AMBER N. BUI
Leesburg
Summary
Seasoned Recruiting Manager with substantial experience in strategic talent acquisition and team management. Specialize in developing effective recruiting processes, enhancing employer brand visibility, and nurturing candidate relationships. Known for strong leadership skills, innovative problem-solving abilities, and commitment to continuous process improvement.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Talent Partner
Aptive Resources
11.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: A woman-owned Federal Consulting company
- Lead a team of 3 Recruiters supporting the Strategic Engagement sector of a woman-owned Federal Consulting company
- Provide feedback to direct reports on priorities and goal setting to make sure our team was on track with their career growth goals
- Developed and executed strategic hiring plans in collaboration with hiring managers which result in attracting well-qualified candidates from a variety of sources
- Assisted proposal managers to develop job descriptions, compensation levels, and staffing strategies to help win new business
- Managed a full workload of funded and non-funded roles focused on filling marketing, communications, creative, IT, and corporate needs
- Lead our intern hiring program for Spring and Summer interns
- Successfully filled roles at Federal Agencies such as NIH, OPM, VA, IRS, CBP, DOT, and DHS
- A woman-owned Federal Consulting company
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition
Tenable (TENB)
02.2022 - 11.2023
- Lead a team of 6 Senior Recruiters who support Go-to-Market and all corporate functions for North America and LATAM
- Promoted two team members to Principal and Senior Recruiters under my leadership
- Successfully and swiftly filled roles within Sales, Sales Engineering, Professional Services, Sales Support, Technical Support, Legal, Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources
- Improved time to fill, and lowered staffing agency costs and usage
- Spearheaded a team to launch an Internal Talent Marketplace program at Tenable
- Supported Executive staff with confidential searches and pipelines of Director and above candidates for succession planning purposes
- Utilized Workday and JobVite reporting to make sure all recruiters workloads were appropriate, and all resources are being utilized to full capabilities
- Worked to replace our ATS and CRM by sandboxing and demoing other products for future migration
- Attended industry specific trade shows and hiring events
Talent Acquisition Manager
CACI
07.2020 - 02.2022
- Lead a team of 7 Senior Recruiters who support the Maryland Intelligence Community with all Poly Cleared openings
- Mentor, guide and provide career development to each team member weekly during one-on-one meetings
- Improved hiring metrics of team within 1 year of starting on job: Decreased time to fill by 42%, Decreased time to start by 34%
- Presented to the Sector President monthly during our Monthly Operations Review
- Analyze reports from Workday to help improve metrics and make sure all recruiters are resourced correctly
- Provide innovative solutions to help drive Direct Labor Revenue in a very competitive sector and job market
Lead Talent Acquisition Advisor
CACI
02.2017 - 07.2020
- Helped stand up the CACI Surge Team (SWAT) as a Lead Recruiter
- Worked seamlessly throughout many Business Groups to make strategic hires during contract growth, new business, and proposal efforts
- Able to step into many new books of business and show immediate impacts on direct labor numbers, adhere to SLA’s as well as hit goal of 10 offer accepts per month
- Continuously built large pipelines of candidates in many different skillsets including: Intel, Cyber, and IT for contracts requiring high level clearances
- Facilitated and presented at CACI’s live New Hire Orientation monthly
- Served as a mentor and leader to new recruiters as an expert in CACI policies & procedures as well as Workday Recruiting
- Transitioned to be the Lead Recruiter for the Special Missions Organization and was able to turn around recruiting and make over 50 hires in less than 6 months
- Supports the Joint Special Operations Command’s Enterprise IT contract and enhanced staffing by an estimated 30%
- Eliminated client staffing concerns on the AFCENT NOSC contract by filling extremely challenging positions that require Enterprise IT expertise, many high-level certifications and security clearances
- Attends monthly Program Management Review meetings and addresses any staffing concerns on a strategic level
- Stood up the newly won CITSIII contract in Stuttgart, Germany as the lead recruiter from transition forward, reached all staffing goals and mitigated challenges on a fast moving, OCONUS contract
Owner/Photographer
Little Moon Photography
