Will McDuffie

Serves as GovCon Recruitment and HR Analyst overseeing strategic talent acquisition, employee performance, classification, and compensation for multiple government contractors and nonprofit clients. Provides training and guidance on complex HR and employee relations matters, including investigations, disciplinary actions, employee benefits via ADP, SOPs, policy manuals, and conflict resolution for

Designed and led global talent strategy and recruitment during major growth (90 to 280+ staff), exceeding recruitment KPIs and improving HR compliance reporting for government contractor. Launched performance management system in UKG to evaluate employee performance, provide feedback, and develop workforce management strategies that align with organizational goals.

Led full life-cycle technical recruitment and pipelining strategy for AWS Cryptography teams, filling high-priority engineer and technical roles across AWS and their public sectors. Partnered with HR and business leaders to provide strategic hiring solutions, improving hiring efficiency by 67% while meeting KPIs.

Managed technical talent acquisition and pipelines for high-impact cleared DoD contracts, improving time-to-fill rates from 60 to 42 days while exceeding KPIs. Led process improvement initiatives across hiring systems, background investigations, and documentation standards.

Oversaw full life-cycle technical recruitment strategy and talent acquisition and pipelines for cleared project requiring system engineers, program managers, analysts, acquisitions specialists and more technical experts within the DoD space, reducing hiring time from 60 to 45 days for government contractor and meeting KPIs. Managed and mentored recruiters on best sourcing strategies, background in

Architected centralized recruitment strategy, policy and processes, background investigations, onboarding, reducing time-to-fill from 117 to 49 days for entire 200+ staff and for home office for government contractor. Sourced, pipelined, collaborated, and managed full life-cycle technical recruitment for 70+ technical requisitions across multiple global portfolios, delivering consistent results an

Led full life-cycle global technical recruitment strategy, and talent acquisition for $9.5B Global Health Supply Chain-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) government project, reducing time-to-fill from 75 to 35 days exceeding KPIs while improving project outcomes and CPAR score with the government client. Managed a team of recruiters and provided leadership on HR initiatives, compliance,

Oversaw compliance, performance management, and HR initiatives for global project staff for government contractor. Launched performance management system to evaluate employee performance, provide feedback, and develop workforce management strategies that align with organizational goals.

Focused on international relations, gaining a comprehensive understanding of global political, economic, and social dynamics. Developed strong analytical and research skills applicable to complex international issues.

Studied international relations and Spanish, building a foundation in global affairs and cross-cultural communication. Developed proficiency in Spanish language and a deeper understanding of diverse cultures.