OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position as a Sr. Recruiter and further my career in talent acquisition with a top company.

SUMMARY:

• Advanced recruiting practices
• VMS software management (Taleo/ WorkNexus, PeopleSoft, IQ Navigator, Field Glass and Peopleclick)
• ATS software management: FOX and Bullhorn.
• Direct sourcing strategies
• Recruitment team management
• Candidate and requirement management/ tracking systems
• Multi - stage interviewing/ screening
• Hiring Manager interaction/ requirement qualification

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Corporate Recruiting Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Partner with hiring managers to define a recruitment strategy to find the best talent to align with the job, the team, and the company.
• Drive the full recruiting lifecycle from candidate generation through sourcing, interviewing, selection, and first day of employment.
• Successfully filled PV Engineering Manager/ Full Stack Developer/ Compliance Counsel roles within 30 days. These positions has been previously opened for six plus months.
• Source high quality candidates through the development and implementation of innovative recruiting programs and strategies that utilizes best practices of acquiring top-tier talent.
• High level salary/ relocation negotiation.
• Educate candidates on the career growth potential, benefits, compensation philosophy and many advantages of working for Sunnova selling both the firm and the opportunity.
• Conduct behavioral-based interviews and utilizes competency-based assessments to help managers identify the best talent for the organization.
• Participate in campus recruiting activities, job fairs and networking events.
• Participate in periodic training sessions to develop hiring managers.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Technical Recruiting Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Create full cycle recruiting strategy for respective clients including needs analysis; provide guidance to hiring managers related to recruiting process.
• Source, interview and present qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicit feedback on candidates to refine recruiting strategy as applicable.
• Proactively share innovative solutions to add value, anticipate needs, and streamline process for the client.
• Demonstrate expert level of understanding of the line of business recruiting needs by participating in client meetings, being aware of changes within the business, acting as a subject matter expert for areas of recruiting responsibility as well as managing hiring manager/candidate expectations.
• Provide candidates with frequent & timely communication throughout recruitment process, share manager feedback and appropriately disposition all candidates.
• Educate candidates on the career growth potential, benefits, compensation philosophy and many advantages of working for JPMC selling both the firm and the opportunity.
• Conduct appropriate compensation conversations with both hiring managers and candidates to ensure closure of offers.
• Understand diversity goals for respective LOB, provide education to hiring manager and ensure diverse candidate slates.
• Provide meaningful market data in support of client needs.
• Establish a rapport and partner with the appropriate stake holders for candidate development and offers.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Recruiting Manager/ Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Creating & executing strategies to bring in a diverse pool of candidates. These strategies focus on social media sites to include Linkedin Recruiter, Twitter, Facebook and Cyberdust. Expert in navigating VMS technology to include: Fieldglass, Isymphony and Taleo.
• Oversee a recruitment team of three. Responsible for their training, development and professional growth.
• Engage in community outreach, networking, cold calling and complex internet research.
• Exceptional ability to maintain strategic and quality relationships with a network of contacts to identify and source talent.
• In a production role, have made seven direct hire placement in the course of four months generating $225,000 in gross revenue.
• Instrumental in breaking Applicable and Fibertown accounts. Both organization offer managed services solutions. At Fibertown I placed their VP of Sales, along with a staff of three Technical BDMs. With Applicable I placed a staff two technical BDM’s along with a Sr. Sales Engineer.
• Develop internal referral programs, have also developed referral programs with Texas A&M, University of Texas, and Texas Tech alumni and undergrad placement departments.
• Develop a niche pipeline for current/future requisitions.
• Prepare and deliver successful presentations, guide call candidates through onboarding process.
• Participate competency-based interviews, behavior and assessment techniques
• Understand the culture, strengths and gaps in business units to help candidates fully engage in our opportunities.
• Attend career fairs, education programs and events to build talent pool.
• Analyze hiring metrics, market data analysis and tracking ROI.
• Develop and analyze reports on business needs, open positions, pipelines, outstanding requisitions, tracking time to fill.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Full life cycle recruiting for Storage Solutions Architect, Cloud Architects, Exchange/ Active Directory Architects/ Windows Architects, Sr. Storage Consultants, SAN/NAS Engineers, SAN/ NAS Administrators, Network Engineers, Network Administrators, Technical Project Managers, Business Continuity Analysts, Business Continuity Developers and Business Analysts and Technical Sales Executives.
• Instrumental in working with Cisco to fill three technical sales roles that had been open for over six months. This accomplishment lead to an exclusive agreement with Cisco technical sales needs.
• Placed several other key Technical Sales Executives and Engineers with EMC, Citrix, Hitachi and VMWare.
• Key player in improving Entelligence’s Linkedin profile through branding.
• Developed, implemented and monitored recruiting and staffing strategy and procedures.
• Effectively manage multiple requisitions and deliver on a high volume basis.
• Prepared recruitment reports for upper management as deemed appropriate.
• Comprehend technical/professional job orders. Asks the appropriate questions when taking job orders.
• Analyzes resumes accurately and assign appropriate skill codes.
• Interview candidates to evaluate their technical qualifications for assignments.
• Build and manage applicant and client bases from scratch, new business development, cold-calling, networking and lead generation, account management and negotiations.
• Accountable for ongoing professional development including market knowledge about issues that impact technology staffing, technology advancements and self-development of recruiting skills.
• Troubleshoot to resolve problems or complaints of customers and contract employees.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Lead Engineering Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Full life cycle recruiting of Sub Sea Engineers, Deep Water Engineers, Completion Engineers, Drilling Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Continuous Process Improvement Engineers, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Facility Engineers, Project Managers, Automation Engineering, Controls Systems Engineering, Project Engineers, Mechanical/ Electrical Design Engineers, Solar Power Plant Technician, Nuclear Power Plant Technician, Manufacturing Plant Technicians, Preventative Maintenance Technicians and Assemblers.
• Developed, implemented and monitored recruiting and staffing strategy and procedures.
• Key player in increasing traffic to the Houston office’s Linkedin page. Able to place several candidates that visited the Experis page.
• Responsible for selecting, training, developing and managing the performance of the recruiting staff.
• Prepared recruitment reports for upper management as deemed appropriate.
• Comprehend technical/professional job orders. Asks the appropriate questions when taking job orders.
• Responds to and qualifies job orders efficiently.
• Analyzes resumes accurately and assign appropriate skill codes.
• Interview candidates to evaluate their technical qualifications for assignments.
• Build and manage applicant and client bases from scratch, new business development, cold-calling, networking and lead generation, account management and negotiations.
• Accountable for ongoing professional development including market knowledge about issues that impact technology staffing, technology advancements and self-development of recruiting skills.
• Troubleshoot to resolve problems or complaints of customers and contract employees.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Interact with client managers to develop a strong understanding of their staffing needs.
• Effectively manage multiple requisitions and deliver on a high volume basis.
• Full life cycle recruiting from creating demand, developing job descriptions, finding candidates, screening, setting up interviews and extend offers.
• Assess candidate's technical and professional skills, personal characteristics, as well as their career motivations, through careful resume screening and detailed phone conversations.
• Utilized networking activities such as career fairs, professional association meetings, technical schools and out-placement services.
• Maintain significant involvement in technical networking organizations and events to maintain an effective referral program.
• Accountable for ongoing professional development including market knowledge about issues that impact technology staffing, technology advancements and self-development of recruiting skills.
• Develop and assist in the training of Jr. Recruiters.
• Manage on boarding process.

