A mid-career recruiter with an expertise in healthcare and technical recruiting. I utilize my communication skills, customer relations experience, compliance, and legal background to find the best and most qualified talent for positions.  I am an expert in event planning, a skill that I utilize to cultivate recruitment efforts for virtual and onsite events.  Additionally, I authored three books of poetry entitled "Vent: The Different Faces of Me", "I Almost Held On", and "Woman". They are books of poetry outlining who I am, my interest, my life experiences and what I plan to accomplish.  

Website: www.iamcletheartist.com

Chenae Erkerd, J.D., RACR

Recruiter 

A diverse and creative mid-career recruiter with an expertise in healthcare and technical recruiting. I utilize my communication skills, customer relations experience, compliance, and legal background to find the best and most qualified talent for positions.  I am an expert in event planning, a skill that I utilize to cultivate recruitment efforts for virtual and onsite events.  Additionally, I authored three books of poetry entitled "Vent: The Different Faces of Me", "I Almost Held On", and "Woman". They are books of poetry outlining who I am, my interest, my life experiences and what I plan to accomplish.  

Website: www.iamcletheartist.com

Technical Recruiter

•Recruit for 40+ job requisitions which consisted of Program Managers, Software Engineers, and Cybersecurity professionals with skill sets in C, C++, C#, Python, Splunk, Spark, Proofpoint, MITRE ATT&CK, Data Science, Applied Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and other technologies and tools for Microsoft Security.
•Provide full cycle recruitment for levels 61-66 using iCIMS while researching documents in Success Factors.
•Conduct 20+ recruiters screens per week to provide hiring leaders with candidate’s background information and expectations for the positions they apply for.
•Schedule full loop interviews for internal and external candidates & conduct personalized kickoff calls for candidates to prepare them for interviews.
•Draft and extend offers to external candidates.
•Submit visa requests for candidates who will operate in their positions under work visas.
•Create LinkedIn projects for each position to successfully source and ultimately hire diverse candidates.
•Provide weekly LinkedIn meetings with prospective candidates to discuss their career goals and possible positions with Microsoft.
•Promoted from level 60 to level 61.

Chenae Erkerd

If you need to leave your job, leave. No job is worth your mental health. 

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I attended a QBR today and one of the reps didn’t know what a Ninendo 64 was. I’m offended. 😂

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Meet Andrea Parker, CSM! Andrea Parker is an entrepreneur, community catalyst, and co-founder of The Parker Brand, LLC and the STEAMEX nonprofit-organizations committed to expanding access to entrepreneurship, STEAM education, and holistic career development for young adults and the communities that raise them. 

A native of Halifax County, North Carolina, Andrea’s journey reflects resilience, reinvention, and the belief that brilliance can be built anywhere. She earned her bachelor’s degree in
communication with a focus in journalism and mass media-from East Carolina University, and a master’s in information technology from North Carolina A&T State University. 

Today, she brings that blend of storytelling, technology, and strategy into her role as an HR Project Manager at a Fortune 500 tech company, where she specializes in change management and operational process improvement. As a working mom, wife, and visionary leader, Andrea is committed to creating access- access to opportunity, mentorship, financial readiness, and the confidence to start over again and again until success takes shape. 

Through her programs, events, and storytelling platforms, she empowers others to see themselves as CEOs of their own stories equipped to lead, build, and change the trajectory of generations. Andrea’s work continues to spark momentum across North Carolina and beyond, proving that when one woman chooses to rise, entire communities rise with her.

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✨✨✨Job Opportunity Alert✨✨✨

Safe Space Inc., a non-profit organization that is committed to reducing relationship violence and sexual assault in Franklin County, North Carolina and nearby communities. 

The organization is about to begin their search for an Executive Director. If you’re looking for a new role and you are in the non-profit, mission driven space, let me know if you’re interested. The role is in Louisburg, NC. It is hybrid.

Here’s the link for more information on the organization: https://lnkd.in/emqm5pHr

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📣📣📣TEDx Parrish Street 2026: Speaker Announcement! 📣📣📣

Meet Susana Briscoe-Alba! Susana Briscoe-Alba is a passionate Leadership Mentor and Career Consultant with a mission to empower women of color to reach new heights in their careers. With over a decade of experience in leadership roles across higher education and sales, Susana has honed the expertise needed to guide others toward success.

Her transition from higher education leadership to career coaching and consulting reflects her resilience and dedication to helping others maximize their potential. Known for her warm smile and commitment to creating opportunities, Susana is a trusted advocate and inspiring voice in leadership and career development.

Susana lives in New York with her husband and their son, a LEGO enthusiast. In her free time, she enjoys building LEGO forts and hosting Marvel movie nights. Her genuine commitment to ensuring others feel seen, valued, and heard defines her character.

Please connect and follow Susana Briscoe-Alba! Y’all know I only recommend GOATs!!!!!!  

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TEDx Parrish Street 2026: Speaker Announcement! 

Please meet Teta L. Jackson, Esq.! A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Teta’s life experiences across multiple states shaped her understanding that emotional pain transcends race, class, and circumstance. This awareness led her into a ministry and career centered on emotional healing, beginning with her powerful message, “Kill the Spider: Deal with your past before it destroys your present and your future.” 

For more than three decades, Teta has helped women release past pain, embrace healing, and step fully into purpose. Passionate about wholeness, she views her calling as administering healing to the heart, mind, and soul, just as a doctor treats the physical body. A worshipper at heart, Teta ministers with conviction and faith, believing every life is purpose-driven and every dream still attainable. 

She is the Founder and Managing Member of Empowering To Be, LLC, and serves as a Minister, Attorney, Entrepreneur, Author, Possibilities Coach, and Mentor, dedicated to helping women discover who they were born to be.

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