10.2009 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: http://www.littlemoonphotography.com
- Built and started a profitable photography business that is locally and nationally recognized
- Opened and built out a commercial boutique studio space
- Came up with a marketing plan, built a website, launched an ecommerce site, and helped design a logo that cohesively represented the brand
- Built a base of clients though marketing and referrals that have returned year after year for their family photography needs
- Organized and taught 21 newborn photography workshops at the studio to aspiring newborn and baby photographers
- Wrote and published a newborn photography training manual
- Photos have received national recognition and been published in various print and online publications including, The Washington Post, The Today Show and Huffington Post
- Have photographed high profile athletes, government officials and celebrities
- Http://www.littlemoonphotography.com
Senior IT Recruiter
L-3 Communications
01.2005 - 10.2009
- Provide full life cycle technical recruiting supporting DOD and Federal Government contracts globally for JSOC, USSOCOM, USASOC, CENTCOM, FCC, NASA, and Executive Office of the President
- Fully staffed several contracts from bid to roll out including The White House transition of 2008
- Turned around a program that had 40 vacancies due to large organic growth after 9/11 by developing and executing a plan that enabled the line to full staff the program within 90 days
- Sourced and hired technically skilled cleared candidates across the globe using Taleo, job boards, referrals, and social networking
- Developed staffing plans for newly won contracts and saw them to completion
- Worked efficiently and quickly with VP’s and hiring managers to find and hire the best qualified, cleared candidates for highly specialized technical positions in remote locations globally
- Organize and participate in job fairs throughout the country
Senior Corporate Recruiter
MCI
08.2000 - 01.2005
- Provide full life cycle recruiting supporting corporate, legal, and all sales channels within MCI
- Actively recruit and hire all levels of sales, sales management, sales support, Finance, Corporate Law, Marketing, IT, Human Resources, and Executive Support
- Sourced, interviewed, and hired the Executive Assistants for MCI’s CEO, General Counsel, and Chief Ethics Officer
- Efficiently support over 50 hiring managers (both local and remote) with a workload average of 40-50 open requisitions
- Hired over 40 candidates in a three-month period (average of 13.3 hires per month)
- Successfully built a new sales team, including the manager, from the ground up in a month’s time frame
- Organize and participate in college recruiting events and fairs throughout the state of Virginia
- Continuously maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for each hiring manager by cold calling, searching the Internet, getting referrals, attending industry events, and networking
- Individually counsel hiring managers to resolve a variety of human resources issues including employee relations, benefits, and compensation
Senior Technical Recruiter
Teksystems (an Aerotek company)
07.1999 - 08.2000
- Responsible for recruiting contractors and full-time IT professionals for Fortune 500 companies and government agencies
- Interviewed prospective employees and negotiated salary requirements
- Checked references and technically screened every candidate
- Negotiated bill rates and sold candidates to the client
- Coordinated and attended job fairs and college recruiting events to prospect for possible candidates and clients
- Created presentations to target prospective employees
- Assisted in the development of a sales territory by generating sales leads, setting meetings with hiring managers, and cold-calling for both recruiting and sales purposes
- Responsible for the development and training for new recruiters
Education
B.S. - Marketing Management, Spanish Minor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VASkills
- Strategic planning
- Recruitment and hiring
- Industry expertise
- Innovation mindset
- Operations management
- Boolean search techniques
- Passive candidate engagement
- Recruitment analytics
Timeline
Lead Talent Partner
Aptive Resources
11.2023 - Current
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition
Tenable (TENB)
02.2022 - 11.2023
Talent Acquisition Manager
CACI
07.2020 - 02.2022
Lead Talent Acquisition Advisor
CACI
02.2017 - 07.2020
Owner/Photographer
Little Moon Photography
10.2009 - 01.2017
Senior IT Recruiter
L-3 Communications
01.2005 - 10.2009
Senior Corporate Recruiter
MCI
08.2000 - 01.2005
Senior Technical Recruiter
Teksystems (an Aerotek company)
07.1999 - 08.2000
B.S. - Marketing Management, Spanish Minor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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