Jalonni Weaver

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With a background that spans insurance, aviation, finance, tech, consulting, and HR, I bring a wide lens to the world of talent acquisition. I’ve seen how hiring works across different industries, and my mission has always stayed the same:

I’m not here to gatekeep, ghost, or sugarcoat. I’m here to advocate, educate, and connect the right people to the right opportunities.

Here’s how I show up in my work:

• Prioritize the candidate experience—always
• Partner with stakeholders to build trust and meet business needs
• Streamline processes to create a better, faster hiring journey
• Retain and attract top talent to keep pipelines healthy
• Help candidates understand the company’s mission, values, and culture
• Champion DEI through intentional, equitable hiring practices
• Support employer branding through storytelling, events, and training
• Keep it real—because we’re not brain surgeons, we just work in TA

I’m passionate about removing barriers, creating people-first experiences, and making sure everyone gets a seat (and a voice) at the table.

Thanks for being here! I’m excited to connect and keep sharing this wild journey through HR and talent acquisition.

Podcast Host

I had a candidate get an offer 72 hours after applying.

They applied.
They interviewed with me.
They spoke with the hiring manager the very next day.

The manager reached out and said, “We want to make them an offer.” right after the interview. 

That was it.

Let this be a reminder that there are companies out there that are respectful of people's time and make offers in timely manners instead of putting you through the interview Olympics. 

& before anyone says, “this only happens for entry-level roles”, no, it doesn’t.

I only had one interview for the role I’m currently in and received an offer within three days and my role is far from entry level.

Fast timelines don’t equal low standards. They usually mean that the decision-makers know what they’re looking for in candidates and are confident in making that decision.

senior recruiter | tedX speaker | author of chit chats with lonni newsletter on substack

I made an offer to a candidate today while he was out with his family. In the middle of the call, I hear his wife talking in the background and he says, “Hold on hun, I’m on the phone with AT&T and they want to give me a job.”

Immediately I hear her yell, “Shut up!?!”

I couldn’t help but laugh and keep going with the offer.

Afterward, he shared that he had recently lost his job and that this opportunity was truly situation-changing for his family.

This is why I share candidate stories.

These candidates aren’t numbers. They’re people.

I talk to real people every day who are dealing with real life. Behind every application is someone trying to figure things out, pay bills, take care of their family, and hold onto hope.

Every time I pick up the phone to extend an offer, I never know how much that moment might mean to someone. 

I may not make the final hiring decision, but being the one who gets to say “we want you” will never get old.

just a person in the people business • neurodivergent mama • TEDx speaker • mental health advocate • faith-based content creator

I had a candidate reach out to me every single day last week just checking in on their application, and every single time they reached out, I answered them. 

Most days all I could say was, “There’s no update yet, I’m still waiting on the hiring manager to finish interviews,” but I still made sure they heard back from me.

And today? I get to call them and give them an offer. 🥹

It literally takes two minutes to reply to someone. It does not have to be some long, fancy message. 

Just a quick “Hey, no news yet but thank you for following up.” goes a long way. In this job market especially, people just want to know they didn’t get forgotten or ghosted after putting in so much time and energy into interviewing.

This should be a standard recruiting process, and every time I get on this app it honestly shocks me that it is not.

I live by the golden rule and treat people the way I would want to be treated if I were on the other side of that inbox. (I apply this rule to all aspects of my life because that's just how I was raised.)

My child’s daycare just texted and said they’re closed tomorrow because of the weather and moments like this are when I’m so thankful for my job.

I’m grateful to work somewhere that offers paid caregiver time that doesn’t come out of PTO or sick time. I reached out to a coworker to see if they could cover for me, and they immediately said yes without any hesitation.

That’s the kind of stuff people don’t always think about when they’re job searching.

Everyone prays for the salary, but I always say pray for the environment, the leadership, and the benefits too, because you never know when life is going to happen, a loved one is going to get sick, daycare closes because of weather and in that moment a paycheck doesn’t mean much if every curveball leaves you stressed, scrambling, or feeling guilty for being a parent.

#LifeAtATT

Senior Recruiter | TedX Speaker | Author of Chit Chats with Lonni Newsletter on Substack

I made an offer today to someone who spent 25 years with their previous employer and was laid off early last year.

