Shelby Barnhill

SHRM-CP certified senior talent acquisition leader with 10+ years of progressive, full-cycle recruitment and HR experience spanning executive, clinical, technical, corporate, and operational hiring across high-volume, high-complexity organizations. Trusted advisor to C-suite, senior leadership, and hiring executives, with a proven record of leading enterprise-wide assessment and ATS initiatives, redesigning interview processes, and formally mentoring junior recruiters to elevate team performance. Combines deep Workday expertise with SHRM-grounded best practices to design compliant, equitable, and metrics-driven hiring frameworks that consistently improve quality of hire, time-to-fill, and retention.

Recognized for translating workforce planning into executable talent strategy that aligns with organizational growth objectives, regulatory requirements, and DEI commitments.

Senior Recruiter - Family Health Centers of San Diego - Hybrid Remote, San Diego, CA

(2022-06)

• Direct full-cycle recruitment across executive, clinical, administrative, IT, and leadership roles within a large, mission-driven nonprofit healthcare organization, consistently expediting hiring timelines across all departments while elevating quality of hire.
• Lead executive and senior leadership searches, including Director, VP, and senior clinical leadership roles, partnering directly with C-suite and executive stakeholders on candidate strategy, market intelligence, competitive positioning, and offer negotiation.
• Formally mentor and train junior recruiters and HR coordinators, providing structured coaching on sourcing best practices, intake calibration, candidate assessment, and Workday workflows to accelerate ramp time and lift team-wide hiring outcomes.
• Spearheaded the enterprise-wide evaluation, vendor selection, and rollout of Criteria, a cognitive and behavioral assessment platform now standardized across all roles organization-wide, improving screening efficiency, defensibility, and candidate quality.
• Redesigned the organization's interview process by building structured interview guides, calibrated scoring rubrics, and hiring manager training materials, strengthening consistency, compliance, and quality-of-hire across departments.
• Own ongoing Workday ATS optimization, including requisition templates, workflow configuration, compliance documentation, disposition tracking, and real-time analytics dashboards used by senior leadership for workforce planning and reporting.
• Partner with the Compensation Manager and department executives to refine salary benchmarks, modernize job architectures, and align offer structures with market data, reducing offer declines by 15% and strengthening competitive positioning for hard-to-fill clinical and leadership roles.
• Surpassed recruitment KPIs for eight consecutive months, exceeding departmental targets in time-to-fill, requisition throughput, hiring volume, and new-hire retention.
• Cultivate diverse, sustainable talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Handshake, community partnerships, and targeted outreach campaigns to underrepresented candidate pools, measurably strengthening DEI hiring outcomes.
• Apply SHRM-CP expertise to ensure recruitment practices align with current employment law, ethical hiring standards, and DEI principles, advising hiring managers and senior leaders on compliant interviewing techniques and equitable candidate evaluation.
• Serve as a strategic HR business partner to department leaders, translating workforce planning discussions into executable hiring roadmaps and proactively forecasting talent gaps ahead of organizational growth, program expansions, and new clinic openings.

Technical HR Recruiter - ServeSmart Inc.

• San Diego, CA

(2016-03 - 2022-06)

• Led recruitment team operations and full cycle hiring across IT, Administration, Architecture, and executive level positions, managing a high volume of open requisitions annually while consistently maintaining strong hiring manager satisfaction across the organization.
• Led executive and senior level searches, partnering directly with department heads and senior leadership on candidate strategy, intake alignment, market mapping, and offer negotiation.
• Trained and mentored newly hired recruiters and HR team members on ATS workflows, sourcing methodology, and structured interviewing, accelerating onboarding and improving overall team productivity.
• Leveraged Workday ATS alongside LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Glassdoor, and Handshake to source qualified candidates, manage pipelines, and ensure data integrity across every stage of the hiring process.
• Drove ATS configuration improvements and reporting enhancements within Workday, partnering with HR and IT stakeholders to streamline requisition workflows and surface cleaner recruiting analytics for leadership.
• Coordinated multiple interview panel rounds, stakeholder alignment sessions, and seamless onboarding logistics across multiple departments, improving onboarding efficiency and new hire retention.
• Ensured strict confidentiality of employee and candidate records in compliance with HIPAA, EEO, and organizational data governance policies while supporting a broad range of HR administrative functions.
• Applied SHRM grounded HR practices to develop structured interview guides, standardize candidate scoring rubrics, and strengthen compliance with federal and state employment regulations across all recruiting activities.
• Championed employer branding initiatives across LinkedIn, careers page content, and recruiter outreach messaging, sharpening the company's positioning in the market and boosting inbound applicant quality for technical and executive roles.

Bachelor's - Communications - San Diego State University