Melanie Murray
Draper,UT
Summary
Dynamic recruiting leader with over 10 years of expertise in university recruiting, early careers, experienced hires, and talent leadership. Skilled in partnering with executives and recruiting teams to implement successful campaigns, strategize recruitment processes for enhanced engagement, and influence leadership decisions. Proven track record as a strong team manager, adept at building and leading high-performing teams, and enhancing programs and relationships. Extensive experience in leadership, talent management, program management, and client management, driving excellence and delivering top-tier talent solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Lead Corporate Recruiter
Zions Bancorporation
04.2022 - Current
- Lead the full cycle recruiting for over 100 positions annually across financial services, technology, digital marketing, and HR, managing candidate progress, offer accept/decline, and time to fill
- Reduced time to hire by 20% through strategic advising and consulting with executive leadership
- Manage 25+ requisitions simultaneously with a 90% offer acceptance rate, successfully sourcing, closing, and extending offers
- Improved candidate engagement by 15% through optimized recruiting processes and data driven insights by collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Developed programs for inclusion and allyship on Zions Inclusion & Belonging Advisory Board
Lead Recruiter Manager
Wayfair
08.2021 - 02.2023
- Company Overview: Boston, MA - Lead Recruiter Manager – Remote
- Managed and trained a team of 5 RPO recruiters charged with full life cycle recruiting across NA and globally, team improved candidate progress to offer from 10% to 25% from Q4 to Q1
- Exceeded annual recruiting hiring goal by 58% in 2022 with an average 90-day time to fill
- Achieved an 84% offer acceptance rate for competitive roles by building strong relationships with candidates and through creative negotiations of Wayfair's compensation model to stay within comp bands
- Ranked third in total hires across a team of 45 technical recruiters by closing 50 engineering candidates in a year
- Spearheaded, designed, and implemented a DEI Sourcing Hours pilot program across technical recruiting yielding the addition of 6,700+ candidates from historically underrepresented groups into the CRM within 4 months
- Led creation and execution of a new interview process strategically partnering with Director’s and Hiring Managers to hire 10 new candidate skill sets
- Led 3 of the 4 Diversity Inclusivity Initiative projects for the creation of a DEI sourcing strategy roadmap, education content review, and marketing tools across all recruiting teams globally
- Created a new DEI sourcing training for a Recruiter Upskilling Series partnering with Training and Enablement Department to release across all Wayfair recruiting divisions
- Streamlined analytics and reporting which provided transparency to senior leadership on candidate progress, off accept/decline, time to fill, and recruiting ROI by utilizing LI Insights, market mapping and data analytics
- Utilized ATS (Greenhouse), CRM (Gem), Workday, and Search engines (LI Recruiter, Hire EZ, and Google X-ray)
- Boston, MA - Lead Recruiter Manager – Remote
Senior Engineering Recruiter
Goldman Sachs
12.2018 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: Salt Lake City, UT - Senior Engineering Recruiter
- Increased hiring for niche senior roles and software engineering early careers hiring by completing full life cycle recruiting for the Engineering Division across Americas by identifying strong talent, developing innovative diversity recruitment strategies, and building strong internal client relationships with focus on recruitment analytics
- Managed 25+ requisitions with an 80% offer acceptance rate from sourcing, closing, and offers
- Led a team to implement the skill set program for early careers hiring by communicating with leadership on data metrics, streamlining processes, and strategizing new initiatives towards the program’s success
- Increased hires by 30% per quarter for early careers hiring in software engineering by leading a team to build a pipeline skill set interview program to help cut time to fill by 22 days
- Assessed ROI of recruiting efforts by tracking key metrics such as sourcing outreach, interview success, candidate and hiring manager experience, offer/accept rates, compensation, and DEI
- Partnered with the Engineering division leadership to communicate recruiting strategy, mentor & coach leadership on TA compliance requirements, and improve overall recruiting processes
- Partnered with Immigration Attorneys for visa requirements for 50% of candidates annually
- Specialized in hiring software developers, devops, data engineers, system engineers, network engineers, product managers, data analytics, machine learning, data engineers, and DDI engineers
- Salt Lake City, UT - Senior Engineering Recruiter
Lead University Recruiter–Contractor
Western Digital
