Latarius Ferguson

About Latarius Ferguson

I am a highly skilled and experienced Talent Acquisition Professional with a track record…

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Manager

   Pactiv Evergreen Inc.

   Aug 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Effectively manage, mentor and develop the hourly regional recruiting team within the assigned region to achieve both short-term and long-term hiring goals • Designed and executed comprehensive talent acquisition strategies to attract diverse candidates, leading to a more diverse and qualified candidate pool. • Utilize recruiting data and key performance indicators to improve time-to-fill and other important talent acquisition metrics to improve the effectiveness of the recruiting process • Establish weekly check-in call with recruiting teams and manufacturing site leaders • Provide mentorship, guidance and recruitment training for manufacturing sites • Provide support for local and national Job Fairs • Oversee a recruiting team of 9 recruiters and 28 manufacturing plants • Ensure that all phases of the recruitment life cycle including sourcing, screening, presentation, negotiation of offers and reference/background checks are properly coordinated, monitored, tracked, and executed • Responsible for analyzing data to identify gaps and trends • Contribute to development of recruiting metrics and analytics to help guide decision making, measure team productivity, and program ROI • Social Media Project Lead – analyze and make recommendations for Social Media recruitment activities and measure results (Facebook, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, other) • Provide additional support to Total Labor Management program as needed • Oversee hourly advertising and marketing for Pactiv Evergreen’s recruitment plan including print, radio and social media – work with third party vendors, plants and Corp HR Team - track success results • Projects – provide additional recruiting and or HR project support as directed • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess training needs and developed learning and development programs accordingly.

Education

• Concordia University Chicago

  Master’s Degree, Sports Adminstration

  2014 — 2015

• Eastern Illinois University

  Bachelor of Science, Business Marketing

  2009 — 2014

• Sports Management WorldWide (SMWW)

  Certificate, Athlete Management

  2016 — 2016

• Simeon Career Academy

  Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD

  2005 — 2009