Tara Hinojosa
Horizon City,TX
Summary
Seasoned Talent Acquisition Lead with a strong background in streamlining recruitment processes, enhancing employer branding, and driving workforce planning initiatives. Possess solid experience in implementing innovative sourcing strategies and utilizing data-driven recruiting metrics to improve hiring efficiency. Strengths include strategic talent acquisition, leadership, relationship building, negotiation skills, and stakeholder management. Have made significant impacts by optimizing recruitment practices and maintaining a consistent pipeline of quality candidates for past employers.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Lead
ACES
El Paso, TX
05.2022 - Current
- Provided support during the offer negotiation phase of the recruitment process.
- Ensured compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws.
- Provided guidance to management on selection decisions based on skillset requirements.
- Interpreted and explained human resources policies, procedures or regulations.
- Developed strategies and methods to clarify philosophies and desired behaviors.
- Sourced, qualified and conducted screening interviews with job candidates.
- Developed or implemented recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs.
- Developed relationships with third-party recruiters, staffing agencies, universities and other sources of qualified talent.
- Monitored performance metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire.
- Scheduled or conducted new employee orientations.
- Hired employees and processed hiring-related paperwork.
- Collaborated with internal stakeholders to understand their staffing needs.
- Built robust pipeline and diverse pool of candidates to meet current or future hiring needs.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
ACES
El Paso, TX
03.2019 - 05.2022
- Responsible for full-cycle recruitment across AZ, WA, TX, CO, and CA.
- Recruited for entry-level behavioral therapy roles.
- Kept up with high-demand recruitment cycles and maintained a 90% average toward KPIs.
- Helped facilitate the growth of regions while maintaining high-value, quality candidate placements.
Front Office Specialist
ACES
El Paso, TX
01.2011 - 03.2019
- Answered phones, communicated, and liaised across clinical, scheduling, and other departments.
- Organized a record-keeping system that was implemented company-wide.
- Assisted tours of the center, met with families, and connected with clients on a day-to-day basis while maintaining a clean and professional environment.
- As a member of the culture team, I facilitated a strong company culture within the center and state, eventually growing as a facilitator of a culture team company-wide.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
The University of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, TXSkills
- Organizational development
- Interviewing techniques
- Competency-based assessment
- Recruitment process outsourcing
- Social media recruiting
- Talent pipeline building
- Manage a team of direct reports, holding them accountable to KPIs while maintaining compassion when metrics are not met
- Candidate experience
- Strategic recruitment
- Applicant tracking systems
- Labor market trends
- Recruitment analytics
- Data-driven decision making
- Collaborative leadership
Accomplishments
- Internal ACES values awards spanning from 2014-2023 highlighting values of Collaboration, Innovation, and Fun
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Lead
ACES
05.2022 - Current
Talent Acquisition Specialist
ACES
03.2019 - 05.2022
Front Office Specialist
ACES
01.2011 - 03.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
The University of Texas At El Paso
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