Michelle Crockett
Covington, Louisiana, United States,LA
Summary
Progressive successful life cycle Recruiter. Experience incudes but is not limited to sourcing; Engineering, Federal Security, IT, Federal Sector (Cleared Candidates) KCNSC, (DOE), NASA, NOOA, Air Force, Army, Navy Recruitment. Consistently delivering quality and service throughout the entire candidate engagement using various portals like ICIMS, Amazon HIRE, Beamery CRM, Phenom CRM, LinkedIn, Job Boards, Multiple Chrome Extensions, X-Ray Search, Boolean Builders. Experience in Full life cycle Recruitment of all levels of engineering professionals including but not limited to: Rocket Engineer Test Engineers, Chemical Design Engineers, Civil Design Engineers, Chemical Design Engineers, process Engineers, Software Engineers, Java Developers, OO Developers, UI/UX Developers, Full Stack Developers, IoT Cloud Architects, Big Data Engineers, Data scientists, Data Analyst, Software Developers, Firmware Developers, Stack Developers, Hardware Designers, Visual Designers with a strong understanding of Technology acumen and multiple software, Hardware/Products, and IT competencies. Worked with the Clients like - Honeywell, Blue Origin, Amazon, PAE NASA, CenturyLink, BCBS and Responsible for sourcing and identifying talent, prescreening candidates, managing candidates throughout the entire interview process, properly disposition candidates in ATS system. Develop strong client relationships to accurately understand technical requirements, niche skills, environment, culture, industry, and overall business needs ensuring appropriate candidates are presented. Creating ongoing Sourcing campaigns for hard to fill technical positions utilizing multiple Chrome Extensions, X-Ray Searches, Boolean Builder, Monster, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn Networking, Community Outreach, Job Fairs, established relationships at local Colleges and Universities, Union Boards, S3’s website, PAE’s website, and advanced Boolean Google Searches.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Recruiter
Korn Ferry/Honeywell FMPT/KCNSC
04.2023 - Current
- Senior Recruiter supporting the Kansas City National Security Center Full life Cycle Consultative Recuring focused on hiring Q Security eligible candidates to support KCNSC Activities in Kansas City, MO and Albuquerque, NM
- Hiring Q Security Clearance eligible professionals Focused on hiring Information Technology Security Professionals, Federal Security Professionals, Security Investigative Professionals, Federal Security Incident Responding Professionals, Federal Security Curriculum Designers, Information Security Specialist, Federal Security Escorts, Facility Security Specialists, New Mexico Operations Specialized Fleet Technical F Specialist
- CAD/ Designers
- Data Modelers, Embedded Software Engineer, Device Engineers, Device Software Test Designers, Manufacturing Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers all levels of Network Security Professional
- LSSBB Project Mangers, Industrial Engineers, Cost Control Project Managers, and Administrative positions.
Senior Recruiter
Korn Ferry/Honeywell UOP/PMT
11.2022 - 04.2023
- Senior Recruiter supporting multiple business verticals within Universal Oil products
- Sourcing and hiring, Petro Chemical Engineers, Chemical Controls Engineers, Chemical Plant Process Engineers, Research and Development Engineers, Field Chemical Engineer Current sourcing resources are: LinkedIn LinkedIn Recruiter, Phenom, Cornerstone, Korn Ferry Recruit, Boolean Searches, Xray Searches.
Lead Aerospace Recruiter (Engines Test)
The Ash Group
07.2022 - 11.2022
- Lead Aerospace Recruiter supporting Engines Test
- Engines Architecture and Systems Engineering Architect
- Full life Cycle recruiter responsible to building out and standing up multiple verticals of the Engines Test Division
- Sourcing and hiring, Aerospace Engineers, Propulsion Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Sr Managers, Engine Test, Engines Testing Discipline Lead Engineers, Lead Engine Systems Engineers and Lead Engineers Architects
- Tools using Workday, LinkedIn, Job Boards, and Multiple Chrome Extensions, (X-Ray Search, Boolean Builders, etc.)
