Shanna Howard

Chubb Insurance (contract through ACS) Oct 2005 – Present
Senior Recruiter
• Responsible for all positions in the Eastern Claims Service Center, Mid-Atlantic and Southern Regions.
• Currently work with 9 HR Managers and over 30 Hiring Managers directly to manage requirements, candidate flow, schedule interviews and extend offers and close candidates.
• Work directly with hiring manager on process improvements and submittals/interviews.
• Responsible for managing candidate screening and submittal process through Virtual Edge.
• Handled management of candidate profiles within Virtual Edge Applicant Tracking System.
• Managed job postings and vendor management for qualified agencies.
• Trained new recruiters on process and procedures.

Sector: Human Resources and recruiting

ACT-1 Technical & Professional Services
Account Manager (Relocated to Texarkana, TX) May 2005 – Oct 2005
• Responsible for cold calling prospective clients.
• Maintained all contacts and status updates in Sales Force.
• Created pipeline of over 60 companies in 5 months.
• Identified and obtained signed contracts with 5 major companies during my time as account manager.

Sr. Technical Recruiter Sept 2004 – May 2005
• Responsible for sourcing, screening and hiring both contract and permanent employees. Managed and maintained pipeline of candidates with hot skills for future opportunities.
• Brought in the Blockbuster corporate account, within my first month of employment, and was able to get on closed vendors list.
• Responsible for providing client leads to account executives to pursue as possible clients. Solely responsible, as National Recruiter for IBM, to recruit candidates in the South Central Region for all IBM requirements.
• Averaged 4 hires per month since hire date.
• Maintained 100% close ratio on candidate offer and acceptance.
• Developed spreadsheet to manage candidate flow on submittals vs. offers/hires now utilized by all recruiters in office.

Sector: Human Resources and recruiting

Lucidity Consulting Group June 2004 – July 2004
Contract Recruiter (Short term contract)
• Responsible for sourcing, screening and hiring Oracle functional and technical candidates on Corp-to-Corp or 1099 basis for fixed bid projects to augment Lucidity’s core staff.
• Coordinated with Lucidity’s staff and management to accurately pipeline Oracle candidates for upcoming projects.
• Handled all benefit administration for new hires; including medical, dental, STD, LTD and 401(k).
• Managed all corporate insurance (workers comp, professional liability and individual key-man).

Sector: Human Resources and recruiting