Kezon McNeill VP of Talent

Vice President of Talent Acquisition

Cielo Talent RPO

Apr 2014 - Current (12 years 7 months)

• Develop recruitment and placement policies, systems, and procedures, including strategies and selection techniques.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of all activities related to workforce planning and hiring.
• Perform departmental gap analyses and develop recruitment action plans to address competency gaps.
• Ensure client satisfaction through a thorough understanding of client goals, objectives, and commitments, as well as business challenges and successes.
• Lead a team of 3 recruiting managers, 40 recruiters, and recruiting assistants who averaged 52 hires per month for cleared and non-cleared roles.
• Establish and maintain relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership to stay

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Gdit

Aug 2009 - Mar 2014 (4 years 8 months)

• Serve as a strategic thought partner including collaborating with GDIT executive leadership to develop and update weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual staffing forecasts.
• Managed the vendor relationships with staffing partners.
• Oversee the development and management of a team of 24 recruiters responsible for hiring 300 candidates every year.
• Updated and maintained recruiting metrics that improve hiring efficacy and demonstrate ROI, including time to fill, time in pipeline, and close rates.
• Lead proposal, and prime efforts for Intel roles.
• Trained staff on updated strategies on attracting talent through various social media outlets.
• Worked to develop a better referral bonus program to incre

E

Director of Recruiting

EDGESOURCE TECHNLOGY

Sep 2005 - Aug 2009 (4 years)

• Manage all Full Life Cycle recruiting for federal customers.
• Manager a team of 8 recruiters supporting government contract customers.
• Manager vendor relationships with staffing partners.
• Our team hired over 395 candidates per year with the support of our entire recruiting staff.
• Partner with HR to develop a better hiring process through, developing various types of interviewing questions.
• Created SOPs for the company to use as a standard process for how the recruiting division would function.
• Lead the charge for creating more creative ways of identifying talent to come join our company.
• Increased production with implementing a referral bonus program that resulted in 45% of our hires

M

Recruiting Manager

MAC CA

Oct 1999 - Jul 2005 (5 years 10 months)

• Recruited IT professionals for contract and permanent positions for various customers. 35% of the openings I filled required candidates to have current Secret or Top-Secret clearances.
• Worked closely with hiring managers in identifying the best candidates for openings.
• Extended offers to candidates once all background, and reference checks were completed.
• Work on staffing need for clients with specialized needs, such as, CPA, CFO, CEO, and Healthcare professional.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies to stay on top of increased needs for job order coverage.
• Use Access database to update and track all candidate/recruiter activity.
• Educate clients on industry changes to insure they were u

Recruiter

Aerotek

Aug 1998 - Sep 1999 (1 year 2 months)

Identify professionals for short term/long term opportunities in the Metro Region.
• Identify candidates for various clients throughout the MD, DC, and VA area.
• Interview candidates considered good matches for opportunities based on how their phone screens go.
• Use Ontrak to track all candidate activity and make any necessary updates.
• Voted top recruiter in my office for 3 of the 4 quarters I was with the company.
• Follow up with candidates to get feedback on how interviews went with clients.
• Identify sales opportunities with clients through reference checks.

Kezon McNeill

About

Detail

Timeline

Résumé

Kezon McNeill

About

Detail

Behavioral traits