Talent Acquisition Specialist

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist — Vanguard Tech Partners

Atlanta, GA | May 2023 – Present

• Led a team of 3 recruiting coordinators to manage full-lifecycle recruiting for 80+ technical and corporate roles annually, reducing average sourcing cycle time by 18%.
• Implemented Greenhouse ATS workflows and automated candidate nurturing campaigns, increasing candidate application-to-interview conversion rates from 14% to 22%.
• Partnered with 12 engineering hiring managers to design structured interview rubrics and technical assessments, improving new-hire first-year retention by 15%.
• Managed a diversity sourcing campaign with an annual budget of $45,000, increasing the representation of underrepresented groups in the interview pipeline by 35%.

Talent Acquisition Specialist — Beacon Consulting Group

Atlanta, GA | June 2020 – April 2023

• Managed high-volume recruitment for 6 business units, filling 95+ professional services and sales positions annually while maintaining a 94% manager satisfaction score.
• Sourced and engaged passive talent via LinkedIn Recruiter, building pipelines of 250+ pre-screened candidates for hard-to-fill regional consultant roles.
• Coordinated and hosted 8 university career fairs and 4 virtual networking events, attracting 1,200+ student applicants and hiring 30+ summer interns annually.
• Negotiated agency contracts and external vendor agreements, reducing third-party staffing agency spend by 28% and saving $65,000 in annual hiring costs.

Full-lifecycle recruiting, Candidate sourcing, Applicant tracking systems (ATS), Talent pipelining, Competency-based interviewing, Diversity recruiting, Employer branding, Salary negotiation, Onboarding, Workday, Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, MS Office, Google Workspace, Data reporting

ATS Migration and Workflow Optimization

Role: Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

Tools: Greenhouse, Jira, Slack, Excel

Directed the migration of 4,500 historical candidate profiles to Greenhouse, automating screening steps and reducing time-to-fill by 6 days.

Campus Recruiting Brand Refresh

Role: Talent Acquisition Coordinator

Tools: Canva, LinkedIn, Google Forms, Zoom

Redesigned digital recruiting assets and internship portal, increasing university application volume by 42% and hiring 15 additional interns.

• Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (2023)
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Career mentor for local non-profit workforce development programs (2021-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice