PATRICIA R.

HERVOCHON
PRHervochon@gmail.com 732-685-3094

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Leader with diversified experience and demons trated strengths in: Global Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Employer Branding, Executive Coaching, Organization Development, Change Management and Training. Thrives in a fas t paced diverse environment where creative and innovative solutions are required to meet company goals and objectives .

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Eleven (11) + years driving enterprise wide talent acquisition to achieve business outcomes. Acknowledged for superior expertise and leadership in talent acquisition, workforce planning, forecasti ng, sourcing and s election of top performing talent while improving process and increasing efficiency. Six (6) years experience leading a professional services (consulting) delivery teams for IBM and Comdisco. Seven (7) years consulting experience delivering large scale complex engagements and projects for Gartner Group and PRH Consul ting. Full life cycle recruiting expert in the following sectors IT, Financial Services, Risk Management, Energy, and Healthcare. Expert at retained and contingency search processes and employer branding. Expert at social medi a recrui ting and research. Highly accomplished Business Partner to Senior M anagement Team and Functional Leaders across multiple Lines of Business. Strong interpersonal skills coupled with superior v erbal and written communication ability resulting in hi ghly effective s takeholder management. Leader in the development of campus and veteran/military recrui tment strategies and metrics to track channel performance. Strong knowledge of HR laws, compensation and benefits, process improvement, HR best practices Experienced with multi ple ATS (Taleo, Brassring and Kenexa) platforms and Microsoft proficient Conducted market intelligence and analyzed data regarding university recrui tment, compens ation trends, social networki ng, intern programs, student attitudes and perceptions to maximize campus impact and measure effectiveness to improve campus conversion rates, sourcing and hiring tactics . Developed strong partnerships with communi ty organizations and diversity associations for college hire and intern program. (i.e. GALA, National Black MBA, Consortium, Wounded Warriors, National Society Hispanic MBA, etc.). Provided guidance, coaching, and mentoring to proactively identify and triage i nternal and external recruitment challenges. Facilitated organizational change by partnering with s enior management to identify operating process gaps and staffing requirements to develop and impl ement appropriate solutions . Managed skills training, performance management, and succession planni ng, and coaching to maximize productivity and ensure high performers were i dentified and dev eloped. Developed recrui ter training to improve ATS usage, quality of interviews, quality of hire, redundancy, and to reduce turnover while creating a high-touch approach with candidates.

WORK EXPERIENCE 2012 Present FPC (2012 Present) Director Point Pleasant, NJ

Manages a team of ei ght (8) recruiters executing contingency and retained searches for a diverse global client base. Full P&L responsibility for four (4) function recruiting teams. Accomplishments: Implemented mobile recrui ting s trategy. Created benchmark metrics for candidate sourcing channels including ROI per channel. Development Sourcing Strategy Methodology and Mapping Process

Increased retained search rev enues by 300% over 201 2 Trained and deployed four (4) new recrui ters two working remotely.

2007 - 2011

PSEG Manager Standards and Compliance (Jan 2011 May 2011)

Newark, NJ

Analyzed regulatory and compliance background, security and personnel risk assessment standards under development and recommended appropriate Corporate Human Resource respons es for both regulated and unregulated lines of business.

Accomplishments:

Established relationships with external stakeholders, industry participants and trade associations resulting in a bes t in class process for evaluating and implementing new NERC s tandards. Developed current and forward budgets for function including third party vendor contract negotiations. Actively lobbied internal and external stakeholders on proposed s tandard revisions. Created, implemented and managed enterprise wide process for analyzing standards under development and recommending appropriate res ponses for both the regulated and unregulat ed lines of business. Developed and implemented an enterprise employee Personnel Risk Assessment Process for regulatory compliance.

Lead Executive Recruiter (January 2008 January 2011)

Supported multiple strategic business lines, including Tax, Corporate Risk Management, Energy Resources & Trading and Renewable Energy. Executed executive searches and recruitment at the Director and Officer level in addition to any designated mission critical positions. M anaged all external sourcing professionals including external retained and contingency vendors and contractors. Represented HR in the enterprise wide NERC Compliance Impl ementation Working Group. Managed four (4) remote recrui ters.

