Deborah Tremayne Primm

I've been in human resources and recruiting for over 10 years, though I've bounced in and out of things since I first started because of health reasons. But human resources and recruiting has always been my love. I've worked in manufacturing, finance, IT recruiting, and engineering, and I've done some managerial hiring within manufacturing. In a senior position, I do a lot of mentoring of those under me, giving advice on how to look for certain candidates, especially niche candidates. I check on KPIs a lot, like the time from interview to hire, and other managerial updates to see how I'm performing with my managers. I also look at things I might be able to change and improve. For example, I did marketing research on a very niche engineering position and found out that most of those positions are on the East Coast, not in Washington State where I needed the position. I shared that information with my team so they know where to look and maybe what companies to target to persuade someone to move. One of my greatest accomplishments was finishing college because no one in my family had ever done it before. I went to college at a later time in life, in my 30s. I also love recruiting because I like to be able to offer someone a financial means to their situation. I also like the achievement of moving from recruiter to senior recruiter. At one of my positions right before I worked for Boeing, I moved into that position within 6 months, and it was a total surprise to me that they even offered it to me. It meant that they had been taking notice of my work and how I was progressing with finding candidates. Right now, I'm looking for a position as a senior recruiter or a Human Resource Partner, but in the meantime, I've been acting as a part-time travel agent because one of my other loves is traveling. I'm at retirement age, but I'm just not ready to retire. I enjoy what I do, and I also enjoy working from home, even though I give them like 10 hours, 12 hours a day instead of the 8, but I don't mind because I like what I'm doing. When I dive into it, it's really hard for me to break away. My managers have told me, you know you're working more hours, and I said, I know, but I really don't care. I like to get things done.