Steven Meneskie

As Director of Recruiting responsible for managing the full-life cycle recruitment process and all activities related to the hiring of new employees and contracting of independent consultants on a national basis.

• Responsible for managing all day-to-day activities as it relates to the talent acquisition, sourcing and resource management for all employment types.
• Manage a geographically diverse team of resource managers and sourcing specialists.
• Manage, configure and enhance applicant tracking system.
• Create, implement and manage the rollout of a new Hiring Process Flow that encompasses the end to end solution from sourced candidate to successful on-boarding of new employees.
• Develop and manage the employee referral program.
• Create and maintain vendors for outside resource management.
• Work with practice leaders and corporate leadership teams to plan, coordinate and execute resource management plans.
• Develop a full life cycle recruiting process that carefully evaluates applicants and continuously maintains a pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Create the framework and execute an Associate Hiring plan to provide organic growth for both recruiting and multiple practice areas.
• Create collateral for new employee training, on-boarding and success planning.

As Recruiting Manager was responsible for managing the recruiting staff, overseeing the primary subcontract vendors, managing the new hire process, and working with Practice Leadership to report and coordinate staffing and monitor utilization.

• Performed day-to-day oversight of the recruiting and sourcing team.
• Interfaced with North America Practice Leadership and recruiting team to ensure all requisitions are being recorded and sourced on a timely basis.
• Managed and monitored subcontractor alliances.
• Managed the staffing and utilization of internal resources, including working with Practice Leadership to understand staff chargeability and trends. Implemented tracking tools and made process and procedural improvements.
• Prepared and reviewed utilization and availability reports to support management and integration of internal resources.
• Managed the new hire process, including oversight of offer letter generation, background checks, other pre-start date requests, and working with the HR Generalist on new hire orientation.

As Director of Hiring for the Global SAP Practice, was responsible for managing the full-life cycle recruitment process and all activities related to the hiring of new employees and contracting of independent consultants. Identified and established efficiencies for the company's global SAP recruitment methodology with streamlined best practices and procedures. Worked with Director of Delivery in project staffing, allocation and forecasting company needs. Additional duties included contract management and negotiation, purchase order requisition process and management of contract opportunities.

• Worked with executives to formulate, monitor and execute quarterly hiring plans, determining staffing needs at new and existing client engagements and assisting with bench activities.
• Created, implemented and managed the rollout of a new SAP Hiring Process Flow that encompassed an end to end solution from sourced candidate to successful on-boarding of new employees.
• Executed all new hire paperwork and contract negotiation for independent consultants.
• Worked with Business Development Managers for RFP's, RFQ's and Proposals during new sale pursuits.
• Worked with practice leads in growing global offerings by assisting with the expansion to India and Europe by training recruiters and implementing existing processes and procedures. As a result, the headcount in India grew to over 100 employees in less than 3 years.
• Effectively drove strategy to right size the company's structure of employee to contractor ratio with aggressive training and facilitation of the employee hiring process. Over 90% of permanent staff was hired under my promotion to Director.
• Responsible to create and manage to the yearly SAP Hiring budget.

Nominated for the Founder's Award - the highest company award to which less than 4% of the company is nominated yearly - 2006

As Manager of Global Resourcing, was responsible for the recruitment of full time and W2 hourly employees as well as establishing subcontractor relationships in the Supply Chain Management Industry. Identified and attracted qualified candidates for Business Analysis, Database Administration and Project Management positions. Provided SAP, Manugistics, i2, Clarify, PkMS, Cognos and Business Objects consultants for full-time and contract positions. Worked with Director of Delivery to staff for projects, allocate and forecast company needs. In addition, was responsible for recruitment of corporate employees in sales, recruiting and operations.

• Optimized recruitment tools and presentations.
• Trained recruiters in recruitment methodologies.
• Consistently achieved key performance indicators in billing headcount and utilization.
• Internally promoted potential candidates in progress for placement in advance of hiring.
• Built global recruitment pipelines to staff North American and International project staffing opportunities.

Was responsible for recruiting IT consultants to work at client sites in the ERP Software Industry. Worked on a national basis recruiting qualified applicants for Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Database Administrators and Project Management positions.

• Sourced candidates through direct recruitment, referrals and the Internet.
• Qualified candidates through reference checking and technical interviews.
• Negotiated salary, benefits and bonus packages.
• Scheduled client interviews with candidates.
• Coordinated hire dates and accommodations for travel.

Was responsible for recruiting permanent employees for client companies in the Real Estate Industry. Worked on a national basis recruiting qualified full-time employees for clients on a retained and contingency basis.

• Sourced candidates through direct recruitment, referrals and periodicals.
• Qualified candidates through reference and background checking and degree verification.
• Negotiated salary, benefits and bonus packages on behalf of client companies.
• Coordinated hire dates and relocations

• Bachelors of Science, Management, Robert Morris University - May 1993