SUMMARY:

Full life - cycle recruiter with proven ability to acquire talent for both commercial and government customers. Identifies effective sourcing methods and techniques; Pre-screens and interview candidates to determine suitability for position, negotiate compensation; prepare offer letters and follow-up with candidates as part of integration.

RECRUITING & COMPUTER SOFTWARE SKILLS:

• New Hire Orientation & On-Boarding
• & Development
• Project Management
• HR Policies & Procedures
• OFCCP, EEO, OSHA Laws and Regulations
• Technical & Proposal Recruitment
• Task Orders/Incumbent Capture
• Behavioral Interviewing
• Client Facing Skills
• DOD, Civil & Federal Government
• Military, Security, & Intelligence
• Sourcing & Boolean Searching
• TS, TS-SCI, TS-SCI CI Poly, TS SCI-Full Scope Poly
• ICIMS
• Taleo
• Brassring
• PeopleSoft
• Hodes IQ
• OpenHire
• Deltek
• MS Applications 2007 & 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with implementing the recruitment process.
• Utilizing Boolean searches, LinkedIn and Clearance jobs to find qualified candidates.
• Evaluate the strength and weakness of candidates through screening process.
• Develop recruiting strategies to find qualified candidates.
• Maintain relationships with Hiring Managers and applicants.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Recruiting for various position in Sales, Marketing, and IT professionals.
• Engaging with management to discuss open positions.
• Screen, source, cold calling, and interviewing candidates.
• Utilizing various recruiting strategies for hard to fill position.
• Creating job description and posting on various job boards, including company website, monster, dice, career builder and job.com.
• Making sure all posting are incompliant with federal laws and regulations.
• Building and maintain relationships with upper management within the organization.

Confidential, Centreville, VA

Lead Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Recruiting for cleared professionals within the IT industry.
• Engaging with hiring managers and attending weekly meeting.
• Screening, sourcing, cold calling, and interviewing local candidates.
• Recruiting includes: Computer, Program Managers, Business & Legal Analyst, Developers, Information Security Engineers, Systems Administrator, Proposal Specialist, and Integration Engineers.
• Worked with Directors and VP’s to understand specific needs of available positions and candidates.
• Utilizing and Maintain all statistical data in applicant tracking system associated with the recruitment of open positions ensuring timely and accurate information processing.

Confidential, Dulles, VA

Recruiting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Recruit and staff for internal house and external clients on Capitol Hill.
• Implementation of new hire process.
• Ensure company has proper and effective recruiting metrics to make strategic decisions.
• Manage the day-today operations of the employment/recruitment functions.
• Compliant with Federal Laws and Regulations; OFCCP Compliant.
• Continuous improvement recruiting processes.
• Working closely with COO and hiring managers to solve problems.

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

Lead Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Team Lead assigns the positions to team and rechecking the recruiter’s skills before submitting to the hiring manager.
• Recruiting includes: Security Analyst, Security Software Developers, Computer Technicians, Program Managers, Test Engineers, and Business Analysts in support of Civilian contracts requiring security clearances.
• Negotiate contracts, and maintain relationships with third party clients and account managers.
• Analyze the effectiveness of recruitment techniques and make recommendations regarding changes including improvements and/or changes to existing policies, procedures and process.
• Manage the day-today operations of the employment/recruitment functions.
• Worked with Directors and VP’s to understand specific needs of available positions and candidates.
• Utilizing and Maintain all statistical data in applicant tracking system associated with the recruitment of open positions ensuring timely and accurate information processing.

Confidential, Dulles, VA

Recruiting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Recruited hard to fill technical and cyber security professionals with clearances ranging from Top Secret to TS/SCI Full Scope Poly.
• Created, developed and implemented a recruitment strategy by working closely with the CEO, business developer, and proposal manager to acquire and retain top candidates.
• Managed and staffed employees.
• Established and maintained relationships with clients to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Managed the recruitment process from sourcing candidates to extending offers.
• Contributed to implementation and modification of recruiting process, HR polices & procedures, and employee handbook.

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Senior Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Extensive recruiting focused in the placement of Mechanics deploying to Afghanistan and Kuwait.
• Executed strategic sourcing techniques to include a variety of resources such as internet, advertising, employment agencies, internal and external databases, employee referrals and direct sourcing.
• Screened applicants appropriately, conducting preliminary telephone interviews.
• Worked with recruiting manager and account executives to understand specific needs of available positions and candidates.
• Built and sustained a network of potential candidates.
• Utilized and maintained all statistical data in applicant tracking system associated with the recruitment of open positions ensuring timely and accurate information processing.

Confidential

Senior Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Primarily dedicated to proposal recruitment for Intelligence community.
• Client-facing recruiter responsible for full life recruitment efforts for federal agencies.
• Performed extensive recruiting focused in the placement of Watchlisting, HUMINT, SIGNIT, ALL-SOURCE, Quality Assurance and Biometrics Analyst.
• Attended weekly hiring events in support of Confidential .
• Built relationship with senior managers to learn about Mission Analytics and program requirements to build a pipeline of candidates.
• Acted as a liaison between hiring managers and candidates.
• Partnered with internal FSO regarding candidate’s clearance crossover and background checks.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior Lead Contract Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with assigning recruiter requisitions, and reviewing candidate profiles before submitting over to the hiring managers.
• Responsible for, guiding, and motivating recruiters.
• Proposal recruiting, incumbent and non-incumbent capture.
• Performed extensive recruiting focused in the placement of Software Engineers, Mainframe Developers/ Administrators, Proposal Writers, Network Administrators/Developers, Security Engineers, Web Developers, Infrastructures, JAVA Developers, Quality Assurance, Test Engineers, Technical Program, Project Managers, and Business Analysts.
• Engaged in strategic meetings with hiring managers and helps identify recruitment needs, position specifications, qualifications, duties, and skills required for open positions.
• Identified, attracted, secured, and closed hard-to-fill positions.
• Prescreened candidates with detailed phone screen, evaluation candidate’s compatibility with specific job requirements, ensuring right fit prior to submission to the hiring manager.
• Creative marketing and sourcing technique strategies to attract key talent.
• Negotiated compensation; prepare offer letters and follow-up with candidates.
• Recruited for local and non-local positions within the United States.