Jessica joins Total Talent Search with direct hire and contingent workforce solutions experience within the manufacturing and logistics industries. Jessica completed her undergraduate degree in Chicago-which is her favorite city in the country. As a self-proclaimed “navy brat”, Jessica has traveled the world and has recently settled in South Carolina. Her passions include spending time with her dog and baking.

What is your official title? 

Direct Hire Search Consultant

What are your core responsibilities?  

Full desk recruiting. Identifying and understanding hiring needs, sourcing candidates through databases, conducting interviews, supporting candidates through interviewing process to final placement. Providing a consultative approach to clients regarding current recruitment challenges.

What do you like about working at TTS? 

I enjoy the collaborative style my teams takes when working together. We really are a team, and we value each other and our business’ success.

What is the greatest strength you bring to the team? 

I think my greatest strength is my ability to communicate with a wider audience and understanding all walks of people.

How do you want your contributions to improve TTS for the better?

I want my contributions and strengths to be what helps drive our company to deeper success.

What are your goals with TTS? How do you plan to help the company grow?

My desire it to be able to develop myself professionally and find other ways to support TTS in the coming years.

Which skills differentiate your interactions and service? What do you do for clients and/or candidates that no one else can do?

I try to develop relationships with clients and candidates. I want to identify at least one thing in common that can separate and elevate me from just a ‘recruiter’ to a business partner.

Tell us a little about your background

My degree is in Counseling, and I began my professional career in Social Work. I joined Jen and her team a few years ago as a recruiter and transitioned into working for our VIP clients directly, traveling to all VIP clients and supporting them through creative workforce management strategies.

Fun Questions

When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?

My dream was to become a tornado chaser as a child.

What was your first job?

My first job was a sandwich artist at Quiznos.

If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed three books, what three would you take?

Bible, a book to learn another language, and a good drama book.

What’s your favorite piece of technology of all time?

My car.

If you could pick one celebrity or historical figure to have lunch with, who would it be?

Jim Carrey

What is your favorite quote?

I don’t know if it’s a favorite, but I always say “you catch more flies with honey than vinegar”.

What's your spirit animal and why? 

My spirit animal is my dog. We are one in the same.

What's something completely random that nobody would've guessed about you?

Most people think I am a lot younger than I am, so people seem to be surprised to hear my age.

What’s your nickname and how’d you get it?

Punk, because as a kid I looked like Punky Brewster.

What was your first car?

A seafoam green Chevy Aveo

What’s a fun fact nobody would’ve guessed about you?

I’ve traveled to about 25 countries so far and spent 3 years after high school doing humanitarian work in Asia.

What is your title? 

Business Development Representative

What are your core responsibilities?  

To secure new business opportunities and cultivate existing relationships with our clients.

What do you like about working with TTS? 

The ability to help clients with staffing solutions.

What is the greatest strength you bring to the team? 

Identifying opportunities that align with our team’s strengths.

How do you want your contributions to improve TTS for the better?

Securing new clients enables security and growth for our team.

What are your goals with TTS? How do you plan to help the company grow?

My goal is to consistently identify strong business partnerships within the supply chain industry.

Which skills differentiate your interactions and service? What do you do for clients and/or candidates that no one else can do?  

We offer a very thorough process to ensure the candidate and client journey is consultative and successful.

Tell us a little about your background (education/accolades/past work)

I started recruiting many years ago specializing in manufacturing and logistics

Fun Questions:

When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?

The President of the United States

What was your first job?

Pizza Maker at Jets Pizza

If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed three books, what three would you take?

The Great Gatsby, The Hunger Games and the Bible

What’s your favorite piece of technology of all time?

SR-71

If you could pick one celebrity or historical figure to have lunch with, who would it be?

Ronald Reagan

What’s your favorite quote?

“If you ain’t first, you’re last."

What was your first car?

2010 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon

What is your title?

Direct Hire Search Consultant

What are your core responsibilities? 

Full cycle recruiting. Connecting our clients with top notch talent to fill their job roles and helping our candidates find the perfect job opportunity.  We focus on making the right match, job, company and culture fit is extremely important on both sides. 

What do you like about working with Total Talent Search?

I love our company culture, our values and most of all our team.  I have the BEST leader in the business! 

What is the greatest strength you bring to the team?

I have been in staffing and recruiting for 17 years within the commercial and professional sectors and bring extensive experience in contingent, direct hire and talent acquisition.

How do you want your contributions to improve Total Talent Search for the better?

I want to make a positive impact on my leadership, colleagues, clients and candidates so that we can work for the greater good of the company together.

What are your goals with Total Talent Search? How do you plan to help the company grow?

To strive to exceed my monthly, quarterly and yearly goals by building relationships with our internal and external partners.

Which skills differentiate your interactions and service? What do you do for clients and/or candidates that no one else can do?  

I have been in staffing and recruiting for 17 years and strive for excellence in my interactions and service at all levels of internal and external organizations.  I work to gain the trust of my colleagues, candidates and clients by listening to their needs and providing helpful solutions.  Trust is the key to building relationships.

Tell us a little about your background (education / accolades / past work)

I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Georgia State University.  I have always loved helping people and animals. I have been a volunteer for our local animal shelter and foster dog mom.  Before I began my career in staffing, I worked as a makeup artist at Neiman Marcus.

