Deidre Largent

Manage full cycle recruiting process for federal programs ensuring a positive candidate experience. Work with recruiting team members (Recruiters, Sourcing Specialists, and Coordinators) to develop, implement, and execute hiring strategy for open requisitions. Cultivate and maintain an ongoing strong working relationship with federal employee business leaders and HR Business Partners to understand the business units, facilitate workforce planning strategies and create a partnership that ensures a streamlined and effective hiring process. Screen resumes and interview qualified candidates. Facilitate interview and hiring discussions with interviewers and hiring managers. Identify potential and priority candidates through the Applicant Tracking System, candidate referrals, networking, and web sourcing; establish key channels to recruit new hires with a focus on diverse candidates and military veterans. Maintain reporting metrics and generate reports on regular basis; maintain and advise on recruiting FY budgets. Design innovative ways to attract, recruit, assess and hire top talent. Support training for staffing activities such as interview skills, pre-assessment tools, etc. Create and maintain best practices for recruiting and diverse sourcing.

Develop strategic recruiting plans for the assigned business groups, based on the business strategy, talent strategy, diversity efforts, and workforce plans. Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships throughout the client business groups and within HR. Serve as a subject matter expert in attracting and recruiting talent, applying advanced sourcing best practices, translating recruiting concept to practical application to support the business, and demonstrating the ability to flex from strategic to tactical in support of the business. Consult with hiring managers to clearly understand their short and long-term staffing needs and provide insight into the current labor market. Develop and execute a comprehensive sourcing strategy for client/job assignments, utilizing assigned sourcing tools, networking events, and other marketing channels to promote job opportunities and the Fannie Mae employment brand. Utilize data analytics and knowledge of complex recruitment issues (i.e. data gathered during sourcing, labor market supply/demand, workforce trends, competitive intelligence) to influence and advise on the acquisition of talent. Provide an excellent candidate experience and promote the Fannie Mae employment brand throughout each step of the recruiting process. Manage the end-to-end full life cycle recruiting process from requisition setup and posting through sourcing and offer acceptance. Deliver recruiting process excellence by following internal policies and procedures, accurately tracking candidate and requisition activity in our applicant tracking system and adhering to all relevant compliance and legal requirements. Demonstrate the ability to establish trust and confidence by maintaining a high level of credibility, integrity, and skilled communications with managers and staff.

Talent Acquisition Specialist concentrated on candidate generation for Big 4 hiring needs in Financial Services Risk, Capital Markets, Banking, Technology Enablement, and Technical Developers within back-end integrations within the federal space.

Creatively source for talent, using various tools such as cold calling, LinkedIn, job boards, search engines, social networking, resume databases, etc. to generate high volume/high quality candidate pipelines for current and future vacancies. Screen applicant resumes based on the job description requirements. Identifies associations, organizations, etc. for diversity recruitment; creates and maintains diversity talent pool. Makes recommendations to Executive Recruiters of reviewed resumes with credentials for appropriate skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements. May conducts initial phone screens to engage and fully qualify candidates against job specifications. Participates and assists in job fairs, community events, conferences and any other recruitment events, as needed. Track the progress of candidates submitted to hiring manager/ Executive Recruiter to ensure candidate progression. Provides administrative support and performs diversified administrative functions such as scheduling interviews, posting job descriptions, composing letters, etc. for executive recruitment only Perform other related duties and projects as business needs require at direction of management.

Act as primary contact on the full life cycle of recruitment for Fiserv across multiple lined of business and locations. This includes all aspects of the recruitment process, specifically determining strategy for recruiting for specific positions in consultation with hiring managers, sourcing, initial phone screening and interviewing. Determine appropriate recruiting sources i.e. networking, local-recruiting marketing campaigns, employee referral programs, social networking and targeted websites. Promotes the company Brand to candidates and external service providers Create and facilitate robust selection process. Screen and interview candidates and recommend to hiring supervisor or manager. Manage recruitment performance against established key metrics. Maintain all supporting records and data, including applicant flow statistics for EEOC reporting. Provide accurate and timely reports and communication to management, hiring managers, Human Resources partners. Assess recruiting process, identify improvement opportunities and participate in / lead enterprise improvement initiatives.

Conduct intakes: meet with families and/or individuals in an effort to explain the Organization's services. Source, recruit & onboard new, unlicensed direct care staff Provide ongoing supervision and training to unlicensed direct care staff. Assign appropriately skilled Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) to ensure services are being provided at the highest quality. Attend quarterly, yearly, or as-needed meetings for all clients on caseload. Review staff monthly and quarterly notes for completion, and update as necessary. Create and maintain clinically appropriate goals. Work with families and internal supportive teams to initiate, coordinate, and facilitate, smooth positive transitions when individuals enter the program. Work in partnership with colleagues, families, and individuals to establish positive, trusting relationships, and consistent clear communication. Utilize effective problem solving skills and act as a model/mentor for others in demonstrating professional ethics, standards, and practices. Supervise unlicensed staff.

Staffing manager and recruiter skilled in facilitating the best job fit, boss fit and company fit for office and administrative positions in the Washington, DC Metro Area (Montgomery County, MD). At Randstad, office staffing is a specialty: front office, corner office, back office. Across the board, Randstad helps companies match the right people with the right jobs. We provide the expertise, the qualified talent pool and the dedicated commitment to making superior matches at a reasonable cost to companies. And we do it on the basis that best suits your needs: - Permanent placements / Direct Hire - Temporary to permanent office staffing - Temporary administrative support staffing Whether you’re looking for administrative and clerical support, or the highest caliber talent to fill sales jobs, we make it our business to develop office staffing solutions that work. Our exceptional resources allow us to fill an extensive range of general office and executive support positions: Administrative Assistant Data Entry Clerk Executive Assistant File Clerk HR Assistant Office Clerk Receptionist Office Manager Sales & Marketing Assistant Inside Sales Representative Account Manager/Sales Consultants Customer Service Representative Call Center Representative