Lola Raji

Independent Contract Recruiter

• Results driven senior executive recruiter specializing in the civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural, mining and construction fields.
• Develop and ensure great and lasting relationships with key companies, community agencies and managers to broaden source of candidates and maintain a deep knowledge of markets.
• Source, screen, interview and prepare candidates for success in the current job market.
• Assist candidates with resumes. Target key companies and develop them as clients by providing them with exceptional customer service and a personal approach in a timely manner.
• Coordinate recruiting responsibilities for candidates including online resources and other advertising vehicles, scheduling of interviews, and reference checks.
• Obtain and negotiate competitive compensation information directly and indirectly.

• Serves as a strategic partner with the People & Culture Team to plan and implement corporate recruiting efforts for talent acquisition in various regions, including North America, the UK, Netherlands, Australia, and Singapore offices.
• In conjunction with hiring managers and senior leadership team; assist with building yearly hiring plan to meet company's revenue goals.
• Responsible for recruiting and filling an average of 25- 30 open requisition per quarter
• Expert in seeking high-value passive candidates using non-traditional to build robust pipeline and diverse pool of candidates to meet quarterly hiring plan or future hiring needs.
• Assist with developing and implementation of employee referral programs (ERP), and leverage employees’ personal networks for recruitment purposes.
• Sourced for qualified candidates using a wealth of resources (LinkedIn, Zip Recruiter, Indeed, dice, twitter and other social media, zoominfo)
• Interview and screen candidates through phone interviews, video conferencing, and reference checks.
• Scheduling interviews and liaising between the candidate a
• Collaborated with company's marketing department to create social media content to help improve the company's brand, and highlight Envista's work/life balance, employment benefits, team culture, and employee satisfaction.
• Draft and extend offer letter to candidate for acceptance, and negotiate counter-offer if necessary.
• Hired employees and processed hiring-related paperwork.
• Negotiated between talent and various agencies for contractual arrangements.
• Work with hiring managers and onboarding team to ensure all new hire has a successful start.
• Built and maintained network of potential candidates through market research and relationship management.
• Trained and mentored newer recruiters in successful strategies for interviewing and qualifying candidates.
• Analyzed hiring and retention trends to inform organizational talent priorities.

• Responsible for the full life cycle of recruitment, selection, and on-boarding for all of the positions that are funded out of CURE's Head office, including Physicians, Hospital Administrators, Director and Executive level positions. This includes both positions based in the United States, as well as those that are based in the 10 countries the organization's hospitals and programs exist.
• Conducted interviews to ensure solid cultural alignment between client and candidate.
• Develops and Implements job descriptions and provides CFO salary analysis for budget approval.
• Pre-screens candidates and liaises with hiring managers on the viability of candidates.
• Develops, maintains and executes a global recruitment strategy that seeks to identify and follow up on opportunities for partnerships, conferences, recruitment venues, new recruitment modalities, and techniques, that will Increase the awareness of, and exposure of potential candidates to CURE.
• Managed agency and vendor relationships for talent acquisition, as well as immigration and onboarding of Expat and US-based employees.
• Provides subject matter expertise in all recruitment, selection and onboarding processes, and maintains knowledge on all employment laws and regulations and industry trends pertaining to talent acquisition.
• Briefed executive team on weekly openings report, showing all vacancies within the company and status of each candidate.
• Managed and updated recruitment ATS and CMS software.
• Coordinates logistics related to the mobilization of new international employees including; work and residency permit, housing, cross-cultural training.
• Oversee and managed global Talent Reviews and Succession Planning activities
• Developed and support programs that embrace employees and applicants of diverse backgrounds.
• Operates with working knowledge of international HR policies, programs and issues to support global HR Team members and business partners.
• In collaboration with Director of Global Outreach, created and launched Field Employee Wellness & Success program, to help support our employee and family while serving in host country.

• Full life cycle of recruitment and selection for all positions that are funded out of headquarters office, this includes both positions based in the United States, as well as those that are based internationally at the organization's hospitals and programs.
• Coordinates the following recruitment-related tasks: Develops and distributes job postings (both internal and external).
• Pre-screens candidates and liaises with hiring managers on the viability of candidates.
• Coordinates the interview process to include setting up schedules (phone, Zoom, Skype and/or in-person).
• Coordinates travel for candidates related to the interview process and post- interview site visits.
• In conjunction with the Director, Human Resources and hiring managers, develops and communicates employment offers.
• Manages an effective on-boarding program that seeks to ensure the proper orientation of each new co-worker to their position, the organization, its values and culture, and anything else that will help to ensure their success and retention.
• Briefed executive team on weekly openings report, showing all vacancies within the company and status of each candidate.
• Successfully implemented a new applicant tracking system (Jazz) resulting in improved user and candidate experience.
• Discussed all employment aspects with prospective employees, including expected tasks, compensation, and policies, to promote clarity from day one.
• Responsible for coordinating all of the necessary logistics that will ensure the successful mobilization of these new co-workers to their international location including, but not limited to: visas, housing, residency permits

• Recruitment of mid-senior level (.NET, JAVA/J2EE, ROR, and PHP) and front-end (JavaScript, Angular,) software engineers and architects, Cloud; Azure, Google, technical business analysts, project/product managers, executive directors, (iOS, Android, Windows) mobile application developers/architects including cross- platform mobile.
• Analyze job orders to fully understanding client's specific needs and requirements; update job descriptions to meet client's explicit requirements.
• Research, identify and qualify candidates for client's open IT job positions.
• Adapted to rapidly changing priorities and manage multiple requirements simultaneously.
• Finding active and passive candidates using proactive sourcing methods, high touch direct sourcing and networking to find top candidates for current and future openings.
• Uses cold calling, database mining blogs, internet/web searches, LinkedIn, employee referrals to generate candidate leads.
• Established rapport with managers and directors; defined best practices and procedures.
• Source candidates through database mining, Internet searches, direct sourcing, job fairs, community conferences, and internal referrals.
• Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.
• Responsible for pre-interview screening, acting as the liaison between hiring managers and candidates; sending compensation agreement, offer, interview, and acceptance or rejection.
• Discussed all employment aspects with prospective employees, including expected tasks, compensation and policies, to promote clarity from day one.

• Responsible for selling Business plans to small businesses in Chicago land area.
• Developed leads and accounts from scratch by consistently making 100 cold-calls per-day on candidates.
• Responsible for selling and closing target accounts, maintaining relationships, forecasting, planning sessions, and scheduled interviews.
• Effectively recruited candidates for startup companies through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
• Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending offers, and closing candidates.
• Made initial contacts, scheduled and conducted full cycle interview, met each in- person, reference checked and submitted for the matching position Achievements:.
• Achieved 20% sales increase over a one-year period.
• Increased monthly lead source by 32%.
• Achieved sales quota of ten new accounts monthly.

• Interact with prospective students to discover their interests, desires, and motivation(s) for wanting to pursue their education.
• Enroll students who have interests in wanting to further their educational goals.
• Completed 100 outbound calls and conducted 3 interviews daily with an average conversion rate of 55%.
• Reviewed applicant credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience, and knowledge in relation to program selection.
• Screened, evaluated and interviewed national and international candidates for acceptance.
• Resolved conflicts with previous candidates and re-enroll to complete program.
• Analyzed and identified strategies to improve recruitment and retention process with demonstrated success.
• Proficient with applicant tracking system.

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