Sarah Thomas
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist successful at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified candidates. Offering over 6 years of recruitment strategy development.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)
Australian Federal Government
10.2023 - Current
- 360 recruitment.
- Evaluating resumes, interviewing and presenting qualified candidates to hiring managers and providing solicited feedback.
- Reduced time-to-fill for open positions by implementing efficient recruitment strategies and effective collaboration with hiring managers.
- Created and distributed job postings on job boards, corporate career sites and social media networks to increase reach.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
- Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on talent acquisition goals and objectives.
- Managing multiple roles including white collar, scientific, medical science, research and executive roles.
- Provided regular updates to hiring managers and HR staff on recruitment activities and progress.
- Implemented innovative recruitment strategies to increase number of high-quality job applicants.
- Managed relationships with external recruitment agencies, ensuring a consistent approach to candidate sourcing and selection while optimizing costeffectiveness.
Talent Acquisition Business Partner (maternity leave contract)
Sutherland Shire Council
04.2023 - 10.2024
- Managing End to end recruitment practices for councils' business units utilising applications: Scout, Aurion, Onboard, TechOne, Linked In, Seek, multiple job posting websites and boards, Objective and SharePoint
- Partner and collaborate with Directors and hiring managers providing advice, guidance and support through all stages of recruitment
- Identifying areas of improvement for recruitment and candidate experience through streamlining processes
- Providing training to hiring managers ensuring consistency and compliance across the organisation
- Recruit and retain a talented workforce that meets the operational requirements of the organisation
- Managed all areas of background compliance including police checking, booking physical assessments, reference checking and verifying work rights.
Talent Acquisition Officer
Moreton Bay Regional Council
07.2024 - 02.2024
- End to end recruitment practices utilising PageUp
- Creating job cards for approval, undertaking job briefs, writing advertisements, sourcing the role, screening (both via applications and phone), scheduling interviews, compiling interview preparation with approved questions, interviewing, background checks, offer cards and closing jobs
- Recruitment for fulltime, part time, casual, contracted and university roles
- Specialising in blue collar recruitment
- Talent pooling and strategic sourcing to fill specialised roles including the use of LinkedIn Recruiter
- Working closely with our leaders to support the recruitment processes and change management
- Providing exceptional service to internal and external stakeholders as well as our applicants and internal team members through the recruitment process
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Anywhere from 15-35 jobs on my dashboard daily
- Performance driven and always looking for ways to improve and streamline recruitment processes.
Specialist Recruitment Officer
Australian Army - Multiple Positions
01.2012 - 05.2022
- Receiving, screening, and booking in applicants for interviews
- Educated staff on organizational mission and goals to help employees achieve success.
- Arranging pre-enlistment medicals and background checks including police clearance
- Arranging recruitment activities and seminars in remote localities for youth
- Effectively communicating organisational values and mission throughout the screening process
- Created marketing events and industry conferences to build relationships and source specific candidates
- Utilising sourcing such as Linked In, Seek and organisation websites
- Fostering stakeholder relationships and providing integral feedback and advice for all areas of recruitment.
- Mentored junior team members, fostering professional growth through guidance on best practices in the industry.
Education
Skills
- Database Maintenance
- Strategic Planning
- Talent Acquisition
- Procedure Compliance
- Relationship Building
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Data-driven decision-making
- Conflict Resolution
- Microsoft Office
- Written Communication
Volunteer Experience
- RSL Brisbane, 01/21/21, 03/23/23
- RSL Darwin, 06/15/15, 12/19/19
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Officer
Moreton Bay Regional Council
07.2024 - 02.2024
Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)
Australian Federal Government
10.2023 - Current
Talent Acquisition Business Partner (maternity leave contract)
Sutherland Shire Council
04.2023 - 10.2024
Specialist Recruitment Officer
Australian Army - Multiple Positions
01.2012 - 05.2022
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