Andrew Meshot: Talent Acquisition Manager in rancho mission viejo, CA

Contract Opportunity

Establish and develop Recruiting department for privately owned Department of Defense government contractor. • Create talent acquisition strategy and implement best practices for rapidly scaling organization with a consultative and collaborative approach in a startup environment. • Hire, train, mentor and manage a team of Recruiters for multi-state and global recruitment. • Develop recruitment metrics, score cards and individual bonus and commission programs. • Counsel and advise hiring managers and leaders on the role of talent and provide perspective of the talent landscape evaluating job descriptions, compensation packages, market trends, salary negotiations, compliance, opportunities and risks. • Work closely with leadership team regarding resource plans and establish efficient recruiting strategies including sourcing, selection, and incumbent capture to fulfill the demand. • Manage and execute full cycle recruitment for sourcing quality talent using job boards, digital and social media recruiting, college recruiting, career fairs, internship programs and more. • Develop campus recruiting program and strategies to include internship program, career fairs and speaking events at colleges and trade shows to network for potential new hires. • Establish and maintain Employer Branding online, employee communities and target markets. • Create an interview guideline for hiring managers which led to process standardization, selection effectiveness as well as candidate experience. • Create training and development materials, conduct live employee trainings via Zoom for hiring managers and uploaded recorded sessions to SharePoint and HRIS sites to be used for future reference. • Develop, optimize, and scale recruiting processes all the way from pipeline planning through to onboarding using data, metrics, and analysis. • Deliver reporting on pipeline, forecast, and other metrics to executive leadership on a weekly basis. • Lead recruitment for cleared roles supporting (Secret-Top Secret-Full Scope Polygraph) the following areas: Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Construction and Project Management, Military Professionals, Logistics, Program Management, Professional Services, and Cyber Security. • Develop and manage key talent acquisition initiatives including the Employee Referral Program, Internship Program, Clearance Sponsorship, and Military/Veterans Outreach Programs. • Vendor management to include review and revision of contracts and building relationships with third party staffing agencies. • Track and manage recruiting budget to include recruitment tools and resources, applicant tracking software, placement fees, temporary staffing cost, advertisements, career fairs, employee training, employee referrals and job fair marketing materials. Achievements: o Nominated by colleagues and selected to participate in ASPIRE Leadership Development program. o Implement ATS portion of ADP creating approval paths, offer letter templates, corporate communications, applicant questionnaires, recruitment screening status’ and internal/external careers pages. o Selected to create and develop new company wide policies including Education Assistance Program and Parental Leave Program.

Talent Acquisition Management for real estate industry leader, supporting the West Coast and Mid-West regions. • Consistently manage up to 50 requisitions for two separate SVPS (West Coast & Mid-West) ensuring each specific business unit is treated as a priority and vacancies are filled. • Effectively manage and utilize a Recruitment Coordinator and a Sourcerer to provide constant activity on open requisitions and develop talent pipelines. • Partner with management of all levels from SVP to Regional VP and Regional Managers to develop and execute comprehensive sourcing plans for their specific business units. • Demonstrate the ability to be flexible and adapt to searching various roles simultaneously. • Ensure compliance to all regulations, as well as hiring policies and procedures. • Assist national HR efforts such as creating and presenting training materials for hiring managers. • Provide strategic HR and talent acquisition consultation to optimize people, structure, process, brand and culture, with the goal of achieving business results. • Review staffing practices for compliance with company policies, relevant laws and regulations. • Partner with VPs, HR and Regional Managers to drive improvement such as candidate application/onboarding and recruitment process, compensation and employee reward referral programs. • Provide best practice human resource counsel and interventions. Assist with workplace investigations while providing advice and recommendations to managers per company policies and procedures. Achievements: o Played a key role in the iCIMS implementation providing technology platform improvements and constant feedback from recruitment team and hiring managers.

Corporate Recruiter for Toll Brothers, Inc. the nation’s largest builder of luxury homes and Fortune 1000 company responsible for rapidly growing Pacific Northwest and Southern CA regions. • Talent acquisition solutions for executive management, construction and project management, sales, marketing, HR, purchasing, accounting, administration, land acquisition and development. • Collaborate and partner with hiring managers, HR Director and Division Presidents on HR/people solutions to provide strategic direction, build effective teams, employee culture and professional development. • Manage a Sourcer and Coordinator for immediate and future hiring needs and communicate findings from recruitment reports to develop and implement creative and cost-effective staffing strategies. • Present and recommend qualified candidates and advise managers on hiring decisions considering references, salary ranges, and background check results. • Lead a proactive approach to preventing and resolving employee relations and HR issues by providing recommendations that create productive outcomes ensuring application of HR policies and procedures. • Lead and initiate HR programs, processes and practices such as referral programs, compensation/commission planning, employee coaching and retention. • Advise new hires on benefit eligibility, cost and coverage options including 401k, vacation/sick/paid time off as well as processing new hire paperwork, creating offer letters, new hire orientation/i9 verification. • Utilize various techniques to source candidates such as Linkedin, networking, cold calling candidates from competitors, referrals, industry organizations, as well as internal resume tracking system iCIMS. • Campus recruiting and speaking events at colleges and trade shows to network for potential new hires. • Establish a recognizable reputation amongst internal and external employees reflecting a positive employee culture and industry leader. Achievements: o Selected to attend Linkedin Talent Connect 2016 conference in Las Vegas, NV. o Led employee/employer brand efforts and was named #1 by Fortune Magazine on the World's Most Admired Companies list for Homebuilders and #6 across ALL firms in Quality of Products/Services Offered behind Apple, Walt Disney, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), and Nordstrom.