Lead Technical Recruiter
Alexander Mann Solutions
11.2021 - 07.2022
- Contract Lead Technical Recruiter supporting Band 4 and 5 Technology positions Currently dedicated to sourcing Mobile Applications Developers both Android and iOS
- Sourcing Software Development for Bank of America’s Customer facing applications My current role is strictly sourcing technical niche specific candidates which will support Financial Services Customer Facing Applications Currently sourcing for Software Developers, Stack Developers, Mobile Applications Testers, Developers, Product Owners and SME’s
Lead Contract Technical Recruiter
Amazon-Project Kuiper
07.2021 - 10.2021
- Contract Technical Sourcing Recruiter supporting Amazon Project Kuiper
- Currently dedicated to a sourcing role supporting the Device Division
- Sourcing Software Development for Amazon’s Kuiper Project
- This role was sourcing technical niche specific candidates which will support product development
- Currently sourcing for Software Developers, Firmware Developers, Stack Developers, Hardware Designers
- Using: ICIMS, Amazon HIRE, Beamery CRM, LinkedIn, Job Boards, and Multiple Chrome Extensions, (X-Ray Search, Boolean Builders, etc.)
Lead Technical Recruiter
PAE /NASA
08.2018 - 07.2021
- Lead Technical Recruiter supporting Ft
- Carson Base Operations, Kirtland Air Force Base Operations
- COLDS US NAVY Base Operations, National Data Buoy Center, Operations and Maintenance, S3 Joint Venture Base Operation Stennis Space Center and Michoud Assembly Center for NASA PAE to S3 Supporting multiple federal programs the Maintenance and Operations Contract at Kirtland AFB
- Synergy Achieving Operation and Maintenance Contract for NASA Stennis Space Center/ Michoud Assembly Facility, and the National Data Buoy Center
- Responsible for full life cycle recruiting supporting multiple verticals across multiple four Government organization in including but not limited to nuclear weapons Industrial Civil Facilities Engineers, Industrial Electrical, Mechanical and Information Technology Engineers all cleared candidates at Kirtland Air Force Base
- Testing Aerospace Engineers, Space Launch Systems, at Stennis Space Center, Space Hardware Manufacturing and Assembly positions at Michoud Assembly Center/ DOD, and Meteorological, Software, Mechanical Engineers at the National Weather Data Science Capture for the National Data Buoy Center/ NOAA
- Nuclear Structural, Civil, and Structural Engineers, Cleared Information Technology and Cyber Security Professionals
- Full Cycle Recruiting hiring cleared candidates, clearances vary (Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret, Top Secret Full Scope Polygraph, Polygraph Evaluation) working in the ATS, Prism and Workday
- Supported Labor Relations with internal transfers of labor candidates for both Stennis and Micoud, supporting three collective bargaining agreements, (IAM and Aerospace Workers Local 2249 AFL-CIO, ASTI and the UAW Local 1921, recruiting and closing a mix of represented and non-represented positions across both facilities
- Supported the contract manager with Job Descriptions, compensation justifications needed to create or reorganized business verticals
- Supporting Human Resources in the creation of job families pricing, compensation, and contact mapping on job reclassification projects
- Most recent hiring initiatives included staffing 40 axillary Mechanical and Electrical Personal to support NASA GREEN RUN Rocket Testing
- Created ongoing Sourcing campaigns for hard to fill technical positions utilizing multiple Chrome extensions, X-Ray Searches, Boolean Builder, Monster, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn Networking, Community Outreach, Job Fairs, established relationships at local Colleges and Universities, Union Boards, S3’s website, PAE’s website, and advanced Boolean Google Searches
- High Volume Recruiting 150 hires a year 50 internal transfers.
Supervisor of Fleet Recruiting
Hornbeck Offshore
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Supervisor of Fleet Recruiting for Oil Field Transportation Company
- Responsible for Supervising a team of two recruiters and one recruiting coordinator
- Hired to streamline recruiting practices
- Worked with the business and team to establish end to end recruiting policies
- Introduced Recruiter Metrics to the business and developed detailed recruiting report
- Represented Recruiting in weekly Crew Change meetings
- Supported Federal Fleet as well as Commercial Fleet hiring needs
- Successfully, consolidated onboarding policies
- Streamlined Recruiting Process, Introduced Recruiting Metrics with efforts to improve quality of hire
- Established relationships with all Career Development Professionals at Maritime Academy’s, and Maritime Schools
- Responsible for Internship Program hired 13 Cadets
- Coordinated all travel and logistics for all 13 cadets
- Reviewed all Cadets Shipping presentations
- Coordinated Cadet Day at Hornbeck
- Presented all Cadets to Hornbeck’s Senior Leadership
- Positions hired were, Captain, First Mate, 3rd Mate, Chief Engineer, Ordinary Seaman, Able Body Seaman Unlimited, Engineers, Marine Crane Operators, and Marine Safety Engineers.
