MELISSA J.

BASKIN
600 NE 36th St., Apt. #1117 Maimi, FL 33137 973.207.0766
LEGAL FINANCIAL SERVICES & EXECUTIVE SEARCH / LICENSED
ATTORNEYSummary
Experience in the legal arena as a practicing attorney and a
recruiter. Over 8 years experience in "full life cycle recruitment"
while facilitating cross functional teams to reduce hiring costs,
sustain revenue and increase profit through relationship building,
problem solving and client interaction. A results oriented recruiter
with extensive legal, financial, executive serarch experience.
Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Taleo.
Experience
PATRIARCH PARTNERS, LLC, _New York, New York_
_Executive Recruiter a" __Talent Acquisition_: 2009
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Provide exceptional client service and full lifecycle recruiting for
the company's needs both internally and for its portfolio companies
c-suite roles
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Confer with senior leadership to draft detailed search assignments,
ensuring an understanding of job duties, responsibilities,
and business requirements
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Develop and maintain strong working relationships with leaders,
vendors, community organizations, and other team members to create
partnerships that yields success, predictable results and credibility
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Cultivate and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and
source qualified leaders
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Review resumes and prescreen candidates for appropriateness of
skills, knowledge and experience in relation to position requirements
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Manage, coordinate, and conduct the candidate interview process
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Prepare candidates for interviewing with the company and specific
hiring managers by providing detailed information on the company, our
business strategy, department background, job descriptions and
expectation-setting.
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Organize, lead, and document post-interview debrief/feedback with
interview teams and candidates
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 Perform detailed reference checking and/or reference analysis on
selected candidates and reviews results with hiring managers
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Extend offers of employment to selected candidates under the
direction of the VP of Talent Acquisition and within the guidelines
of company's compensation policy
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Consult with VP of Talent Acquisition on final candidate
presentation, selection, offer, negotiation and closing
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Conducts follow-up calls and quality-improvement studies with hiring
managers and new hires
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Maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates,
searches, hiring managers interactions, and other recruiting
activities to ensure a safe and thorough audit if required
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Use of effective communicative approaches that include proactively
keeping others informed, appropriately expressing ideas and thoughts
both verbally and in written form in a timely fashion
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Maintain and update innovative recruiting techniques and recent
trends in order to be competitive in state-of-the-art recruiting
practices
Credit Suisse, _onsite through Alexander Mann Solutions_,_ __New
York, New York_
_Principal Resource Consultant - __General Counsel, Credit Risk
Officer & Private Banking_: 2007 - 2008
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Sole recruiter for General Counsel a" Legal & Compliance
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Responsible for full life cycle recruitment process including but
not limited to developing position descriptions, direct sourcing of
candidates via cold calling, internet and networking, vendor
management, conducting human resource interviews, scheduling
interviews with managers, maintaining and updating candidates through
Taleo tracker system, negotiated and extended offers, and closed deals
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Successfully filled client needs from non-exempt to global head
level roles, i.e., attorneys, commodities negotiators, prime and
non-prime brokerage negotiators, compliance officers, credit and
market risk analysts, basel II product leads, private banking branch
administrative managers and executive administrative assistants
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Advised and coached internal candidates on career mobility and
transfer process, transferable skill sets, positioned and leveraged
experience for alternate opportunities
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Developed consultative relationships with hiring managers to align
recruitment needs with overall objectives of the departments
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Significant client contact via intake meetings, candidate reviews,
and making presentations illustrating recruitment summaries and
strategies to various department heads
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Compiled and delivered weekly/monthly reports including recuriting
forecasts to key business stakeholders
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Identified and drafted monthly reports to client regarding market
trends and intelligence
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Maintained general knowledge of recruitment "best practice"
strategies
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Responsible for spearheading and implementing diversity, employee
referral, and internal mobility initiatives working closely with
senior management
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Managed recruitment coordinator.
Bloomberg LLP, _New York, New York_ _Contract Legal Recruiter/
Coordinator: _2006 - 2007
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Sole legal recruiter for Bloomberg Law (BLAW), a legal information
product
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Recruited legal analysts/attorneys for seven core practice areas of
law (i.e., Bankruptcy, Corporate, Employment, Insurance, Intellectual
Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities)
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Responsible for the lifecycle of the placement including but not
limited to assigning resumes to practice area team leaders,
scheduling phone screens, scheduling in-house interviews, and
conducting the human resources portion of the interview
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Reported directly to the BLAW managing attorney to discuss
compensation and was responsible for extending offers
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Managed and directed an in-house recruiting event which resulted in
a 75% success rate
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Attended weekly US Recruitment meetings and received a productivity
award
Audrey Golden Associates, Ltd., _New York, New York_
_Attorney Search Consultant_: 2001- 2006
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Member of Partner Placement and Mergers Division
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Placed Partners in the Atlanta, New Jersey and New York markets
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Marketed and introduced the search firm to the Altanta and New
Jersey markets
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Responsible for all aspects of the placement including but not
limited to cold calling, scheduling and conducting candidate and
client meetings, and negotiating compensation
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Maintained candidate and client databases
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Established relationships with small to midsize law firms whereby
our services were used to assist the law firms internal growth
MCCUSKER, ANSELMI, ROSEN, CARVELLI & WALSH_, __Chatham, New Jersey_
_Contract Attorney:_ February 2001
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Document management and production in connection with a toxic tort
case for a major petroleum company
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, _Miami,
Florida_
_Assistant Public Defender:_ 1998- 2000
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Trial attorney responsible for handling an extensive criminal
misdemeanor caseload in the Domestic Violation Unit as well as the
Juvenile Unit
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Performed case management consisting of client interviews, pre-trial
motion practice, case investigations, first and second chaired jury
and bench trials
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Served as counsel and first chaired seven jury trials
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Maintained perfect trial record
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 Recognized and received an award for serving the Public Defender's
Office
PRELIMINARY MULTI-STATE BAR REVIEW (PMBR), _Miami, Florida_
_Southern Regional Director:_ 1997-1998
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Performed sales and marketing for a bar review preparatory course to
Southern Florida law students
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Administered the seminar and course work in various states
throughout the country
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Developed new marketing and advertising strategies for law schools
Education
QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW, _Hamden, Connecticut_
Juris Doctor conferred May 1997
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, _Miami, Florida_
Bachelor of Science a" Speech Communications & Theater Performance,
May 1993Bar Admissions
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New Jersey: Admitted 1997
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Florida: Admitted 1998