BARBARA A.

DEAL, SPHR
1103 Thebes Drive Home - 410-420-0965
Bel Air, MD 21015 Cell - 443-617-7077
[1]http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbdeal bd555692@westpost.net
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
* 11 years experience in high volume full life cycle recruitment
including government contracting and healthcare.
* Possess knowledge and experience administering employee benefits
and FMLA.
* Recruit exempt and non-exempt, technical and non-technical
positions, nationally and internationally.
* Expertise in hiring former and retired military (all branches).
* Strategic partner to capture teams working on contract proposal
efforts.
* Possess working knowledge of labor and employment laws; counsel
managers to ensure compliance with OFCCP, EEO, and FLSA.
* Expertise in sourcing active and passive candidates utilizing web
searches, online job boards, social networking, cold calling, job
fairs, targeted advertising, databases, referrals, college
recruiting, trade journals, diversity sourcing, associations, etc.
* Build excellent rapport with hiring managers, partnering with them
from the creation of a requisition through the on-boarding of the
new employees.
* Develops creative staffing solutions for quick turn around needs,
contracts requiring large volume staffing, or hard to fill
positions.
* Determines appropriate salaries for new hires, keeping internal
equity while staying competitive with the outside market.
* Excellent interviewing and negotiation skills.
* Experienced in utilizing and maintaining various HR information
systems, applicant tracking systems, and candidate search tools
such as PeopleSoft, Resumix, Recruitmax, ACT, Meditech,
TalentHook, and LinkedIn, as well as Microsoft Office.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
* B.S. in Business Administration (3.9 GPA) University of Phoenix
* Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)

WORK EXPERIENCE
* Technical Recruiter; SAIC; Abingdon, MD
Aug 2004 - Present
Provide full lifecycle high volume recruitment for SAIC's Homeland
Protection and Preparedness Business Unit, a 2100+ employee Business
Unit, generating $700M+ in revenue. The BU's focus is solving complex
problems and providing unique chemical, biological, radiological,
nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) life cycle solutions for the protection
of the war fighter and civilian personnel.
- Primarily responsible for recruitment planning, advertising,
sourcing, qualifying candidates, conducting phone screens and
in-person interviews, coordinating interview schedules with multiple
managers, relay to candidates information on SAIC's corporate culture,
mission and benefits, extending job offers, negotiating compensation
packages, coordinating relocations when applicable, coordinating
on-boarding arrangements, and keeping accurate documentation and
records.
- Interact with all Division Managers and Supervisors to ensure their
staffing needs are correctly identified and met.
- Ensure that laws, regulations, statutes, policies and procedures are
adhered to, including the company's Affirmative Action Plan (AAP).
- Has consistently filled 150-200+ requisitions per year (new hires
and internal transfers).
* HR Healthcare Recruiter; St. Joseph Medical Center; Towson, MD
Jan 2002 - Aug 2004
Responsible for full life cycle, high volume allied health recruiting,
including clinical and non-clinical, exempt and non-exempt personnel,
at the 340-bed comprehensive health care facility.
- Worked with department managers to formulate recruitment strategies
to fill vacancies in a timely manner with well qualified healthcare
professionals.
- Wrote advertisements for newspapers and journals, posted job
announcements on web sites, and represented the hospital at colleges
and career fairs for recruitment.
- Interviewed and referred qualified job applicants, and conducted
reference checks.
- Ensured applicant compliance with state, federal, and professional
licensure requirements.
- Assisted foreign applicants with obtaining H-1 visa or permanent
residency.
- Negotiated salary/benefits for new hires, and coordinated pay-out of
sign-on/referral bonuses.

- Coordinated hospital orientation and department training for new

hires.
- Coordinated internal employee transfers.
- Maintained applicant tracking system, recruitment statistics, &
recruitment strategy report.
* HR Employment Coordinator; Stella Maris; Timonium, MD
Sep 1999 - Dec 2002
I initially worked as the Benefits Coordinator in support of an 800
employee, 440-bed long-term care facility. After approximately 1 year
as Benefits Coordinator, transitioned in to the Employment Coordinator
position (Recruiter), responsible for allied health recruiting in a
 position very similar to my position at St. Joseph Medical Center
(above).
My primary responsibilities as a Benefits Coordinator were:
- Assist employees with benefits enrollment and benefit changes.
- Coordinate Annual Benefits Fair, input employee's deductions into
payroll system, reconcile benefits bills; tracked employee status for
insurance purposes, and notified COBRA administrator of employee
changes.
- Administer the workers' compensation and OSHA injury and illness
reporting programs.
- Managed FMLA/PLOA entitlements and company's 403(b) and 401(k)
retirement plans.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
* Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA)
* Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
References
1. http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbdeal