Erin Morgan

Senior IT Recruiter at Cherry Bekaert Staffing & Recruiting Services

As a Technical Recruiter, I provide expertise to organizations to help secure top IT talent, including Software Developer, QA Analyst, Help Desk and Support professionals, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and many more. I takes pride in connecting IT experts with innovative companies across various industries to solve business challenges and drive results.

• Responsible for full cycle Information Technology recruiting for temporary, contract to hire and permanent positions • Sourced, interviewed, technically screened and qualified candidates to fill requisitions at all levels • Created email campaigns and targeted sourcing strategies encouraging the right candidates to take action • Extensively leveraged job boards, internal database, search engines and social networking sites to recruit both active and passive IT professionals • Successfully negotiated offers and filled development, software management, business analysis, cyber security and desktop support roles • Exceled in proactively marketing highly skilled, in demand and passive candidates to leaders in the industry

• Responsible for full cycle Information Technology recruiting for contract, contract to hire and permanent positions in the financial, utilities, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, legal, retail and proprietary software industries • Sourced, identified, interviewed and recruited IT professionals by performing numerous sourcing activities including: internal database searches, cold calling, referrals, social media, networking organizations and job fairs • Extensively analyzed and researched open positions against candidate qualifications to best match IT professionals to specific clients by taking into account job responsibilities, requirements, technology environment and company culture • Employed various online job boards for sourcing and posting job openings • Successful in the recruitment of both active and passive candidates by cultivating relationships based on respect and trust • Proactively marketed highly skilled and in-demand candidates to clients • Qualified potential candidates by conducting phone, video and in-person interviews in order to obtain work history, career goals, technology skill set, salary requirements, education and certifications • Conducted interview preparation and coached candidates throughout the entire interview process • Presented offers and negotiated salary • Managed candidates who were currently on assignments with clients. This included counseling, problem solving, timecard completion and occasionally termination

• Provided clients with IT staff augmentation services for contract, contract to hire and permanent placement of IT professionals • Engaged in cold calling, marketing, emails, referrals and networking in order to meet with decision makers in the organization • Successfully negotiated contracts with a large pharmaceutical company, two global law firms, a growing managed services organization, a non-profit, financial institution and a telecommunications organization • Employed candidate marketing techniques to generate client meetings • Responsible for creating growth for the firm by engaging current and prospective clients • Scheduled and conducted client meetings to introduce the firm with the end goal of selling the benefits of Kforce and partnering with them to utilize our staffing services in the Information Technology sector • Collaborated with hiring managers/decision makers to solve their unique and challenging talent acquisition goals by gaining an intimate understanding of their technology environment, culture, coveted technology skill sets and business goals in order to present the right candidates to the requisitions • Extensively analyzed and researched open positions against candidate qualifications to best match IT professionals to specific clients by taking into account job responsibilities, requirements, technology environment and company culture • Worked in conjunction with recruiters to facilitate the hiring process, which included review of the job orders, presentation of candidates, interview scheduling, client preparation and salary negotiation.

• Guided clients throughout home buying and selling process • Developed marketing and sale strategies for target market utilizing: monthly e blasts, direct mail campaigns and social media • Effectively marketed properties through print and digital mediums • Presented comparable market analysis, current market trends, neighborhood information to clients • Negotiated terms favorable to my clients • Cultivated relationships with clients in order to expand my referral network • Adhered to time is of the essence dates in contracts to ensure a timely close • Partnered with representatives at new home communities

• Scheduled and conducted interviews, recruited qualified candidates for enrollment and guided candidates into programs based on career goal compatibility • Achieved weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly recruitment goals • Built relationships with students and families by maintaining extensive follow up throughout the entire enrollment process • Responsible for the planning of recruitment and enrollment events including: open houses, regional presentations, training sessions, orientation, etc. • Assisted other personnel and departments with data collection and problem solving to ensure successful matriculation • Built and maintained a lead system along with personal prospecting of over 80 calls/day • Selected for exclusive marketing committee for two academic programs

• Met with newly enrolled students in person and phone and reviewed necessary financial aid information • Assisted students and families through the FAFSA and collected all required financial aid forms • Participated in new student accountability meetings to review to ensure student matriculation

Communicated on a daily basis with clients to review their matches, discuss feedback from previous dates and determine future action Provided input to Directors on matches, based on feedback obtained from clients Assisted in networking events: prepared and mailed all correspondence, attended events and participated in sales networking Responsible for generating press releases to local media