Lead Corporate IT Technical Recruiter
Global Commerce and Services
07.2017 - 05.2018
- Sourcing/Federal/Corporate IT Recruiter for Government Services CIT Services Firm
- Recruiting Security Cleared Candidates (Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret, TS SCI, TS SCI POLY) for long term Government/Department of Defense Information Technology Projects/NAVAL SHIP/Aircraft Carrier/Weapons Engineers/ HM&E Systems Engineers/ARMY Information Technology Engineers
- Currently supporting multiple Business Development Managers on a national level by recruiting candidates for all Federal/DOD Bids, and Proposals
- Recruiting and closing candidates for current and pending contract awards
- Daily recruiting efforts are to provide talent for all open requisitions across multiple Federal Government, and Department of Defense Awards, which include but are not limited work on; Seaport-E, GovWin, Schedule 70, and STARS II
- All recruiting efforts include designing and developing strategic souring plans that combine modern sourcing tools such as candidate Mapping, social media, Referrals, and Major Job Boards for Advertising
- Heavy utilization of the following source tools: X-Ray Searches using Recruit'em, Google Chrome Extensions, and creating Old School Boolean Google Searches, as well as mining, LinkedIn, Facebook, and GitHub
- Actively building a Talent Community by maximizing the following resources: Resume, ATS, Monster.com, social media, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Facebook
- Other duties include supporting, ongoing business development efforts with pipeline recruiting for Cleared Candidates
- Onboarding, Archiving of all placement documents for Federal Compliance
- Responsible for management of advertising media resources
- Requisition load fluctuates between 35 and 50 open requisitions
- Engaging with Federal and Department of Defense through multiple Vendor Management Systems including Email, Fieldglass, Beeline and other proprietary Vendor Management Systems
- Utilizing Resume for all Applicant Tracking, Monster.com (Federal) product for all OFCCP and ClearanceJob.com for Applicant Capture and tracking of searches
- Other recruiting tools utilized are, Twitter, Facebook, GitHub, LinkedIn Light Seat, Recruit'em, as well as multiple Chrome Extensions.
Lead Corporate IT Recruiter
CENTURYLINK/Lumen Technologies, Inc.
04.2012 - 03.2017
- Consistently hired over 200 full time employees averaging between 12 to 20 employees a month per year
- Supported ongoing group hiring projects
- Carried a high-volume requisition load of between 35 to 80 requisitions
- Worked with HR and Leadership preforming deep dives into specific business verticals in an ongoing effort to align recruiting efforts with the needs of the business
- Lowered time to fill me from over 90 days to under 44 days per hire under Infrastructure vertical
- Kept cost per hire exceptionally low at $1800.00 per hire
- Process trained and mentored Internal, contract recruiters, and new recruiting coordinators on Recruiting Process, Compliance, Sourcing, and ATS
- Selected and managed vendors for special projects as needed
- Worked with HR to rewrite job family descriptions through intense job leveling exercises post-mergers
- Presented sourcing strategy Transformation Team and Business Leaders, attended weekly Business Leadership meeting alongside Human Resources Business Partners
- Participated in strategy sessions with the Business and provided real-time state of the business open requisition reports
- Enlisted Recruiting Marketing Team to for assistance with major job rebranding campaigns
- To sharpen recruiting efforts by staying in the know of all recruiting trends, tools, and strategy by participating in all recruiter training offered in house and by visiting Vendors
- Held consultative requisition Intake Sessions that included HR and the Sourcing Center of Excellence
- Wrote detailed Sourcing plans for hard to fill positions
- Conservatively utilized resources as to define and target market specific skill sets and disciplines