When I extended the offer, they told me this was their dream company and that they couldn’t wait to start this new chapter.

Let this be your reminder: it’s never too late in your career to apply for your dream company.

You might think you’re overqualified. You might think you’re underqualified. You might think the timing has passed you by, but you could be the perfect fit for the role and not even know it yet.

You’ll never know unless you apply.

People have told me before,
“Don’t talk about God on LinkedIn.”
“That’s not the place.”
“Keep it professional.”

But this platform has become heavy.
So much negativity.
So much fear.
So much comparison, burnout, layoffs, bitterness, and pretending like everything is fine.

And if I'm being honest? God needs to be sprinkled on some of your timelines.

I’m not here to please the algorithm.
I’m not here to water myself down to be more digestible, and I’m definitely not here to shrink what sustains me just to make others comfortable.

“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
— Galatians 1:10

If my faith offends you, you can scroll.
If it encourages you, that’s God.
If it convicts you, take that up with Him, not me.

I’ll continue to talk about God.
I’ll continue to give Him credit.
I’ll continue to show up authentically, even on LinkedIn.

If this space can hold toxicity, doom scrolling, and negativity all day long, it can also hold faith, gratitude, and hope.

PERIOD. 

Happy Saturday. 🙂

I woke up this morning with heat in my home, food in my fridge, clean water to drink, my bills paid, money in my account, my family in good health, and still employed.

All praises to The Most High.

We often forget to thank God for the “small” things while waiting on the big blessings, when in reality, those small things are the blessing.

During my job search, I was rejected by two companies after multiple rounds of interviews. At the time, it was discouraging. Now, both of those companies are going through restructuring in the exact departments I would’ve been part of.

This is a real life example of how rejection is often redirection.

I didn’t just pray for a job. I prayed for stability and discernment. I asked God that if an opportunity wasn’t right for the season I’m in, to keep me away from it, even if that meant rejection. Yes, I asked God to reject me.

Often times, when you’re tired of waiting, it’s easy to jump at the first offer without looking at the bigger picture. The wait was worth it. Looking back, I can see the protection.

If you’re experiencing rejection right now, try looking at it through a different lens. What feels like a “no” might actually be God’s way of saying, “not this one.”

I've made 17 offers so far this year. 🎉🙌🏽
17 lives changed.
17 people now off the job market.
17 prayers answered.

I'm not the decision make,r I'm just the messenger. 
Congratulations to those 17 people and their families. 💙

Harbor Group Management Company

Leading operations, marketing, and customer service for 528-unit community.

Senior Property Manager

Care-Aging Consulting

✦	Coach award-winning sales teams in interdepartmental communication, lead generation, communication & closing.
✦	Develop productive sales and marketing plans, helpful tools and resources, compelling events, and dynamic content to generate leads and sales.

Marketing And Public Relations Consultant

Freedom Square of Seminole

✦	Created 3-year strategic sales and marketing plan with multichannel approach for CCRC that boosted lead generation by 68% YOY.
✦	Stabilized sales team, CRM, and boosted number of sales and dollars-per-sale by 50% over 2 years.
✦	Cultivated interdepartmental collaboration and  resident advisory group to gain buy-in, create ambassadors and speakers bureau.

Director Of Sales Marketing

Equity Residential

✦ Promoted from managing 250 unit dual site with retail to 368-unit single site with larger, national brand retail to 463-unit complex multi-site managing 15 team members, vendors, and an annual $15M budget.
   ✦ Created process handbooks for new team members, joined First Day Orientation Training Team and mentored new Community Managers.
   ✦ Directed social media presence for all 3 communities and collaborated with national marketing ensure dynamic online presence as well as curb appeal and local awareness. 
   ✦ Teamed up with revenue management to maximize daily pricing model.
   ✦ Managed multiple renovation projects in collaboration with Construction Services, while stabilizing the maintenance team due to leaves and transfers.
   ✦ Brought each community into Tax Credit compliance with perfect audits all 3 years.

