Professional Summary: Over fifteen (15+) years of Full Cycle Technical Recruiting Experience with applicable employment laws and human resource practices including compensation, performance management, recruiting and selection, and employee relations. Strong networking, Internet, email, phone, referrals, cold calling skills. A results oriented individual with a strong customer service orientation along with strong closing skills.
Summary of Achievements: Extensive recruiting experience across multiple industry verticals, with a wide array of positions sourced/recruited/ filled.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with any level of management.
Full recruitment lifecycle with a multitude of managers and candidates.
ATS Experience: Bullhorn, Talenthook, EZAccess, Resumate, Goldmine, WAND, 2nd Wave, Work Force Logic, IQN, cBiz.

Experience:

05/2008 to 04/2009
Confidential,
Sr Technical Recruiter / IT and Engineering Business Development
Westaff is a full service provider of office administration and light industrial markets within the Silicon Valley. I was hired to introduce the IT/Engineering Business for the San Jose Office. My position consisted of:
•Full recruitment life cycle
•Engage in direct and indirect recruiting efforts including the identification, qualification, and presentation of candidates to client managers
•Proactive recruiting, building candidate database and pipeline based on sales team recommendations and client needs
•Prospect, identify, and interview new and existing candidates
•Conduct initial screening interview and reference checks, negotiate salary, coordinate client interviews and work with both parties to close deals, and conduct follow-up with candidate after decision
•Responsible for assisting sales efforts through proactive client lead generation
•Coordinate new hire orientation with employees and accurately complete and submit all paperwork required for entry of a new employee into Westaff’s internal systems
•Provide ongoing support to established base of current employees to ensure high degree of employee retention and to drive continuous employee assignments
•Maintain accurate and timely records in the database management system including: resumes in system for every new hire, tracking of activity/interviews , submittals, and placements
•Talent Pipelining, Internet Database Mining, Direct Sourcing, Social Networking, Market Analysis, Local Grassroots Networking, Job Board Selection and Posting
•Tools: Outlook, Internet mining, LinkedIn
IT Positions filled: Application/ Software Developers (.net/C#, Java) , Cognos Developer, SaaS (Software as a Service - shrink wrap/desktop applications) , Real-time Object Oriented Analysis/Design C/C++(embedded) development/ testers, VxWorks, DOORS, Visual Studio C++, Data Architect (master data strategy), Salesforce.com Developer, Desktop Support, SQL Server and Oracle DBA, System Administrators.
Non-IT: Accountants (SEC), Account Managers (sales), Administrative Assistants, Billing Analysts, Financial Analysts, Customer Service Representatives, Marketing, Material Handlers, Medical Claims Analysts, Sales Engineers, Workers Compensation Specialists/ Claims/Adjusters

03/2008 to 04/2008
Confidential,Contract
Sr Technical Recruiter
Astrea Partners is a small Telecommunications Reseller of Voice and Data Communication equipment to various clients nation wide. My position consisted of:
•Full recruitment life cycle
•Working directly with Managers and Business Partners on their requirements of positions and recruiting strategies
•Responsible for recruitment, screening, and selection of candidates for salaried non-exempt, exempt, managerial, and executive positions
•Contribute to the development of new recruiting theories and methods
•Ensure that all legal and corporate hiring policies are adhered to and communicated properly to the organization
•Successfully filled required positions within 2 weeks of 30 day contract.
•Talent Pipelining, Internet Database Mining, Direct Sourcing, Social Networking, Local Grassroots Networking, Job Board Selection and Posting
•Tools: MS Outlook, Internet mining, LinkedIn
•Positions filled (Staff, Senior, Principal and/or Consultant level): Telecommunications Manager, Sr Telecommunications Regional Sales Professionals.

03/2007 to 03/2008
Confidential,LLC
Director of Business Development
Reported directly to the President, I was hired to develop and manage annual business plans identifying key activities, priorities, and risks. I built relationships and managed the delivery of a consultation process with clients in line with future strategies.Review, negotiate, and create new contract agreements with new and existing clients. I was also the only person managing our ATS (Bullhorn) at an Administration level as well asdeveloping all the source strings for every open order in-house.

