Kevin Atkinson

Talent Acquisition and human resources leader with Fortune 50 experience and expertise in designing, building and optimizing global talent acquisition strategies and teams. Lead teams and projects covering enterprise-wide talent acquisition strategies. Evaluation and implementation of new recruitment technologies to create efficiencies and enhance the candidate experience. Specific focus on driving implementation and adoption of social recruiting and employment branding strategies across multiple channels. Skilled in full-cycle recruiting, as well as segmented talent sourcing models that create pipelines of passive talent. Provide strategy and direction on social recruiting models that promote the employer brand and drive potential talent to recruitment marketing sources. Diverse background in corporate recruiting, executive search, recruitment operations and employment branding. Over 14 years of experience in recruiting, human resources, sales, and operations. Recruited positions ranging from entry level to executive in areas including Information Technology, R&D, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Sales, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, and Customer Service. My passion is to build high performing Talent Acquisition and HR teams/programs that provide value to the business. Specialties: talent attraction, talent acquisition, sourcing, social media, digital media, digital marketing, recruiting, employment branding, recruitment marketing, analytics, consulting, talent strategy, RPO, internet mining, research, college recruiting, change management, healthcare, technology, wireless, continuous improvement, talent communities, mobile, mobile campaigns, recruitment advertising, leadership, talent acquisition manager, talent acquisition director, recruiting director, technical recruiting, process improvement