Tika Uzzell
Burtonsville,Maryland
Summary
Results-focused talent acquisitions professional with over 7+ years of recruiting experience in full life cycle recruiting. Demonstrated and proven expertise in the areas of Corporate Recruiting, Contract Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Direct Sourcing, and Strategic Staffing Solutions. Niche’ roles recruiting incing Experienced managing complex hiring needs involving varied internal client groups and external customers to secure timely, quality-focused results. Dedicated professional eager to create and implement successful strategies to improve organizational efficiency. Adept at utilizing data analysis to provide insights into HR initiatives. Strong communication and interpersonal skills and committed to pursuing best practices related to employee development and retention. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Recruiter
Franklin Energy
01.2023 - 06.2024
- Built and maintained relationships with the hiring managers to thoroughly understand requisition dynamics
- Work cooperatively and diligently with the HR team around compensation, counteroffers, and occasional job descriptions
- High Volume Recruiting for various roles including Managers, PEGA Architects, Safe System Administrators, Program Managers, Operation Managers, Field Managers, Direct Installers, Customer Service Representatives, Technical, Mechanical and System Engineers
- Niche Recruitment for Director of Sales and Sales Manager positions
- Educate hiring managers on the most effective way to utilize ATS
- Utilize LinkedIn to source for junior talent, networking with local trade schools and universities
- Identify candidates to be screened
- Interview candidates and debrief with managers
- Drive the offer process including – extending offers, onboarding negotiations, closing candidates and generating offer letters
- Collaborate closely with the hiring team throughout the recruiting process to ensure I meet their hiring needs
- Recommend ideas or strategies that have yielded me success.
Sr. Technical Recruiter (Remote)
GE Digital/Aviation/Nuclear
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Delivered executive recruitment services, including consultant-level candidates
- Analyzed and identified client business needs and developed recruitment strategies
- Utilize Workday Applicant Tracking system throughout the talent acquisition process
- Successfully recruited: VP’s, Dir.’s., Mgr.’s, Sups
- Analysts & Technicians in various IT Environments: BI, Production, Mechanical Engineers, System Engineers, MFG, & Business support environments: HR, Marketing, Procurement, Brand Mgmt., & Sales
- Delivered full-cycle talent acquisition from sourcing to offer negotiation
- Attended networking events to build rapport with potential clients and to generate new business
- Engaged new clients and consulted with stakeholders to develop and execute recruitment strategies; partnered closely with clients to establish trust and meet or exceed expectations
- Built and maintained relationships with Recruiters to develop a thorough understanding of the job requirements
- Created relationships with candidates to facilitate processes to manage them through the recruiting and selection process while providing complete, accurate, and engaging information to candidates about the company and positions
- Prescreen candidates and as necessary candidates presented for detailed interviewing by hiring managers
- Document post-interview debrief/feedback and with a recruiter.
Sr. Technical Recruiter (Remote)
Ecolab
02.2021 - 12.2021
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for multiple complex searches, creating innovative sourcing strategies and engagement to bring the best talent to each role
- Develop and execute fully comprehensive sourcing plans, analyzing requirements to determine target profile needs and matches
- Coordinate closely with recruiting team members to innovate our research strategy for talent pooling, market mapping, and competitor analysis
- Collaborate closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process to ensure we meet their hiring needs and goals
- Regularly manage pipeline activity, maintain data integrity, and proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders.
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Solar Energy World
11.2014 - 12.2020
- Full Desk/Full Cycle Technical Recruiting/Sourcing in a corporate environment
- Manage the high volume full life cycle recruiting process for various Engineering and Sales positions (Project Engineer, Sales Engineer, Accounting Coordinator, North America Sales Manager, Process Engineer, Software engineers/ Developers, Cyber Security, Network Security, Application Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management, Risk Management, Incident Response, SOC, Threat Intel, Systems Security, Cloud Security, GRC-Governance, Risk, Compliance and/or Architecture & Engineering
- Managed End-to-End recruitment and selection – (RFP bidding to Contract acquisition and Strategic Staffing optimization)
- Provide full life cycle recruitment for DOD, FBI, NIH, HHS, TSA and NASA
- Interact with Division Managers to identify open job requisitions and candidate criteria
- Effectively provided workforce strategy around proactive recruitment planning aligned with business strategies by taking a consultative & leadership approach with hiring managers
- Leadership/Management Skills/Exp
- In; Recruiting, Sourcing, Workforce Planning Strategies & Training Recruiters & Sourcers
- Successfully provided clients with seamless & effective recruiting partnerships and deliverables in support of multiple businesses and multiple functions
- Expertise in offering a Positive Candidate Recruiting Experience
- Expertise in Contract & Salary Negotiations
- Extremely Customer Service Oriented (VP’s, Dir.’s., Mgr.’s, Sups., Candidates)
- Accomplished Client Management; Hiring Mgr
- Candidate Counseling
- Expertise in Source/Recruit candidates, Resources: ATS, Networking, Internet Job boards, Trade Forums/Groups, Boolean String & X-Ray searches in; LinkedIn Prime/Recruiter, Dice, Indeed, Google, Monster, CB, Mozilla, Bing, HotBot, Flip Dog, IE, & Twitter
- Successfully recruited in cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, Machine Learning, Automotive Systems, Infotainment Systems, Informatica, Virtualization, Cloud (SaaS, PaaS IaaS) & Computer Gaming
- Successfully recruited: Hardware/Software/Firmware Engineers, Software/Apps
- Dev., Web Dev
- In: EDW, BI/BA, EMC, AI, IoT, Wi-Fi, Semiconductor, Software Dev., Electronic & Medical Devices, Computer Games, Finance, Automotive & IT Capital Equipment MFG
- Successfully recruited: Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Process, & Industrial Engineers in various IT MFG & Production environments
- Successfully recruited: VP’s, Dir.’s., Mgr.’s, Sups
- Analysts & Technicians in various IT Environments: BI, Production, MFG, & Business support environments: HR, Marketing, Procurement, Brand Mgmt., & Sales
- Lead, Managed, & Trained best in class high volume recruitment team (Sourcers, Recruiters)
- College Recruitment, Interacting WITH various institutions, (UT, TA&M, TCU, SMU, St
- Edwards) recruiting New Graduates in the areas of; Software/Hardware Engineering, Marketing, Technical Sales
- Conducting College & Professional Career fairs, (interviews, negotiating salaries), seeking the best in new talent.
