Keri Thompson

• Managed strategic partnership initiatives to drive measurable outcomes and deeper relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Conducted exit interviews with employees leaving company to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement.
• Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
• Facilitated team-building activities and initiatives, improving collaboration and engagement.
• Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations, and disciplinary procedures.
• Stayed informed on industry developments and market trends to gain competitive advantage.
• Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
• Advised executives on best practices for employee growth and productivity goals, consistently helping companies improve retention.

• Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
• Built and lead a successful team of recruiters, sourcers and a coordinator
• Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
• Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
• Recruited top talent to maximize profitability.
• Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives.
• Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
• Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.

Significant Accomplishments

• 36 total hires while extending 37 offers in 8 months
• Brought time to hire down from 75 days to 50 within 6 months
• Consistent candidate engagement score of over 90%
• Helped build out the Marketing and Security departments with top candidates
• Developed best practices for recruiting processes and trained managers on interviewing techniques

• Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
• Created and distributed job postings on job boards, corporate career sites and social media networks to increase reach.
• Provided regular updates to hiring managers and HR staff on recruitment activities and progress.
• Conducted telephone and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.
• Developed and maintained applicant tracking system, tracking all job openings, applicants and interviewing activity.
• Utilized social media platforms to source potential candidates and build pipeline of qualified talent.
• Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
• Sourced and screened candidates for Marketing and Security roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.

Significant Accomplishments:

• After 2 months was selected by Head of Talent to move into the Talent Manager Role to build out the team for the Marketing and Security hiring.

• Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
• Followed up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines, events, and job fairs.
• Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build network.
• Conducted reference checks, background screening and other pre-employment checks to verify information on applicant's resume.
• Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
• Built strong relationships with clients by providing guidance and delivering strong results

• Recruiting for fast-paced crypto company
• Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
• Positions included: Developers, Editors, Communications, Writers, Client Services, Design.

• Design and implement recruiting strategy for each new opening
• Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications
• Source and attract candidates by using databases, social media, etc
• Conduct behavioral-based interviews to determine fit for company and position
• Established strong relationships with C-level hiring managers
• Positions Recruited: Marketing, HR, Legal, Operations, Sales, Executive level positions

Significant Accomplishments:

• Lead initiative alongside 2 recruiters to create a training series for hiring managers
• Selected to recruit on our C-level hires.

• Responsible for all corporate hiring
• Positions included finance, developers, sales, client services, human resources, executive, security operations analysts and marketing
• Recruited well-qualified applicants from a variety of sources, including job boards, social media, and sourcing in Rook's applicant tracking system resume database
• Conducted and oversaw the coordination of first and second interviews; extend employment offers according to established procedures
• Developed recruiting process and function, and coached/trained hiring managers regarding interviewing best practices which validated the hire, reduced cost-to-hire and time-to-fill, and reduced turnover
• Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels
• Communicate expectations across internal teams and clients so as to ensure goals are being met and adjusting when needed
• Responsible for onboarding new employees
• Point of contact for any HR related questions (payroll, benefits, PTO)
• Maintain relationships with candidates for future opportunities to help build a pipeline

Significant Accomplishments:

• Developed orientation handbook as well as created process for hiring and onboarding for new employees
• Developed and managed our internship program
• Managed transition to a PEO to significantly improve benefits for employees
• Created company's performance management review process which provided guidelines and opportunities for employee bonuses.

• Responsible for daily production of new accounts by generating referrals and cold calling into top-level executives
• Focusing on HR, IT and Marketing positions
• Recruit, interview, test, and reference check candidates for client companies
• Build relationships with current candidates for future openings
• Sourced for candidates via multiple methods including Boolean searching, cold calling, networking events, database searches, referrals, etc.

• Spent one year as a contract recruiter working on-site at Intuitive Surgical before hired as a full time employee
• Executed recruiting and hiring for all levels of IT, HR, Finance, Training, Education, Regulatory, Customer Support and Marketing professionals throughout the United States
• Advised hiring managers regarding their staffing plans to determine recruitment requirements, strategy, creation of benchmark interview questions, candidate profiling and selection
• Created and negotiated all offers which involved salary and bonuses structures, compensation, relocations, and benefits
• Work with legal to establish employment status with H1B transfer, TN, etc
• Attended departmental staff meetings to partner with executive leaders regarding the future growth of their departments
• Sourced passive candidates using LinkedIn, FaceBook Blackbook, referrals, cold calling advanced search strings (i.e
• Google data mining) for search engines, society directories, and referrals
• Significant Accomplishments:
• Chosen to lead the selection and implementation process to identify a new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for our organization
• Met all time lines and identified vendor ahead of schedule and within budget
• Consistently met and exceeded monthly hiring goals.