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Company Overview: Milpitas, CA - Lead Recruiter–Contractor
- Led university recruiting in hiring, building relationships, and employer branding for PhD, MBA, MS/BS graduates and alumni candidates in IT, Engineering, Strategy, and Financial Services
- Collaborated with HRBP’s and leaders to forecast hiring needs and overall recruitment success
- Led process changes and educated leaders on recruitment adjustments post-acquisition, including hiring processes, compensation structures, and overall university recruiting process
- Implemented processes to streamline campus recruiting campaigns by leveraging data to acquire top-tier talent from Engineering Universities by also improving employer brand, and engagement
- Increased acceptance rate by 50% by streamlining the offer extension process by increasing business involvement while working cross functionally with hiring managers and HRBP’s
- Milpitas, CA - Lead Recruiter–Contractor
University Relations Lead
ZS
07.2016 - 09.2017
- Company Overview: Chicago, IL - University Relations Lead
- Led three recruiting teams up to 20 members to coordinate and execute all strategy and logistical elements for campus recruiting activities including presentations, events, conferences, interviews, and offer delivery
- Managed a team of 4 coordinators and increased individual development and performance
- Directed the headcount planning process for MBA full-time and intern roles, ensuring alignment of hiring numbers and city locations with overall business needs and diversity & inclusion goals
- Developed and implemented the campus recruiting hiring strategy, plan, and budget for the NA Business Consulting Group, hiring 150 consultants from a diverse pipeline of MBA talent
- Identified strategic issues and implemented recruitment policies, programs, and practices including process improvements, streamlined experience for hiring managers and student talent across NA by improving employer brand and engagement
- Built and developed strategic partnerships with three of the top 10 MBA Universities key university departments and careers service directors
- Partnered with HR, Legal, Marketing and Communications teams to ensure campus recruiting practices, policies, brand and communications followed applicable laws and aligned with corporate policies and practices using Taleo
- Assessed overall effectiveness of campus recruiting program efforts by tracking key data metrics such as accept/decline rate, cost per hire, and diversity hiring
- Managed key program updates and communications to hiring managers, leadership, and HR to obtain buy-in and ensure programs stay on plan and managed the budget
- Chicago, IL - University Relations Lead
University Recruitment Specialist, Lead Recruiter
Accenture, LLP
03.2012 - 04.2016
- Company Overview: Chicago, IL - Recruitment Specialist, Lead Recruiter
- Led two recruiting teams of up to 25 members to coordinate and execute comprehensive strategies and logistical elements for North America campus recruiting activities, including presentations, events, conferences, interviews, and offer delivery
- Executed and managed campus recruiting strategy plan and budget for 3 of the top 10 MBA Universities including candidate attraction and recruitment for MBA, Adv
- Degree, & UG recruiting efforts hiring 150 candidates a year
- Planned and delivered the Summer Intern Orientation Program for 100 MBA interns, organizing new employee development training consisting of 15 presenters, event planning and catering
- Strategized, managed, and executed the MBA Internship Program and worked with leaders to build structure within the program, implemented best practices, and established requirements for the performance reviews
- Managed key program updates to hiring managers, leadership, and HR to obtain buy-in and ensure programs stay on plan and within budget
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to improve hiring and focus on diversity & inclusion recruiting
- Led offer decisions between National HR and the Business Managing Directors
- Reviewed candidate application according to OFCCP guidelines
- Chicago, IL - Recruitment Specialist, Lead Recruiter
Education
MA - Counseling
The University of Akron
BA - Sociology, Business Administration
Mount Union University
Skills
Technical recruiting, sourcing, university recruitment, leadership, data analytics, employer branding, program management, project management, talent acquisition, public speaking
Timeline
Senior Lead Corporate Recruiter
Zions Bancorporation
04.2022 - Current
Lead Recruiter Manager
Wayfair
08.2021 - 02.2023
Senior Engineering Recruiter
Goldman Sachs
12.2018 - 06.2021
Lead University Recruiter–Contractor
Western Digital
09.2017 - 09.2018
University Relations Lead
ZS
07.2016 - 09.2017
University Recruitment Specialist, Lead Recruiter
Accenture, LLP
03.2012 - 04.2016
MA - Counseling
The University of Akron
BA - Sociology, Business Administration
Mount Union University
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