Naresh Johnson
Metro Atlanta,GA
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisition Professional with extensive experience in identifying and securing talent within health tech and digital health sectors. Skilled in developing innovative recruitment strategies that align with evolving business needs. Strong relationship builder, leveraging creative approaches to enhance hiring success and support organizational objectives.
Overview
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Certification
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Recruiter
Pager Health
2025 - Current
- Recruit, screen, and interview qualified candidates for a diverse range of positions, including Registered Nurses, Marketing professionals, and corporate roles in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements and develop recruitment plans.
- Implement creative sourcing strategies such as social media campaigns to identify passive candidates.
- Leverage emerging AI technologies to streamline recruiting operations and improve efficiency throughout the talent acquisition lifecycle.
- Manage applicant tracking systems and other HRIS tools to ensure accurate data entry and reporting.
- Collaborate with HR teams to ensure onboarding process is completed effectively.
- Track key metrics such as time-to-fill rate, source effectiveness, applicant conversion rate.
- Maintain detailed recruiting processes, candidate pipeline documentation, and hiring procedures.
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist/Manager
TimeDoc Health
2022 - 2025
- Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist, promoted to Talent Acquisition manager.
- Led talent acquisition team, developing recruitment strategies and enhancing team performance to align with organizational hiring goals.
- Engaged in full-cycle recruitment for high-level and hard-to-fill positions.
- Salaried roles: Exceeded time to hire goal by 3.1%, surpassed time to fill goal by 2.5%, offer acceptance rate of 100%, 60 day retention of 96%, delivered under budget cost-per-hire goal by 6.8%.
- Hourly roles: Exceeded time to fill goal by 3.4%, offer acceptance rate of 87%, 60 day retention of 86%, cost per hire came in under budgeted goal by 15%.
- Collaborated with executive team on research, budget forecasting, and location identification to support strategic initiatives.
- Yearly budget planning, and benchmarking for metrics: time to fill, time to fire, cost per Hire, 60 day retention.
- Develop job descriptions, including key competencies, to ensure alignment with organizational needs.
- Researched competitive salaries in order to ensure competitive offers are made.
- Write and maintain internal policies to support consistent operational practices.
- Led vendor management efforts, including maintaining strong partnerships, tracking performance, managing contracts, and ensuring compliance with service level agreements.
- Executed HR functions to facilitate employee transitions and relations, including onboarding, offboarding, and employee relations.
Sr. Recuiter
AQuity Solutions
2020 - 2022
- Led end-to-end recruitment for high volume of clinical support requisitions, streamlining processes to enhance efficiency.
- Consistently exceeded new hire goals by 20%-25%. Reduced time to fill metrics by 23%.
- Collaborated with leadership to provide insights on hiring trends and candidate quality, influencing recruitment strategies.
- Facilitated positive candidate experience throughout recruitment process, contributing to higher candidate satisfaction.
- Managed applicant tracking systems and other HRIS tools to ensure accurate data entry and reporting.
- Assisted new hires and the operations management team through the onboarding process.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Hire Velocity
2013 - 2020
- Conducted high-volume, full life cycle recruitment for executive, mid, and entry level positions across various industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, IT, and retail.
- Collaborated with human resources, executive team, managers, and recruiters to define role responsibilities and core competencies, streamlining recruitment expectations.
- Led and mentored team of recruiters, providing guidance, support, and training to enhance collaboration and achieve recruitment goals.
- Set performance goals and expectations, monitor team progress, and conduct performance reviews.
- Identified and resolved issues early by analyzing key metrics and data insights, enabling informed decision-making and timely status updates.
- Forecast business trends to build a candidate pool aligned with organizational needs.
Education
Skills
- Talent mapping
- Salary Benchmarking
- Data-driven decision making
- ATS & HRIS expertise
- AI Recruitment Tools
- Onboarding, training, and development
- Collaboration
Certification
- Talent Acquisition, HRCI
- Learning and Development, HRCI
- Human Resources Associate Specialization
- Employee Relations, HRCI
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Compensation and Benefits
Timeline
Sr. Recruiter
Pager Health
2025 - Current
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist/Manager
TimeDoc Health
2022 - 2025
Sr. Recuiter
AQuity Solutions
2020 - 2022
Talent Acquisition Lead
Hire Velocity
2013 - 2020