Vanessa Mills
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Goal-oriented recruiting professional motivated to source the right passive talent for hard-to-fill positions. Proficient in developing candidate market insights, pipelines, and appropriate Boolean searches. Strong relationship building skills with hiring managers and candidates.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Sourcer
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
07.2021 - Current
- Sources for active and passive candidates for hard-to-fill corporate salaried positions, primarily for the marketing department
- Conducts pre-screens for sourced candidates and presents qualified candidates to hiring managers for further consideration
- Creates pipelines of candidates in LinkedIn and Phenom CRM; dispositions candidates in the ATS and updates candidate statuses in Phenom
- Provides candidate data and talent insights for hard-to-fill job openings to hiring managers as needed
- Partners closely with recruiters and recruiting coordinators for intake calls, interview scheduling, resume reviews, and candidate communications
- Sourced 40+ hired candidates in FY2021 and FY2022, saving $766K+ in agency costs for corporate marketing roles
- Sourced 23 hires and saved $500K+ in agency costs in FY2023 within marketing and store operations.
- Exceeds goal for sourced candidates who receive an offer mid FY2024
Talent Sourcer
NFP
09.2018 - 06.2021
- Sourced entry-level to senior-level candidates for multiple business lines (commercial lines insurance, personal lines insurance, employee benefits, and financial services)
- Partnered with multiple recruiters to procure passive talent for ~15 hard-to-fill job openings at any given time across 40+ different NFP offices
- Reviewed resumes in the ATS and CRM; conducted pre-screens to confirm that qualifications are met, and submitted candidates to recruiters for review.
Corporate Recruiter
Consumer Cellular
08.2017 - 08.2018
- Executed high-volume, full-cycle recruiting to hire 28+ Customer Account Advisors per month in a large call center environment
- Built continuous candidate pipeline through sourcing methods including job boards, cold calling, employee referrals, career fairs, and applicant tracking system
- Actively converted strong, viable candidates into engaged new hires during weekly hiring open houses
Contract Recruiter
Discover Financial Services
12.2016 - 08.2017
- Conducted 800+ phone screens with entry-level and experienced customer service candidates for the Collections, Student Loans, Personal Loans, and Banking departments within the Phoenix call center
- Met or exceeded goals to fill new hire classes of 20+ associates in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment with a hiring cycle of ~4 weeks
- Partnered with hiring managers to provide candidate feedback and timely updates on recruiting metrics.
Recruitment Coordinator
The Nielsen Company
08.2015 - 10.2016
- Scheduled and arranged 600+ phone and on-site interviews for 15+ U.S
- Offices while responding to candidate questions with same-day turnaround
- Oversaw candidate reimbursement program by processing and approving reimbursement requests related to on-site interview expenses
- Compiled weekly job spotlight e-mails to recruit internal talent for hard-to-fill technical positions
- Transferred new hire and internal transfer data from Taleo to SAP HRMS on a backup basis.
HRMS Specialist / Recruitment Coordinator
Mercy Health
06.2012 - 08.2015
- Pre-screened 500+ applicants; initiated phone screens, assessments, reference checks, background checks, and drug tests
- Recruited talent for 80+ clinical positions in one year
- Handled onboarding paperwork for new hires for Mercy Health physician offices
- Implemented $1.9M tuition reimbursement program for 600+ employees, processing 1,100+ tuition reimbursement requests in one year and reducing turnaround payment time by 50%
- Processed and updated HR transactions for 9,000+ employees using PeopleSoft
- Created, revised, and/or retrieved queries and reports in PeopleSoft for HR colleagues
- Assisted with open enrollment and benefit changes as needed
- Conducted software testing for the consolidation of PeopleSoft system functions
- Participated in major project to consolidate multiple regions into one PeopleSoft HRMS
- Trained HR Employee Service Center employees on HR processes.
Education
MBA - Marketing Research
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WIBachelor of Arts - Economics
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MNSkills
- Boolean Searches
- X-ray Searches
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Indeed
- SeekOut
- HireEZ
- Chrome extensions
- Smashfly CRM
- Phenom CRM
- Handshake
- Ultipro
- Taleo
- PeopleSoft
- Kenexa Brassring
- Microsoft Office
- Applicant Tracking Systems
Timeline
Talent Sourcer
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
07.2021 - Current
Talent Sourcer
NFP
09.2018 - 06.2021
Corporate Recruiter
Consumer Cellular
08.2017 - 08.2018
Contract Recruiter
Discover Financial Services
12.2016 - 08.2017
Recruitment Coordinator
The Nielsen Company
08.2015 - 10.2016
HRMS Specialist / Recruitment Coordinator
Mercy Health
06.2012 - 08.2015
MBA - Marketing Research
University of Wisconsin
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
St. Olaf College
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