Provide the highest level of talent acquisition services. Deliver high quality candidates and advances the BAE brand across numerous markets and professional communities, while guiding hiring managers and candidates through BAE's selection process. Perform full life-cycle recruiting and maintain excellent relations with hiring managers, candidates, and the community at-large. A wide degree of creativity, near- and long-term recruiting vision, business understanding, and personal organization is required.

Technical Recruiter @ BAE Systems is a premier global defense and security company with approximately 100,000 employees delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support and services. Electronic Solutions, based in Nashua, New Hampshire, provides systems and products that maximize the effectiveness and safety of fighting forces and first responders. Its offerings include infrared countermeasures and electronic protection systems for military and civilian aircraft; information management systems; signal acquisition, analysis, and exploitation systems that optimize use of the electromagnetic spectrum by friendly forces while denying its use by adversaries; interoperable communications systems for firefighters and other first responders; thermal weapon sights; precision targeting systems; situational awareness systems for ground vehicles; night-vision systems; identification friend or foe systems; and radiation-hardened electronics. Electronic Solutions also includes the group’s Technology Solutions unit, which joins the business with government research organizations and industry to develop and demonstrate innovative system concepts in such areas as situational awareness, communications and networking, and precision targeting. People are the greatest asset in any Company ... BAE Systems is committed to a high performance culture and provides an environment that challenges our employees to be remarkable and obtain their full potential. We are an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer that understands the value of diversity and its impact on a high performance culture. From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) HR Associate (contract through The Nagler Group) @ Provides guidance to employees in all HR related processes (e.g: Leave management, internal posting management), case management (e.g: VISA application, Immigration matter), Ad hoc and standard report and process improvement. - Respond to a wide variety of HR related email and phone call inquiries and request from employees and external vendors. - Respond to employment verification requests. - Preparing and generating miscellaneous or customized standard reports for targeted audience as needed. - Administers Company Leave of Absence and Workers Compensation programs for the US and Canada according to the plan documents and state and federal regulatory requirements, including but not limited to medical, FMLA, STD, LTD, military, unpaid personal leaves, jury duty, parenting. - Lead in project to ensure immigration and I9 files were in compliance before an audit. From February 2013 to October 2013 (9 months) HR Assistant temp through Hire Alliance @ - Managed the calendar of the Director of North American HR. - Project manager for Jabra’s Wellness program: scheduled monthly lunch & learns with outside vendors, planned Benefits & Wellness fair and 2013 benefits enrollment training sessions. - Created Jabra Buddy Program and coordinated rollout. - Wrote and revised HR polices. - Pulled candidates from HRM database and coordinated interviews. - Other administrative tasks (maintained employee files, wrote communications for HR, employment verification). - Covered front reception desk switchboard when needed. From April 2012 to October 2012 (7 months) Human Resources Rep. @ Hired to support both Enterasys Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications' staffing department. Assist in the process of determining headcount, posting jobs, scheduling interviews and/or travel arrangements, updating requisition reports, and hiring candidates. - Managed Siemens Enterprise Communication applicant tracking system (Virtual Edge): add external and internal candidates, open/close requisitions, track source codes, and disposition candidates. - Used Outlook to schedule interviews for both internal and external candidates, including coordination of travel when necessary. - Write, post, and manage all job postings in HTML on the Enterasys careers website. - Source, recruit, screen for a variety of technical, co-op and entry level roles and forward resumes from external databases (Monster, Dice, College Career Centers, etc.). - Checked references for Siemens and Enterasys candidates. - Drafted offer letters and assembled onboarding materials for Siemens and Enterasys candidates. - Contributed to internal recruiting process and improvements. - Assist in scheduling other HR activities including Career Fairs, Blood Drives, on-site college visits, etc From April 2011 to March 2012 (1 year) Technical Recruiter @ - Recruited for a wide variety of contract and permanent technical roles including: Electrical Engineers, Software Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Design and Drafting, Technicians, and Inventory/ Purchasing Specialists. - Function as the main Entegee contact with candidates. - Interview and screen candidates to match the expertise of candidates with the requirements of the clients as set forth in the job orders, submit qualified candidates to the account manager. - Check references on candidates. - Write and/or update resumes. - Update and document activity in the database. - Ensure all new hire paperwork is completed in required timeframes. - Maintain an organized, up to date, file of candidates from a wide range of disciplines. - Work with a variety of outside resources (Monster, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn) to find the best possible candidates. From March 2010 to April 2011 (1 year 2 months) Part- Time Sales Assocciate @ - Ensure that each customer receives outstanding service by providing a friendly environment, which includes greeting and acknowledging every customer, maintaining solid product knowledge and all other aspects of customer service. - Assist in floor moves, merchandising, display maintenance, and housekeeping. - Maintain an awareness of all promotions and advertisements. - Communicate customer requests to management. From July 2009 to April 2010 (10 months) HR Assistant, Intern @ - Screened resumes in online database and scheduled candidate interviews for HR Director. - Performed reference checks on candidates. - Created and compiled teacher satisfaction survey and presented analysis to HR Director. - Conducted survey regarding workforce utilization of nurses within the school district. - Created an educational flyer about the upcoming budget vote to be distributed around town. From November 2009 to March 2010 (5 months) Planning and Communications Coordinator @ - Create and distribute targeted marketing signs around The Medical Center. - Collaborate with staff writer to write and layout the monthly newsletter. - Proofread various marketing projects. - Lead the Medical Center's participation in the annual Summer Food Drive with St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Nashua Chamber of Commerce. - Assist in coordination of community events, including 6K Road Race and Fitness University From December 2008 to July 2009 (8 months) Journalist / Editor @ - Conceived and wrote articles in a wide variety of beats, including meetings and features. - Planned and laid out pages for upcoming issues. - Signed off on completed pages prior to going to print. - Managed and updated all content on the Westford Eagle Web site. - Shot and edited video packages to supplement stories on the Eagle’s Web site. - Assisted other weekly publications with copy when needed. From April 2007 to November 2008 (1 year 8 months) Front Desk Manger @ - Coordinated all activities of the front desk, scheduling, film librarian and transcription staff. - Ensured that all routine hours of operation were staffed appropriately. - Provided input into the hiring, orientating, training and performance management of Administrative Support staff. - Conducted regularly scheduled meetings with Administrative Support staff. - Provided input for the construction of the new radiology database system. - Helped train current and new employees on the new radiology database system. - Gave annual performance reviews. From February 2004 to August 2006 (2 years 7 months) Receptionist/Film Librarian @ - Organized and maintained patient records. - Retrieved records and data. - Lead person on off shift hours. - Worked with multiple database systems. From January 2002 to February 2004 (2 years 2 months)

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Business @ Southern New Hampshire University From 2009 to 2014 B. A., English @ University of New Hampshire-Manchester From 2002 to 2006 Kathleen Kirwin is skilled in: Technical Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Temporary Placement, Interviews, Microsoft Word, Recruiting, Sourcing, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Networking, Internet Recruiting, Project Management, Team Leadership, Resume Writing, Employee Benefits