Silmese Graves

About Silmese Graves

Qualified Human Resources Professional with 10 years of Full-Cycle Recruiting, Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Account Executive experience. Successfully supporting Aerospace, Aviation, Legal, Shipbuilding, Medical Device, Biochemical, and Defense industries; specializing in Administrative, Professional, Engineering, IT, Manufacturing positions nationwide. Thriving at building, coaching, motivating, and encouraging within organizations.

Experience

1. Account Executive Recruiter

   Chipton-Ross, Inc

   Feb 2012 — Present · Newport News, VA, US

   Full cycle recruiting for clients Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Huntington Ingalls, SpaceX, Uber, Lockheed Martin, Hill-Rom, RedBull, Virgin Galactic and many others for contract, payrolled, and direct hire jobs nationwide.• Recruit candidates for Engineering, IT, Manufacturing, Professional, and Administrative roles.• Expanded existing candidate database by networking, referrals, cold calling, use of social networks, and job boards.• Developed sourcing strategies to attract talent; utilizing Advanced Boolean Search Strings; LinkedIn, Bullhorn Reach, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, AIRS Metasearch App, Craigslist, Professional Groups and Associations, Universities and Alumni Organizations, and Career Development Centers.• Recruit passive and aggressive candidates.• Recruit candidates for DoD security clearances: TOP SECRET, SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL, or TS/SCI-cleared.• Successfully maintaining 60+ open job orders daily.• Maintain an average of 3-5 hires monthly. • Taking job orders from clients verbal or written, entering new job orders, submitting resumes, scheduling/coordinating interviews, extending offers, and handling any correspondences to ensure a smooth speedy process.• Ensuring candidates comprehend and receive thorough instructions; from interview, reporting, and timekeeping instructions.• Handle employee-relation (ER) issues, including raises, poor performance, inappropriate behavior, terminations, etc.• Ensures applicants are appropriately pre-screened in accordance with company standards.• Assisted training in-house employees on new ATS system (UltraStaff) and recruiting procedures.• Setup and developed I-9 training for operations staff.• Extending and negotiating offers and on boarding new hires.• Efficient in E-Verify, backgrounds Investigations, Drug Screen and Hair Follicle Testing (HFT), Physicals and PFT’s in supports of several clients.

Education

• California State University-Dominguez Hills

  Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General