CURRENT DoD TS/SCI (AWARDED August ****)

EDUCATION:

University of Florida

. Master of Science in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

with concentration in Forensic Science. (Anticipated

graduation date Dec 2012).

Pennsylvania State University

. Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

. Targeted Selection Administrator (Behavioral Interviewing)-

DDI

EXPERIENCE:

August 2008-Present Defense Intelligence

Agency

Human Resources Manager/Recruitment Division Permanent Federal

Position

Provide Senior Human Capital Consultant services for multiple directorates

within the agency. Recruit and staff various positions to include:

Physicists, Scientists, Forensic Collectors, Nuclear and Chemical

Collectors.

. Workforce Analytics: Track and compile quantitative data and use

variables to find corresponding links.

. System Maintenance: Maintain applicant tracking system. Utilize XML,

HTML, and RSS formats. Train new employees on PeopleSoft ATS as well

as provide departmental PC troubleshooting support.

. Staffing: Review and qualify applications, forward qualified

candidates to hiring managers, directors and supervisors, create and

post job vacancies, review/screen applications, make job offers,

conduct salary negotiations, oversee and direct Agency Recruitment

Panels.

. Recruiting: Attend job fairs to recruit for entry level, mid level and

upper level management candidates as well as college recruits and

interns. Focused on TS/SCI candidates or those eligible to obtain

TS/SCI and/or Q clearance status.

. Benefits: Counsel employees on benefits plans, TSP, FERS and CSRS and

retirements, provide retirement estimates for retiring employees,

complete and submit retirement paperwork to OPM and assure smooth

transition.

. Wage Administration: Determine proper compensation for experience

levels as well as promotions for internal employees.

. Employee Relations: Counsel employees on various issues, conduct new

hire orientations, mediate confrontations, and present solutions.

. Training: New field staff training on company policies and procedures,

requirements, and Federal and State rules and regulations.

March 2002-August 2008

Contract Recruiter/Consultant

Recruiting Contractor/Consultant to metro DC, Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley

and New York metro businesses and associations. Provide full life-cycle

recruiting and placement services.

***Locations/clients/duties/titles of contracts are listed below:

March 2008-August 2008 A+ Government Solutions

Senior Medical Recruiter/HRIS

Provide full life-cycle recruiting for various positions at FDA(Food & Drug

Administration) in the DC metropolitan area. Directorates serviced included

CDER(Center for Drug Evaluation & Research) and CBER(Center for Biologics

Evaluation & Research). Positions recruited for included Biologists,

Microbiologists, Chemists, Researchers, etc.

. Recruiting: Attend job fairs & conferences both regionally and locally,

network with various career-specific associations, source for viable,

competent candidates via job boards and research and by conducting cold

calls to competitors, research centers, and university medical centers.

Conduct pre-screening, preliminary interviews and recommendations as well

as provide skills assessment of candidates to selecting officials and

managers. Train internal recruiters and track progress.

. Staffing/Career Counseling: Matching client needs to applicant skills and

resume development.

. System Maintenance: Maintain applicant tracking system. Utilize XML,

HTML, and RSS formats. Train new employees on software as well as provide

departmental PC troubleshooting support.

. Operations: Posting & tracking of employment vacancies, tracking of

stats, maintenance of applicant database and weekly and monthly reports.

April 2007-February 2008 Clark Pharmaceutical

BioTech/Pharm Recruiter

Provide full life-cycle recruiting for various pharmaceutical and

biotechnology companies and manufacturing facilities in the NJ/PA area.

Recruit candidates throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, South America and

Europe. Positions include: Clinical Trials, Regulatory Affairs, Phase I-IV

Researchers, Sterility, Validation, Automation, and Process Engineers,

Microbiologists, Autoclave Specialists, and administrative personnel.

. Recruiting: Attend job fairs & conferences both regionally and locally,

network with various career-specific associations, source for viable,

competent candidates via job boards and research and by conducting cold

calls to competitors, research centers, and university medical centers.

