SR. TECHNICAL OR CORPORATE RECRUITER I am a Sr. level recruiter with a forte’ in Technology. I am comfortable recruiting any area of expertise. I have over 8 years experience in both corporate and agency environments. I seek contract, contract-to-hire or full-time opportunities in the Chicagoland area. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: •Sourcing •Networking •Cold-Calling •Negotiation •Technology •Research •Coaching •Relationship-Building •Communication •Qualifying •Creativity •Mentoring •Customer Service •Detail-Oriented •Goal-Oriented EXPERIENCE: ValCom, Itasca, IL 7/2008 – Present Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract) • Provide clients nationwide with quality technical staff for contract, contract to hire and permanent openings • Positions to include: Help desk, Desktop Support, Software Developers (.net, Java, etc), Database developers, Project Managers, Web Managers, Sales, etc). Also recruited internal ValCom employees • Manage full lifecycle recruiting process: Working with Account Managers gathering requirements, sourcing, screening, interviewing, declining candidates or making offers • Manage an average of 20 requirements at any given time • Maintain an average of 5 hires per month; 6 hires in first month alone • Conduct personal interviews with prospects on their background, technology or industry experience, salary expectations, career-growth, etc • Maintained large database of clients, consultants, job orders, activity, etc. • Achieved goals set from upper management to include: submittals & hires per month within gross margin allowances. • Set recruiting record for ValCom and myself by recruiting for and placing candidate in the highest level position of my tenure: Senior Vice President/Security Officer at a large financial institution in Chicago. ($146,000 salary with $5,000 sign on bonus and a 30% yearly bonus). $40,000 placement fee to ValCom Key Clients: Grainger, Duke Energy, Career Education, ITT, Cognitive Capital, Midwest Banc, Gallagher Bassett, US Cell CORPTAX, LLC (Formerly Deloitte & Touche’ Tax Technologies), Deerfield, IL 4/2007- 4/2008 Corporate Recruiter (Contract) • Sole internal recruiter for all staff for top-notch corporate tax software development firm (including Deerfield, IL, Dallas, TX, Woodland Hills, CA and remote work-from-home employees) • Positions to include: Software developers (.net platform), Database Administrators (SQL Server), Network Administrators, QA Testers, Tax Analysts, Customer Support, Technical Support, Sales Reps, Project Managers, Implementation Specialists, Process Engineers, Software Trainers, etc). • Manage full lifecycle recruiting process from gathering requirements to making offers • Manage an average of 30 open requisitions at one time • Manage use of outside agencies and saving CORPTAX over $800,000 in direct hire placement fees • Maintain an average of 5-6 hires per month and a total of 50 in exactly one year • Conduct discovery meetings with Managers, Directors and Vice Presidents to discuss opportunities within their department • Compose open requirement form based on position description, location, salary range, required travel, required skills, education and certifications • Source appropriately for candidates by means other than job boards including, networking, cold-calling competitors within the software development or tax industry • Conduct personal interviews with prospects on their background, technology or industry experience, salary expectations, career-growth, life at CORPTAX, benefits and future opportunities • Submit qualified resumes to appropriate managers for review with an introduction of the candidate and their skill-set, work history, salary history and career goals • Set phone or personal interviews for managers and conduct follow-up calls to candidates and managers on the overall interview process • Negotiate salaries with managers and future employees based on past experience and overall skills relating to the current position • Extend verbal offers to future employees congratulating them on their success • Conduct background checks (via ChoicePoint) upon acceptance of position; notify manager and entire staff of new hire • Follow-up with new employees and their managers for the first few weeks after start date • Maintain excellent relationships with all staff, placement agencies and future prospects Spherion Professional Services, Itasca, IL 3/2007- 4/2007 Technical Recruiter (Contract) • Provided national Fortune 100 organizations top-quality Information Technology consultants & direct hire employees based on requirements from clients • Full life-cycle recruiting: sourcing, qualifying, interviewing and placement of consultants and staff to clients (via job boards, TalentHook, open web searching, referrals, networking and internal database) • Candidates to include: Software developers (.net Java, Oracle, etc), Quality Testers, Business Analysts, Engineers, Project Managers, Database Engineers/Administrators and general staff based on client-needs • Conduct discovery calls and meetings with Account Executives and managers in fulfilling their open requirements; making sure all of the details on the open positions were covered before sourcing appropriate candidates • Conducted in-depth interviews via phone or in-person with candidates on their background, technology expertise and expectations on current or future goals and career opportunities • Maintained extensive database of clients, candidates, job orders, etc • Achieved and exceeded goals set by management to include: submittals per day and hires per month. Key Clients: