University of Waterloo

Senior Manager, Workforce Initiatives at RBC

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Manager, Workforce Initiatives

Senior Recruiter, Early Talent Acquisition, Tech & Events Lead

- Responsible for recruiting co-op and summer students into different business lines including Technology and Operations, Capital Markets Quantitative and Technology Services and Investor and Treasury Services with a strong focus on attracting top talent and building proactive student pipelines for future work terms. - Lead and manage the recruitment process for the Investor and Treasury Services’ Summer Internship Program and Graduate Rotational Program and Capital Markets Quantitative and Technology Services’ co-op and new graduate program. - Responsible for leading a variety of external and internal events including hackathons, networking nights and resumes roast workshops. - Engage in creating process maps and strategies for the team to follow to increase efficiency and ensure consistencies in the process. - Provide guidance and recommendations to business partners including sponsor delegates and hiring managers to improve the quality of hires and create an efficient recruitment process.

Senior Recruiter, Early Talent Acquisition, Technology & Operations

- Took ownership of running and implementing the Actuarial New Graduate Rotational Program and handled recruitment needs for both the Actuarial Science and Information System divisions across North America.- Led and hosted information sessions at university campuses to increase student awareness.- Acted as a subject matter expert in all areas of recruitment related to co-op and full-time recruitment. - Strategically liaised with university contacts across Canada to build a strong talent community for co-op students and new graduates. - Partnered with the sourcing team to source effectively using social media for niche roles.- Led and facilitated partnership with external vendors for the onboarding process. - Led and supported the business in the technology function on a campus branding initiative.  - Held interview workshops for the business leaders to mentor and coach on interviewing techniques

Manulife

Campus Talent Acquisition Specialist

- Top Recruiter of North America in 2016.- Mentored new Recruitment Consultants and lead the talent acquisition team in Canada to meet annual and individual targets.- Liaised with internal Canadian and US departments to build ongoing relationships and implement change.- Participated in planning and implementing strategic initiatives to improve recruitment processes. - Partnered with account managers to hire specific consultants for driven programs with various clients.- Built upon existing relationships with universities throughout Canada to ensure FDM Group's continual presence with fresh graduates.

FDM Group

Canadian Recruitment Team Lead

- Assisted with overseeing and training new members of the recruitment team to ensure the continual growth of FDM Group in the Canadian presence.  - Assisted with increasing brand awareness for FDM Group and building relationships with various Canadian universities - Attended career fairs and information sessions throughout the year to attract fresh talent to our Academy Program

Senior Recruitment Consultant

FDM is an international professional services provider with a focus on IT. Through our unique business model, we select and employ high-caliber university graduates who have the potential to become major players in the world of IT. After the initial training, our trainees progress to become professional FDM Consultants, representing the company on one or more client assignments for a minimum of two years. FDM Group works with over 130 clients across multiple business sectors from our offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.- Responsible for recruiting and supporting the assessment of candidates to join the FDM Academy Program to train in Toronto. - Promote and recruit for these opportunities at universities throughout Canada.- Actively source, assess candidates for the Academy Program and internal staff - Conduct telephone interviews and technical testing for candidates. - Use Salesforce on a daily basis to organize leads.

Recruitment Consultant

Part of the Allegis Global Solutions team based on-site at American Express to provide end-to-end recruitment services in one centralized function. Support the businesses: Proprietary Card Services Canada, Global Business Travel, Global Corporate Payments, Global Merchant Services, Global Payment Options and Enterprise Growth in the recruitment of sales and marketing professionals.- Coordinated and schedule interviews with hiring managers from all lines of business. - Created offer letters using Taleo and PeopleSoft and obtain the necessary approvals.  - Created and post job descriptions using Taleo onto the external and internal American Express career site.- Worked with external vendor to conduct background checks. - Assisted with the full recruitment cycle from sourcing candidates to onboarding a new hire into American Express.- Coordinated the hiring process for full time, contractors, and campus hires in all lines of business.

Allegis Global Solutions, American Express

Recruitment Coordinator

- Performed duties related to operation of Corporate Security's pre-employment screening activities by:- Conducted research to gather, validate, and document ensuring data integrity, maximum operational efficiency, and consistency with Corporate Security's due diligence program- Assessed the quality, relevance and validity of information gathered to formulate conclusions, responses and recommendations. Identify potential issues that may impact the hiring of potential employees.- Documented findings of research, analysis, and calculations for use by others.- Applied findings to ensure compliance with CIBC's Global Hiring Policy.- Provided follow-up support to HR management, Resourcing Consultants and external vendors.- Maintained the Pre-employment Screening database.- Worked with HRIS, Taleo and internal database on a daily basis.

CIBC

Pre-Employment Operations Analyst

- Assisted in screening resumes of potential candidates.  - Assisted in telephone and face-to-face interviews.- Conducted reference and background checking of candidates- Worked with internal database system to upload job postings, and update candidate information.- Performed recruitment research of new job postings for account managers on the team.

Jade Chan