EXPERIENCE:

06/2011 to present, Confidential, Reston, VA
Principal Recruiting Consultant (contract position)
Responsibilities:

• Manage full life cycle recruitment process
• Maintain an active pipeline of candidates with clearances up to a TS/SCI CI/ FSP
• Work closely with management to continually assess hiring needs
• Become in-house expert for ATS and use it to maintain all candidate information
• Provide innovative ideas for streamlining recruiting and hiring practices
• Utilize social media and alternate recruiting venues to attract candidates
• Attend networking and recruiting events

01/2010 to 05/2011, Confidential, Reston, VA
Senior Federal Recruiting Consultant (contract position)
Responsible for the successful execution of full life cycle recruitment. Responsibilities included but not limited to:

• Partnered with Hiring Managers to identify staffing needs, job specifications, job duties, qualifications, and skills.
• Responsible for all steps of the recruitment process from updating the job description and sourcing candidates to interviewing, negotiating offers, and successfully hiring new employees.

05/2009 to 12/2009,Confidential, Bethesda, MD
Senior Recruiting Consultant (contract position)
NCI, 05/2009-09/2009
ManTech International, 09/2009-12/2009
Provided full life cycle recruiting support for a variety of cleared technical positions for the entire staffing process to include but not limited to the following:
Worked with hiring managers to determine job requirements, source candidates, conduct phone screens, coordinate interviews and negotiate offers.

01/2009 to 04/2009, Confidential,Mclean, VA
Senior Recruiting Consultant (contract position)
Provided full lifecycle recruiting support for SAIC\'s Space and Geospatial Intelligence Business Unit.
Partnered with hiring managers and HR personnel to provide recruitment services. Identified and utilized best recruitment/employment practices that yielded outstanding results. All positions required a minimum of a TS/SCI security clearance.

06/2007 to 12/2008 ,Confidential, Corporation, Mclean, VA
Senior Federal Recruiting Consultant (contract position)
Provided recruiting support for the Aerospace & Defense and Corporate Practices at EMC. Responsibilities included partnering with the HR Operation Managers and Senior Management to define hiring strategies for each business unit. Directly supported recruiting initiatives for System Integrators, Solution Architects, Network Engineers, Pre-Sales, Sales and Delivery Consultants for content management, backup, recovery and archiving software product lines.

05/2006 to 06/2007,Confidential, Ashburn, VA
Senior Technical Recruiter (position relocated to Columbia, MD)
Provided direct hire, and contract staffing support services for existing Government and commercial clients. Responsible for all aspects of technical recruitment including generating a pipeline of prospective candidates, identifying advertising needs, reference checks, referrals, networking and salary negotiation.

• Partnered with hiring managers to define position core competencies, communicated
  recruiting strategies, expectations, and candidate interview process
• Worked closely with HR business partners regarding retention issues, current market
  conditions, and salary benchmarking
• Prepared candidates for interviewing with clients and specific hiring managers by providing detailed information on the company, the business strategy, department background, and expectation setting
• Leveraged online recruiting resources, employee referrals and networking to identify and recruit the very best candidates
• Majority of positions required security clearances

05/2005 to 05/2006 ,Confidential, Chantilly, VA
Senior Intel Recruiter (contract position)
Provided full-life cycle recruiting supporting national programs for the intelligence community. All positions required a TS/SCI with a full scope polygraph.

• Collaborated with hiring managers to create and deliver comprehensive, competitive offers
• Improved and maintained internal and external job postings, provided weekly status reports
• Identified problem areas and suggested solutions, coached management in recruiting aspects and suggested alternative recruiting mediums to incorporate
• Attended job fairs and invitational events to keep pipeline of cleared candidates on-going

01/2002 to 05/2005,Confidential, VA

• Recruited qualified candidates by engaging in sourcing activities to include, but not limited to: market research (i.e., job fairs, job boards, etc.), identifying candidate sources, cold calling, recruiting calls, referrals, and networking events
• Maintained ongoing relationships with candidates not currently on assignment
• Qualified candidates by conducting telephone and in-person interviews to obtain work history, education, training, job skills and salary requirements
• Engaged in candidate quality assurance, candidate retention and extension, and lead generation
• Analyzed client requirements against candidate qualifications and matched the best candidate for client needs

03/2000 to 03/2001 ,Confidential,Sterling, VA

Guided and managed the entire full life cycle hiring process. Facilitated the recruiting process in all phases from the requisition to the offer letter. Responsibilities included: direct sourcing, phone pre-screening/pre-qualifying of candidates, interviewing, salary negotiations and selecting the most qualified candidates. Verification of education, reference checking and background investigations. Recruited for the following skill sets: Java Developers, QA Specialists, Project Management, Network Engineers, and Technical Sales Executives.

Desktop Software:
MS Office Suite (Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Applicant Tracking Systems:
Resumix, BOND, Taleo, CATS, Bullhorn, Resumeware, Recruitmax, Hodes iQ, and Brassring.