Sara Dahm

About Sara Dahm

Experienced Talent Acquisition professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Passive Candidate Generation, PeopleSoft, ATS, Interviewing, and Recruiting. Champion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Supports American Equity IT, Actuarial, Finance, Communications and Sales areas. Involved with collaborating with line of business Managers and Human Resource Partners. Involved in leading stakeholders through the recruiting lifecycle using a consultative approach to talent identification, recruitment, and selection. Enabling hiring managers to acquire the right talent to fulfill their organizational needs.Process improvement ambassador involved with identifying gaps and developing and implementing efficiencies within talent acquisition and other departments. Led the project to streamline American Equity\'s interview process; developed templates incorporating competency based questions and created consistency in documentation.Generates an ongoing pipeline of qualified active and passive candidates for assigned open roles.Build and maintain proactive partnerships with the leadership team, HR Business Partners and hiring managers in order to understand their business, anticipate staffing needs and offer solutions & tools.Develop and implement company wide talent acquisition initiatives in partnership with the VP, Talent Acquisition and broader global Talent Acquisition team.Has a pulse on the talent landscape, proactively shares talent insights, leads recruitment strategy sessions with hiring managers, provides hiring and interview recommendations to the hiring teams, and acts as a strategic talent advisor internally and externally to key internal stakeholders.Passion and prior experience in ensuring DE & I is reflected in all stages of the Talent Acquisition journey. Led DEI committee to put together a business case for a DEI strategy, presented to leadership team.

Experience

1. Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

   American Equity

   Sep 2021 — Present · West Des Moines, IA, US

   Consults and partners with business leaders through the full talent acquisition process, identifying key requirements, ensuring interview process supports key competencies being sourced, and ensuring sourced talent meets business requirements and a provide a positive candidate experience.Develops and retains a strategic employment brand on behalf of American Equity; proposes and leads initiatives that bring employment brand to life in the external market and ensures that internal culture embodies employment brand.Establishes recruitment process, educates managers and communicates / executes best practices.Develops and maintains a talent pipeline using research methods, sourcing techniques, and networking.Establishes effective candidate sourcing mechanisms including but not limited to professional networks and affiliations, staffing agency partners, career-based websites, career fairs and employee referral programs.Identifies and establishes effective referral networks that target diverse talent.Manages relationships with external search firms, including contingency and retained searches; negotiates fees and coordinates execution of service agreements and contracts.Interviews and presents optimal candidates with demonstrated values and skills that are aligned with American Equity’s overall goals and needs.Develops and leads talent acquisition key performance indicators (KPIs) and applicable reporting that monitors and measures the effectiveness of recruitment and engagement programs.Consults with hiring managers on candidate selection and job offer details.Presents competitive offers to candidates including a review of compensation and benefits offerings.Ensures services and policies are following company, professional standards and state and federal laws and regulations.Partners with managers and HR peers to facilitate internal talent development and employee movement.Identifies and addresses opportunities for improving talent acquisition processes.

Education

• Simpson College

  Bachelor's degree

Skills

• Screening
• Hiring
• Interviews
• New Hire Orientations
• Internet Recruiting
• College Recruiting
• Employee Benefits
• Management
• Recruiting
• Talent Acquisition
• Peoplesoft
• Temporary Staffing
• Temporary Placement
• Human Resources
• Applicant Tracking Systems