1. Summary
Skills
Experience
MICHELE HEIDARI
158 Dartmouth Lane , Longwood , FL 32779 | (H) 407-619-3704 | MicheleHeidari@gmail.com
Experienced, well-connected recruiting professional with powerful listening and
communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with hiring managers in
every field. Expertise in sourcing, selection, behavioral interviewing, and relationship
management. Strong track record of reducing hiring costs, improving retention rates,
and meeting or exceeding corporate staffing goals.
National Recruitment Sourcing
Selection Behavioral Interviewing
Relationship Management Applicant Tracking Systems
Web-Based Sourcing/Recruitment Building Strong Referral Networks
Offer Negotiation & Closing Database Creation & Maintenance
11/2015 to PresentSenior Recruiter
Sears Holdings Corporation – Longwood, FL
Develops recruitment strategies and full life cycle recruitment of quality candidates
Nationwide.
Accountable for sourcing high potential, high performance candidate slates, and for
taking a leadership role in the development of proactive recruitment programs and
projects.
Screens, qualifies, and interviews prospective candidates for targeted areas,
makes hiring recommendations, and tracks results.
Develops cost-effective recruiting strategies to include but not limited to cold
calls, referrals, professional organizations, recruitment advertising, internet sites,
deep web searches, social and professional media, military, trade schools, etc.
Assumes the leadership role during the interview process with key hiring managers
and human resources, including on-going communication, interviews and travel
itineraries, and maintains appropriate candidate follow-up during the process.
Requisition management to include but not limited to posting, following up timely
with candidates, moving candidates through the process and ensuring
communication is sent.
Participates and follows-up in appropriate job fairs, key career events, and

2. professional organizations which support the organizations staffing needs.
Promptly identifies areas of concern from a recruitment standpoint and develops
strategies to achieve successful outcome.
Analyzes data and reports in order to discover trends and develop action plans
where necessary to improve processes.
Participates in various Team Efficiency Projects, serving as the team's subject
matter expert in topics related to critical market segments and change
management.
01/2013 to PresentSourcing Recruiter II
Sears Holdings Corporation – Longwood, FL
Sources candidates from a variety of methods including a combination of internet
sources, head hunting and Trade School referrals.
Arranges onsite open houses at remote district offices and sourced candidates to
attend the open houses using a variety of sources.
Phone interviews candidates and invites them to our district open houses.
Confirms candidate's attendance at the open house and ensures that selected
candidates have taken required assessments.
Make verbal offer of employment and manages the candidate through the
onboarding process in BrassRing.
Conducts market research to maximize sourcing efforts in remote locations.
Sends email blasts to candidates to advise them of recruitment opportunities via
CareerBuilder; Monster.com, State Unemployment Offices, and a variety of other
sourcing methods.
Holds weekly 1 on 1 meeting's with the districts supported to obtain routine
feedback on performance.
Communicates daily with Supervisor, Centralized Recruitment Operations to
update them on daily recruitment progress with units supported.
Provides administrative recruitment support when needed.
04/2012 to 01/2013Staffing Specialist
Sears Holdings Corporation – Winter Park, FL
Identify, source, attract, and screen diverse high performance industry talent
across the country.
Developed and executed well-rounded sourcing strategies utilizing employee
referrals, directory and association mining/ networking, on-line/ print postings, deep
web searches, internal candidate databases and other sources.
Interviewed applicants to maintain staffing requirements.
Scheduled applicants for new hire training.
Represented Sears at job fairs and other recruitment events to increase diverse
applicant flow.
Performed all tasks related to the on-boarding and off-boarding of associates on

3. Education
payroll.
Acted as the primary liaison between hiring supervisors, applicants, third party
vendors.
Audited data to identify issues that need to be brought to the attention of HR
Management and appropriate Unit Management to drive improvement and
accountability.
Developed and introduced revisions to existing processes in an effort to constantly
improve the efficiency of our recruiting efforts.
Maintained strict confidentiality of all HR data and information obtained during the
course of employment.
Provided timely and courteous internal customer service to associates and
managers, and communicated effectively with associates, applicants, and
managers.
Assisted with assigned projects, coordination of various events and special
assignments within the HR Department and the Unit.
Developed and distributed reports to the appropriate levels of management to
show compliance.
Performed routine administrative tasks including copying, faxing, and file
maintenance.
09/2007 to 04/2012Training Advocate
Sears Holdings Corporation – Winter Park, FL
Organized and assisted in the development of an integral new department within
the organization.
Created a new training program for the Retail Support department.
Present coaching to new hires by way of side by side and express coaching, blind
monitoring, and call modeling.
Utilize activities as a means for associate improvement in call interactions and
overall performance.
Identify performance gaps and coaching needs.
Communicate business updates and other information needed to support learning
and job responsibilities.
Present balanced feedback on associate performance through coaching efforts.
Assist new hires with diagnosing their individual performance such as strengths and
developmental needs.
Bachelor of Science: Human Resources Management
University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL