United States Army | Master Recruiter & Recruitment Center Manager
Las Vegas, NV | 2008 - 2019
Moved through progressively broader roles within Army Recruiting Command, growing from hands-on recruiting into leadership of a full recruiting center. Led recruiting operations across Nevada with a focus on candidate pipelines, recruiter performance, and steady referral flow. Helped recruiters maintain follow-up discipline, manage applicant movement, and move qualified candidates through a demanding process.
- Recruited for hard-to-fill technical and professional roles by targeting stronger academic performers, recent graduates, and specialized candidates who could meet higher aptitude, credential, and eligibility standards.
- Built steadier referral flow across Nevada by developing trusted relationships with schools, community partners, veterans, and local influencers who could connect recruiters with qualified prospects.
- Strengthened applicant quality before processing by screening for motivation, communication ability, background history, aptitude, and long-term fit before candidates moved deeper into the recruiting pipeline.
- Improved candidate confidence in high-commitment decisions by explaining career options, incentives, obligations, onboarding steps, and family concerns in direct, practical, and transparent language.
- Improved recruiter performance by coaching sourcing, follow-up, eligibility screening, documentation, and pipeline habits that contributed to multiple recruiting awards.
Pinstripe Recruiting / SSM Health Care | RPO Recruiter
Remote | 2007 - 2008
Recruited in a civilian RPO environment during a break in military service, working remotely in support of SSM Health Care. Used Taleo to review applicant pools, track candidate movement, coordinate with hiring managers, and support healthcare hiring from high-volume support roles through director-level positions.
- Helped launch a new RPO recruiting program by traveling for client onboarding, meeting with hiring managers, and standing up a high-volume recruiting model.
- Recruited for high-volume healthcare support roles across environmental services, food service, housekeeping, facilities, administrative support, and other non-clinical positions in a multi-site healthcare environment.
- Partnered with hiring managers to confirm role needs, maintain candidate flow in high-turnover areas, prepare offer letters, and support selection and offer steps.
- Maintained client trust by keeping applicant communication, hiring manager support, and recruiting activity aligned with their standards and professional culture.
Airborne infantry, long-range surveillance, military police, accident reconstruction, combat and humanitarian deployments across 14 years before moving into recruiting. Court-certified expert in accident reconstruction. Two Bronze Stars.
- Led personnel through demanding missions and shifting priorities by enforcing standards, building trust, and keeping teams focused when pressure, risk, and expectations increased.
- Strengthened team readiness and engagement by training personnel, reinforcing accountability, and helping service members understand how their individual roles supported broader operational goals.
- Built sound judgment in regulated environments by assessing facts, documenting findings, handling sensitive information, and making decisions that had to hold up under review and established standards.
- Served as a certified accident reconstructionist for serious and fatality investigations requiring scene analysis, technical reporting, witness coordination, and courtroom testimony.
- Supported operations and training leadership by coordinating taskings, preparing personnel, tracking requirements, and helping units stay ready for inspections, missions, and changing command priorities.
- Earned advancement ahead of peers through consistent performance in airborne, infantry, investigative, law enforcement, and leadership assignments that demanded discipline and trust.