- Partnered with HR Labor relations for the review of all positions as directed by the 32 separate Labor contracts prior to making offers
- Responsible for 100% transparency all hires were all subject OFFCCP compliance Audit
- Tracked hiring correspondence and al documentation from Intake Session though offer
- Archiving responsibility included tracking of all email documents interview guides, and approvals and offer letters
- Prepared and submitted all offer information for Labor Hire Grievances and Internal Audits
- Responded, Attended, and supported Jr
- Recruiters during Labor Grievance process
- Responsible for developing contacts with colleges and, Universities in effort to support the Internship program
- Traveled 25% the first three years participating in 10 college job fairs supporting efforts to rebuild college intern program
- Support to multiple Business lines, including but not limited to, Construction Engineering, Right of Way Agents, Civil Engineers, Legal Administrative Assistants, Corporate Attorneys, Corporate Real Estate Attorneys, Labor Law Specialist, Network Engineering, IT Engineering, Provisioning, Lead a special project responsible for standing up Cyber Security Business Vertical 37 positions falling under Corporate Security, This Business Vertical consisted of hiring Cleared Candidates (Public Trust, Secret, Top-Secret, Top-Secret Polygraph, Top Secret polygraph and Psychiatric Evaluation.) Positions included but at not limited to Entry Security Specialist, Security Administrators, Cryptographers, Security Engineers, Security Consultants, Penetration Testers, Certified Ethical Hackers, Incident Responders, Vulnerability Assessors, Security Engineering and Asset Security, Policy, Security Director, Security Manger, Deputy CIO up to Chief Information Security Officer
- Provided Recruiting Support to Multiple Business Vertices including but not limited to, Network Operations, Corporate Real Estate, Engineering and Construction, Internal Investigations, Center Support, Sales
- Jobs recruited for included but were not limited to; Scrum Masters, Java Developers OO Developers, I/UX Developers, Full Stack Developers, Process Analyst, UNIX, SAP, Data Scientists, Statisticians, Data Modelers, DBA's, Data Modeling Architects, DBA's, Enterprise Architects, Cyber Security Engineers, Systems Engineers, Telecom Engineers, Construction Project Engineering Professionals, Telecom Software Engineers
- Engineering Planners, Inside Plant Engineers, Outside Plant Engineers, Cable Splicers, Field Technicians.
Contract Corporate IT Recruiter
W3R Consulting at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
07.2011 - 04.2012
- Initially hired to support IT Recruiting effort on a three-month contract
- Contract was extended due to positive performance
- Worked as Contract Corporate IT Recruiter on an open-ended contract supporting the Enterprise Architecture
- Restructure Project sparked by the introduction of the Affordable Healthcare Act
- Hired and relocated full time IT professionals to Baton Rouge, LA
- Partnered with Internal Corporate Recruiters, HR Business Partners and Business Project Managers to deliver fully qualified Technical Talent
- Followed OFCCP Compliance Hiring Practices
- Established and developed Sourcing Plans
- Focused on sourcing, qualifying, and closing Information Technology Talent needed for Enterprise Architecture
- Supported all verticals of Enterprise Architecture, Software Development, Information Systems, Network Systems, Project Management, and Process Improvement hiring for full time employees
- Negotiated complex compensation packages including, LTI, sign on bonus, and relocation
- Achieved a savings of over $500,000.00 on recruiting fees and hiring 45 plus IT Professionals over a 10- month period
- Hired multiple skill sets including, but not limited to, Application Developers, Project Managers, Data Analytics, Database Engineers, Process Engineers and Project Managers
- Established vendors and conducted detailed Vendor Recruiting Candidate Submittal process sessions
- Sourcing tools used were Linked IN, Dice, BCBSLA Website, and external Vendors
- Applicant tracking system used was TALEO.
