Stephen Russell

Background

About Stephen Russell

An accomplished Global Talent Acquisition expert, I have over 15 years of experience developing comprehensive global talent acquisition strategies that exceed organizational expectations. I specialize in providing quality, low-cost talent recruitment solutions that achieve results. Demonstrating proven success in building high-performing teams, I have been able to fill large volumes of positions consistently over short periods of time. An influential leader, I have a consultative approach to recruiting resulting in predictable search outcomes and improved relationships with all levels of management. Areas of my expertise include: · Global Candidate Sourcing · High-Performing Team Development · Talent Acquisition Strategy · Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives · Global Recruitment & Hiring · Transformational Change · Recruitment Management Systems · Team Leadership · Business Intuition Examples of some of my career accomplishments are as follows: · I initiated a global candidate sourcing strategy and proof of concept resulting in filling 36 Boiler & Machinery Engineer positions in 18 Operations across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC in seven months. · I accomplished a significant reduction in contingent search expense from $1.2M in 2008 to $659K in 2009 and $201K in 2010. · I orchestrated the creation of high-performing team of six Recruiters and four Recruiting Coordinators that achieved filling 1452 positions in one year’s time, averaging 121 filled positions per month.