SUMMARY:

• Exceptional ability to understand, write and verbally communicate the English language
• Excellent candidate assessment skills
• Possess excellent knowledge of recruiting and hiring processes including sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, tracking, salary negotiations, and closing.
• Effective multi - tasker who thrives on meeting deadlines while challenged with multiple projects

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft products: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio

HR Applications: Brio, BrassRing, HRMS, PeopleSoft, TeamPlay, Taleo, ATS

Contract Management: Ariba, CRM

Other Technical: SDLC, EPO, SAP, ERP

Job Boards: ClearanceJobs, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Dice, LinkedIn, Monster

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Cyber Security Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sourcing cleared personnel for cyber security industry for federal civilian roles
• Screen candidates for complex IT roles, malware, forensics, SOC analyst, and other cyber security roles
• Market employer in a positive manner that attracts passive and active candidates; including benefits, work environment, and salary
• Responsible for communicating to all levels of management progress on proposal sourcing and sold & funded
• Track and maintain candidate tracker which allows my progress and work to be transparent to management
• Collaborate with other sourcers and client facing managers on a regular basis to assure candidate process is progressing
• Responsible for assuring candidate profile in Taleo is current and complete, push candidate through database for interviews and offer stage
• Actively source on a daily basis all major job boards to include; Monster, Dice, ClearanceJobs, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, and Indeed
• Timely manage my requisition load of at least 20 requisitions per month

Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with hiring managers to identify effective sourcing strategies with the objective of presenting qualified candidates for each opening
• Reviewed job requisitions for accuracy and rework job descriptions, skills and experience sections to insure a compelling job posting for attracting qualified candidates both active and passive
• Sourced for cleared and non-cleared personnel; experience with communicating sensitive personal information while being aware of legal policies
• Advised hiring managers and staff on staffing policies, standards and ensure compliance
• Initiate search techniques (Internet, Social Networking, and personal networking) to identify passive candidates who may be interested in growth opportunities
• Support job fairs as required to maintain strategic needs of business and for branding
• Manage all candidate activity through the use of iCIMS applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Update report of weekly candidate activity for management transparency
• Provided candidate summary to hiring managers and helped to coordinate interview process with manager and interview team
• Developed interview evaluation standards to support an objective review of candidate’s qualifications for the opening
• Negotiate attractive offers of employment consistent with the needs of the business and retaining employees long term
• Maintained extreme detail and organization in handling all client and candidate data to allow me to be highly efficient

Senior Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing over 15 requisitions per month in a fast paced high demand environment
• Communicate with management to determine requisition statements that will attract the best candidates with the exact skillset needed to perform job duties
• Proactive in working with business units and hiring managers to adhere to high standards with interviewing process, candidate relations and internal business unit communications
• Responsible for scheduling phone interviews, and in person interviews with hiring managers’ at offsite locations
• Responsible for keeping all requisition data current for upper management reporting
• Responsible for negotiating candidate offers with challenging salary, benefits, and relocating requirements
• Responsible for recruiting candidates that are cleared or can be cleared for Department of Defense, Federal Government Agencies
• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting of technical requisitions such as Enterprise Architect, Software Engineers, Web Application Developer, Drupal Developers, CRM Developers, and Business Systems Analyst
• Successfully recruited candidates utilizing social media tools such as LinkedIn, GlassDoor, and Facebook

Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Starting up consulting business and responsible for all facets including business development, customer relations, accounting, building portfolio, and all facets of recruiting

Sourcing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed approximately 200 domestic and foreign contractors at all times
• Managed high volume of requisitions; approximately 50 open at any one time
• Develop effective sourcing strategies to identify key talent in accordance with hiring needs and ensure a low cost-per-hire
• Recruited superstar Software Engineers, Software Test Engineers, Program Managers, Web Developers, Software and Hardware Architects, Network Engineers, and other Senior Engineering leaders for clearance jobs
• Experienced with recruiting cleared and non-cleared professionals
• Responsible for servicing all vendors within the Business Technology group, domestic and international
• Responsible for effective communication between HR Department, Finance, Managers, Legal department, and vendors with regards to all facets of sourcing, security and contracts
• Created statement of work (SoW), Request for Proposals (RFP), and Request for Quotes (RFQ) documents and amendments for vendor contracts and ensured that all contracts abide by legal compliance and standards
• Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed candidates for assigned requisitions
• Responsible for all facets of contract development, management, and compliance
• Proactively created metrics to track budgets, headcount, and efficiency for the internal business units
• Responsible for evaluating contracts for risk, and risk mitigation to assure best value
• Responsible for maintaining positive relationships with vendors and internal business units
• Proactively did market research on competitors, vendors, and industry standards and trends and used information to keep the business up to speed with technology and services
• Serve as point of contact for all contractor and vendor issues
• Responsible for maintaining database and file management of sensitive information
• Conduct educational meetings to AOL managers, vendors, new hires and contractors
• Proactively created an automated workflow system to automate the entire contractor onboarding process which had never been done
• Presented my idea of the above portal to upper management in order to gain approval for headcount and budget hours
• Served as Project Manager for the above project which was managed from a foreign location
• Responsible for Concept, Definition, Design and Construction phases as well as required documentation