Sarah 'Kennedy' Runnels

Responsible for creating and implementing recruitment strategies for part-time and full-time staff, aided in facilitating a company-wide transition over to a new applicant tracking system, managing monthly recruitment budgets for all markets, significantly improved the onboarding process for NPO groups nationwide, improved candidate pool quality as well as the candidate application and interview experience, and managed relations with market leaders to ensure staffing needs were being met.

oversaw 10+ venues and was responsible for the recruitment of all line level hires, full-time security hires, and NPO/fundraising groups for those markets. This included all responsibilities of the NPO Sourcing Manager with the addition of implementing recruitment strategies, traveling to markets to aid with recruitment or host hiring events in market, ensured that all markets had enough staff members in order to function successfully operationally, created job requisitions for new position openings, and conducted trainings for operations staff on hiring/onboarding systems.

Oversaw all Eastern markets for the company (included NCAA NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS venues and more) where I was responsible for the recruitment of NPO/fundraising groups which included sourcing potential groups, communication with potential and onboarded groups, signing up and onboarding group members, handling any pay discrepansies with groups, and improving retention of groups

Second in charge managing over 300 staff for our event staff contract with Ole Miss where I was responsible for scheduling staff, assisted with ensuring all events were a success operationally, maintained communications with all staff, coached employees on any mistakes made while working, directed check-in for all staff at events, handled any special needs from the client, conducted hiring events, completed all onboarding for new hires, and was responsible for all recruitment efforts (NPO and line-level staff).

Responsible for the hiring and onboarding of new staff, maintaining effective communication with current employees, conducting trainings, traveling for hiring, non-profit recruitment to aid staffing numbers.

Performed the daily administrative needs of the Center including:

managing an email account and social media page, coordinating and planning events, marketing, assisting with projects, scribing detailed meeting minutes, maintaining relations with members of the board, etc.