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About Me

Tracy Tran is the founder and CEO of Tran Recruiting, LLC, a Washington D.C. area firm focused on recruiting qualified professionals for non-profits, associations, and small to medium-sized businesses.

As an in-house recruiter, Mr. Tran saw the challenges of finding the right candidates for hard-to-fill positions. After working at a variety of nonprofits in the Washington, D.C. area, Mr. Tran started Tran Recruiting to lend his expertise to local organizations looking for the right fit.

Mr. Tran is a graduate of George Mason's School of Management. He is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), Northern Virginia SHRM, and the Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area.

An expert on social media, Mr. Tran created The Human Resources Group on Facebook, which is fast becoming a destination for HR professionals the world over.

Work History

• Tran Recruiting, LLC
• Founder and CEO
• June 2008 to Present

• • Recruiter and Staffing Consultant for nonprofits, associations, and small businesses who are in need of their help on their staffing.
  • Have filled positions at the Director and Executive levels, Project Accountants, Programs, and Interns.
  • Utilize social media to attract talent to nonprofits, associations, and small businesses.
  • Plan and implement recruitment strategies for organizations.

• NPR
• Staffing Coordinator
• April 2010 to July 2010

• • Implement social media in NPR’s recruitment strategy.
  • Advise on their social recruitment strategy.
  • Sourcing candidates for hard-to-fill positions
  • Liaison for NPR in job fairs and networking events
  • HR Administrative duties

• Counterpart International
• HR Assistant
• January 2006 to August 2008

• • Full life-cycle recruiting for domestic and overseas employees, volunteers, interns, and consultants.
  • Restructure and streamline the recruiting process
  • Create Counterpart group on Facebook
  • Implement and monitor Counterpart’s performance review plan.
  • Assist with human resources plans, policies, and procedures for all staff, domestically and overseas; providing assistance on policies and practices for host country nationals and communicate to Counterpart’s employees.

• NPR
• HR Intern
• June 2005 to August 2005

• • Assist the Staffing Office with writing weekly Employment Opportunities bulletin.
  • Process resumes and updating information in HRIS.
  • Perform special projects under the direction of a staff member.
  • Assist with updating the Human Resources Intranet web site.
  • Working with staff of Benefits, Training and Employee Relations to perform special projects such as the affirmative action plan, Individual Development Plan, NPR’s relocation policy, and the Fall semester interns.

• Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
• Intern
• September 2004 to June 2005

• • Recruit and interview prospective CTAA employees.
  • Administrative duties within the Training and Certification department and the Information Station department.
  • Database records maintenance.
  • Working with Association’s staff to coordinate, develop, and send exhibits that promote the mission of the Association.
  • Other mutually agreed-upon tasks.

Education

• George Mason University
• B.S., Management, Human Resources
• 2001 - 2005

• Led the George Mason SHRM group to win the 2005 Superior Merit Award from SHRM.

  2005 SHRM Leadership Award Winner.