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Undra Stewart II

Saint Louis,Missouri

Summary

An impressive Talent Acquisition Professional with experience in talent acquisition, corporate communications, University Relations, and new employee orientation initiatives. An effective oral and written corporate communicator in both English and Spanish, coordinating a variety of corporate communications effectively. Easily able to oversee the end-to-end recruitment process including internship recruiting, benefit presentations, and salary negotiations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Specialist

FedEx
06.2022 - Current
  • Work closely with managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s hiring needs for each position and meet competitive hiring goals and expectations
  • Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of open roles within ATS (Taleo/combined with Paradox)
  • Continuously partner with the recruiting team and senior managers to design, refine, and implement innovative recruiting strategies
  • Screen resumes and prospects, qualify, interview, and manage candidates throughout the interview process from prepping before interviews to assisting with final offer negotiation
  • Reach to various organizations monthly using PRM (Direct Employers)
  • This mainly included veterans, minorities, and persons with disabilities
  • Developed S.O.P guide for TA/FedEx employees to use for the Direct Employers website
  • Helped with Full cycle recruiting (180 employees) for start-up Unilever facility in New, Lenox IL
  • Advise Operations Managers on how to proceed with interviewing and hiring
  • Lead weekly meetings with data present to update Operations on employee advancement, turnover, and hiring
  • Provide metrics such as KPI of the quality of hire, promotions, and training effectiveness.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Premium Retail Services
10.2019 - 06.2022
  • Responsible for successful full life cycle and management of recruitment for various positions for Google, Best Buy, Walmart, Walgreens and other large retail stores throughout the Midwest, East Coast and Texas territories
  • Utilize sourcing strategies through various methods, ATS (Avature), social media, job boards
  • Pre-screen resumes, schedule, interview, make offers and hire candidates for positions, behavioral interviewing
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to take initiative and build strong productive relationships and networking capabilities with clients to include cold calling, complex internet search
  • Ability to successfully thrive in a fast-paced performance driven environment and ever-changing environment to recruit and recommend candidates that reflect the high bar set by the company
  • Exceptional latest technology and tools savvy for recruitment
  • Oversee requisition loads ranging from 100-150 openings while working with hiring territory managers.

University Relations Recruiter (Contract)

Express Scripts Inc
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Responsible for successful full life cycle and management of recruitment of college interns for various positions
  • Represent Express Scripts at career fairs and networking events with a high recruitment of Missouri students
  • Utilize software phenom people to track candidates; Utilize real time CRM, ATS (Workday), Talent analytics, job boards, social media, sourcing, placement of job postings, campus recruiting
  • Screen resumes, conduct phone screens, interview candidates utilizing behavioral and situational questions
  • Schedule high volume interns and maintain high level of communication with hiring managers and candidates; also coordinate interviews with local department managers and off -site locations in various states
  • Work closely with department Manager, VP of HR, and HR teams on several projects as the Lead University Relations Recruiter
  • Consult with hiring managers to define position requirements, prepare job description, and define hiring/sourcing strategy
  • Provide new intern orientation and onboarding
  • Responsible for developing and executing campus recruitment strategies including enhancing the candidate experience and collaborating with business leaders to attract and retain the best talent
  • Identify and deliver candidates for Internship program of 200+ students, multiple lines of business including Engineering, Technology, Finance, Operations, Business, Clinical and Data Science
  • Responsible for cultivating and maintaining relationships with targeted colleges, universities and diversity partners and managing the campus recruitment and selection process
  • Analyzed and applied metrics and data to deliver outcomes and new strategies, with emphasis on diversity efforts.

Human Resource Assistant Coordinator

Lindenwood University
01.2018 - 06.2018
  • Successfully assisted the Dean and Vice President of the department on variety of human resource tasks including candidate screening, new employee training, employment eligibility, the composition of new hire offers, and new employee orientation meetings and presentations
  • Served as a liaison between department managers, coordinated multiple communication initiatives including written correspondences between departments, faculty, staff, and student employees
  • Processed HR documents, prepared personnel related reports, and continually utilized computer software programs to complete additional HR functions including HRIS, Microsoft, and Workday
  • Led the full recruiting process of new interns, student employees and regular employees with a focus on compliance, employment law, and international taxation laws.

Corporate HR Generalist – Senior University Campus Recruiter

Etching-It Social Media Corporation Internship
07.2017 - 12.2017
  • Planned and executed on-campus recruiting events and portfolio building initiatives to promote the company brand, employer value proposition, and full range of available opportunities across the organization, cultivating a talent pipeline for entry level positions
  • Successfully participated in new employee orientations, training sessions, and worked with the CEO on ongoing development of staff aimed at building Etching-It’s corporate internal infrastructure
  • Managed a variety of administrative projects including the verification of I-9 documents, calendar management, scheduling, employee newsletters, and digital marketing for talent acquisition purposes and project management
  • Assisted the CEO with organizational effectiveness projects including the development of company policies aligned with the corporate culture, benefits, time reporting, performance management, and company incentives.

Education

Master of Science - Human Resource Management

Lindenwood University
Saint Louis, Missouri
2019

Bachelor of Arts - Communication

University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
2017

Skills

  • Human Resource Management
  • New Employee Orientation
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Full Cycle Recruiting
  • HRIS (Taleo, Workday, Avature)
  • Onboarding
  • Employment Laws
  • Corporate Communications
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Employment Eligibility
  • Training & Development
  • Office Administration
  • Digital Marketing & Creative Content
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Microsoft Office

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Specialist

FedEx
06.2022 - Current

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Premium Retail Services
10.2019 - 06.2022

University Relations Recruiter (Contract)

Express Scripts Inc
01.2019 - 06.2019

Human Resource Assistant Coordinator

Lindenwood University
01.2018 - 06.2018

Corporate HR Generalist – Senior University Campus Recruiter

Etching-It Social Media Corporation Internship
07.2017 - 12.2017

Master of Science - Human Resource Management

Lindenwood University

Bachelor of Arts - Communication

University of Missouri
Undra Stewart II