Nick Walker

Experience

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  AT&T

  Dec 2002 - Nov 2015

  · Voluntarily trained within AT&T Workforce 2020 initiative receiving internal certifications including the following: AT&T QMS Lean-Six Sigma Green Belt, Agile Project Management – Bronze Silver & Gold, Data Science – Bronze, Software Defined Networking – Bronze & Silver, IP Networking – Bronze & Silver. · Resolved employee and interdepartmental conflicts to increase productivity and employee morale raising Leadership Effectiveness Index scoring from 3.8 to 4.7 (Talent Keepers ® Inspired & Engaged) · Conducted investigations regarding ethics violations, including employee theft to stop location inventory shrink, saving approx. $12,000/month. Reduced location account credit and discounting approx. 60% ($20,000 down to $8,000) through training and internal policy implementation including a stricter store level schedule of authority. Maintained a solid “bench” of skilled and prepared management candidates with six assistant managers promoted in eight years of management tenure. Show less · Experienced in hiring, training, coaching & development, documentation, discipline & terminations in both bargained and non-bargained environments.· Creation of management teams for proper execution of national and local leadership strategy. · Training Management: employee enrollment and tracking including compliance, operations, and product training such as FSLA, Code of Business Conduct (Ethics), FCC Regulations, OSHA Regulations, Ergonomics, Environmental, Sexual Harassment, scheduling, Point of Sale and new strategic products. · Manager development including coaching, follow-up, Coaching Action Plans, and Performance Improvement Plans · Hiring functions including recruitment of candidates, interviewing, assessing responses, realistic job previews, and selection. Show less

  • Retail Store Manager II

    Oct 2009 - Nov 2015

  • Retail Store Manager I

    Sept 2008 - Oct 2009

  • Assistant Store Manager

    Apr 2007 - Sept 2008

  • Retail Sales Consultant

    Dec 2002 - Mar 2007
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  Sirius Staffing

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Recruiter & Sourcing/Routing Assistant (Nuclear)

  - Assisted Recruiters for both the River Bend Station and Waterford - 3 nuclear power plants, exceeding our goal for restaffing both plants prior to Year End 2017. - Developed a online survey system to assist in surveying hiring managers to collect feedback on the recruiting staff's performance evaluations. The tradition system involved cold calling hiring managers and completing a telephone survey. This system created an open and transparent environment where the hiring managers could view their results in real time and adjust behaviors based on feedback. Contractor - Guidant Group - Sirius Technological Services Show less

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  Entergy

  Jun 2018 - now

  Full cycle Recruiter and informal operational leader on Entergy’s Nuclear Talent Acquisition team responsible for elevating the performance of recruiting teams by creating team strategies for effective candidate sourcing, screening, management of interviews, and job offer presentation and negotiation for positions across the company. Serving as the business partner for various business units owning the relationships with senior business leaders, providing consultation and operational guidance to hiring managers, and representing TA in business unit meetings. Providing coaching to other recruiters to achieve assigned metrics and elevate the overall performance of the TA department. Serving as a full cycle Recruiter for the most-valuable positions across Entergy. Consult with, and providing strategic guidance to business customers, developing, and driving winning strategies for recruiting teams and individual recruiters aligned with business and company objectives, and filling high value open positions for Entergy while maintaining the highest standards. Utilizing resources to find candidates for hardest to fill positions. Fill in for other Senior Recruiters as needed. Developing strategies for all TA objectives aligned with needs of each business unit supported by recruiting team. TA business partner responsible for partnering with recruiting team, stakeholders, and HRBPs to ensure execution of all TA processes. Owning sr business leader relationships and communication for assigned business units. Attending hiring review boards and other meetings for assigned business units. Serving as backup for Talent Acq Manager as needed. Keeping up to date on latest industry trends, tools, and best practices and ensures knowledge permeates across TA. Leading and collaborating on projects / reports related to ongoing recruitment initiatives as required. Managing requisitions through ATS to ensure that hiring activity is documented according to OFCCP & AAP requirements. Show less Responsible for full life cycle recruiting to ensure enough qualified candidates are available to fill Entergy’s openings. Develops collaborative relationships and partner with Human Resource Business Partners, Hiring Managers Talent Management, Diversity, and Inclusion to provide recruiting & sourcing expertise, market related intelligence and counsel on a variety of recruiting issues to improve talent acquisition effectiveness. Develop and maintain staffing plan for designated business by partnering with Talent Management, Diversity and Inclusion, HR Operations, and business leadership. Identifying required skills & experience by conducting requisition intakes on all positions. Sourcing, screening, and presenting a diverse set of qualified candidates to hiring managers. Partnering with our College Relations Specialist, D&I Sourcing Specialist, Military Relations Specialist and Executive Recruiters to help build candidate pipelines. Utilizing various cost-effective sourcing strategies, such as online job boards, networking, resume mining, social networking and attending recruiting events to attract a diverse pipeline of candidates. Managing requisitions through the application tracking system (ATS) to ensure that hiring activity is documented according to OFCCP & AAP requirements. Managing offer development and review and participate in negotiation and re-negotiation of offers. Coordinating interview schedules with hiring manger and candidates as needed. Taking on additional department responsibilities such as, maintaining process documentation or operating procedures, executing compliance activities, developing, and reporting the results of departmental metrics, training, etc. Periodically working on special projects to improve recruiting processes or new recruiting initiatives in the spirit of continuous improvement – including optimizing the use of technology. Show less

  • Senior Recruiter

    May 2023 - now

  • Recruiter

    Jun 2018 - Apr 2023