David Meister

I am responsible for a variety of support duties including recruitment and selection, employee success planning, employee relations, classification and compensation, attendance management, manager development and HR processes, policies, and procedures. I respond to questions and assess and prioritizes issues to support my HR Lead by resolving, redirecting or escalating queries as appropriate. I collaborate with two other HR Coordinators, to ensure consistency across the College, collaborate with Employee Service Advisors at the campuses in my region to keep each other apprised of campus activities, and collaborate with HR Leads to deliver human resource activities and initiatives.

Working within the dynamic Human Resources team, I am responsible for coordinating the College employee recruiting efforts to ensure we are attracting key talent to employment opportunities with NSCC. I am responsible for the creation and posting of job ads, prescreening applications, interviewing candidates, completing reference checks, competition documentation, and preparing appointment letters. I aim to provide a high level of client service and foster positive relationships with hiring managers and job candidates. As the Employee Recruiter, I also serve as system administrator for the applicant tracking system, coordinate with outside advertising agencies (newsprint, industry associations and websites), outreach initiatives and candidate sourcing efforts. A key goal is also to develop reports and compile data with respect to the effectiveness and volumes of recruitment activity. A passion of mine is also effective use of social media within recruitment and I incorporate it into not only our recruitment strategy but also our college social media planning.

As the Manager, Student Recruitment I am responsible for contributing to the mission and strategic priorities of NSCC through leading the NSCC Student Recruitment department. I am responsible for developing and implementing a competitive post-secondary education recruitment program at NSCC. This includes planning, developing, and implementing College and Campus recruitment systems and activities to attract students for all NSCC programming. The position plays a lead role in programs and strategies meant to protect and enhance the College’s position and interests in a dynamic and competitive environment. I work with academic and administrative units to advance integrated approaches to student recruitment. Working closely with Marketing & Communications, I help ensure all target markets are reflected in promotional activities and that recruitment activities are seamlessly integrated with marketing planning. This role provides leadership, management and is accountable for NSCC's recruitment process including the creation and implementation of a comprehensive coordinated annual recruitment plan. I am also responsible for the development and maintenance of the prospect database, as well as the active monitoring and analysis of market trends and customer needs. Leading and developing a comprehensive utilization of prospect data to inform college decision-making and enhancement and maintenance of the prospect database. Our team works closely with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Academic Services to cultivate and implement recruitment strategies and programs to support and attract communities that have been traditionally marginalized from post secondary education. I work with a team of four Student Recruitment Coordinators and am responsible for the staffing, management and professional development for the team.

I supported the rapidly expanding Chief Information Office, by establishing and fostering consultative relationships with RIM's hiring managers via in person meetings, presentations, learning seminars, as well as behavioral interviews. I helped oversee the entire recruitment and selection process from beginning to end. Some of my duties involved creating and posting job descriptions, sourcing/screening and short listing candidates via Taleo/job boards and industry associations, conducting telephone and in person interviews, negotiating job offers, as well as liaising with immigration experts and internal staff over work visa requirements and relocation programs I traveled to and participated in career fairs and networking events to increase brand image and candidate flow I provided instruction and assistance to all job applicants, educating RIM hiring managers on acceptable recruitment processes and policies, and working with Organizational Development (OD) Generalists to effectively plan for current and future staffing requirements

I was responsible for staffing activities for the western based Business and Shared Service Units, which includes providing advice to leaders on recruitment and sourcing strategies, position descriptions, short listing, interviewing and selection and on-boarding. Working closely with Human Resources Business Advisors, I assisted with the implementation of staffing strategies for their respective client groups. I ensured offer letters and hire documentation were accurately prepared and distributed on a timely basis.I also handled various day-to day employment inquiries as well as planned and executed campus events.  I developed and maintained relationships with academic faculty, career office employees, students, the Campus Relations Partners and the Shared Services Centers. This included delivering student first day orientation sessions and national initiatives. 

I provided dedicated recruitment support to Encana (Canada) during my tenure. I was an active Campus Recruiter for Encana, I organized workforce planning for students and New Graduates, engaged communication throughout the school year and conducted onboarding initiatives. I assisted in developing communication and promotional material for on campus visits and information sessions. I managed the Encana Canada Facebook site to communicate with new and returning students. Regularly determined need requirements with the HR Advisor and Hiring Lead and built strong working relationships with these stakeholders to plan sourcing strategy. I consulted with managers in respect to the recruitment process and maintained a database of qualified candidates. I also executed the plan which included writing creative job postings for various job families and screening resumes. I designed interview questions that were unique to each opportunity and hosted first round interviews with Hiring Lead to identify top candidates. I liaised with HR Advisors on candidate engagement and offer preparation. I am a fluent user and coach of iCIMS, applicant tracking software in recruitment management and have provided regular and ad-hoc reports to senior executives for campus and staff recruitment.

I was responsible for the complete recruitment process which includes advertising job vacancies, screening applications, recruiting candidates and assisting in the selection of candidates externally. I developed the applicant tracking system for all applications to the Calgary Flames Organization as well as I developed and implemented an employee retention strategy. I organized, participated and attended campus/high school recruitment events and job fairs and maintained the official Calgary Flames NHL job site by posting and updating as needed. I produced weekly statistics for Human Resource Manager on applications and submit executive summary of statistics to President and C.E.O. on a monthly basis. Regularly, I reviewed current recruitment programs, identify trends and recommend solutions on a regular basis. I stayed up to date by being proactive in Human Resource groups. An initiative I took on was developing all promotional/communication material for campus/high school recruitment. I took on additional work as the coordinator for workplace health and safety (WCB claims, employee education, etc) and even developed and assisted in employee activities such as the staff Christmas party.

During my time at MRC, I increased overall enrolment from North East Calgary by 119 % between 2006 and 2007. I planned, traveled and reported on major recruitment trips all within budget as well as assisted in development of promotional/communication material for high school recruitment. I built a strong network of school counselors and post secondary contacts in Western Canada and have a strong working knowledge of the student applicant tracking program, Banner. Through my work I gained extensive public communication skills gathered from over 300 presentations per year. I also developed interview techniques from prospective student admission meetings and assisted in the development of a new Mount Royal College recruitment plan. I coordinated development and implementation of a Faculty Ambassador Program. There was continuous planning with a team of recruiters to coordinate a yearly recruitment schedule for the western provinces. I also had to maintain professionalism and discretion when dealing with confidential information.

I managed recruitment in a large territory of schools within Alberta and British Columbia and assisted in the development of new marketing/communication material for Acadia. I planned and hosted information sessions in Eastern and Western Canada and also constantly updated recruitment strategies based on shifting student expectation and population. I Implemented training to new recruiters and faculty ambassadors and have a background in the student tracking program, edenOA. 