Salihah A. Clinkscales
Recruiter
Atlanta,GA
Summary
With years of superior performance in human resources environments. Skillful at promoting employment opportunities in collaboration with online platforms. Successful at interviewing and securing top talent to achieve organizational targets. Effective at customizing recruitment strategies to meet different needs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agency Recruiter
Acceleratehc
Los Angeles, CA
03.2023 - 07.2023
- Own the full-cycle recruitment process – sourcing, interviewing, and closing candidates
- Conducted market research to build talent pipeline, stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices for sourcing
- Built and maintained talent pipelines through proactive outreach, strategic planning, and relationship management
- Led multiple recruiting process work-streams and cross-organizational internal meetings and sourcing programs to accelerate funnel activity
- Collaborated with team members to continuously improve sourcing strategies and processes for roles such as software developers, engineers, IT professionals
- Set and conveyed recruitment goals to downstream staff.
- Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.
- Achieved staffing objectives through strategic and tactical planning, program management expertise and knowledge of effective recruitment, interviewing and training procedures.
Technical Sourcer
Meta
Atlanta, Georgia
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Managed sourcing strategy for key technical talent at all levels, resulting in 30% increase in qualified candidates.
- Responsible for developing and implementing strategies to attract and engage potential job candidates through various channels.
- Utilizing social media, technical boolean strings, FBR, employee referrals, ICQ, and LinkedIn Recruiting daily to yield quality candidates.
- Drove top-of-funnel activity for Engineering requisitions across North America and LATAM, resulting in 6 projected hires in 2022.
- Owned pipelines such as Engineering, Machine Learning, Artificial intelligence engineers, Project Management, and Production Systems.
- Possess excellent project management and organizational skills, as well as ability to measure and analyze success of team campaigns.
- Supported hiring process by scheduling interviews, conducting reference checks, and completing various paperwork.
Talent Acquisition Partner
SalesLoft
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Conduct and analyze stay and exit interviews to help provide the leadership with the knowledge to draw conclusions, identify trends, and uncover potential issues regarding attrition rates
- Established consistent language and methodology for talent discussions, development, and succession.
- Cooperated with company leaders in change management and talent solutions to gain a competitive edge in the job market.
- Collaborate with DE&I Director and Human Resources to support the execution of DEI projects that are aligned with business priorities, recruiting metrics, and company culture
- Collaborated with recruiters and hiring managers to improve recruiting processes and recruiting efficacy, resulting in a 20% reduction in time-to-hire
- Coordinating the creation, review, and implementation of policies and procedures resulting from new laws and regulations
- Support hiring managers with candidate interviewing preparations Use strategic analysis to identify untapped candidate pools
- Provide relationship management services to internal management, facilitate training and development workshops for annual review
- Calculate retention, turnover, and internal mobility rates along with assessing salary rates for potential clinical staff
- Continuously performs audits of HRIS data to ensure its integrity. Works with facilities throughout the organization to transmit and correct data problems
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
Carvana
Atlanta, United States
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results
- Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers, and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy
- Compiled reports on recruiting activity to illustrate time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and source of hire
- Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives.
- Develop sourcing models and plans to generate technical and non-technical talent pools; create and execute robust search strategies that will attract best and brightest talent
- Build passive recruiting strategy with a fluid candidate pipeline for future openings
- Ensure qualitative recruitment validation process: phone or in-person interviews of each candidate, coordination of interviews, reference check
Recruiter
Ascensus Retirement Services
Atlanta, MI
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
- Placed advertisements, evaluated applicant credentials, conducted initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Source and maintain a consultant base to promote growth and obtain revenue goals for healthcare clients
- Successfully led the restructuring of the Measurement, Communication, and Organization reducing fall out by 15%
- Determine and negotiate complex compensation structures for each hire. Administer and assess background and reference checks for each candidate.
- Ensures compliance with new hires, termination, and payroll documentation.
- Daily usage of recruiting and assessment platforms including, CRM, Taleo, Workday, Career Builder, and Skills Survey.
- Provided innovative approaches to sourcing and recruiting a high volume of candidates, and exceeded consultant needs for open enrollment
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Savannah State University
Savannah, GA 01.2010 - 05.2014
Skills
Applicant tracking systems proficient
Recruitment strategies
Interviewing skills
Contract negotiation abilities
Talent acquisition plans
Compensation structuring
Organizational Development
Teamwork and Collaboration
Interpersonal Communication
Linkedin Recruiting
Diversity Equity, & Inclusion
Certification
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certicate
Timeline
Agency Recruiter
Acceleratehc
03.2023 - 07.2023
Technical Sourcer
Meta
02.2022 - 03.2023
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certicate
04-2021
Talent Acquisition Partner
SalesLoft
01.2020 - 01.2022
Recruiter
Ascensus Retirement Services
01.2019 - 01.2020
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
Carvana
01.2015 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Savannah State University
01.2010 - 05.2014