Accomplishments:

Led employer i nternal and external branding initiative. Lead Military Recrui ting effort and supported executive sponsor for Wounded Warrior recrui tment initiatives. College Campus Recruiting Team Leader for Trading, Risk Management and Internal Audit. Reduced time to fill from ninety (96) to thirty one (31) days. Managed three (3) recrui ters and two (2) sourcing professionals. Improv ed quality of candidate pool as measured by internal clients. Developed and implemented College Recruitment strategy for Energy Trading and Renewable Energy lines of business. Full budget responsibility for project. Introduced social media recruiting. Developed and impl emented strategy and process. Established, implemented and managed non -resident hiring and visa transfer and green card applications processes firm wide. Diversity/inclusion team partner to align Employee Resource and Affinity Groups targets with strategic recruitment, retention and diversity objectives. Co- Chaired Womens Network and Ally Board Member for GALA (Gay and Lesbian Alliance) Led NERC PRA Compliance ini tiative developing, documenting and impl ementing process. Developed and implemented talent acquisition strategies utilizing best of breed and emerging social media options. Filled multiple executive and director level positions saving the company in excess of $ 700,000 per year in external search fees. Partner of choice for many executives within the organization for consistent ability to deliver talent.

Contract Recruiter Adecco at PSEG 2007 Jan 2008

As a contract recruiter responsible for full life cycle recrui tment of exempt and non - exempt positions with a primary focus to bring in high caliber talent to meet the staffing requirements of the lines of

businesses and staff groups. Campus recruitment (Job fairs, candidate screening, interviewing and offer process) for entry level college hires and MBA development program candidates

2005 - 2007

Snelling Search Director

NJ

Managed recruiti ng desks for Financial Services, IT, and Pharmaceutical sectors including sourcing specialists and recruiters. Responsibilities included executive search engagements, consulting, trai ning and coaching recruiters as well business dev elopment activities. Hired and traine d recruiters, researchers and sourcing speci alists.

Accomplishments:

Established full cycle recruiting strategies. Identified unique recruiting sources for executive search, diversity, specialized skills and PhD candidates. Implemented Campus Recruiting Strategy and Intern Pl acement Offering Full P&L responsibility. Led multi ple consulting engagements developing recrui ting benchmarks and metrics for client compani es. Recruited, trained and supervised three (3) full cycle recruiters and two (2) full time s ources. Implemented metrics system for contingency and retained recrui ting functions Developed and implemented campus recrui ting strategies Analyzed market data and made strategy recommendations to clients and internal management based on findings regarding skill trends, candidate pool demographics, compensation, benefits and relocation challenges

2002 - 2005

FPC Recruiting Lead

Rochelle Park, NJ

Responsible for business dev elopment, candidate identification, recruiting, screening and placement of appropriate professionals on both a contingency and retai ned basis. Trai ned, mentored and supervised recruiters and sourcing specialists and handled vendor contract negoti ation for outplacement, relocation and job board services. Provided expert consulti ng to clients on employee rel ations, inclusion and client culture challenges.

Accomplishments:

Coached client managers and provided expert consulting on employee terminations, performance monitori ng, compens ation issues, relocation and compliance with federal and state labor laws. Managed campus, diversity and sal es recruitment initiatives for multiple corporate clients. Successfully dev eloped and implemented global recruitment s trategi es for engi neering, research, sales and management positions. Led engagements that included benchmarking media recruitment campaigns, salary surveys, identifying underutilized recruitment strategi es highlighting ability to analyze complex data and interpret it for multiple stakeholders Created and implemented successful diversity recruitment strategies and techniques.

2000 - 2001

IBM Executive Account Manager

Sterling Forest, NY

Responsible for consul ting to Fortune 50 clients as a s ubject matter expert on SEC Business Continui ty and Disaster Recovery Compliance. Deliverables included developing, implementi ng and tes ting Business Continuity Disaster Recovery plans for Trading Floor, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical and Hedge Fund Client applications. Managed vendor contract negotiations with a spend rate of $50 - 250 Million Annually for professional services, hardware and software including emergency utility services.

Accomplishments:

Designed and executed rationalization studies to identify core organizational and functional roles. Developed and introduced business continui ty service offering for Human Resource function. Developed Crisis Communication process and procedures for multiple client organizations. Created and introduced new service offeri ng to meet HIPPA requirements.

Prior to 2000

PRH Consulting - Principal Comdisco Inc. Consulting Lead Professional Services Gartner Group Director Advisory Services

Closter/NJ Chicago/IL Stamford/CT

EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration Pace University New York, NY Bachelors of Science Econom ics/Statistics Fordham University New York, NY Professional Associations & Memberships : Recruiting Roundtable TEDx Monmouth