JENNIFER MCDONALD

• Developed strong relationships with hiring managers, understanding their unique needs and providing tailored recruitment solutions.
• Led diversity and inclusion initiatives within the talent acquisition team, promoting an inclusive work environment for all employees.
• Served as a trusted advisor to both candidates and hiring teams by providing guidance on role requirements, interviewing tips, and career development opportunities.
• Streamlined the talent acquisition process by implementing an applicant tracking system and improving candidate experience.
• Collaborated with internal stakeholders to align talent needs with organizational growth goals, ensuring a proactive approach to workforce planning.

• Working with the Integration team, my role as Integration People Partner is responsible for managing recruitment, attraction and induction activities for all Greenfield and Brownfield centres, delivering timely and accurate advice and support to both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process of Support Office and Centre based recruitment
• Provide strategic advice to hiring managers on appropriate sourcing and candidate attraction strategies
• Manage all formal offer documentation ensuring legal compliance
• Coaching and guiding the Integration Managers and new Centre Managers through the talent acquisition process to ensure skill, culture and organisational fit when hiring.

Achievements

• Promoted from Talent team into Integrations (Project) Team
• Opened 6 Early Learning Centres, establishing pre-open teams and onboarding new team members
• Project team for Recruitment System (PageUp) implementation
• Employed 850 team members into the G8 Education National network

• Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
• Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
• Conducted telephone and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.
• Developed and maintained applicant tracking system, tracking all job openings, applicants and interviewing activity.

Commencing at Treasury Brisbane in March 2007 and transferring to Jupiters Hotel & Casino (now The Star Gold Coast) in March 2008, my role evolved from managing the recruitment and onboarding of front-line roles, through to senior management and executive placements. Throughout my time at The Star Entertainment Group I managed all recruitment portfolios across these iconic venues, employing approximately 5000 new hires end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full End to end recruitment process of all positions, across GC’s iconic venue from approved vacancy through to selection and onboarding
• Provide strategic advice to hiring managers on appropriate sourcing and candidate attraction strategies
• Manage all formal offer documentation ensuring legal compliance
• Create, maintain & update external advertisements for The Star careers websites and external job boards
• Manage vacancies with online system tool (PageUp), using reporting tools to track trends and activity
• Maintain ‘The Star’ brand standards and incorporate Employer Value Proposition into advertising and sourcing activities

Achievements

• Successfully recruited opening teams for multiple venues to specific people briefs (Garden Kitchen & Bar, The Darling, The Atrium, Kiyomi, Sports Bar)
• Successful long-term partnership with culinary teams at both Treasury and The Star Gold Coast
• Key part of pre-Commonwealth Games project team with multiple recruitment drives across several new and existing venues
• Long term retention of hundreds of hires across executive recruitment (Finance, Marketing etc), volume front line (F&B, Housekeeping, Gaming) and blue collar (Cleaners, Storeman, Security)
• Recruitment system implementation, 3 phases, PageUp