Fun questions:

When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Veterinarian

What was your first job?

Wendy's

If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed three books, what three would you take?

Bible, Survival guide, and Journal to write in

What’s your favorite piece of technology of all time?

The internet

If you could pick one celebrity or historical figure to have lunch with, who would it be?

Jesus

What’s your favorite quote?

Never lose hope

What's your spirit animal and why?

Cat, they are so beautiful

What's something completely random that nobody would've guessed about you?

I raised chickens in 6^th grade for the 4-H club

Do you have a hidden talent?

I can whistle

What’s your nickname and how’d you get it?

Mel, short for Melanie

What was your first car?

Hot pink VW Bug

What’s a fun fact nobody would’ve guessed about you?

I live on top of a mountain at 3200 Ft elevation.

Rhonda Piatt is a Business Development Manager. She joins with 18 years of experience and a knack for client relationships.

What are your core responsibilities?

Sales, focused on Direct Hire – salaried positions.

What do you like about working with Total Talent Search, or are looking forward to?

A team that’s driven for success.

What is the greatest strength you bring to the team?

My customer relationships

How do you want your contributions to improve Total Talent Search for the better?

Company growth

What are your goals with Total Talent Search? How do you plan to help the company grow?

My goal is to bring good business to the team. Be the company everyone wants to do business with. Grow with more brick and mortar locations in more areas.

Fun questions:

1. When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? Beautician
2. What was your first job? Babysitting
3. If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed three books, what three would you take?
4. What’s your favorite piece of technology of all time? cell
5. If you could pick one celebrity or historical figure to have lunch with, who would it be? Elvis Presley
6. What's something completely random that nobody would've guessed about you? I’ve been a foster parent for 5 years………. I collectively have 8 grandkids
7. Do you have a hidden talent? Haha no
8. What’s your nickname and how’d you get it? Jo – comes from my middle name Jolene.
9. What was your first car? Mercury Cougar
10. What’s a fun fact nobody would’ve guessed about you? I’ve owned 3 motorcycles – and yes I ride!

Jennifer has over 20 years in staffing and recruiting leadership within the commercial and professional sectors. She has extensive experience in contingent, direct hire, talent acquisition, and RPO services with multi-P&L responsibilities. Jen specializes in aligning world-class organizations with professional talent, providing industry-specific staffing solutions and workforce management strategies.

Beky has been in the staffing and recruiting industry since 2008 and has been solely focused on manufacturing/logistics recruitment since 1995. Beky’s primary focus is on supervisor, manager, senior manager and executive leadership roles.

What is your official title? 

Direct Hire Search Consultant

What are your core responsibilities?  

Staying up to date with trends and technology for candidate sourcing, partnering with hiring managers globally in a fast-paced recruiting organization to develop hiring strategies to meet business needs. Creatively recruit using a multitude of resources to generate qualified candidates. Screen candidates and share qualified profiles with hiring managers. Build strategic candidate pipelines for current and future roles. Maintain and update submitted candidates in applicant tracking system, extending, and negotiating offers.

What do you like about working at TTS? 

That Jen Hill is my leadership team, that there’s not much red tape to cut when making decisions that best serve my client and TTS

What is the greatest strength you bring to the team? 

Tenure, experience, and a wicked sense of humor.

How do you want your contributions to improve TTS for the better? 

Build in a strategy that makes it impossible to lose offers, to always have a backup to my back up candidate.

What are your goals with TTS? How do you plan to help the company grow?

To get us above 100K a month in fees, I will do my best to have at least 3 pending positions in the air at one time, all the time.

Which skills differentiate your interactions and service? What do you do for clients and/or candidates that no one else can do?  

I have been in the industry since 1995, to say that I am seasoned is an understatement. It impacts my service with clients as candidates as well. I am genuine, knowledgeable, and quirky. I do get the job done. I would say that no one else can challenge my clients and candidates to think outside of the box as much as I do. I also do not have a “routine”. I tend to connect on a higher level with both.

Tell us a little about your background.

I just completed my Associates of Arts Degree after putting it off for 27 years, currently studying for my bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in Mental Health. I have worked for fortune 500 companies such as Disney and Starbucks.

Fun Questions

When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A schoolteacher

What was your first job?

Burger King at age 14

If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed three books, what three would you take?

UGH, I’d need a TV and Netflix.

What’s your favorite piece of technology of all time?

I enjoyed my Atari when it came out.

If you could pick one celebrity or historical figure to have lunch with, who would it be?

Robert Smith from the Cure.

What’s your favorite quote?

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.” ? Charles Bukowski

What’s your spirit animal and why? 

Turtle, my last name is Hurtle.  It is about Wisdom, Patience, speed, endurance, longevity, and protection.

What's something completely random that nobody would've guessed about you?

If you don’t know me well, you wouldn’t know that I have 2 grown children.

Do you have a hidden talent?

Redoing old furniture

What’s your nickname and how did you get it?

Beky, it’s short for Rebecca, nothing exciting.

What was your first car?

Austin Maestro, it wouldn’t start when it rained and I lived in Belgium where it RAINS all the time.

What’s a fun fact nobody would’ve guessed about you?

I secretly like unicorns, dinosaurs, and flamingos.