Experiences at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

High volume, repetitive job functions

be willing to spend at least one year in a customer service call center

Quickly and effectively established trusted internal relationships and networks throughout all levels of the company First year cost savings due to decreased dependence on outside firms for Executive and Key Contributor positions in excess of $600,000. Responsible for bringing world class recruiting strategies, ideas and solutions to BCBST such as: Talent Acquisition, Technology, Networking, Internet Mining, training exercises for the team and External Training (Lou Adler's Recruiter's Boot camp, LinkedIn, Electronic Recruiting Exchange and Jobster).

Excellent negotiation skills involving complex Executive Office positions .

Oversee Talent Acquisition strategies and training for the entire Talent Acquisition Team for their professional development.

Built a strategic business case for Talent Acquisition Software that resulted in the implementation of TALEO.

Member of Corporate Innovation Team charged with looking at new ways to conduct business and tap into the ideas of all of our employees.

Successfully created and exercised strategies across multiple operational divisions to create candidate pipelines and place top tier talent.

Quickly and effectively established trusted internal relationships and networks throughout all levels of the company.

Oversight of the redesign of our On-Boarding Program for Employee and Executive new hires.

Proven change agent with internal clients, peers and team members to establish BCBST as an innovative business leader in Talent Acquisition.

Continued successful employment branding of BCBST and its subsidiaries at a national level.

Designed strategic and detailed Talent Acquisition plans for finding employees if BCBST attains new government business within Medicare/Medicaid.

Consistently challenging the status quo to make BCBST a true "World Class Company".

Strong focus on diversity and community involvement and contributions (Acted as point person for BCBST's Hurricane Katrina Efforts)....