Ronald D. Smith

Objective:

            Seeking a high impact recruiting opportunity within an established organization that encourages a balance between

                independent and team oriented results while rewarding their employees accordingly.

Profile:

Ø  Proven high impact recruiter

Ø  Highly skilled in sourcing applicants through research, referral and networking

Ø  Experienced in employee relation and problem resolution procedures

Ø  Developed and implemented employee training and developmental outreach presentations  

Experience

NB COATINGS, Lansing, IL                                                                                    2008-Present

Human Resources/Technical Recruiter           

                -   Manage full life cycle recruitment activity for exempt and non-exempt positions at corporate and 

                    remote locations

                -   Partner with managers to develop successful strategies to secure talent for open positions

                -   Manage all relationships with HR vendors and business partners

                -   Maintain candidate flow in applicant tracking application

                -   Conduct phone screen and interviews

                -   Extend formal employment offers

                -   Responsible for all directing all employee relocation activities

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, Niles, IL                                                                                                2006-2008

Sourcing Specialist

            -   Exceeded annual hiring objective by 143% and 102% respectively over the last 2 years

-   Managed recruitment for exempt/non-exempt positions within a multi state geographic territory

        -   Partner with hiring managers to define business goals and strategize recruiting methodologies

-   Build a robust pool of qualified candidates to present to Hiring Managers

-   Conduct candidate screening and assess qualifications based on job requirements

-   Utilize HR applications (SAP, Recruitmax, ADP, Paychex) to manage recruitment life-cycle

-   Generate and present job offers

        -   Promote career development strategies to maximize talent internal succession planning initiatives

        -   Built long-term relationships with community and associations to recruit talent

        -   Represented company at corporate events and career fairs 

        -   Designed and coauthored a Service Agreement to foster defined and seamless HR deliverables

VERIZON WIRELESS, Southfield, MI                                                                        2003-2004

Business Account Executive

            -   Managed territory consisting of the Detroit metro area, ranked within 90% of area sales team

-   Propose and sell robust tailor-made communication and data solutions to clients

                -   Developed a productive sales funnel through prospecting, cold calling, and referrals

                -   Instrumental in initial success of “Push to Talk” product launch in market area

                -   Successfully introduced “Local Number Portability” campaign to customer base

-   Managed post-sales support endeavors including product and customer training

MCI WORLDCOM, Chicago, IL                                                                              2001-2002          

Account Executive

                -   Met and exceeded monthly sales objective and successfully achieved over 115% of sales quota

-   Cultivated professional relationships that fostered ongoing sales, leads, and referral opportunities

-   Managed daily activities including identifying and qualifying new business opportunities

-   Provided a consultation to facilitating client’s wireline and wireless communications needs

DUNN SOLUTIONS GROUP, Skokie, IL                                                                1998-2001

Technical Recruiter           

                -   Successfully increased recruiting efforts at three corporate locations by a total of 54%

-   Instrumental in overseeing all human resource activity

-   Drafted job requisition documents for open positions

-   Conducted initial screening and in depth interviews

-   Created automated applicant tracking tool in Excel to manage candidate flow

-   Negotiated on behalf of both manager and candidate’s requests

-   Presented job offers to new employees

-   Represented company at recruiting events and trade shows

-   Plan and design job seeking seminars for young professionals

-   Ensure HR practices are consistent with overall business strategy

  IBM, Chicago, IL                                                                                                1996-1998

 Global Services Sales Representative   

-   Generated $2.5 Million in billed revenue for the Global Services Practice

-   Promoted IBM product solutions to customers in need of technical and service related solutions

-   Analyzed clients needs via in-depth need assessment process

-   Proposed and drafted robust solutions to customer needs

-   Recruited internal IBM technical and intellectual capital to staff project engagements

-   Managed project implementation planning strategies with successful project deliverables

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix, Southfield, MI

Masters of Management / Human Resources Management candidate, 2009

DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Professional Human Resources Certificate Program, 2007

Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Bachelors of Art Degree in Psychology, 1995

AWARDS

ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE CAREER SERVICES

Outstanding Volunteer Award 2008

Technical Experience:  SAP, Recruitmax/Vurv, ADP, Paychex and other HR applications, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)