Biography
Jeff is the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition with Alorica, a business process outsourcing company based in Irvine, CA. He leads teams of recruiters across the US and Europe. His current teams focus on high volume call center staffing and professional support teams for Alorica where they hire nearly 50,000 people a year. Previously, he was a Recruiting Manager in Global Talent Acquisition and Staffing with Xerox in the outsource services division and an Area Manager for Kelly Services.
Jeff received his BA in Journalism from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He started his professional career in the publishing and advertising world and after 8 years, he made a career change. He has over 20 years of recruitment experience in both staffing industry and corporate recruiting including international recruiting. He has led teams for large hiring projects, niche and specialty roles and executive recruitment.
Jeff lives in Asheville, NC and volunteers his time extensively for SHRM and other organizations. He was the Southeast Region MAC Rep for 2018-19. He was a Board member with Raleigh-Wake HRMA serving as Treasurer, President, SHRM Foundation Director and VP of Community. Jeff served as Director of the NCSHRM State Council Director for 2016-2017. He co-chaired the Pinnacle award winning HR on Call for RWHRMA and co-chaired the 2011 NCSHRM State Conference. He served on SHRMs HR Disciplines panel in 2016 and on the Talent Acquisition panel in 2017 and is on the Global panel for 2019 and 2020.