Wesley Cole

• Demonstrating TA versatility by successfully filling numerous technical and non-technical roles, managing high-volume staffing requirements, while maintaining exceptional performance and adaptability.
• Partnering with data analysis teams to develop comprehensive HR dashboards, leveraging advanced analytics tools to provide real-time insights into recruiting metrics, and people performance indicators.
• Collaborating closely with the HR team to streamline event planning logistics, coordinating venue selection, vendor management, and ensuring the seamless execution of organizational events.

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• Conducted the full recruitment cycle to fill over 60 roles through various disciplines including Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear and Civil Engineers for the U.S. Army MCRP Summer Internship Program.
• Led conversations with stakeholders backed with data to address recruitment deficiencies from previous years. Changes lead to a boost in fill rate from 78% to 100% and cut time to hire by 27%.
• Coordinated and attended multiple in person and virtual career fairs throughout the country to promote opportunities within the federal government.
• Developed partnerships with new Minority Serving Institutions that resulted in a 42% increase in submission diversity which led to 26 students from the new schools being selected for the program.

• Full-cycle recruitment of over 140 requisitions over two years for technical and non-technical positions, using numerous ATS and HCM systems, viewing over 7,000 applicants, and working with over 40 HMs.
• Boosted summer internship conversion rates by designing structured programs, improving candidate experience, and implementing targeted follow-up strategies, resulting in a 28% increase in return offers.
• Managed stakeholder relationships by creating and presenting weekly dashboards using Tableau to visualize data extracted from HCM and ATS, to update on recruiting goals.
• Owned on-campus event and career fair strategy, leading to 30+ events targeting underrepresented and diverse candidates across the country.

• Built the Human Resource department from the ground up by creating and scaling a comprehensive full-cycle recruitment and human resource lifecycle for 800 employees at three locations over time with the company. Managed a team of three recruiters.
• Used organization development and planning skills to create company recruiting handbook, implement HRIS systems, design on and off boarding process, administer benefits, administer employee satisfaction surveys, spearhead change management, implement new policies and to forecast staffing to staff correctly for day-to-day operations.
• Developed job descriptions and compensation strategies that aligned with current market recommendations. Analyzed employee and company data using Tableau and Excel to build and level KPIs to support the business goals the company desired to meet.
• Served as main Project Manager to strategically plan over 90 projects including employee workshops, campus recruitment events, training and development and safety trainings.
• Developed an employee advancement program with a road map that would place high-performing employees in leadership positions within the company when they hit agreed-upon milestones.

• Main Campus Recruiter for three stores in the district, acquiring over 400 employees from numerous colleges and universities for the company over a two-year span.
• Lead projects for the Campus Talent Acquisition Team. Identified best practices and spotlighted organizational inefficiencies to create new programs to revamp and improve our recruiting process.
• Extracted data from Workday to create visualizations to update shareholders on the recruiting process and potential improvements.