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Gretchen Dourgarian

Gaithersburg

Summary

Seasoned Senior Recruiter with significant experience in full life-cycle corporate recruiting for numerous industries. Familiarity with diverse sourcing strategies, candidate evaluation, and stakeholder management. Notable strengths include strategic planning, relationship building, and talent acquisition. Previous work has consistently resulted in improved efficiency in hiring processes, ensuring quality hires within set deadlines.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Recruiter

Marriott International
Bethesda
07.2024 - Current
  • Company Overview: Global hospitality company that operates over 8,700 managed and franchised hotels and residential properties under 30 different brands
  • Partner with Human Resources leadership and hiring managers across multiple disciplines to identify and hire top talent; use data and market knowledge to advise and plan strategy for search and hiring process
  • Screen and interview candidates to present qualified slate to hiring managers
  • Prepare compensation analysis for prospective hires and deliver verbal offers; negotiate offers and finalize hires pending successful background screening and reference results
  • Maintain requisition file documentation and ensure that all compliance standards are met
  • Global hospitality company that operates over 8,700 managed and franchised hotels and residential properties under 30 different brands

Senior Recruiter

DrFirst
Rockville
03.2015 - 04.2022
  • Company Overview: Healthcare IT SaaS company that designs and sells medication management solutions to hospitals, technology partners and physician practices
  • Managed full cycle of recruiting for portfolio of positions. Efforts primarily concentrated in Operations, Enterprise Sales and Account Management, Finance & Accounting and PMO
  • Opened budgeted positions, consulted with hiring managers to refine job descriptions and review professional profiles of ideal candidates
  • Researched competitors, universities and other local businesses as sources of potential candidates
  • Conducted recruiter interviews, coordinated manager interviews, completed reference checks, extended offers and negotiated offer terms
  • Conducted proactive sourcing and recruiting searches through channels such as LinkedIn, university resume books and company webpages to maintain candidate pipeline
  • Built pilot program for summer internships; successfully managed intern program for five summers; process included working with hiring managers to create intern projects, interviewing and hiring group of 10- 15 interns, leading weekly professional development sessions, coordinating final project presentations at the end of the summer
  • Additional responsibilities included attending career fairs at local universities, planning and hosting recruiting events onsite and maintaining relationships with external hiring agencies
  • Healthcare IT SaaS company that designs and sells medication management solutions to hospitals, technology partners and physician practices

Temporary Human Resources Support; Coverage for HR Director on Maternity Leave

American Society for Engineering Education
Washington
11.2014 - 02.2015
  • Company Overview: Nonprofit organization established in 1893 to promote and support education in the fields of engineering and engineering technology.
  • Provided temporary coverage for office of 70 employees while Director of Human Resources was on maternity leave
  • Performed all aspects of Human Resources functions including recruiting, mediating employee relations issues, assisting finance and accounting teams with audit
  • Served as point person for insurance broker and benefits administration company
  • Worked with Executive Director to reclassify and promote employees and completed annual performance review cycle
  • Nonprofit organization established in 1893 to promote and support education in the fields of engineering and engineering technology.

Human Resources Generalist

Notable Solutions
Rockville
09.2011 - 10.2014
  • Company Overview: Document-capture and output management software company with revenue of 35 million dollars FY 2014. Acquired by Nuance Communications June, 2014.
  • Point person on recruiting process for hiring managers in Rockville and Gainesville, FL offices. Company headcount grew from 65 to approximately 250 from September, 2011 through June, 2014.
  • Executed full-cycle recruiting efforts to hire and onboard approximately 180 new hires.
  • Worked with hiring managers to develop job description and job requisition.
  • Created and placed ads on various websites and industry sites.
  • Did preliminary resume screens, conducted phone screens and coordinated interview logistics.
  • Conducted reference checks and prepared offer letters.
  • Successfully onboarded 21 new employees following 2013 acquisition of Barr Systems.
  • Assisted in implementation of electronic benefits enrollment system and electronic performance management system.
  • Led performance appraisal process including consolidating feedback from employee self-appraisals in order to find areas of improvement for upper management and areas of focus for new fiscal year.
  • Point person for employees with immigration cases; worked with attorneys to file H-1B applications, Labor Condition Applications and initiating the Green Card process.
  • Organized and contributed to employee outreach programs such as Take Your Child to Work Day, charitable collections and end of year staff appreciation gifts.
  • Document-capture and output management software company with revenue of 35 million dollars FY 2014. Acquired by Nuance Communications June, 2014.

Education

BA - English

Georgetown University
Washington, DC
05-1997

Skills

  • Talent acquisition
  • Compensation analysis
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Salary and benefits negotiations
  • Applicant tracking systems
  • Candidate sourcing
  • Competency-based interviewing
  • Effective communication
  • Candidate relationship management
  • Recruitment strategy

Timeline

Senior Recruiter

Marriott International
07.2024 - Current

Senior Recruiter

DrFirst
03.2015 - 04.2022

Temporary Human Resources Support; Coverage for HR Director on Maternity Leave

American Society for Engineering Education
11.2014 - 02.2015

Human Resources Generalist

Notable Solutions
09.2011 - 10.2014

BA - English

Georgetown University

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