Shelby Woods
Nashville,TN
Summary
Dynamic and strategic recruitment professional with a proven track record in full-cycle recruitment and business development. Skilled in building and leading diverse candidate pipelines, enhancing processes, and fostering collaborative relationships with clients and stakeholders. Known for delivering exceptional interpersonal service and a consultative approach that empowers organizations and individuals to thrive.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Managing Associate
Koya Partners
Remote
01.2023 - Current
- I lead and collaborate with multiple search teams to drive candidate development and manage client engagement strategies for mission-driven organizations nationwide
- By overseeing the recruitment process, I ensure tailored approaches that align with each client’s unique needs, fostering long-term partnerships and successful outcomes
- Promoted continuously through increasing levels of responsibility based on performance and impact
- Led 120+ full-cycle executive searches, managing all phases of recruitment, and multiple searches simultaneously from client needs assessment to successful placement, while ensuring high-quality service
- Responsible for 2024 business development revenue of $425,000, contributing to firm growth through proactive client engagement and search bookings
- Specialize in building and recruiting diverse candidate pipelines, leveraging targeted research, outreach, and relationship management
- 2024 placement metrics: 67% female, 82% people of color
- Direct client engagements, developing customized search strategies to match client culture and needs, leading to successful leadership placements across industries
- Maintain strong client and candidate relationships, ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience throughout the search process
- Lead all phases of the executive search process, managing multiple searches simultaneously and collaborating with senior leaders in national and global practices to ensure successful candidate placements
- Direct client engagements, working closely with key stakeholders to understand organizational culture, needs, and strategic hiring priorities, applying this knowledge to develop tailored candidate sourcing and assessment strategies
- Key clients served: Innocence Project, NRDC, the Sierra Club, Asian American Federation
Contract Sourcing Recruiter
Asurion
Nashville, USA
05.2017 - 12.2017
- Company Overview: global multi-billion dollar, privately held technology & product development firm headquartered in Nashville
- Corporately recruited passive talent for global multi-billion dollar, privately held technology & product development firm headquartered in Nashville
- Responsible for the research, identification and engagement of passive talent for roles in retail, marketing, corporate development, product, IT and finance and supply-chain including but not limited to: Market Research Manager, SEO Manager, Senior Financial Analyst, Software Engineer 3, Product Manager, Director of Product Marketing and Territory Manager
- Discovered and identified talent based on critical business needs as well as pipeline development for future needs
- Proactively submitted passive talent to unassigned roles to fulfill critical business needs in supply chain, finance and IT
- Global multi-billion dollar, privately held technology & product development firm headquartered in Nashville
Executive Recruiter
ThinkingAhead
Nashville, USA
07.2015 - 05.2017
- Company Overview: Nashville-based boutique executive search firm with practice areas including nonprofit, financial services, IT and healthcare
- Recruit for Nashville-based boutique executive search firm with practice areas including nonprofit, financial services, IT and healthcare
- During my tenure I brought $365K in revenue to my search firm through the tactical recruitment and placement of executive-level talent in the nonprofit sector
- Hired, mentored and trained by firm’s top-producing veteran recruiter in national full-cycle recruiting functions of senior and executive-level professionals in the nonprofit sector (CEO, CDO, CPO, VP of Development, Director of Development, Strategic Communications, Major Gifts Officer)
- Upon veteran’s recruiter departure, the first recruiter on a team of four to develop new business accounting for $25K+ in revenue in 2016 and $35k+ revenue in 2017
- Source, recruit and place talent for an average fee of $25K per transaction
- Knowledgeable of full lifecycle recruiting components including sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing, job analysis, relationship management and screening
- Partner in a consultative, thoughtful manner with client hiring managers on current talent needs for open roles to identify job requirements, draft position descriptions, source potential applicants and establish interview guidelines
- Develop launch strategy for each search and serve as key point of contact for all candidates
- Prospect and identify new business consulting opportunities
- (minimum 250 prospecting calls monthly)
- List of key clients served: Surfrider Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, PAI, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Dismas, Inc
- Nashville-based boutique executive search firm with practice areas including nonprofit, financial services, IT and healthcare
Administrative Coordinator
American University
Washington, DC
04.2011 - 05.2014
- Managed all administrative and clerical affairs of the Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution Services department at American University including correspondence, appointment-scheduling and background records maintenance
- Coordinated all student disciplinary conferences and disciplinary hearings on master calendar
- Hired, trained and supervised student workers in all office procedures; assigned additional projects in an effort to creatively market the department
- Expedited background discipline checks when proper identification and authorization is provided
- Created workshop featuring faculty and staff university speakers connecting directly with first-generation students who were the first in their respective families to attend college
- Liaised with other departments as necessary including Public Safety and Housing & Dining Programs to generate ongoing accurate reporting figures
- Uphold the highest levels of confidentiality according to university regulations and federal law
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Gender Studies
California State University Long Beach
Long Beach, CA01.2009
Skills
- Business Development
- Revenue Generation
- Candidate Sourcing
- Pipeline Development
- Diversity & Inclusion Recruiting
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Talent Acquisition
- Offer Negotiation
- Project Management
- Client Relationship Management
Community Service
- YMCA Margaret Maddox, Advisory Board Member, 01/2023, Present
- Dismas, Inc, Advisory Board Member, 06/2016, 06/2018
- Horizons at University School of Nashville, Advisory Board Member, 06/2016, 06/2019
Affiliations
- Antiquing
- Yoga
- Reading
- Pets
- Live Music
Timeline
Managing Associate
Koya Partners
01.2023 - Current
Contract Sourcing Recruiter
Asurion
05.2017 - 12.2017
Executive Recruiter
ThinkingAhead
07.2015 - 05.2017
Administrative Coordinator
American University
04.2011 - 05.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Gender Studies
California State University Long Beach
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