THOMESHA BURTON
Lakeland,FL
Summary
Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Offering 9 years of recruitment strategy development.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Contractor
Blue Origin
06.2022 - 11.2022
- 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.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Sourced and screened candidates for 18 roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers and onboarding.
- Built talent pipelines of 250-300 applicants using tailored coaching and education to support efficient and effective hiring.
- Full life cycle recruited for senior network security engineers, full stack web developers, salesforce- business analyst, software engineers to support the Enterprise Technology department.
Sourcer Contractor
Amazon
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Supported hiring process by scheduling interviews, conducting reference checks and completing various paperwork.
- Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates.
- Followed up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines, events and job fairs.
- Completed 250 outreaches weekly and 2 offers-to hire monthly.
- Sourced for Software Engineers lvl 2-4 for Amazon Physical Stores using LinkedIn Recruiter
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Geico
02.2018 - 02.2022
- Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
- Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
- 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.
- Sourced and screened candidates for 30+ roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers and onboarding.
- Created onboarding solutions to tailor options for Claims representative, CSR and PIP hiring needs.
- Studied talent assessment data to determine best fit for positions across 3 businesses.
Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Specialist
Sitel Contact Center
05.2013 - 02.2018
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change and assess progress.
- Reviewed employment applications and background check reports to facilitate hiring process.
- Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
- Promoted increased focus on internal talent mobility and emerging talent across organization.
- Built talent pipelines of 300-350 applicants using tailored coaching and education to support efficient and effective hiring.
- Increased employee engagement levels by 15% in three months
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
Education
Associate Degree - Science Political
Polk State College
2018
High School Diploma -
Plant City High School
Plant City, FL2011
Skills
- Exceptional employee relationship management with excellent
ability to actively listen to and resolve any concerns and devise
solutions to issues before damages from miscommunications - Documented ability in project management with influential
team-building skills that increase the overall engagement and
understanding levels of all cross-departmental team structures
- Influential team leadership skills that complement beneficial
communication methods during the clients onboarding and to
comply with all the company’s regulations and the procedures - Thorough problem solver through applying quality control and
assurance assessments to mitigate any risks while innovating
complicated and outdated process improvement methodologies
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Contractor
Blue Origin
06.2022 - 11.2022
Sourcer Contractor
Amazon
03.2022 - 06.2022
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Geico
02.2018 - 02.2022
Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Specialist
Sitel Contact Center
05.2013 - 02.2018
Associate Degree - Science Political
Polk State College
High School Diploma -
Plant City High School
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