Role and Company
Sr. Recruiting Consultant, Allstate Insurance Company
Expertise
23 years experience in human resources
Location
Mckinney, TX
About LuVorise
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
An extremely motivated and results oriented Human Resources Management Professional with extensive experience in the high-tech, airlines, human resources, and higher education and insurance fields. A professional human resources consultant with excellent organization, time management and follow-up skills and a demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently and the ability to work independently with an entrepreneurial spirit.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ALLSTATE INSURANCE INC, SR. Recruiting Consultant
2008- Present
Responsible for sourcing, recruiting and selecting qualified candidates in career transition to become financial services representatives and/or exclusive insurance sales agents with a specific focus on individuals with the capital and core competencies to own, manage and run their own Allstate Exclusive Insurance and/or Financial Services Agency as entrepreneurs for local field operations with L&H, P&C, 6 &63 designations.
• Fostered business relationships with local Chambers of Commerce’s, BNI Chapters, outplacement companies and various women’s organizations to develop a recruiting strategy for sourcing entrepreneurial exclusive agents and financial services representatives for Allstate.
• Responsible for networking, cold calling, direct sourcing, Internet resume mining and direct mail campaigns to attract qualified candidates.
• Performed prescreening and interviewing.
• Provided ongoing communications and status reporting to the Senior Sales Leadership Team in reference the number of candidates sourced and appointed as Allstate as Exclusive Insurance Agents and Financial Services Representatives.
• Responsible for community out reach activities to connect candidates to the Allstate brand.
ARLINGTON RESOURCES, Sr. Human Resources Manger/Consultant – Client Towers Perrin-ISR Consulting Project Chicago, Illinois 2007 To 2007
Sr. Human Resources Consultant to Towers Perrin – ISR reporting into the CEO and an active member of the ISR executive leadership team with a specific focus on Recruitment and Talent Management.
• Directed Human Resources and provided critical support, coaching and counseling to the Towers Perrin ISR executive management team and its employees.
• Managed the Recruiting Processes: identified staffing needs and developed staffing strategies; oversaw the recruiting process, including working with recruiters and cultivating candidates. Supported managers in screening and interviewing, facilitated and prepared offers of employment and the approval processes.
• Wrote job profiles as necessary; monitored performance evaluation programs and revised as needed.
• Prepared employment verifications and other necessary employee related documents.
• Managed U.S. new employee orientation/on-boarding and termination processes.
• Collaborated with, and supported, Towers Perrin HR functional and regional leaders for recruitment and talent management.
THE LVD GROUP, Sr. Human Resources Manager – Client Environmental Design International Consulting Project Chicago, Illinois 2006 TO 2006
Responsible for advancing Environmental Design International’s talent base with emphasis on project leadership positions such as Civil Engineers at the project and director level and with the P.E certification. Built relationships and partnered with internal customers to understand talent needs.
• Developed relationships with key professional organizations, alumni and colleges for purposes of direct sourcing.
• Conducted website searches, creating posting agents, posting to and mining job boards and managing relationships with candidate’s applying to Environmental Design International.
• Contacting current team members to identify possible candidates.
• Built the pipeline for entry level Engineers with the EIT and HAZWOPER certification.
THE WELLINGTON GROUP/THE LVD GROUP, Sr. Human Resources Manager – Client United Airlines Consulting Project Chicago, Illinois 2005 TO 2006
Responsible for recruiting, selecting and interviewing qualified candidates for ground crew operations positions for the Midwest and Eastern territories for United Airlines. This process involved reviewing and evaluating applications for employment and requests for internal transfers, along with telephone prescreening, testing and analysis of all data gathered during the recruiting process.
• Responsible for resume database searching, networking, cold calling and direct sourcing and Internet resume mining to attract qualified candidates.
• Performed pre-employment testing, departmental interview arrangements, job offers, medical evaluations, finger printing and background reports.
• Facilitated on-site job preview sessions as part of the recruitment activities at various agency locations and company facilities throughout the Midwest and East Coast Regions.
• Acted as the liaison between field locations and several corporate headquarters departments. Provide guidance in the interpretation of company policies and practices.
THE WELLINGTON GROUP/THE LVD GROUP, Sr. Human Resources Manager – Client Allstate Insurance Consulting Project Chicago, Illinois
2005- 2005
Responsible for sourcing, recruiting and selecting qualified candidates in the areas of Information Technology, Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, Corporate Relations, Finance and/or Accounting for positions located at the corporate office location in Northbrook, Illinois. Specific focus on information technology: .net developers, project managers-CMM Six Sigma and PMI Certifications, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst and Data Base Administrators.
