specific job requirements, ensuring a right fit prior to submission to the hiring managers
- Face to face interviews with the candidates and the hiring managers along with debriefs if needed
- Compose job descriptions
- Increased FTE by 26% in my first year while reducing time to fill, attrition, and cost per hire
- Created an Excel document used to track qualified candidates, interview process, feedback, and open task for full visibility to HR and hiring managers
- Manage job postings on LinkedIn and Indeed along with all other viable resources
- Handle new hire paperwork along with offer letters
- Schedule pre-employment drug screenings and set up new clinics across the US when needed.
- Gather/process new hire paperwork and initiate the background checks.
- Conduct onboarding by traveling to location or schedule travel for the candidates to come to the home office, and virtually
- Schedule any appropriate training along with travel, lodging arrangements
- Proficient in numerous software applications and can multitask on the fly with positive results
Recruiting Manager of Driver Personnel
JB Hunt Transport
11.2017 - 04.2019
- Oversee driver career placement recruiting efforts for the Dallas branch and cover all 50 states
- Responsible for my team of 10 recruiters to ensure all matrix are being met through leadership, coaching, and quality control phone audits
- Work directly with our corporate recruiters in Lowell, Arkansas to staff my office accordingly, and conduct all interviews, and screenings once they identify a potential candidate
- Responsible for the distribution of leads
- Conduct 1 on 1 meetings weekly with all team members to work on both their strengths and weaknesses
- Develop and maintain a working relationship with the Veterans Commission to hire Veteran Class A drivers
- Conduct and attend hiring events/councils to seek out potential Class A drivers
- Manage the budget for the Dallas office and responsible for ordering and maintaining all the office equipment and supplies
- Hire for all divisions of JB Hunt; Intermodal, DCS (Dedicated Contract Services), Final Mile, and Truckload
- Attend weekly manager meetings to report our victories and losses as a team to the corporate office in Arkansas
- Update and track my team’s weekly averages which consist of their schedules per day/week and the shows for orientation
- Provide a positive and enjoyable atmosphere for my employees by doing weekly incentives and other team activities to keep their motivation up
- Work directly with both my director and, the corporate office to ensure we adequately staff our highest demanding accounts while maintaining balance with all others
Talent Acquisition Supervisor
MedSynergies/Optum360 Ambulatory Services
11.2014 - 11.2017
- Managed the corporate recruiting team and responsible for overseeing the recruitment efforts for all revenue cycle service centers, consisting of 1,200+ employees in Irving, TX, Louisville, KY and Omaha, NE with an emphasis on cost reduction
- Work with stakeholders to prioritize work, drive milestones, facilitate, and influence cross-functional groups to achieve common goals
- Drive decision-making with the hiring managers/organizations to expedite the hiring process
- Oversee the weekly dashboard for the corporate talent acquisition team which provides upper management an insight regarding our recruiting efforts
- Lead weekly meetings to discuss active acquisition statuses with Directors, and Revenue Cycle Managers
- Partnered directly with the military recruitment liaison to increase Veteran hires across the organization
- Took ownership in driving the direct relationship between the business relationships with talent acquisition
- Responsible for working with the compensation department to ensure market specific analysis aligns with all actively recruited positions
- Develop collaborative partnerships with business leaders and stakeholders to translate specific problems into actionable sets of requirements to create project plans
- Helped develop the Talent Acquisition (TA) Way process standardization that streamlined the entire recruiting process
- Conducted successful career fairs and worked with all agencies regarding temporary staffing.
- Decreased the time to fill from 45 days to 23 days knowing that each day a position was open it cost to the company was $380. This allowed the cost per hire to decrease from $6000 to $2500
- Increased the candidate to hire ratio from 65% to 81%
- Reduced the onboarding time from 20 days to 2 weeks by partnering with the onboarding manager
- Oversaw 100 physician practices for Catholic Health Initiatives throughout Kentucky and Oregon
- Visited the markets to partner with Physicians, Practice Managers, and Facility Hiring Managers to determine recruiting specifications and facilitate recruiting strategy
- Built and maintained relationships with Physicians and Practice Managers to ensure that their practice was fully staffed
- Reduced time to fill from 65 days to 30 days in the first year of service with CHI, reducing the risk in the KY market and producing a 20M EBITDA in six months
- Partner with internal hiring departments to proactively source, screen for talent, and take complete ownership for developing and executing appropriate recruiting strategies to meet hiring needs.
- Client matrix: 420 hires, and time to fill 25 days with a 75% candidate to hire ratio
Education
No Degree - Public Relations
University of Texas
Arlington, TXSkills
- Software: Advanced in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, ADP, CMI (pre-employment drug screening), and Express Net (background services), Samsara, Cultural Index, Adobe Sign, PEC, ISNetworld, Teams Professional Services, TPS Alert, NCMS
- Proficient in human capital management systems
Affiliations
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Timeline
Data Center Talent Advisor
Jones Lange LaSalle (JLL)
09.2021 - 12.2025
Talent Acquisition Lead
Baseline Energy Services
05.2019 - 05.2021
Recruiting Manager of Driver Personnel
JB Hunt Transport
11.2017 - 04.2019
Talent Acquisition Supervisor
MedSynergies/Optum360 Ambulatory Services
11.2014 - 11.2017
No Degree - Public Relations
University of Texas