Caterpillar, Sprint, StateFarm, Navistar, Xerox, Zurich, Underwriters Labs, BC/BS, Baxter, Claires, Sears NextGen Information Services, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL 8/2004 - 3/2007 Technical Recruiter • Provided local and non-local organizations top-quality Informational Technology consultants based on requirements from clients • Full-life-cycle recruiting: sourcing, qualifying, interviewing and placement of IT consultants to clients (via job boards, open web searching, referrals, sub-contract vendors and internal database) • Candidates to include: Project Managers, Developers (Java, Oracle, .net, etc), Quality testers, Business Analysts, Programmers (mainframe and client/server), Engineers, etc. • Sourced and qualified new sub-contract vendors to help fill open requirements. Maintain close relationships with sub-vendors to help generate success in placing candidates together • Extensive use of client Vendor Management Systems (VMS). • Negotiated pay/bill rates with candidates, sub-vendors and clients to achieve best rates & practices. • Maintained large database of clients, consultants, job orders, activity, etc. • Achieved goals set from upper management to include, submittals & hires per month within gross margin allowances. • Recipient of the Presidents Award for my first full year. (2005) 100%+ of gross margin dollar goal met for the year. Awarded with an all expense paid trip to Cancun, Mexico Key Clients: SBC/AT&T, Hospira, Abbott Labs, Alaron Trading, TAP, Nestle, Quaker/Pepsi, Verizon, EDS, Toyota, Coors Digital People, Arlington Heights, IL 6/2002 - 7/2004 Technical Recruiter • Provided companies with qualified creative staff for the entire Chicagoland area. • Candidates to include: Graphic designers, Desktop publishers, Copywriters, Web-designers, Pre-press technicians, etc. • Conducted in-depth, personal interviews with candidates within the creative industry for either temporary (freelance) or direct-hire opportunities • Sole recruiter for 30-50 (average) job requisitions per month (temporary and direct-hire) & maintaining 90-100% fill ratio • Managed very intricate database of clients, candidates, work orders, activity, etc. • Negotiated pay/bill rates with clients and candidates • Used candidates’ skills and marketed their talent to existing clients who may have a need within the creative realm • Visited clients on a monthly basis to ensure customer quality and satisfaction. • Computed talent payroll on a weekly basis • Traveled to local colleges and universities on a quarterly basis to speak to soon-to-be graduates on the creative industry, resumes, interviewing tips, etc. • Marketed Digital Peoples’ services in my professional and personal life – which generated several new clients in a short period of time • Retained weekly average of $9.00-$10.00 gross margin dollar per hour • Billed close to $50,000 in direct hire fees (2003) while maintaining full temporary desk duties and requirements Key Clients: Sanford, GiftCo, Sammons Preston, United Stationers, Marks & Whetstone, Federated Foods, Grainger TAD Telecom, Naperville, IL 4/2001 - 2/2002 Technical Recruiter • Provided telecommunications’ companies with qualified telecommunication contractors throughout the United States • Contractors to include: Cable Splicers, Outside Plant Engineers, Installation and Repair Technicians, PBX Technicians, etc. • Maintained candidate resume’ database of 50,000+ entries • Responsible for posting available jobs on appropriate internet job boards • Assisted with payroll on a weekly basis; to include: hourly, salary, 1099, sub-contractor, per Diem, etc. • Provided computer/technical support to branch • Marketed TAD Telecoms’ services on a weekly basis by sending out informational packages to prospective clients • Designed PowerPoint presentations for sales & marketing meetings with potential clients • Worked closely with branch director and account executives on new business situations • Branch representative/point of contact for company-wide quality system (TL900 Quality Audits Key Clients: Verizon, Alcatel, Tellabs, Motorola, Gibson Electric, Southwest Bell, Lucent Technologies, Sprint Euclid Insurance Services, Elmhurst, IL 2/2000 - 1/2001 Quote Analyst • Prepared and issued health, life and dental insurance quotations for insurance brokers through United Health Care and Delta Dental plans of Illinois • Provided support for appropriate marketing representative and broker/clients based on goals established by management • Coordinated assignment of new broker/client leads • Kept brokers informed of product, procedure and Legislative changes in the healthcare industry American Society of Clinical Pathology, Chicago, IL 9/1995 - 7/1999 Operating Services Administrator • Provided administrative and technical support to all departments of a large medical organization. • Provided telecommunications support including telephone and voicemail training for all new employees • Indirectly supervised the maintenance of Siemens-Rolm telecommunication system • Responsible for employee security access levels • Prepared departmental records; monthly computerized reports for chargeback of services, including copier audits, telephone usage and stockroom supplies • Maintained close vendor relationships and assisted outside contractors • Assumed the role of buyer as needed EDUCATION: • 1992 - 1995 Joliet College, Joliet, IL Studies toward AA in Nursing SKILLS: Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, And Explorer Desktop: Quark, PhotoShop Database: Pro|Search, Resumate, Conex, ACT, PeopleSoft, E-Recruit Recruiting: Open Web, Monster, Dice, TalentHook, CareerBuilder, Proprietary Software, VMS systems