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

Recruiter/ Recruiting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with all levels of management to fill recruitment needs and communicated progress.
• Consistently manager of 55 opening of various skill sets, on average I place 11 new employees a month.
• Developed new employee orientation and training programs.
• Utilized various sourcing methods to attract quality candidates including social media, print ads, job fairs, websites, VMS software, trade journals, billboards, radio spots, etc. and other publications as deemed appropriate.
• Collected, compiled and analyzed customer survey data on quality and diversity of candidate pool and timeliness and cost effectiveness of recruitment process. This was done primarily with Taleo and Peopleclick (VMS) software.
• Prepared recruitment reports for upper management as deemed appropriate.
• Reviewed and sourced resumes for candidates for both exempt and non-exempt positions.
• Established and maintain contacts with employment sources, such as temporary agencies, colleges, and trade associations.
• Managed testing of applicants, pre-employment drug screens and reference checks.
• Developed, implemented and monitored recruiting and staffing strategy and procedures.
• Responsible for selecting, training, developing and managing the performance of the recruiting staff.

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

Executive Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Ran own desk in terms of recruitment and job orders.
• Maintained relationships with local and national engineering firms - developed new business and saturated current accounts.
• Performed extensive research in regards to the Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering market both regionally and nationally.
• Developed creative recruiting strategies to locate qualified candidates.
• Negotiated all billing fees with client.
• Negotiated candidate salary, relocation costs and start dates.
• Performed all pre-employment testing and backgrounds.
• Performed client follow-up to assure client satisfaction with placed candidate.
• Assisted in the training/ development of junior-level Recruiters.

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

Account Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of three Recruiters.
• Responsible for driving new account growth and client management.
• Responsible for executive level recruiting for top clients.
• Developed both new and seasoned recruiting staff to top producing levels.
• Implemented appropriate use of internet resources, candidate tracking, and direct company sourcing.

Technical Recruiter

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Instrumental in building both the Energy Services and Architecture & Engineering Divisions through the placement of the following skills sets: Electrical Drafters, Architectural Drafters, Electrical Engineers, Licensed Architects, Project Architects, Civil Engineers, Health & Safety Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Project Management, Project Scheduling, Solar Power Plant Technicians, Nuclear Power Plant Technician, Manufacturing Plant Technicians, Preventative Maintenance Technicians and Assemblers.
• 2nd highest revenue generating Recruiter in the SW prior to my promotion into Account Management.
• Involved in the sales process including lead generation, light cold calling, and arranging meetings.
• Responsible for the identification, placement and management of contractors.
• Utilized internal database and the internet to identify potential candidates.
• Developed creative recruiting strategies to attract qualified professionals interested in contract, contract-to-hire and direct placement opportunities.
• Identified and utilized networking activities such as career fairs, professional association meetings, technical schools and out-placement services.
• Screened candidates to ensure their qualifications met client requirements.
• Conducted skills testing, office interviews, reference checks and background investigations.
• Presented job opportunities to qualified candidates and negotiated contract terms.
• Maintained excellent documentation in the company's online system and records within the Branch Office.
• Prepared resumes for presentation to clients.
• Coached candidates through the client interview process.
• Built ongoing relationships with contract employees and client managers through regular phone contact and meetings.