Pierre Hicks
Clarksburg,MD
Summary
Dedicated professional eager to create and implement successful strategies to improve organizational efficiency. Adept at utilizing data analysis to provide insights into business initiatives. Strong communication and interpersonal skills and committed to pursuing best practices related to employee development and retention.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Foulger-Pratt
09.2022 - 10.2023
- Responsible for designing and managing the recruiting and selection process as well as applicant tracking
- Researched, collected and analyzed job market trends and presented findings as well as recommendations to the VP of HR with the objective of remaining competitive and relevant amongst competitors
- These reports range from salary trends, evaluating effectiveness of marketing platforms used, staying current with talent pool changes and candidate engagement
- Coordinated involvement at outreach events and career fairs
- Key contributor to managing on-boarding process
- Developed and executed long-term recruiting strategies and foster trusting relationships internally and externally
- Promoted employer branding through social media and career fairs
- Exhibited excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Works closely with Department VP's and upper management to discuss the best approach to staffing and retention needs
- Established recruiting metrics and solutions
- Revised interview scripts, job descriptions, and streamlined recruiting process
- Responsible for creating and managing job post and applicant response
- Experienced with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods, monitor talent acquisition trends
- Point of contact with external vendors for recruitment services, contract renewals and negotiations
- Created an internal job alert post to help promote growth and advancement opportunities for current employees
- Successfully presented a power point presentation to corporate executives outlining the needs tor evamp company website which will occur in 2023
- Some of the changes are, illustrating career paths for certain positions, having a chat feature or virtual tour guide on the company's website and featuring success stories/testimonials from current employees so potential candidates connect more fully with the company culture and what it has to offer.
Recruiter
Good2go Recruiter
02.2015 - 09.2022
- (7 years 5 months +)
- Coordinated with IT team leaders to forecast hiring needs and department goals
- Interviewed candidates using different interview methods and approaches
- Sourced and selected applicants for technical positions within company
- Work with 25 - 35 open requisitions
- 35% conversion rate to technical screen
- Proficient with LinkedIn recruiter, Indeed & Monster
- Proactively source, recruit and interview technology professionals from technical support, Network
- Engineer, programming, cyber security, data analysis, project management, web designers, social media marketing, mobile/ios developers as well as development and software engineers.
Managing Director/IT Sales And Service Consultant
TC Hands On Services LLC
07.2009 - 02.2015
- Responsible for providing strategic direction to build client relationships and new business opportunities to enhance profitability
- Drove initiatives for marketing services and capabilities to Information
- Technology companies within the MD/DC/VA markets
- Areas of focus: programming, cyber security,project management and software analyst
- Review and analyze key performance indicators, sales report, operating statements, budgets, and expenses to assess financial positions of store goals and revise as needed based on current business conditions
- Ensure complete training, development and management of associates, oversee staffing, hiring, and scheduling needs, establish performance expectations & facility a positive work environment.
- Maintained 10% conversion rate on new contacts by using persuasive communication skills.
- Managed accounts receivable worth, diligently staying on top of payment requests to keep aging low.
IT Inventory Management Consultant
Grainger
02.2001 - 02.2009
- Networking within the local market to identify and place local IT resources with IT customer data analysis needs
- Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommended optimizations
- Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resource utilization issues
- Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans.
Education
Information Systems Technology
Tidewater Community College
1996
Skills
- Budgeting
- Conversion
- Crm
- Customer relations
- Financial
- Hiring
- Organizational skills
- Presentation skills
- Process engineering
- Management Consulting
- Network Support
- Http://linkedincom/in/pierre-hicks-932b2992
- Business Forecasting
- Recruitment Planning
- Candidate Pipeline Management
- Recruitment
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Foulger-Pratt
09.2022 - 10.2023
Recruiter
Good2go Recruiter
02.2015 - 09.2022
Managing Director/IT Sales And Service Consultant
TC Hands On Services LLC
07.2009 - 02.2015
IT Inventory Management Consultant
Grainger
02.2001 - 02.2009
Information Systems Technology
Tidewater Community College
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