Key Skills Included:
Relationship management and interpersonal skills. Communication, influencing and negotiating skills. Strategy development and Implementation skills. Project management and Presentation skills. Research and Report writing skills, Problem solving and decision making experience with many hours of Coaching & People management over the years.

Other Duties:
Specialist on projects as agreed with the President of this staffing company to support the business requirements of the organization in regards to funding, spending, and day-to-day business practice. Set up HR Department, made company OSHA Compliant.

01/2006 to 03/2007
Confidential,San Jose, California
Sr. Technical Recruiter
NetPolarity is a Professional Contractual company specializing in Contract/Project placement for Fortune 500 Companies Nation Wide. NetPolarity is a100% VMS Contracting Agency. Worked with W2, 1099, Corp-to-Corp, and H1 Consultants. Professionals Successfully Placed were:
Application Developers (Java, .net/C#, Oracle, Documentum, network monitoring), Software Development Managers, Security Engineers, System Administrators (UNIX, Windows, Documentum, VMWare, webMethods), Enterprise IT Solutions Architects, Oracle DBAs, Data Architects, Datawarehouse Developers (ETL/Informatica) , Business Analysts, Project/Program Managers, Help Desk, Field Client Services, Storage Architects/Administrators (SAN/NAS), Account Technology Consultants (SAN/NAS/IP/ BURA/Microsoft/ RSA), Account Managers, Client Solutions Directors, Solutions Architects (implementation) , Client Solutions Leads/Managers, Infrastructure Leads, Technology Solutions Project/Program Managers, Technology Business Consultants (Oracle)

11/2004 to 12/2005
@ Confidential,Ca.
Sr. Technical Recruiter/Account Manager
@Tech is the Technical Recruiting side of Apple. I was hired as a Sr. Technical Recruiter/Account Manager in an Agency Environment. This position had no territory boundaries and I was allowed to work National. Placements were either Contracts, Temp to Hire, or Regular Hire/Perm placements. Contracts were either 1099, W2 or Corp-to-Corp. IT & Engineering positions all over the US.Due to my efforts, I was responsible for peaking business over 18% for our office location.Took on Lead Recruiter Trainer for the office, conducting 2-hour sessions once a week, improving and sharpening other recruiter’s skills.

Positions filled: Application Engineers, Application Architect, Build Engineer, Business Object Developers, Database Management (Excel/Oracle/ SQL Server), Datawarehouse Architect/Developer s, DB2 DBA\'s, Desktop Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Graphic Designers (Quark/Photoshop/ Illustrator) , Help Desk Support, IT Project Managers, Lab Technicians, Manufacturing Engineers, Network Architects, Network Engineers, Network Security Architecture, Oracle DBA\'s, Oracle Financials, Datawarehousing Consultants, Programmers (Java, PeopleSoft, PowerBuilder, Perl, Progress, Visual Basic), Programmer/Analysts , Quality Assurance (manual and automated), Requirements Manager, Research and Design Engineer, Sarbanes-Oxley Consultants, Security Architect/Application Developers, Senior Web Designers (Flash, Photoshop), Software Engineers (Java, J2EE, JSP), Technical Writers (Information Mapping), Web Developers (ASP, COM/DCOM, HTML, IIS, Visual Basic), Websphere/MQ Series Developers, XP Deployment

04/2002 to 11/2004
Confidential,Anaheim , California
Inventory Support Vacation Package Developer
*** Unrelated Recruiting Position ***

09/2001 to 03/2002
Confidential,California
Account Manager/Recruiter
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06/2001 to 09/2001
Confidential,California
Sr. Account Manager

04/2001 to 06/2001
Confidential,San Jose, California
Sr. Technical Recruiter

09/2000 to 04/2001
Confidential,California
Sr. Contract Recruiter

04/1999 to 09/2000
Confidential,California
Sr. Technical Recruiter

11/1998 to 04/1999
Confidential,California
Sr. Technical Recruiter

05/1998 to 11/1998
Confidential,San Jose, California
Sr. Technical Recruiter

05/1995 to 05/1998
Confidential,Sunnyvale, California
District Manager / Technical Recruiter, Bay Area District Manager
Sr Technical Recruiter

08/1992 to 04/1995
Confidential, San Jose, California
Computer Technician

06/1980 to 08/1992
Confidential,San Jose, California
Facilities Manager

EDUCATION:
Major: Sports Medicine