Lee Ferguson

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As a Recruiter for Vaco Logistics, Lee Ferguson works to match quality professionals with Memphis' top companies and career opportunities. As the Community Manager for Vaco Midsouth's social media efforts, Lee also works to maximize engagement and facilitate meaningful connections with Vaco's candidates and clients via Facebook, Twitter & other online Social Networking platforms. Vaco Midsouth partners with clients on critical projects and strategic talent acquisitions in the areas of logistics, finance, accounting, and technology. Vaco is a family of 26 offices throughout the Nation where clients looking for specialized talent intersect with unique candidates seeking career fulfillment. Since our start in 2002, Inc. 500 Magazine has named Vaco one of the fastest growing companies in America for five consecutive years. Whether you're looking for your next opportunity in logistics, finance, accounting, technology, or you're looking for specific talent to help propel your business, find your freedom and connect with Vaco Midsouth today by calling 901-333-2250 or visiting www.vacomemphis.com.

Graduate Assistant at The University of Memphis

August 1999 - May 2001

Assistant to the Graduate Advisor of the Art History Department on a part-time basis while pursuing Master's Degree. Handled the department's book orders to the university library. This included converting an outdated reporting system in Foxpro to Excel which tracked the department's annual library budget. Other duties included scanning and posting slides to web pages for classes, and some graphics work, manipulating visual imagery. Software used: Foxpro, MS Word, MS Excel, MAC.

Recruiter/Administrative Assistant at SCB Computer Technology, Inc.

September 1994 - July 1999

Internet Recruiting Specialist. Responsible for the location, initial contact, and screening of potential IT candidates, including reference checks and verifying employment and education. Partnered with Senior Recruiters to select and place viable candidates. Generated weekly reports in Excel to track open orders, before the company converted to RESUMIX database. Maintained open order records in RESUMIX database. Also generated monthly commission reports in Excel. Administrative Assistant. Provided administrative support to a staff of 20 recruiters. Duties included collecting job orders, posting job orders to the internet, and database maintenance of job orders from 5 regional locations. Was also responsible for the orientation of new employees, making travel arrangements for employees, and filing/maintenance of Visa application paperwork. Software used: MS Word, MS Excel, RESUMIX.

Operations Assistant/Clerical Recruiter at Tempus, Inc.

January 1991 - December 1993

Operations Assistant. Provided support to the Operations Manager, which involved obtaining, verifying and evaluating potential customers' credit references and making collection calls on past due accounts. Clerical Recruiter/Interviewer. Was responsible for developing recruitment sources and referral programs. Wrote and placed advertisements for clerical positions. Conducted initial interviews, administered proficiency tests, and evaluated the skills of clerical applicants. Ran reference checks, verified employment and education. Worked with the Clerical Placement Specialist to fit candidates to the right position.

Recruiter (Logistics Division); Social Media Community Mgr. at Vaco Logistics

May 2012

As a member of Vaco Midsouth's Logistics Team, I search for and source candidates for top-level positions in distribution, supply chain, and logistics fields. Rewrites and reformats resumes to best reflect how our candidates can fit clients' needs. Daily responsibilities include interviewing, checking references, scheduling candidate/client interviews, pipeline maintenance. As the Community Manager for Vaco Midsouth's Social Media efforts, I do strategic planning, implementation and daily management of social media marketing activities including social media monitoring (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Groups). I track the success and return of each campaign. I also keep abreast of industry trends in order to provide updates and guidelines to our office on social media marketing and other interactive activities to ensure every department adheres to best practices.

Portrait Artist/Freelance Illustrator at Self

July 2004

Independent artist, filling commissions for children's and pet portraits. I work primarily in pencil, but sometimes include pen, ink washes, and watercolors. I do freelance fashion illustrations for style blogs, primarily as a contributing editor to IWTBAR (http://www.iwanttobearoitfeld.com). My work may also be seen on my blog, http://alefthandedlife.blogspot.com.

University of Memphis

1999 – 2001

Masters

Concentration: Art History

The University of Memphis

1994 – 1999

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Concentration: Political Science and Government

Drawing, Illustrating