Melissa Rabina
Chino Hills,CA
Summary
Recruitment professional specializing in the transportation industry. Experienced in identifying and securing top driver talent. Committed to team collaboration and adaptability to meet industry needs. Skilled in candidate evaluation and maintaining relationships with potential hires. Reliable and results-driven approach.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Driver Recruiter
Roadrunner Transportation
04.2022 - Current
- Full cycle recruiting for OTR, Local & Regional Drivers
- Hired Owner Operators for both local and OTR, Lease Purchase solo & teams, LTL freight and P&D.
- Screened, interview and source driver using tenstreet and online resources.
- Set-up Owner Operators to make sure they are DOT compliant, collect all truck documents for Owner Operators.
- Set up Owner Ops as Independent Contractors
- Enhance and improve driver recruiting processes.
- Onboarding for fleet drivers for Owner Operators.
- Conducted safety training with all new hires.
- Completed background checks, VOES, ran reports for new hires.
- Scheduled and monitored all DOT exams and drug test.
- Maintained HR/new hire documents for Owners Ops, Independent Contractors and Fleet Drivers
- Recruited Driver for lease purchase programs and present Lease purchase programs to potential candidates.
Talent Acquisition Manager
US Foods/Wellington Group-Contract
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Responsible for assisting in the delivery of all facets of recruiting success throughout the organization
- Implement department objectives by developing recruitment strategies to ensure job openings are filled in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Full cycle recruiting including sourcing, negotiating salaries, interviewing, and networking
- Work closely with hiring managers, other human resource staff, senior leadership and external vendors to ensure that the talent acquisition practice meets the organization’s needs.
- Work with department managers to forecast hiring needs
- Complete onboarding
- Manage advertising on various social media platforms
- Support and train recruiting staff
Director of Recruiting/Talent Acquisition
Trans International Transport
05.2020 - 10.2021
- Oversee the entire talent acquisition process, including sourcing, selection, due diligence, job offers and on-boarding for all levels of positions across the organization.
- Develop, implement, and manage systems and processes for a positive candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Assess, implement, and maintain key metrics to set measurable goals and monitor talent acquisition activity results.
- Continually drive the ongoing development of creative sourcing strategies to find top talent.
- Implement proactive strategies to develop a talent pool including the development of partnerships with colleges, universities, trade schools, technical networking organizations and other key talent sources to secure the future pipeline of qualified candidates.
- Manage marketing efforts including various social media platforms
- Provide leadership and guidance for Diversity Equity & Inclusion group initiatives relating to talent acquisition efforts. Develop and implement strategies to assist in achieving DEI goals in hiring systemwide.
- Implement and deploy full utilization of applicant tracking system technology to fully actualize system capabilities and minimize administrative burden.
- Ongoing development of the Trans International employment brand-building initiatives to include a proactive social media presence, recruitment sources and all internal/external talent programs.
- Participate in overall human capital initiatives. Collaborate with other members of the department and other corporate support functions to deliver world class service to coworkers, internal and external customers, and other key stakeholders.
- Hire, develop, inspire, coach, and manage talent acquisition team to support overall department and organizational needs and initiatives. Will be directly responsible for actively recruiting for a variety of positions, as needed.
- Manage external agency and recruitment partnerships and contracts.
- Establish and continually review talent acquisition processes and practices to ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, both in the U.S. and Canada.
- Develop training tools and programs to assist with improving effectiveness for hiring managers. Training delivery on hiring/recruiting topics may be the responsibility of the Talent Acquisition department, as needed.
Driver Recruiter Manager/Safety Manager
GP Transco
03.2018 - 05.2020
- Full cycle recruiting for OTR and Regional Drivers company and owner operators
- Trained and managed recruiting team
- Develop and hire recruiting team
- Set-up Owner Operators to make sure they are DOT compliant
- Develop and implement driver and employee retention programs
- Enhance and improve driver recruiting processes
- Conducted new hire orientation and on-boarding
- Conducted safety training with all new hires.
- Completed background checks
- Sourced candidates from various outside sources
- Scheduled and monitored all DOT exams and drug test
- Maintained HR/new hire documents.
Driver Recruiter
CRST
04.2013 - 05.2017
- Interview potential drivers
- Full cycle recruiter, manage and track applicants
- Seek out and screen applicants to fill existing openings
- Conduct background reports including MVRs, DAC and criminal backgrounds to ensure applicants meet hiring guidelines.
- Process applications and input into tracking systems.
- Attend hiring events.
- Conduct infield school visits and presentations.
Education
MBA -
Keller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor's Degree - Human Resources
Cal State University Fullerton
Skills
- Recruitment strategy development
- Team collaboration
- Full cycle recruiting
- New hire orientations
- Candidate selection
- Training and onboarding
- Talent acquisition
- Recruitment strategies
Timeline
Driver Recruiter
Roadrunner Transportation
04.2022 - Current
Talent Acquisition Manager
US Foods/Wellington Group-Contract
10.2021 - 04.2022
Director of Recruiting/Talent Acquisition
Trans International Transport
05.2020 - 10.2021
Driver Recruiter Manager/Safety Manager
GP Transco
03.2018 - 05.2020
Driver Recruiter
CRST
04.2013 - 05.2017
MBA -
Keller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor's Degree - Human Resources
Cal State University Fullerton