Steve Sheppard

RandstadRiseSmart, the nation's fastest growing outplacement provider enables impacted employees find fulflling work. As a Career Coach, I help job seekers navigate the opportunities and obstacles within the current job market through expert coaching, interview preparation, mock interviews, offer evaluation, salary negotiation, and networking best practices guidance.

Troubling times don't last, but motivated, disciplined, and energetic companies and Candidates do! We subscribe to the "small batch" mentality at Elevate Talent Group. Focused 1:1 recruiting engagements that lead to successful placements in a 30-45 day window. From any size company...big or small...to any experience level...junior to senior...break away and experience the personalized, diligent small-batch recruiting experience that you deserve.

Engage2Excel provides end-to-end recruitment services for a 7% cost per hire on average while incorporating rigorous quality controls and a twelve-month candidate warranty. Armed with the very latest tools and a team of seasoned, U.S. based recruiters, E2E becomes your on-demand recruiting services department for one critical search, for large projects, or for a complete RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) solution. For every project, Engage2Excel deploys a Six-Sigma inspired process that includes employment branding (including detailed job profiles written by professional writers), strategic advertising, aggressive candidate sourcing, comprehensive screening, the dedicated support of an experienced recruitment specialist, and access to real-time project tracking and metrics via our proprietary ATS and technology platform, Recruiting Machine.

Talent Acquisition Manager, University Relations: Syngenta AG 5/09-5/14 $25 billion global agribusiness with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland •Developed the strategy, goals and consistent recruiting approach and processes for interns and entry level talent. •Developed, evangelized, and launched new “Developmental Sales Rep” hiring program for collegiate North America entry-level sales talent. •Establish and manage key relationships with Business Unit Heads, HR Business Partners, Shared Services , campus stakeholders and students •Developed North American SOP’s including candidate identification, retention, onboarding, intern program content •Successfully created content, managed creative vendor relationship (TMP worldwide), and launched Commercial operations portion of careers website dedicated to North America college recruiting. •Development and ongoing management of the recruiting process for North America Sales Leadership and MBA Global Leadership Management Program •Created and implemented national orientation, onboarding, and summer program experience for interns •Development and ongoing management of North America Commercial Sales campus recruiting teams, effective recruiting workshop, targeted selection seminar, and behavioral interview technique workshop

Hired to build a world-class University Relations program. Created the department, recruiting platforms, policies, forms and procedures. Lead Manager for 3 teams and 10 recruiters. University: Responsible for the development and execution of a National College Recruiting program for multi-billion, 18,000 person company. Developed all recruiting materials including new multi-lingual college brochure. Created internship program resulting in the hiring of 25 college interns. Sourcing Team: Lead Manager to a Sourcing Team of recruiters responsible for the sourcing of passive candidates throughout North America. Developed sourcing methodologies, managed the Peopleclick CMS vendor, implemented a new referral program for diversity recruitment. Diversity: Managed vendor relationship with Global Lead Consultants, oversaw the rollout work plan, managed diversity partnerships including INROADS, resulting in CARQUEST being named as the "INROADS New Corporate Sponsor of the Year."

University Relations Manager: LendingTree Home Mortgage Inc. 2/07-10/07 Resigned in advance of pending corporate reduction in force (mortgage industry layoffs) •Hired to build, develop, and execute the new corporate-wide Campus Recruiting program. •Dual role of Senior Technical/Professional Recruiter and National College Program Lead. •Successfully developed and implemented a new national campus recruiting process resulting in the hiring of 25 new college graduates. •Developed new LendingTree college web portal to facilitate entry level technical hiring. •Managed submittal flow of 25+ candidates per week and 2 hires per month. •Managed full cycle recruiting relationships with lines of business including marketing, finance, IT, and sales. •Developed and implemented new campus Speakers Bureau for Executive leaders.

Senior Recruiter: Cisco Systems Inc. 11/05-2/07 •Full cycle recruitment responsibility for portfolio of technical and professional positions. •Successful acquisition of 50+ senior level professionals within: Data Center War Room, Core Routing, Storage Networking, Telepresence, Security, Emerging Technologies, Wireless, SMB, VOIP, and Unified Communications. •Assisted with the development and implementation of an entry level technical hiring program targeting the top 75 U.S. colleges and universities. •Co-Team lead for “Top 100 University Interns” initiative. •Responsibility for weekly tracking and reporting of recruiting metrics to talent acquisition managers, hiring managers, and HR staffing partners.

AVP, MBA College Program Manager: Bank of America 10/04-10/05 Position eliminated •Leader with direct report- 2 recruiter team with national MBA staffing responsibility for the Bank of America Global Consumer Bank. •Managed the national strategy and execution of all campus related activities including career fairs, information sessions, MonsterTRAK and online sourcing, and diversity conferences. •As Program Manager, increased Business Unit participation in college hiring by 10%. •Successfully hired 5 new MBA candidates across the Bank of America Consumer and Commercial banks.

Midwest Regional Recruitment Manager, INROADS Inc. 11/96-2/03 Office closed •Lead Manager of the 4 staff member recruiting office. •Lead campus recruitment manager for the state of Michigan and Big 10 conference. •Collaborated with Director of Staffing to create new internship program for Kellogg’s Corporation. •Operation 20 New Accounts- Developed and implemented new intern rotational program resulting in 20 new or reacquired corporate accounts. •Internship Manager for 15 Fortune 500 clients including IBM, Whirlpool, and Kellogg’s. •Founded S.I.S.O- The Spartan INROADS Student Organization as a means of increasing student recruitment and full-time placement for Michigan State University students.