Earl Ferguson

About Earl Ferguson

Professional Summary: Passionate, hands on, mentor and data-driven Talent & Recruiting Leader with 15 years of experience. Currently working within the Talent Strategy team at Hearst’s Home Office overseeing all corporate talent acquisition initiatives and programs, partnering with Magazines, Television, Technology, Health, Transportation, Ventures and Newspapers divisions to consult them on overall Talent Strategy. Areas of expertise Include: Talent Strategy (Attraction, Acquisition, Diversity Hiring, On-boarding & Retention) Hiring Process Design & Implementation Talent & HR Technology Implementation Employment Brand Development Team Management, Training and Mentoring Offer Negotiation and Closing Offers Program Management Database Creation and Analytics Maintenance and Reporting ABOUT MY COMPANY: Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19% of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); nearly 250 magazine editions around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men\'s Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.

Experience

1. Director Talent Acquisition

   Hearst

   Jan 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Hearst is one of the nation’s most diversified media, information, and services companies.$11 Billion in Revenue, employees, 370 Holdings. Promoted from Hearst Business Media to build 1st internal Talent Acquisition program for Hearst Corporate office. • Tasked with designing and implemented the Home Office first Talent Acquisition Best Practices • Train and mentor new Talent Acquisition employees across all Hearst Business Groups • Developed in-house recruiting data dashboard and train recruiters on data tracking and reporting • Responsible for piloting, onboarding, and maintaining outside talent partnerships • Lead monthly Recruiting Technology Community calls with Recruiting and HR Leaders across all Hearst Business Groups • Member of project UNIFY, team tasked with converting all 300 + companies to a companywide ERP - Oracle Cloud • Member of Oracle Cloud Recruiting Implementation Team • Tasked by Executive Board to conducted companywide needs assessment for technology hiring across Hearst • Partner with Stakeholders, including Executive Leaders, Human Resource Business Partners and Recruiters to help create and communicate diversity recruitment, inclusion, equity and belonging strategies and results o Developed partnerships with HBCU Connect, ALFPA, Grace Hopper, NCWIT and West Point o Involved in the creation of Hearst’s Quarterly Diversity Newsletter “Hello from Hearst” o Manage an internal Diversity Talent Pool used across all of Hearst Businesses Groups o Organize and attend Hearst sponsored Diversity Career Fairs o Co-manage T. Howard Foundation Associate Program (Average of 20 Associates a year) o Committed to delivering a minimum 50% diverse talent pool for hiring manager review o Constructed and train recruiters on “Diversity Sourcing” Algorithm • Hands on recruitment for Home Office and other Hearst Business Groups o Individually hired over 200 employees with a 39 day average close and a 107K average offer

Education

• University of Washington

  Bachelor's degree, Economics

  1997 — 2001

• UC San Diego

  The U.S. History of Healthcare System, Health

  2015 — 2015