Kelly Crayenstein
Cape Town,South Africa
Summary
Kelly is an accomplished professional with extensive expertise in Global Talent Acquisition. She demonstrates strong professional services industry knowledge and proficiency in talent acquisition strategies. Skilled in utilising applicant tracking systems and adept at headhunting and passive candidate outreach, with a solid command of Microsoft Office. Kelly is committed to leveraging these skills to drive successful talent acquisition initiatives within dynamic organisations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Talent Attraction Specialist - Senior Associate
EY
Cape Town, South Africa
09.2024 - Current
- Conducted comprehensive market research, resulting in informed strategic planning.
- Improved quality of applicants by implementing rigorous screening processes.
- Conducted pre-screening interviews to assess candidate suitability.
- Developed innovative recruiting strategies to attract top talent.
- Built strong relationships with hiring managers to understand specific role requirements.
- Sourced passive candidates through headhunting techniques, enhancing company's talent pool.
Talent Associate Level 3 (Contract)
EY
10.2023 - 04.2024
- Spearheaded development and execution of talent acquisition and job placement strategies aimed at attracting a diverse pool of candidates solely for EY's Consulting department.
- Developed strong relationships with hiring managers to better understand their needs and successfully fill vacancies in a timely manner.
- Conducted thorough candidate screenings, resulting in higher quality interviews and placements.
- Proficient in working with the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to streamline recruitment processes.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Content+Cloud
09.2022 - 08.2023
- Assist with advertisement of all jobs (role profile and job advert creation, renewing or removing certain vacancies in line with current live roles)
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
- Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
- Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent (such as SourceWhale)
- Experience of working with Applicant tracking Systems (ATS)
- Experience of using MS packages - Word & Excel in particular
- Proven Negotiation skills
- Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Content+Cloud
05.2021 - 09.2022
- Recruitment Mailbox management (redirection emails, queries etc.)
- Assist with advertisement of all jobs (role profile and job advert creation, renewing or removing certain vacancies in line with current live roles)
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
- Utilized social media platforms to source potential candidates and build pipeline of qualified talent.
- Referencing – obtaining references by sending emails and chasing referees
- Answer phone calls and field appropriately
- Meet and greet interviewees and administer strength finders and Candidate surveys
- Be point of contact for candidates from offer acceptance to start date
- Be ambassador for the team at all times
- Create and maintain statutory Talent documentation
- Other administration duties as and when required by the Line Manager
Talent Acquisition Intern
Content+Cloud
11.2020 - 05.2021
- Coordinating and scheduling interviews and assessments in a timely manner
- Screening calls
- Posting positions on various job boards
- Assist and support on Talent Leads with internal projects
- Awareness and compliance of the company's recruitment audit requirements including GDPR & POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act)
- Compile the weekly recruitment pipeline RAG (Red Amber Green)
- General ad hoc day to day administration duties
- Drive social media recruitment, posting job adverts on social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook etc.
Brand Ambassador
Happy Snappy
04.2019 - 09.2019
- Promote and photograph at various events
- Increased brand awareness through event marketing, demonstrations and brand promotion.
- Approached strangers and interacted in natural conversation with goal of developing brand loyalty.
- Communicated product information with confidence and educated consumers about product
Seasonal Sales Assistant
Street Fever
11.2017 - 12.2017
- Sales, promoting and sorting stock
Education
Matric Certificate -
Groote Schuur High School
01.2012 - 12.2016
Professional Diploma - Digital Marketing
Shaw Academy
04.2020 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Social Sciences - Organizational Psychology And Industrial Sociology
University of Cape Town
01.2017 - 03.2020
Skills
- Employer/Talent Branding
- Global Talent Acquisition
- Technical Industry Knowledge
- Social Media Platforms
- Editor Platforms (Canva, Adobe Premium)
- Talent Acquisition Strategies
- Applicant Tracking Systems - Workable, TeamTailor, Success Factors
- Boolean Searches
- Microsoft Office
- Skilled in Headhunting
- Passive Candidate Outreach
Languages
English
Fluent
Afrikaans
Advanced
Certification
Excel with LinkedIn Recruiter Assessment - completed Sep 2024
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Talent Attraction Specialist - Senior Associate
EY
09.2024 - Current
Talent Associate Level 3 (Contract)
EY
10.2023 - 04.2024
Talent Acquisition Lead
Content+Cloud
09.2022 - 08.2023
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Content+Cloud
05.2021 - 09.2022
Talent Acquisition Intern
Content+Cloud
11.2020 - 05.2021
Professional Diploma - Digital Marketing
Shaw Academy
04.2020 - 11.2020
Brand Ambassador
Happy Snappy
04.2019 - 09.2019
Seasonal Sales Assistant
Street Fever
11.2017 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Social Sciences - Organizational Psychology And Industrial Sociology
University of Cape Town
01.2017 - 03.2020
Matric Certificate -
Groote Schuur High School
01.2012 - 12.2016
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