PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A Senior IT Recruiter with over 25 years experience in Corporate/Consulting and RPO related activities. Additionally, responsible for full life cycle recruiting, account management and business development.
• Responsible for recruiting candidates throughout the U.S, Europe and EMEA while at Confidential and independently - owned staffing firms. Independent and entrepreneurial, I excel in fast-paced environments, and consistently able to meet tight deadlines, delivering appropriate candidates at or under targeted pay-rates, whether working in-house or virtually. Additionally, I am consistently achieving and/or surpassing recruiting objectives, and typically ranked in the top 10%.
• Industry experience includes, but is not limited to, information technology, automotive, financial services, insurance, professional services, engineering and natural science.
• Expert communicator with clients, candidates, and colleagues. Strong ability to build trust, penetrate and expand accounts. Exceptional sourcing techniques used daily include a combination of cold-calling, candidate referrals, social media and job boards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Recruiter

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for identifying(sourcing) and responding to candidate’s inquiries, recruiting and mining activities and reviewing candidates to determine the best match for open opportunities.
• Utilizing Boolean/Linked In search techniques.
• Documenting interactions, developing recruiting strategies and techniques and establishing partnerships with clients and account teams. responding to candidate inquiries, recruiting and mining activities, reviewing candidates to determine the best match for open roles, utilizing Boolean search techniques, documenting interactions, developing recruiting strategies and techniques, and establishing partnerships with both clients and account teams.

Sr. Recruiter

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Accountable to deliver a world class consulting staff, with a focus on repeatable, predictable performance.
• Perform as Talent Acquisition SME in support of Business Development / revenue-generating activity.
• Follow a standardized, documented and repeatable candidate qualification process uniform across Confidential globally.
• Acquire technical and business vertical expertise, and make effective use of Confidential provided support staff along with current tools and consistent training.
• Hire Full Time employees and lessen our dependency on sub-contractors to meet demand.
• Employ proven recruiting principles, standard sourcing techniques, and continuing education in latest industry trends and techniques.
• Focus on time management and performance focused on critical demand first.
• Follow a process designed to foster an attitude of recruiting focus and accountability while supporting multi territory requirements and mega deal situations.
• Function in a dynamic environment to achieve success through developing and maintaining a healthy candidate pipeline.
• Draw upon a proven recruiting background to identify and manage candidates throughout the hiring process, from initial identification through offer acceptance. Recruiting cycle includes sourcing, screening, interviewing, evaluating, and negotiating compensation.
• Follow standard, documented policies and procedures for all recruiting activity.
• Utilize a consultative, professional approach to evaluate candidate skills/abilities and place in IT consulting roles that meet their skills and expectations.
• Work in a collaborative team environment with other recruiting staff, sales, and administrative professionals.
• Perform in depth sourcing of passive candidates by using creative forms of online search (Boolean, social networking, LinkedIn, etc.)

Confidential

Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for recruiting IT efforts for Confidential in Troy, MI.
• Execute complete recruiting process including job postings, interviewing, applicant tracking, background, and employment offers.
• Partner in the onboarding process for new employees.
• Partner with HR Business Partners, Generalists and HR Departments.
• Attend recruiting events such as career fairs, open interview days and networking opportunities.
• Insure all activities are in compliance with employment law and industry regulations .

Confidential

Client Recruitment Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Recruit on Permanent Salaried roles for: Confidential
• Focused on a wide variety of IT Roles with varies industries of Confidential .
• Managed the entire recruiting process managing a workload of 40-50 openings for Confidential IT management and HR.

Confidential

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sourcing and recruiting various levels of personnel for clients in the banking, construction, engineering, and information technology industries, including executive level management, middle management, and line employees.
• Practice creative sourcing techniques, including cold calling, referral prospecting and candidate relationship management in a candidate driven market.

Confidential

Senior Recruiter/ Account Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sourcing and recruiting various levels of personnel for clients in the financial services, construction, engineering, and information technology industries, including executive level management, middle management, and line employees
• For 12 months, performed as a full-time Account Manager and New Business Development Manager, gaining additional clients and account management responsibility, including RFP responses, vendor and consultant contract management, and consultant re-assignments
• Responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing client relationships for Advertising, Information Technology, Government, Automotive, Financial Services, and Legal clients in the Detroit area
• Successfully turned around an advertising client and secured preferred vendor status
• Worked with the recruiting team to create a proactive recruiting campaign in preparation for client’s core resource requirements, including Java/J2EE, Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence, .Net, Business Analysts, Project Coordinators, Report Analysts, and Project Managers in both application and infrastructure services

Confidential

Lead Recruiting Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for hiring 50-60 new IT and Infrastructure professionals for the Midwest region annually
• Ranked #2 in revenue in the Midwest zone and #36 out of 560 Recruiters nationwide
• Lead Recruiter for the recruitment of Sr. level infrastructure staff (Branch Directors, Vice Presidents, and Sales Directors) and recruited Senior Consultants for functional practice areas of E-Commerce, Supply Chain, CRM, Relational Database, Data Warehousing, and Engineering
• Tripled production and was promoted and selected to attend “Performance Forum” for top 10% of employees consecutively for 3 years
• Provided direction training and guidance to local recruiting directors and recruiters through the region
• Negotiated and worked with 3rd party vendors to include Internet job boards, subcontractors, headhunting agencies, and testing services
• As in-house recruitment SME, developed a successful compensation plan for the recruiting team
• Sourced, negotiated, and hired high-end technical specialists in the focus areas of Unix Systems Administration, High Availability Specialists, ERP Specialists, Technical Management, Web Architects, and IT Security Specialists
• Performed on-line H1-B Visa processing for new international employees
• Worked with clients to gather requirements, submit candidates, follow up on submittals, and win new business for new staffing opportunities

Confidential

Sr. Resource Development Representative

Responsibilities:

• Recruited high-end technical programmers specializing in both mid-range and client server technologies
• Recruited and relocated programmers from Peru, Argentina, Jamaica, Russia, and England
• Hired, trained, and mentored new recruiters

Confidential, Detroit, Chicago

Corporate Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Developed resumes, conducted interviews, qualified candidates, negotiated salaries, and made offers of employment
• Trained new recruiting staff to work with Confidential ’ PeopleNet process, cold calling, sourcing tactics and technical training in systems related areas.