JAMES WILSON

● Talent Acquisition and Management: Managed the recruitment process, successfully
reducing time-to-hire through strategic sourcing and streamlined interview procedures
● Candidate Sourcing and Networking: Developed and maintained a robust network of
potential candidates through proactive sourcing via LinkedIn, industry events, and
employee referrals, resulting in an increase in the qualified applicant poo
● Interview and Selection Process Management: Coordinated and conducted
comprehensive interview processes, including initial screenings, behavioral interviews, and
coordination of panel interviews, enhancing candidate experience and organizational fi
● Employer Branding and Marketing: Implemented innovative employer branding strategies
that increased company visibility on social media, attracting higher caliber candidates and
bolstering the company’s reputation in the industry.
● Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives: Championed diversity hiring initiatives, leading to an
increase in diverse hires and fostering an inclusive workplace culture.
● HR Technology and Analytics: Utilized HRIS and ATS systems effectively for tracking and
reporting, resulting in enhanced data-driven recruitment strategies and an improvement in
recruitment metrics.
● Stakeholder Collaboration and Consulting: Partnered with department heads and hiring
managers to identify staffing needs and develop effective recruitment plans, ensuri
alignment with organizational goals and talent requirements.
● Compliance and Legal Awareness: Maintained up-to-date knowledge of employment laws
and compliance requirements, ensuring all recruitment processes adhered to legal
standards and best practices.
● Training and Development: Conducted training sessions for hiring managers on effective
interviewing techniques and bias mitigation, enhancing the overall quality of hiring
decisions.
● Project Management: Led recruitment projects, including campus recruitment drives and
job fairs, effectively managing timelines and resources to meet organizational hiring goals.

• Motivated Real Estate Agents to become stronger, more agile, and more effective through training habits and proper learning.
• Developed and delivered effective and engaging coaching sessions to improve performance.
• Assisted in developing marketing materials to promote coaching services.
• Assisted clients in setting and achieving personal and professional goals.

• Managed hiring process and developed recruitment strategies for 13 west coast memory care communities as well as home office positions.
• Worked directly with community administrators to establish needs/ timelines/ salaries/ job descriptions.
  
• Identified, pre-screened, interviewed, skill tested, reference checked and coordinated all interviews for all candidates across all communities.
• Posted positions through approved recruitment channels.
• Led the creation of recruiting plans for all open positions.
  
• Screened all applicants based on their qualifications and background.
• Partnered with local organizations and universities for engagement and interest in jobs offered in our communities.
  
• Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics, and other variables.
• Performed background checks, coordinated drug screens and start date for all hires.

• Contracted to manage all corporate positions for Carl's Jr, and Hardee's locations nationwide, during ATS transition.
• Full cycle recruitment, including posting, cold calling, screening, offer extension, and salary negotiation.
• High volume recruitment 21 open requisitions at contract start.
• Decreased open requisitions by 30% within first 30 days of contract.
• Maintained daily work flow of 8-10 quality candidate phone screens, additionally managed all administrative tasks necessary including but not limited to coordinating with outside agencies, scheduling and facilitating hiring manager and individual interviews, recruitment strategy development, internet marketing, social networking, attending outside events, etc. 

• Successful close of business opportunities by identifying prospects, developing relationships, recommending business solutions based on needs analysis, and providing support.
• Personally responsible for meeting and exceeding standard activity metrics in terms of calls/ visits/scheduled meetings as outlined by my director.
• Weekly event networking (averaged 5-10 hours per month) Effectively negotiating bill rates in line with expected budgeted margins.
• Qualify each requisition appropriately and convey to recruiters effectively.
• Research every role within our org, in an effort to cross qualify and close reqs.
• Strong contributor to the team, in terms of work ethic and performance.

• High volume recruiting for some of the nation's leading technology brands and software companies.
• Maintained daily workflow of 10-15 phone interviews.
  
• The average number of open requisitions: 15-20 corporate reqs/ 40-60 field sales reps (high turnover).
• Led the initiative to re-establish hiring processes for our clients outsourced sales force, and decreased time to fill by 50%.
• Direct communication with hiring managers, needs analysis, and establishing goals and timelines.
• Developed creative recruitment strategies that met anticipated staffing needs, as well as attracted highly sought after job skills. (i.e.; job fairs/ lunch and learns/ creative passive recruitment via social networks).
• Daily use of social networks to source/ attract qualified passive & active talent.
• Aggressively experimenting with unexplored avenues to find sought after talent. Extreme focus on “passive” recruitment

• Assisted in the lead of all concierge services for a 4 star, 485 room airport centric hotel.
• Served as Elite Arrival Ambassador for "top tier" hotel guests.
• PMS software proficient Supervised 4 person front desk staff.
• Monitored appearance/ performance of all front desk staff.

• Trained in Fidelity Investments H&W departmental processes and procedures In bound call center fielding calls from Fidelity clients, in regards to their current health, dental, vision, 401K/ Pension details.
• Open enrollment support Improved customer ratings by 90%, while maintaining accurate records.
• Achieved satisfaction rating of 97% within 2 months, exceeding corporate targets.

• High volume event based recruiting for nationally recognized CPG brands (Kraft/ Nestle/ Wonka)
• Responsible for full cycle recruitment for an event staffing agency, representing CPG companies.
• Maintained daily workflow of 8-15 phone screens.
• Full cycle recruitment included posting/sourcing, screening, coldcalling, contract/ salary negotiations/ offer extension/ onboarding.
• Continuous development of creative recruiting strategies, necessary to meet anticipated needs.
• Developed over 50+ job descriptions, designed to attract highly qualified applicants, across different verticals.
• Researched/ developed new approaches to creative staffing.

• Started at QA as their in-house recruiter.
• Hired & managed a team of 15-25 call center representatives and loan officers as needed.
• High turnover, constant strategies to recruit sought after sales talent.
• Averaged 20 calls per day (Phone screens/ interviews).
• 10-15 face to face Interviews weekly.
• Developed this company's first incentive performance plan to assist in staff motivation (boosted sales by 23%).
• Developed and facilitated a vehicle used to offer ongoing learning opportunities.
• Executed integrated advertising campaign across multiple media channels/ local events.
• Created new employee evaluation programs that focused on performance as a whole, as well as competencies, areas needing improvement, and career development.