Bermia McKnight

Summary of Qualifications

Excellent communication skills; Able to grasp change and progress through actively listening/sharing new ideas; Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously; Places a strong emphasis on Integrity and Commitment to the organization; Ability to work within the matrix management system to guarantee project priorities are satisfied.  Over 8 years of Full Cycle Recruiting (virtual and client facing). Advanced Boolean sourcing, passive sourcing and cold calling experience. Skills also include but not limited to account management, compensation negotiation, post offer auditing, background check review, scheduling, and onboarding,

Relevant Professional Work Experience

Delta Airlines/Alexander Mann Solutions

Sr. Technical Operations Recruiter

March 2021-November 2022

• Leading an end-to-end recruitment process.
• Performed duties of a HR Business Partner to Delta
• Proactively source candidates from a variety of channels to develop a pipeline of qualified diverse candidates.
• Ensuring quality shortlists are prepared and delivered in timely manner.
• Building and strengthening relationships with Hiring Managers through resource planning, job specification, other recruitment activities.
• Identifying process improvements and managing client expectations.
• Ensuring candidate and hiring manager great experience by frequent updates and communication.
• Producing timely and accurate management information, keeping system updated.
• Deliver results against client SLAs, KPIs and team objectives.
• Undertaking market mapping projects.

Sr. IT Recruiter/-Matrix Resources (Contractor)

January 2019-January 2020

Clients: Wells Fargo, KPMG

Positions Worked: Web Developer, Cloud Engineer, Java Developer, Application Systems Engineer 4-6, Information Security Engineer 1-5, Systems Support Analyst, Full Stack and Middleware Developer, SQA, Information Security Analyst, Audit Manager and Audit Associate.

• Responsible for full cycle of recruitment and end to end recruitment and sourcing, screening.
• Worked on Contract, Contract to Hire
• Expertise in Bullhorn
• Hands on experience with VMS: Fieldglass, IQNavigator, etc.
• Strong experience with W2, 1099 and C2C (US Citizens, Green Card, TN, EAD and H1B).
• Expert with Job Boards like DICE, Bullhorn, GitHub, Indeed, Zip Recruiter, CB, Monster, LinkedIn.
• Handle client calls on for weekly reports.
• Carefully analyzing the requirements as per client needs.
• Searching for and identifying qualified IT individuals from entry to senior level.
• Performing initial screening with candidates in order to determine perfect career match.
• Parsing the candidates from job boards to Bullhorn using the Daxtra database.

Virtual Sr. Recruiter-Manpower (Contractor)

October 2014-Dec 2018

Clients: First Data, Comcast High Volume, Lowes Home Improvement

Positions Worked: Sr. IT Professionals, Sales Representatives and Managers

Duties

• Identify and submit qualified candidates to Client Hiring Managers based on the provided job description. Meeting daily goal with 7 or more candidate submittals.
• Identify and implement sourcing strategies based upon the job position by creatively conducting research and/or utilizing a multitude of resources. Creative sourcing and recruiting including but not limited to College/University, LinkedIn, Indeed, DOL, and other sourcing sites.
• Screen, test, and qualify applicants using interviewing techniques and skill assessment testing
• ATS (applicant tracking system) maintenance; Taleo, Kenexa, Avature, Success Factors
• Full Cycle Recruiting, Manage Offer Negotiation process, while meeting SLA as set by the client
• Positions hired for Retail Sales Reps, Door to Door Sales, Inside Sales, IT Technicians, Comm Tech, Billing, Customer Service, Dispatch, IT/Technical, Corporate, Financial Services, Warehouse, Manufacturing

Other Relevant Experience

• Adecco Staffing- Relationship Consultant/HR Business Partner 2013-2014
• Randstad Sourceright- Recruiter 2012-2013

Education & Licenses

• Davidson Community College; Nursing Assistant; Davidson, NC
• Guilford Technical Community College; Jamestown, NC
• Lucy Ragsdale High School; Jamestown, NC