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Miranda Gell

Anna,TX

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven Talent Acquisition Manager at Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc., specializing in full-cycle recruitment, and delivering strategic hiring solutions. While currently thriving in a leadership capacity, I am equally passionate about hands-on recruitment and am open to both individual contributor and leadership roles, where I can drive talent initiatives, contribute to organizational growth, and make a meaningful impact.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Manager

Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc
, TX
04.2023 - Current
  • Manage full-cycle recruitment for Civil Engineering roles for the Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Testing, and Environmental departments.
  • Led a team of 2-3 Talent Acquisition team members while while actively maintaining 8-15 requisitions.
  • Mentored team members on best practices, improving their interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
  • Proficient in multiple ATS platforms; including ICIMS, Paycom, and Lever.
  • Created recruitment performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
  • Developed relationships with local schools to build a pipeline of candidates for internships and full time hires.
  • Nurtured strong relationships with department leaders to ensure alignment on organizational goals.
  • Promoted increased focus on internal talent mobility and emerging talent across organization.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

VetIQ Staffing
04.2022 - 04.2023
  • Pioneered the Talent Acquisition department; Including implementation of processes, creation of job descriptions, and training hiring managers
  • Executed all aspects of the full cycle recruiting process: defining jobs and specs, sourcing, interviewing, creating and streamlining recruiting process, negotiating and closing
  • Leveraged social media and professional networking platforms to source qualified candidates.
  • Collaborated with internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition of new hires into the organization.
  • Developed a pipeline of active and passive candidates and documenting interactions in ATS
  • Conducted market and compensation analysis for all roles biannually to ensure we remained competitive in an everchanging market

AWS Recruitment Consultant

Jefferson Frank
03.2021 - 04.2022
  • Specialized in recruiting exclusively for permanent Entry-Principal level AWS professionals.
  • Monitored and widened client portfolio through sourcing, identifying decision-makers, and persuasive communication
  • Achieved in delivering 4-6 quality IT candidates a week, resulting to 2-3 accepted offers per month
  • Actively built a pipeline of both active/passive candidates
  • Advised clients on market conditions, business trends and salary fluctuations affecting industry sector
  • Organized ATS to keep candidate progress and notes up to date
  • Composed recruitment reports to provide updates to hiring managers

Skills

  • Applicant Tracking Systems (ICIMS and Paycom)
  • Full-cycle recruitment
  • Recruitment metrics
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Relationship building

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Manager

Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc
04.2023 - Current

Talent Acquisition Specialist

VetIQ Staffing
04.2022 - 04.2023

AWS Recruitment Consultant

Jefferson Frank
03.2021 - 04.2022
Miranda Gell