IT Healthcare Executive Recruiter
MSI INTERNATIONAL, INC
08.2010 - 05.2011
- Executive Recruiter, Healthcare, Information Technology and Oil and Gas Engineers
- Duties included both business and recruiting
- Partnered with other recruiters to source multiple disciplines of Engineers and Healthcare professionals
- Recruiting focus was IT, Engineering and Healthcare
- Established 7 new clients and opened 15 contracts
- Sold and Placed 6 full time engineers in various disciplines at a 20% Contingency fee over a 10 -month period
- Recruiting tools are Recruit Max (MSI Database), CareerBuilder, Craigslist, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Corporate IT Recruiter
Diamond Data Systems/ Geocent
11.2005 - 10.2008
- Worked as only Recruiter for New Orleans based information technology firm
- Responsible for supporting 5 business development managers
- Placed cleared contract IT Professionals in the following industries: private sector, local government, Oil and Gas, and Federal Sector
- Played a role growth of the federal sector business by backfilling numerous positions left open due to loss of Lakefront Technology Park by Hurricane Katrina
- Worked closely with Federal Security Officer to clear candidates for placement on long term Federal Contracts
- Sourced candidates, negotiated salaries, closed candidates, and followed through up start date
- Managed field engineers and reduced contractor fall off by making weekly contractor progress calls
- Delivered contractor guidelines and worked closely with FSO during boarding for new Federal Sector Candidates
- Recruited for the following skill sets: PeopleSoft Federal Engineers, C# Developers, JAVA, Share Point Developers, .NET, C#, Oracle, Developers, Systems Engineers, Database Engineers, DBA, Sr
- Security Engineers, Project Managers, and all level of Network
- Engineers as well as many other information technology skill sets
- Recruiting tools used, Diamond Data Website, Monster.com, Dice.com, Craig's List, Linked In, College Job Fairs, and Newspaper Ads
Associate Director of Recruiting
Metropolitan Community College
01.2003 - 01.2005
College Recruiter
Southeast College of Technology
01.2001 - 01.2003
Federal and State, Government Corporate Technical Recruiter
ACS Technical Solutions/TMP Worldwide
01.1998 - 01.2001
Ultimate Technical Solutions
01.1996 - 01.1998
AR/AP Clerk -Receptionist
Lange Hennig and Associates
01.1994 - 01.1996
Education
Delgado Community College
01.1990
Southeastern University
01.1985
Skills
- Recruiter Training and Mentoring
- Social Media Recruiting
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Talent Acquisition
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Onboarding Process Management
- Job Posting Optimization
- Recruitment Marketing
- Passive Candidate Engagement
- Technical Recruiting Expertise
- Recruitment Metrics Analysis
- Full cycle recruiting
- Salary Negotiation
- Strategic Sourcing
- Recruiting and Sourcing
- Boolean Search Techniques
- Diversity and Inclusion Strategies
Interview Availability
Immediately
Start Availability
2 Weeks
Recruiting Tools
Taleo, Cornerstone, KENEXA, SuccessFactors, Resumate, WORKDAY, Prisim, Phenom, Xray, Boolean logic, LinkedIn, Recruit'em, Google+, Chrome Extensions, Monster Talent Bin, Indeed, LinkedIn, Twitter, Resume Database Mining, Facebook
Security Clearance
Q Security Clearance
Timeline
Senior Recruiter
Korn Ferry/Honeywell FMPT/KCNSC
04.2023 - Current
Senior Recruiter
Korn Ferry/Honeywell UOP/PMT
11.2022 - 04.2023
Lead Aerospace Recruiter (Engines Test)
The Ash Group
07.2022 - 11.2022
Lead Technical Recruiter
Alexander Mann Solutions
11.2021 - 07.2022
Lead Contract Technical Recruiter
Amazon-Project Kuiper
07.2021 - 10.2021
Lead Technical Recruiter
PAE /NASA
08.2018 - 07.2021
Supervisor of Fleet Recruiting
Hornbeck Offshore
05.2018 - 08.2018
Lead Corporate IT Technical Recruiter
Global Commerce and Services
07.2017 - 05.2018
Lead Corporate IT Recruiter
CENTURYLINK/Lumen Technologies, Inc.
04.2012 - 03.2017
Contract Corporate IT Recruiter
W3R Consulting at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
07.2011 - 04.2012
IT Healthcare Executive Recruiter
MSI INTERNATIONAL, INC
08.2010 - 05.2011
Corporate IT Recruiter
Diamond Data Systems/ Geocent
11.2005 - 10.2008
Associate Director of Recruiting
Metropolitan Community College
01.2003 - 01.2005
College Recruiter
Southeast College of Technology
01.2001 - 01.2003
Federal and State, Government Corporate Technical Recruiter
ACS Technical Solutions/TMP Worldwide
01.1998 - 01.2001
Ultimate Technical Solutions
01.1996 - 01.1998
AR/AP Clerk -Receptionist
Lange Hennig and Associates
01.1994 - 01.1996
Delgado Community College
Southeastern University
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