Monique Long
WALWORTH,WI
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Expert with over 13 years of success in sourcing, attracting, and hiring top talent. Skilled budget holder and administration expert, adept at maximizing resources. Creative problem-solver committed to fostering positive candidate experiences and driving organizational growth.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager
Millennium
06.2023 - 12.2023
- Executed the People Vision and fostered a culture of opportunity for Millennium employees, contributing to a positive work environment.
- Created, implemented, and managed the candidate experience and full lifecycle recruiting processes.
- Developed and executed Talent Acquisition Strategy and programs to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
- Contributed to Millennium's growth by identifying and hiring top talent to fill critical positions.
- Played a key role in creating a strong employer brand to attract top talent to the organization. –
- Provided coaching, mentoring, and engagement to a high-performing team, fostering a consultative approach to talent acquisition.
Director of Talent Acquisition
Toppers Pizza
12.2018 - 06.2023
- Completely handled budget and recruiting for 28 corporate stores
- Implemented new recruiting process for corporate stores
- Creativity found new ways to recruit candidates- started open interview days and new social media presence (Pizza Talk)
- Created news retention programs for employees such as new bonus plan, new referral plan, and game days at stores
- Trained new managers on interviewing and applicant tracking software
- Interviewed and hired management staff and corporate office staff (Assistant Manager to VP roles)
- Completed all administrative work in ATS
- Implemented of a brand new orientation process in corporate office
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
PeopleScout
07.2017 - 11.2020
- Increased staffing fill rate from 67% to 98% in first year by incorporating creative sourcing strategies in staffing plan as well as creating opportunities for strategic alliances with area workforce centers, schools, and businesses laying off employees
- Spent time building relationships with managers by having intake meetings and weekly check-ins in order to ensure proper staffing in the building
- Implemented a new hire follow up program to check in and try to retain new employees which helped in the attrition decrease at the end of 2018.
- Partnered to help apply a faster interview process with onsite offers and was able to help get candidates through the process in days instead of a week.
- Connected with compliance to help improve the background process by giving feedback from candidates which would in turn move candidates through the process swifter
- Provided weekly reporting to show progression and help identify where there were obstacles in the current recruiting process
- Promoted to contact center recruiter trainer in first six months due to overall success rate
Recruiting Manager
Corporate Services
08.2016 - 07.2017
- Started as a recruiter and developed a 96% fill rate with an average time to fill being one week
- Built company's network by partnering with area workforce centers, technical schools, and current employees to ensure positions were being filled
- Designed a new recruiting procedure which was able to be rolled out to the entire team and improved over all fill rates by 15% in the first six months.
- Promoted to recruiting manger in first six months due to overall success rate
- Lead and developed a team of six recruiters and helped them achieve goals • Redeveloped new hire training which was rolled out company wide and received great feedback from two new hires that went through the training
- Developed relationships with area businesses which led to eight new clients in first three months of working on sales
- Wrote job descriptions for positions that were lacking enough details
- Spent time researching trends and making sure knowledge was up to date with area news
Skilled Trades Recruiter
Service First Staffing
03.2014 - 08.2016
- Increased personal weekly sales to $43,000 in the first six months and maintained between $37,000 $50,000 for entire length employment
- Developed great trusting relationships with clients which led three of them to allow for direct placements after initial interview instead of going through the interview process with the company
- Developed great internal relationships which allowed for "sharing" candidates and getting the right candidate for the right position.
- Performed daily interviews as well as helped coach employees through interview best practices.
- Created job descriptions for new opportunities and monitor them daily
- Inputted data into applicant tracking system (ATS) and generates reports as necessary
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications - Public Relations Emphasis
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, WI12.2009
Skills
- Employee Referral Programs
- Problem-Solving
- Onboarding Processes
- Human Resource Information System HRIS
- Executive Recruiting
- Employee Relations
- Company Leadership
- Recruitment and hiring
- Talent management
- Hiring and Onboarding
- Recruitment Marketing
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Budget Administration
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager
Millennium
06.2023 - 12.2023
Director of Talent Acquisition
Toppers Pizza
12.2018 - 06.2023
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
PeopleScout
07.2017 - 11.2020
Recruiting Manager
Corporate Services
08.2016 - 07.2017
Skilled Trades Recruiter
Service First Staffing
03.2014 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Communications - Public Relations Emphasis
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater