SUMMARY

• Results driven, energetic and enthusiastic Senior Recruiter, experienced in both IT and Healthcare recruiting with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Successful sourcing and full cycle recruiting. Applicant Tracking System savvy. Phone warrior!
• Driven, hard working and passionate about Recruiting. Go above and beyond what is expected to ensure top placements of qualified talent and candidate retention.

EDUCATION

Associate of Science/Marketing


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Richmond, Virginia8/11 to present
Senior Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Identify, source and recruit qualified IT candidates for multiple levels and positions.
• Client management - work with hiring managers, group or organization leads, and key stakeholders to understand recruiting needs and developing strategies to meet hiring goals. Work with hiring managers on requirement postings, scheduling interviews, scheduling pre and post interview documentation. Organize and plan weekly meetings to review candidates for consideration. Extend offers, negotiate salaries and bonuses.
• Candidate management - developing and executing sourcing plans to identify and recruit people with skills matching the hiring needs, creating relationships with candidates to facilitate the process from initial phone screentooffer accept. Interview, Technical testing, coordinate interviews with candidate and hiring managers, work with H1B visa candidates. Prep candidate for interviews, first day starts, consultant extensions, coordinate with IT Helpdesk for laptops and necessities for candidates upon hire.

Confidential,Blythewood, South Carolina 12/07 to 8/11

Senior Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Source and credential all levels of candidates for open requirements for multiple positions.
• Contributions to hiring process: Job description development, modification, and posting; interview feedback.
• Understand/articulate client’s requirements, culture and other compatibility issues critical to successful hires.
• Maintain candidate pipeline and tracking tools to ensure recruiting projections are met.
• Partner with hiring managers to average at least 10/12 submittals a week; strive to extend offers to at least 50% of candidates interviewed; strive to close at least 60% of offers extended.
• EEO and Diversity hiring experienced. Perm placement and contract consultant placements.
• Onsite recruiting of high profile companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Government contracts.

Confidential,Austin, Texas 7/06 to 12/07

Senior IBM Recruiter (Contract) Manage, develop; deliver recruiting strategies to support Manpower’s IBM Global Business Services contract.

• Partner with IBM’s staff to identify/qualify: SAP, Cisco IP Telephony Architects, Data Architects, ETL Developers, BI Business Analyst, Oracle, Java, p/x/z Series IT Specialist, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Network Engineers, and more.
• Create and post job requirements nationally to the external job boards and internal website.
• Source candidates via internet search engines, specialized sites, resume banks, user groups, networking, employee/candidate referrals and cold calling through direct and indirect recruiting.
• Manage the candidate process and act as candidate advocate and coach.
• Understand/articulate client’s requirements, culture and other compatibility issues critical to successful hires.
• Maintain candidate pipeline and tracking tools to ensure recruiting projections are met.

Confidential,Durham, NC 4/04 to 7/06

Senior Technical Recruiter (Telecommute from South Carolina) - Handled recruiting, sourcing, and screening active & passive candidates; coordinated interviews, scheduled drug screens, and background checks; extended job offers, presented company overviews and benefits.

• Worked with legal issues involving employment; worked with processes on Visas/Green Cards for employees.
• Developed requirements and job descriptions; designed and developed Internet job postings; worked with Marketing Dept/Agencies - develop copy, advertisements.
• Post open requirements on company website, as well as internet job boards.
• Heavy networking and sourcing skills to identify top notch IT candidates.
• Follow sector/corporate compensation guidelines, balancing external competitiveness with internal equity/affordability
• Responsible for providing full life cycle recruiting support including: quality control of requisitions by working with hiring managers to create quality and accurate job descriptions.

Confidential,Pawley’s Island, SC 2/03 to 4/04

Executive Recruiter (Contract) -Specialize in sourcing Mortgage/Banking Executives through in-direct recruiting.

• Established contracts: BNC, Chase, Decision One, Fanny Mae, First Franklin, Homecomings, NLCI, & Peoples Choice.
• Grew database to nearly 3,000 candidates through aggressive telemarketing, research and referrals
• Negotiate equitable salary requirements and relocation packages when needed.
• Maintain quarterly placement production, while increasing pipeline by 80%.
• Recruit qualified candidates for many client requirements via database, Internet, referrals, cold calling, industry networking and subcontract relationships.
• Heavy sourcing and cold calling for active and passive candidates.

Confidential,Sacramento, CA 11/02 to 2/03

Travel Nurse Manager (Contract) Managed nurses and facility contracts to credential, interview and place qualified nurses.

• Dealt with all levels of management, directors and healthcare professionals.
• Spearheaded a more effective way of submitting credentials in a more effective and timely manner.
• On-site recruitment and on-going communication with C-level hospital executives
• Manage nurse base of 50 rotating nurse travelers and assignment extensions.
• Directed all sales and logistical functions with focus on attaining rapid and consistent business growth, which exceeded monthly projections

Confidential,Boca Raton, FL 6/00 to 11/02

Travel Nurse Manager - Recruited and maintained a nurse base of 80 for travel assignments.

• Coordinated and organized all necessary documentation, scheduled interviews and closed candidates for placement
• Trained/developed new & existing staff; team leader of 7 in-house and 3 on-site Recruiters and 4 Nurse Associates.
• Moved from Nurse Recruiter into a Team Lead role within 6 months.
• Nurse Manager oversaw 7 Recruiters and 4 Recruiter Associates.
• Daily meetings with team to set and meet weekly goals and set monthly projections.
• Consistently led team to Top 5 teams in company weekly contests.

Confidential,Coral Gables, FL 11/98 to 6/00

Senior IT Recruiter - Integrated 3 branches into 1, increasing morale, culture, focus and success.

• Implemented sales and marketing strategies, which increased sales revenue by 40% for 2 successive years.
• Manage 5 Recruiters, 4 Account Executives, Administrative Staff as well as on-site (Consultants) On-going training and development of new and existing staff.
• Consistently ranked in top 20% during quarterly branch and candidate promotions.
• Recognized as one of the top 10 branches in a network exceeding 200 offices for most improved customer service as measured by annual company wide survey.