Multi-Site Community Manager

Kensington Place Redwood City

✦	Became Certified Residential Care Facility for Elders (RCFE) Administrator and assumed role of Interim Administrator.
✦	Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations including Title 22 under Community Care Licensing with $8M annual budget.
✦	Managed on-the-floor communication, coaching and development, and team morale for team of nearly 100.

Interim Administrator (Certified RCFE Administrator)

✦	Marketing and outreach for beautiful, innovative Memory Care community
✦	Manage 67-bed memory care community partnerships and marketing efforts from pre-open to 98.5% occupancy plus growing wait list.
✦	Created training course for hospital staff, skilled nursing referral sources, community, police and other first responders to better recognize and assist those with dementia.
✦	Recruiting, hiring, training and continued team member training, coaching, and development.
✦	Develop human resource processes, employee handbooks, resident guides, collateral materials.

Director of Community Outreach & Education

St Clare Commons

✦	Pre-market analysis, building set-up, create marketing plan, collateral materials, documentation, processes for $40M new construction senior living project with 152 healthcare continuum suites
✦	Beat census projections 6 months ahead of schedule!
✦	Created collaborative partnerships with physicians, referral sources, internal resources to innovate customer experience
✦	Created and coordinated events such as job and health fairs, open houses, grand opening festivities, educational opportunities. Notably, the first job fair netted more than 4,000 resumes for 130 jobs!

Director of Marketing

Otterbein Retirement Living Communities

✦	Built census from 61% to 100% plus a waiting list!
✦	Oversaw Sales & Admissions teams, outbound marketing of two Continuing Care Retirement Communities totaling 288 senior healthcare apartments (Promoted from Community Information Director)
✦	Created & produced successful marketing events, netting hundreds of new qualified leads annually, building relationships with prospects, family members and community
✦	Reported on all facets to Executives, Board of Directors, Vice Presidents

Regional Marketing Director

Toledo HBA

Past President of Apartment Association
Council Member
Board of Directors

Toledo Area Apartment Council

Dillin LLC

✦  Managed 234 Luxury Apartments, Sales & Home Owner Association of 18 high-end brownstones
✦  Created marketing plans, sales and events for and with 31 retailers and restaurants
✦  Supervised and scheduled sales, leasing agents, maintenance team, and contractors
✦  Coordinated contract administration, travel, and other administrative tasks
✦  Created events, marketing materials, contracts, newsletters, maintained website, resource databases

Tenant Relations Director and Assistant to Executive Vice President

I am an experienced Sales, Marketing and Property Operations Leader with more than 20 years of success in increasingly responsible leadership roles, consistently driving growth across senior living and multifamily residential communities. I am known for opening, marketing, and managing new communities from blue sky to wait lists. Community start-ups and acquistion realignments are my favorite

What I do is stay abreast of industry trends, define overall marketing strategy, inspire innovation, and create meaningful stories and collateral to fuel revenue growth using multi- and omni-channel marketing. I also hire and develop individuals and teams to do more than they thought possible, focusing on the bigger picture but with regular KPI check-ins to achieve larger goals.

The added value that I bring is having managed both sales and marketing as well as operations, I am adept at garnering all-team buy-in and synergy across departments, ensure smooth operations, creating and managing to budgets, as well as ensuring great customer service by building relationships. 

>>> EXPERTISE <<<

☑ Property and Facilities Management 
☑ New Community Launches
☑ Sales & Leasing Staffing & Training 
☑ Strategic Sales & Marketing Leadership
☑ P&L Accountability with Single Digit Delinquency and Vacancy
☑ Perfect LIHTC Audits 3 years running
☑ Market Analysis
☑ Presentations and Events 
☑ Senior Living Innovation
☑ Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) Administration
☑ Aging Awareness & Advocacy 
☑ Creative Content Contributor
☑ Advertising Contract Negotiation
☑ Media Relations and Press Releases 
☑ B2B and B2C Sales 
☑ Customer Relationship Management
☑ CRM Tool Administration
☑ Project Management and Leadership

My personal mission is to create and encourage communities and attitudes that foster happy, healthy residents who are served with decency, dignity, respect, and kindness. #opentowork #innovation #apartments #communities #CAM #CPM #seniorliving #seniorliving 

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