Keirsten Greggs

Founder

Washington, DC, United States10 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Top Recruitment Influencer to follow in 2024
  • 2023 HR Unite TA Trailblazer award winner
  • Founder of TRAP Recruiter, LLC
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruitment and Talent Acquisition expert with a focus on diversity and inclusion.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment StrategyEmployer BrandingTalent Acquisition OperationsContract Recruitment

Other Skills

Talent Acquisition ConsultingRecruiting StrategyEmployee Transition AssistanceWebinarsWorkshopsTrainingSocial Media MarketingEvent PlanningProcess ImprovementRecruiting ReportingTalent Acquisition TrainingRecruiting SupportReport AnalysisTalent Acquisition StrategiesStaffing Reports

About

Recognized as a top Recruitment Influencer to follow in 2024 and honored as a 2023 HR Unite TA Trailblazer award winner, Keirsten Greggs is the visionary founder of TRAP Recruiter, LLC, boasting an impressive 24-year career as a recruitment veteran. Her unwavering passion lies in reintroducing trust, fostering relationship building, instilling accountability, and advocating for a proactive approach within the recruitment lifecycle. Keirsten dedicates herself to assisting organizations in attracting, selecting, and retaining top-tier talent, while empowering job seekers from historically excluded and underrepresented backgrounds to assert their voices in the hiring process. Away from tackling #RecruiterProblems head-on, Keirsten can be found hosting TRAP Chat, leading workshops, conducting training sessions and webinars, and providing invaluable coaching to job seekers. Her expertise has garnered recognition on a global scale, with features in prominent media outlets such as BBC World Service Radio, ERE, Fast Company, Forbes, hireEZ, HR Brew, InHerSight, MadameNoire, RecruitCRM, Recruiting Daily, SiriusXM Urban View, and more. Areas of Expertise Talent Acquisition Operations | Diversity Recruitment | Candidate Experience | Recruiter Experience Recruiting & Workforce Analytics | Hiring Manager and Recruiter Training | Process Optimization ATS Implementation | Recruitment Strategy | Transition Assistance | Career Coaching

Experience

10 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Visa

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Sep 2021Jun 2022 · 9 mos · United States

Trap recruiter, llc

Founder and Principal Talent Acquisition Consultant

Jul 2016Present · 9 yrs 10 mos · Fairfax, Virginia, United States

  • Creator of TRAP Recruiter branded social media campaigns, events, blog, products and #RecruiterProblems Meme Series.
  • Executed full lifecycle recruiting support for mid-level to C-suite corporate roles and recruiting strategy to rebuild the trade compliance function for a global confidential client.
  • Offer Talent Acquisition Consulting services including, but not limited to: sourcing, report generation, recruiter training, recruiting process improvement, recruiting process implementation, recruitment strategy, employee transition assistance and job description creation to small businesses.
  • Facilitate webinars, workshops, training, and write on a full range of topics including: talent acquisition, workforce development, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
  • Career Coach aimed at bridging the gap between diverse job seekers and the organizations committed to attracting hiring, and retaining them.
Talent Acquisition ConsultingRecruiting StrategyEmployee Transition AssistanceWebinarsWorkshopsTraining+2

Harris corporation

Talent Acquisition Operations Lead

Feb 2016Jul 2016 · 5 mos · Herndon, VA

Raytheon

Talent Acquisition Operations Lead

Dec 2012Feb 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Dulles, VA

  •  Oversee all Recruiting and Talent Acquisition reporting for Raytheon IIS, with thousands of employees worldwide tracking time-to-fill, cost-to-fill, open rate and average costs
  •  Create Weekly Staffing Detail, Weekly Engineering, Monthly Time-to-Fill, Monthly Engineering Funnel, Quarterly External Hire Audit, and Quarterly Applicant Flow reports
  •  Generate Employee Roster report for 17,000 full and part time workers with salary information
  •  Oversee systems access and privileges for all employees, including rights, activity and security
  •  Produce Talent Acquisition and Management training guidelines and materials
Recruiting ReportingTalent Acquisition TrainingTalent Acquisition Operations

