Melissa Grogan

Experience

1. Recruiting Coordinator

   Cdw

   Jul 2013 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Facilitates candidate interviewing, onboarding, and hiring processes through coordinating in-person and phone interviews, arranging candidate travel, administering background checks, drug screens, employment and education verification, and driving records • Ensure completion of all applicable pre-employment assessments for over 60 candidates per week and provide assistance and direction• Schedule and manage average of 90 interviews per week for Solutions and Services, the fastest growing sector in CDW, including recruiter phone screens, technical phone interviews, hiring manager and team interviews, and in-person final interviews while managing candidate status in Taleo• Maintain communicative relationships with staffing firms and IT agency partners by facilitating weekly update calls and drafting/revising hiring goals collaboratively• Resolve vendor support issues and implement new features/functionality of recruitment and marketing software by working closely with CDW technology consultants• Perform daily audits of over 160 requisitions for both internal Career Marketing Site and external job boards/job search engines to ensure job postings are current (CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Direct Employers, Velocity Resource Group, and Glass Door) and update, edit, or add new posts as needed• Assisted in research, planning, and launch of recruiting marketing campaigns, including execution, postings, and follow-up correspondence through SmashFly resulting in 60% increase in job posting views, 17% increase in job applicants, and 4% increase in new hires through new platform• Execute weekly and quarterly formatted reports through Taleo and Excel for Software Solutions, Field Engineers, Managed Engineers, Cloud Solutions, and Converged Infrastructure groups, including coworker count plans, offer accepts, external goals, filled YTD totals, and requisition posting deadlines on behalf of Talent Acquisition team while managing and uploading all reports within Sharepoint

Education

• Illinois State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, General

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Communication Skills
• Presentations
• Qualitative Research
• Coordination
• Juralaw
• Schedule Control
• Account Reconciliation
• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Technical Recruiting
• Congressional Affairs
• Recruiting
• Talent Acquisition
• IT Recruitment
• Diary Management
• Organization
• Interview Preparation
• Microsoft Excel
• Writing
• Quickbooks
• Tabs3
• Editing
• Onboarding
• Time Management
• Public Speaking
• Accounts Payable
• Web-Based Research
• Microsoft Office
• Case Managment
• Full-Life Cycle Recruiting
• Accounts Receivable
• Event Planning
• Budget Process