Laura Parks

PwC is a global professional services network and one of the “Big Four” accounting firms. We provide Audit & Assurance, Tax, and Advisory services to help organizations build trust, solve complex problems, and navigate change.

• Collaborate with Business Services Partners, Directors, and Senior Managers across Consulting Finance, Trust Finance, and Sales Enablement to develop strategic talent acquisition plans, educate stakeholders on market trends, and attract top-tier candidates.
• Oversee the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening candidates to coordinating interviews and extending job offers.
• Lead and coordinate deliverables from cross-functional support teams, including Talent ID, Recruiting Coordination, and Diversity Sourcing, to ensure streamlined recruiting processes.
• Analyze recruitment data and metrics, delivering actionable insights and regular updates to senior leadership.
• Partner closely with Talent Consultants (HRBPs) throughout the recruitment process to provide status updates, uphold internal equity, and maintain market competitiveness for external hires.

Chewy is a growing ecommerce company that focuses exclusively on the pet space/industry. Their mission is to be the most trusted and convenient online destination for pet parents everywhere – currently 15 million+ active customers and counting.

• Partner with multiple business units including Human Resources, Customer Service, Merchandising, and Supply Chain, as a recruitment business partner to develop strategies that obtain top talent, educate on market trends and hire talent needed to achieve company and department goals.
• Working with leaders Director through Executive levels
  Design and execute intelligence-based talent sourcing strategies to attract and engage diverse talent for difficult-to-fill, niche recruiting needs within multiple business units.
• Negotiate and successfully close exempt external offers from IC to Executive level.
• Manage a req load of 20-25 requisitions at any given time.
• Attained greater than 100% of quarterly recruiting goals, 0% attrition, and above 90% offer acceptance ratio, while
  maintaining a 4.5 customer satisfaction rate amongst stakeholders.
• Built relationships with candidates, driving excellent candidate experience.
• Partner with HRBPs and Compensation teams throughout the recruitment lifecycle to maintain internal equity and proactively identify hiring trends to ensure ongoing market
  competitiveness.
• Participant of the ADP/AIRS course and now hold the Diversity and Inclusion Certification
  (CDR).

NextEra a Fortune 200 company, headquartered in Juno Beach, FL. NextEra Energy, Inc. is the world’s largest utility company and the nation’s leading clean energy company.

• Led strategic sourcing and recruiting across corporate units including Finance, Tax, Audit, Risk, FP&A, and Technology.
• Conducted weekly meetings with leaders to review search progress, align hiring goals, and refine strategies.
• Managed a high-volume workload of up to 50 requisitions concurrently with effective prioritization.
• Developed proactive sourcing strategies to engage passive candidates and build talent pipelines for recurring roles.
• Executed full-cycle recruiting: screening, interviews, and debriefs to facilitate informed hiring decisions.
• Mentored team members through offer negotiation to onboarding, ensuring positive candidate experiences.

TEKsystems, an Allegis Group company, is a global leader in talent solutions, specializing in Technical Recruiting, Business Transformation, Cloud Services, Data Analytics, AI Automation,
and Agile Transformation.

• Provided daily mentorship and situational coaching to incoming and junior recruiters in a variety of areas including the basic fundamentals of negotiation, relationship building,
  reference checks, and sourcing techniques.
• Led weekly recruiter meetings for training and development.
• Developed recruiting strategies designed to identify qualified candidates through various
  recruiting tools.
• Utilized a diverse set of sourcing tools including proprietary databases, job boards, user groups, networking events, and candidate referrals.
• Managed contract employees while on assignment. Assess and investigate contractor related problems, and administer performance counseling, coaching, and disciplinary measures when necessary.
• Successfully screened candidates through personal interviews, performing thorough and detailed reference checks, facilitating technical interviews, and other general qualification procedures.
• Negotiated wages, terms and conditions of employment with candidates.
• Coordinated interview dates, prepared candidates for interviews, arranged any necessary travel plans, coordinated new hire paperwork, and start dates for consultants.
• Kept and built relationships with consultants to create an extensive network of IT referrals, and personal contacts.
• Responsible for meeting aggressive weekly expected business results.

Achievements

• Ranked highest yearly revenue generating recruiter in the Fort Lauderdale office: 2012, 2013, and 2014.
• Accomplished multiple quarterly and annual recruiter contests for exceeding company
  goals.
• Consistently generated company profits in excess of the $625,000 annually.
• Mentor in Employee Resource Group for women pursuing leadership