Lead Executive Recruiter

Erica Shelton started with Shelton & Steele as an intern in 2014. She has worked through various roles from making 100 cold calls a day to training and overseeing all oncoming recruiters. Ms. Shelton has always instilled that what is best for the attorney is what is best for our clients. 

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As Lead Executive Recruiter, Ms. Shelton is responsible for all training, development, and mentoring initiatives. Erica is elemental in all talent acquisition, consulting programs, and innovation strategies. Ms. Shelton host "boss-less" meetings once a quarter to hear feedback without the CEO present; 40 % of Shelton & Steele's SOPs are employee-made. 

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Erica is an accomplished public speaker. She gave her first speech to a Toastmaster's club at the age of thirteen, joined the champion Green Valley Speech & Debate team her freshman year in high school, and became the University-Wide Public Speaking Champion at UNLV by her Junior year of college. She was the youngest Vice-President of Public Relations ever elected to the position at Henderson Toastmasters. 

In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering, public speaking, attending business and networking mixers, reading, and playing competitive tennis. A hospitality student at UNLV, Erica was a member of Alpha Delta Pi, mentioned on the UNLV website for her success hosting a business fundraiser for the NCCS, and has a taste for old-world wines. She plans on pursuing her Master's in Luxury Management & Guest Experience at the Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland.