Krista P.

Jones
7513 Glen Arden Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37931
(865) 300-8126
kkp0626@yahoo.com

Professional Profile:
13 years experience Recruiting/Staffing Professional level positions & handling Human Resources related functions
12 years experience in Management, Sales & Customer Service

Education:
BS Human Sciences / Marketing, Middle Tennessee State University - 1993
Focus: Business Management / Purchasing

Professional Experience:
2/2000 – 4/2009 Employbridge, Inc. Atlanta, GA / Knoxville, TN

Resource Accounting 11/2005 – 4/2009

Sr. Staffing Consultant/ Recruiter
• Assisted with starting the Accounting Recruiting Division in Knoxville
• Utilized years of relationships recruiting with clerical clientele in order to build new accounting business
• Provided professional experience/qualified candidates that were a best fit for needs of a
company/departmental need
• Work together & partner with clients, building relationships and understanding business in order to make
the best placement
• Placed staff from entry level, degreed and non-experienced positions to educated and degreed candidates
with 2-20+ years of experience in Accounting and Financial fields and working in professional level
positions
• Responsible for advertising, online postings, tracking leads and determining best recruiting methods
• Maintained relationships with local colleges, business schools and attended all major job fairs

StaffingSolutions 2/2000 – 11/2005

Strategic Staffing Specialist / Direct Hire Recruiter - Search Consultant
• Recruiting, qualifying, submitting and placing candidates for professional level positions
• Areas of specialty – Accounting, Administrative / Executive support, Human Resources Management
• Negotiate appropriate salaries for candidates and fee structure for services provided
• Possess strong communication skills in assessing client needs and determine the most qualified candidates to
be presented and placed
• Posted and created online advertising and job listings with several online job sites
Branch Operations Manager / Clerical Division
• Responsible for staff of 6 Staffing Supervisors and Front Desk Staff Assistants
• Implemented individual goals for each staff member in order to meet/exceed office sales goals
• Provided weekly reporting on staffing goals/results, as well as, monthly and 12 month reporting
• Participated in on-going training classes and seminars, and Strategic Planning meetings
• Maintained and strengthened client relationships – by providing specialized staffing reporting and absolute
customer service
• Weekly advertising in local papers and online websites for best recruiting coverage
• Supported staffing for high level Administrative/Executive support positions

4/1997 – 12/99 Adecco Employment Services Fort Worth, TX

(married and relocated to Tennessee 12/99)
Recruiter/On-Site Manager – Motorola Cellular
• Managerial liaison between Motorola and all contracting agencies
Managed personnel issues
Compiled weekly/monthly reporting regarding contractor usage
Negotiated pay/bill rates for prospective candidates
Worked effectively with other Motorola facilities to expedite open orders
 Helped facilitate the Illinois plant relocation of key employees
Partnered with Plant manager/recruitment team to staff facility 300+ employees during transition
Resolved billing and service issues between Motorola and outside agencies
• Project management for staffing of peak periods and special projects for various departments,
providing solutions for both exempt and non-exempt employees
• Responsible for recruiting and placing exempt and non-exempt employees
• Providing staffing forecasts/strategies for contract labor for the facility as a whole, as well as, individual
departments
• Represented Adecco in all Plant manager, HR and Recruitment meetings in order to develop plans and
strategies and create obtainable goals for contract staffing
• Designed orientation processes/class for all contract staff for Cellular/Paging facility
• Supported /Instructed monthly 4 hour pre-qualifying battery of tests for non-exempt employees, recruiting
and qualifying a minimum of 25-65 per testing date

Recruiter – NationsCredit (now Bank of America )

• Supported Nationwide staffing of project professional contract employees for NationsBank
locations (support staff for NationsCredit)
• Recruited and staffed start up credit facility – meeting goal of 150 employees within 3 months
• Partnered with HR management and staff on all staffing strategies
• Obtained staffing goals by attending forecasting meetings of internal management and recruiting
and qualifying candidates appropriately based on forecasts
• Handled invoicing and specialized billing requested by client
Office Supervisor/ Recruiter
• Handling all levels of screening, interviewing and placements for both Industrial and Clerical
staffing
• Responsible for maintaining ISO9002 certification standards
• Weekly and monthly reporting for clients and corporate management
• Supported Branch Manager in monthly auditing for ISO9002 standards

3/95 – 12/96 The Limited Corp. / Structure Knoxville, TN

Store Co-Manager
• Extensive recruiting for management positions for area / region
• Hired and trained permanent and temporary personnel
• Executed all operational, personnel and merchandising responsibilities
• Responsible for monthly auditing of operational paperwork
• Received district’s “Manager of the Week” twice during the month of September while assisting the store’s
placement in the top 10 of the company’s figures for that month

8/92 – 11/95 Dillard’s Corp. Antioch, TN / Little Rock, Ark

Area Sales Manager
• Managed staff of 30+ and 3 selling areas totaling 1.9 million annually
• Recruited and trained specialists and sales positions
• Implemented special events monthly and seasonally
• Successfully annualized event exceeding goals by 30% each year
• Responsible for inventory analysis to maintain stock levels according to selling trends
Assistant Buyer
• Maintained relationships with vendors to insure prompt deliveries
• Daily follow up on order and deliveries of product b store within region
• Analyzed selling trends and prepared comparison reports
• Assisted in processing initial and replacement orders for region (14+stores)
• Researched, prepared and presented winning marketing plan to corporate presidents
• Attended various seminars as a part of Executive Training Program
Retail Management Intern
• Intern for final 2 semesters of college – then entered the Executive Training Program upon graduation

Can provide work experience from 1986 – 1993 upon request

Certifications / Seminars – Continued Education
CSP – Certified Staffing Professional
Employment Law Certification – ASA Direct Hire Training / StaffingSolutions
StaffingSolutions Certification Program Managing for Growth / StaffingSolutions
Assertive Selling / StaffingSolutions Spin Selling / StaffingSolutions
Quality Sales and Service Training / Adecco Negotiate the Negotiator
Certified Recruiter Program / Adecco / Fort Worth, Texas
Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People / Adecco
Software Applications Experience:
Microsoft Office Suite 2003, Outlook, Eudora 5.1, LotusNotes, Act! 2000
Personal Qualities:
Positive attitude and outgoing personality, self motivated, problem solver, detail oriented, team player, work well
under pressure, analytical and short learning curve