Karen Watters

About Karen Watters

Solid expertise from many vantage points: large corporations, contingency/agency and start-ups. • Commitment to quickly develop an understanding and broad perspective of your companies’ product, business proposition, competition, as well as its culture for the purpose of attracting “passive” top talent. • History of building outstanding customer service based relationships with all levels of management, present employees and prospective candidates. • Extensive experience of the entire recruitment process from research, sourcing, resume pre-screening, interviewing, technical assessment, client and candidate development, reference checking, pre-close, negotiations, closing skills and post offer follow-up. • Perceptive and intuitive regarding people, both face-to-face interviews and phone screens. Aids in quickly assessing candidates motivation, thus no wasting the client or candidate’s time. • Excellent consultative skills to assist hiring managers in making well thought out compensation and hiring decisions to land the candidate of their choice.

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Specialist - Americas

   NTT DATA

   Nov 2018 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

   NTT DATA is your Innovation Partner anywhere around the world. Headquartered in Tokyo, with business operations in more than 50 countries and regions, we emphasize long-term commitment and combine global reach and local intimacy.Since 1967, NTT DATA has played an instrumental role in establishing and advancing IT infrastructure. Originally part of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, its heritage contributed to social benefits with a quality-first mindset. A public company since 1995, the company builds on this proven track record of innovation by providing novel IT solutions to bring results in a greater quality of life for people, communities, and societies around the world.We create new markets for digital business, provide even higher quality services by leveraging the aggregated strengths of the worldwide NTT DATA, and proactively pursue the technical excellence our clients expect from us. Through these initiatives, we will support our clients’ missions and play a critical role in resolving the world’s social problems. We aim to be a presence that stirs waves of change for the betterment of society. NTT DATA is proud to be the primary sponsor of the No. 10 NTT DATA Honda and an associate sponsor of the No. 9 Honda.Get the latest NTT DATA Racing updates by following us at #NTTDATARacing,@NTTDATAServices and @CGRindycar.

Education

• Miller-Motte College-Cary

  Licensed Manicurist

  2013 — 2013

• Miller-Motte College

  Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage

  2017

• Miller-Motte College

  BA, Management & Operations (In Process)

Skills

• IT Recruitment
• E-Recruitment
• Boolean Searching
• Taleo
• College Recruiting
• Strategic Sourcing
• Recruiting
• Vendor Management
• Temporary Staffing
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Coaching
• Employee Benefits
• Sourcing
• Resource Management
• Recruitment Advertising
• Talent Acquisition
• Screening Resumes
• Industrial Sector
• Business Development
• Benefits Negotiation
• Rpo
• Employer Branding
• Permanent Placement
• Interviews
• Crm
• Executive Search
• Hiring
• Onboarding
• Screening
• Networking
• Staffing Services
• Internet Recruiting
• Staff Augmentation
• Management
• Search
• Deferred Compensation
• Contract Recruitment
• Human Resources
• Talent Management
• Sdlc