• Developed business relationships with hiring managers to gather information in order to develop staffing forecasts and to clarify the staffing needs.
• Responsible for resume database searching, networking, cold calling, direct sourcing and Internet resume mining to attract qualified candidates.
• Negotiated employment job offers.
• Performed candidate prescreening and interviewing.
• Provided ongoing communications and status reporting to hiring managers and candidates.
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, Recruitment Staff Operations Manager – Chicago, Illinois 2001 – 2004
Selected to plan and implement strategic sourcing, recruitment and placement strategies necessary to meet the university’s hiring needs. Partnered with the various departments to identify and fulfill their staffing requirements.
• Served as internal consultant and business partner to hiring managers for full lifecycle recruitment.
• Managed and coached the recruitment team in strategically sourcing and recruiting top candidates.
• Responsible for conducting executive and management level searches.
• Reduced recruitment cycle time from 180 days to 34 days.
• Developed cost per hire model and metrics reports for measuring the performance of the recruitment function.
• Acted as the Functional HR Project Lead for implementing PeopleSoft Recruit Workforce System resume tracking system.
• Reviewed and administered employment policies and practices to ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws.
• Developed processes, policies, procedures and controls regarding employment, and analyzed staffing and other personnel statistics.
• Reduced recruitment advertisement dollars spent by 70%
• Developed recruitment sourcing strategies and media plans for meeting the university’s branding and hiring needs.
MOTOROLA GLOBAL TALENT SUPPLY, Recruitment Operations Manager – Schaumburg, Illinois 1999 – 2001
Recruited and hired to coach and manage the recruitment team in successfully recruiting top quality candidates to meet the staffing needs while minimizing the overall cycle time of the interview, selection and hiring process for one of the world’s leading providers of wireless communications. Partnered with the hiring managers to ensure that corporate diversity goals were met. Led the development and implementation of recruiting, interviewing and selection training programs. Developed and implemented innovative sourcing strategies.
• Responsible for sourcing and recruiting engineering, marketing, and project management professionals for the Personal Communications Division (PCS).
• Managed the new hire orientation program and the on boarding process for 500 new hires a month.
• Chosen as the Project Lead for developing comprehensive and consistent processes for recruitment activities throughout the company.
• Coached and developed a recruitment team by assessing their skill-set and then aligned the recruiting function’s goals with that of the mission, vision and values of the organization.
• Improved communication between the hiring managers and the recruitment/staffing team that opened the lines of communications between all parties and assisted the recruitment team in better meeting the hiring needs of the clients.
U.S. CELLULAR CORPORATION, Systems Analyst/IS Resource Manager – Chicago, Illinois 1997 – 1999
Selected to consult and advise Information Systems Hiring Managers in proper workforce planning, led new employee orientations, train-hiring managers on conducting competency based interviews for one of the major wireless telecommunications providers in the United States.
• Selected as resource manager in representing the Information Systems (IS) department with the Corporate HR Department, ensuring the goals and initiatives as they related to proper resource management and deployment were communicated and in alignment with the organizations human resources policies and procedures.
• Responsible for recruiting database administrators, business analysts, programmers and data warehouse professionals.
• Managed and coordinated the technical job fair program.
• Designed and implemented a competency based interviewing process and strategy.
• Conducted behavioral interviewing training.
• Reengineered and implemented the performance appraisal process to be aligned with the information systems department job competencies, initiatives and quarterly goals.
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, Technical Support Representative – Itasca, Illinois 1994 – 1996
Trained sales staff on digital PCS software and equipment and identified unique billing issues, which capitalized upon financial competencies for the company. Spearheaded the introduction of the Customer Service Help Desk supporting both internal and external customers.
UNITED STATES NAVY, Recruiting Manager and Career Coach/Counselor – Japan 1986 – 1993
Managed the Naval Communications Station’s Career Information Program. Recruited the best and most qualified civilian personnel into the Navy. Provided career counseling related to Navy occupations, opportunities for general education and job training, promotion, rights and benefits to internal personnel and civilian candidates. Coached enlisted personnel with special challenges and hardships and acted as the liaison for the Personnel Command.
EDUCATION
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY – Chicago, Illinois 2012
Master of Arts in Applied Professional Studies
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY – Chicago, Illinois 1999
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
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