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Margo Sotet

Frank J. Sotet III

Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner - Talent Acquisition

Arlington, VA
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Summary

Exceptional Talent Acquisition/Management HR Business Partner professional with 15+ years of experience bringing innovative and creative approaches to staffing solutions, particularly in extremely competitive hospitality arena. Highly skilled, strategic talent acquisition leader with strong operations background and excellent solution provider, capable of developing and nurturing professional business relationships and adept at customer service and team leadership. Equipped with Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Hospitality Management, specialist in creating cutting-edge talent acquisition initiatives to acquire top talent from corporate executive leadership-level positions, to line-level "front-of-house" and "heart-of-house" high volume service orientated positions.

Experience

2010 Mar - Present
Vice President, Talent Acquisition / Human Resources Business Partner
Interstate Hotels & Resorts - (an affiliate of Aimbridge Hospitality) / Arlington, VA
Captain growing organization’s Talent Management / Acquisition (TA) needs for four corporate office locations and 350+ U.S. domestic hotels across all market segments and brands in consultation with 10+ Executive & Senior Vice Presidents, and 20+ Vice President-level personnel. Orchestrate effective TA and mobility strategies for all levels of corporate and field / hotel departments. Build and cross-train top-notch, nationwide corporate office and home-based regional network of talent acquisition professionals to both manage full cycle recruiting of key positions, while also providing consultative recruiting services to individual corporate department and field / hotel unit leadership, human resources directors, and hiring managers.
Key Achievements:
• Transformed entire company culture of prioritizing talent acquisition strategy from reactive “post and pray” process to proactive approach, hiring managers continuously, identifying, and engaging prospective top talent for internal and external talent pipelines.
• Reduced time to fill metrics by 35%, lowered overtime expenses by 40%, reduced reliance on costly temporary contract staffing agencies by 60%, and increased employee engagement resulting in higher quality performance levels.
• Designed and implemented Workday Recruiting / Applicant Tracking System (ATS), introduced mobile-compatible internal and external effective job marketing, and created line-level customer service “front-of-house” and “heart-of-house” integrated pre-hire assessment and also a leadership assessment tool.
• Increased success of placing right talent in right position at right time while also providing ability to identify high potentials to develop as future leaders, boosting internal promotions while reducing turnover and relocation expenses, providing for a more effective and efficient onboarding time.
• Re-engineered vendor partnerships, reducing overall costs by 45% while continuously improving and expanding services for every facet of talent acquisition full cycle process, from job marketing, assessing and selection tools, to relocation and on-boarding.

Education

1983 - 1988
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Arts / Communication , Hospitality Management , Business Management

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