Saic

Contract Recruiter

Jun 2012Nov 2012 · 5 mos · McLean, VA

  •  Provided Corporate Groups with recruiting support and report analysis primary focus on the relocation of San Diego, CA staff to Oak Ridge, TN
  •  Utilized Taleo, LinkedIn Recruiter, groups, talent communities and forums to source and recruit
Recruiting SupportReport AnalysisContract Recruitment

Bae systems

2 roles

Operations Staffing Liaison, IT & Cybersecurity Solutions

Feb 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

  •  Supported the IT & Cybersecurity Business division for Talent Acquisition and Recruiting strategies
  •  Identified current and future skills needs, gaps, employee advancement opportunities and utilized reports by Finance to forecast trends
  •  Partnered with Talent Acquisition Liaison and other business leaders to identify open positions and new opportunities in the Defense Intelligence and Advanced Programs business units
  •  Created Staffing reports and provided analysis for quality assurance
  •  Worked with Managers to complete Risk Assessment Matrixes for contract rebids or de-scopes
  •  Staffing Project Leader for Intelligence Community Cybersecurity program focusing on Computer Network Defense, Computer Network Exploitation and Computer Network Operations; resulting in win
  •  Managed proposal staffing matrix with 1800 positions; 600 unique qualified candidates, below target duplication rate and monitored prime to subcontractor submittal ratios and duplication; resulting in win
  •  Developed competitive recruiting strategies with salary data and procedural support to attract talent
  •  Organized and coordinated career fairs, college recruiting trips, open houses and interview days
  •  Led the Cybersecurity Internship Program partnering with University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Career Services and BAE I&S Communications to promote opportunities
  •  Partnered with hiring managers to create and define internship opportunities
  •  Implemented Intern Orientation programs with SMART goals, team building, career development and cyber related activities
  •  Led ITCS implementation of Employee Opinion Survey Action Plan to identify areas of improvement
Talent Acquisition StrategiesStaffing ReportsTalent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Lead

Jul 2004Feb 2011 · 6 yrs 7 mos

  •  Oversaw recruiting strategies for Homeland and Civilian Solutions, Enterprise Technology Services and Cybersecurity Solutions business divisions
  •  Performed recruiting support for executive and aged positions
  •  Managed staffing of Cyber and Information Assurance positions with specialized skills in secure systems, reverse engineering, ethical hacking, intrusion detection with cyber certifications
  •  Performed all staffing and recruiting processes in accordance to DoD8570.1 Compliance standards
  •  Led Compliance, Requisition, Candidate Management, Job Posting and Offer training for Recruiters
  •  Improved submission to interview ratio and reduced interview to hire ratio
  •  Reduced average time to fill by 6 full days
  •  Managed the recruiting for both CONUS and OCONUS technical and professional positions
  •  Recruited hard to fill and executive positions with Defense Solution within Herndon-based business
  •  Consulted and advised hiring managers and candidates through the recruiting lifecycle
  •  Supported recruiting of Information Assurance Operations, Cross Domain Engineering and Development, Enterprise Solutions and Identify Management and Infrastructure
  •  Represented and marketed BAE Systems’ capabilities at job fairs, open houses, college recruiting efforts and diversity events to include NSBE, SWE and SHPE
  •  Built relationships across BAE Systems divisions and Human Resources to understand and resolve issues
  •  Key member of recruiting transformation team and PeopleSoft Talent Acquisition Module implementation and testing groups
  •  Participated in the development of sourcing model for Shared Services and Project Management career path for legacy BAE IT
  •  Performed sourcing and market research, reviewed and approved offer letters, maintained OFCCP compliance reports and mentored junior recruiters
Recruiting StrategiesCompliance ManagementTalent Acquisition

Education

University of Richmond

BA — International Studies and Sociology

Jan 1994Jan 1998

University of Maryland Global Campus

Master's Degree — Human Resource Management

Jan 2004Jan 2006

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