Sr. Recruiter
Sales Focus Inc.
07.2013 - 10.2014
- Create and present offer recommendations to Hiring Managers, extend offers, and manage offer negotiations to all internal and external candidates
- Responsible for filling various technical positions, including Administrative, IT, Finance/Accounting, Engineering, Project Management, and Software/Hardware Engineering, Senior Software/Database Developers with a heavy focus on technologies such as C/C++, .NET, Java/J2EE, SQL Server, Oracle, etc
- Roles focused around: Software engineers/ Developers, Cyber Security, Network Security, Application Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management, Risk Management, Incident Response, SOC, Threat Intel, Systems Security, Cloud Security, GRC-Governance, Risk, Compliance, and/or Architecture & Engineering
- Recruiter for TS/SCI cleared individuals for Business Development and in support of Joint Special Operations Command
- Work in partnership with managers to provide challenge, advice, direction, and support on recruitment strategy, delivery, and related policies and procedures
- Managing and developing high-performing teams
- Support hiring managers in identifying interview evaluation criteria and competencies; establish a consistent and valid candidate assessment process
- Lead, develop, and provide direction to the regional Talent Acquisition team
- Manage and develop a team of 8+ Recruiters
- Establish an environment that positions direct reports to drive and own solutions with Mars Associates while developing a team of experts
- Hiring, creating, and monitoring annual performance plans, coaching, and development for your team
- Oversee the development and posting of job and job descriptions
- Instill a culture of positive recognition and continuous improvement throughout the Talent Acquisition team
- Prepare, communicate, and educate the organization (Hiring Managers and HR) on recruiting resources/systems/procedures/compliance
- Successfully recruited: Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Process, & Industrial Engineers in various IT MFG & Production environments
- Successfully recruited: VP’s, Dir.’s., Mgr.’s, Sups
- Analysts & Technicians in various IT Environments: BI, Production, MFG, & Business support environments: HR, Marketing, Procurement, Brand Mgmt., & Sales
- Lead, Managed, & Trained best in class high volume recruitment team (Sourcers, Recruiters)
- College Recruitment, interacting w/various institutions, (UT, TA&M, TCU, SMU, St
- Edwards) and recruiting New Graduates in the areas of; Software/Hardware Engineering, Marketing, Technical Sales
- Conducting College & Professional Career fairs, (interviews, negotiating salaries), seeking the best in new talent.
Education
Elizabeth Seton High School
Bladensburg, MD05.1995
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- ICIMS
- PowerPoint
- Office365
- PeopleSoft
- Yello
- Workday
- TALEO
- Brass Ring
- Primavera
- Sendouts
- HR Profile (ADP)
- HTML
- Outlook
- Access
- Lawson HR
- Boolean Search Techniques
- Recruiter Training and Mentoring
- Candidate Sourcing
- Competency-Based Interviewing
- Social Media Recruiting
- Talent Acquisition
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Recruitment Marketing
- Passive Candidate Engagement
- Onboarding Process Management
- Recruitment Event Planning
- Technical Recruiting Expertise
- Candidate vetting
- Employer Branding
- Executive Search Experience
- Industry Networking
- Diversity and Inclusion Strategies
- Full cycle recruiting
- Collaborative Teamwork
- Recruitment Metrics Analysis
- Offer letters
- Salary Negotiation
- Job fairs planning
- Recruitment strategy development
- Online Job Boards
- Candidate tracking
- Outbound Calling
- Interviewing Clients
- Strategic Sourcing
- LinkedIn Sourcing
- Job Offer Development
- Candidate Screening
- Networking
- Recruitment Strategies
- Recruiting and Sourcing
- Networking Events
- Human resources policies
- Team motivation
- Candidate Selection
- Cold-calling
- Clearance procedures
- IT job market understanding
- New hire paperwork processing
- Performance Evaluation
Timeline
Sr. Recruiter
Franklin Energy
01.2023 - 06.2024
Sr. Technical Recruiter (Remote)
GE Digital/Aviation/Nuclear
01.2022 - 12.2022
Sr. Technical Recruiter (Remote)
Ecolab
02.2021 - 12.2021
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Solar Energy World
11.2014 - 12.2020
Sr. Recruiter
Sales Focus Inc.
07.2013 - 10.2014
Elizabeth Seton High School