Conduct pre-screening, preliminary interviews and recommendations as well

as provide skills assessment of candidates to selecting officials and

managers.

. Staffing/Career Counseling: Matching client needs to applicant skills and

resume development.

. Operations: Posting & tracking of employment vacancies, tracking of

stats, maintenance of applicant database and weekly and monthly reports.

. Wage Administration: Determine proper compensation for experience levels

as well as market analyses for all positions.

August 2006-April 2007 J.M. Waller Associates Inc.

Engineering Recruiter

Provide full life-cycle recruiting for mid-sized Engineering firm. Placed

TS/SCI contractors in military installations nationwide in SCIFs.

Positions recruited for include all facets of Engineering including

Environmental, Facilities, Construction, Civil, Mechanical, Industrial,

Master Planners, Urban Planners, Architects. Also recruited for Project

Managers, Program Managers, Designers, and administrative personnel.

. Recruiting: Attend job fairs & conferences both nationwide and locally,

network with various career-specific associations, source for viable,

competent candidates via job boards and research, and by conducting cold

calls. Conduct pre-screening, preliminary interviews and recommendations

as well as provide skills assessment of candidates to selecting officials

and managers.

. Wage Administration: Determine proper compensation for experience levels

as well as market analyses for all positions.

. Staffing: Review and qualify applications, forward qualified candidates

to hiring managers, directors and first line supervisors, create and post

job vacancies, review/screen applications, make job offers, conduct

salary negotiations, and consult with owners and Board members.

. System Maintenance: Maintained applicant tracking system. Utilized XML,

HTML, and RSS formats.

. Operations: Created and implemented an AAP corporate-wide. Creation of

job descriptions, posting & tracking of employment vacancies, tracking of

stats for hiring

. Training: Conducted training sessions to hiring managers on Targeted

Selection(Behavioral Interviewing), Open Hire(applicant tracking system),

and creating job requisitions.

February 2006-October 2006 STG International

Senior BioTech/Medical Recruiter

Provide recruiting services to NIH, NIAID(National Institute of Allergy &

Infectious Diseases) for various positions to include: Nurse Consultants,

Medical Officers, Scientists, Researchers, Biotechnology, Regulatory

Affairs, and Clinical Trials professionals. Positions are typically on a

permanent basis, but contractual and short-term recruiting services were

also performed.

. Recruiting: Attend job fairs & conferences both nationwide and locally,

network with various career-specific associations, source for viable,

competent candidates via job boards and research, and by conducting cold

calls to health facilities, research centers, university medical centers.

Conduct pre-screening, preliminary interviews and recommendations as well

as provide skills assessment of candidates to selecting officials and

managers.

. Staffing/Career Counseling: Matching client needs to applicant skills and

resume development.

. Operations: Posting & tracking of employment vacancies, tracking of

stats, maintenance of applicant database and weekly and monthly reports.

. Client Maintenance: Attend and facilitate meetings with hiring managers,

selecting officials and department heads to ensure both satisfaction of

services and clarification of positions in order to search for the right

skills, background and experience of candidates.

March 2004-January 2006 Defense

Intelligence Agency

Human Resources Manager/Specialist Department of Navy

. Classification: Perform desk audits to determine proper series and

grade for various positions and present results to managers, directors

and employees.

. Wage Administration: Determine proper compensation for experience

levels as well as promotions for internal employees.

. Staffing: Review and qualify applications, forward qualified

candidates to hiring managers, directors and first line supervisors,

create and post job vacancies, review/screen applications, make job

offers, conduct salary negotiations, approve and review merit

selections and awards, approve various personnel actions (Quality Step

Increases, Terminations, Reassignments, Deployments, Details,

Resignations, Retirements, TDY), and consult with Employment Board

members.

. Recruiting: Attend job fairs to recruit for entry level, mid level and

upper level management candidates as well as college recruits and

interns. Focused on TS/SCI candidates or those eligible to obtain

TS/SCI and/or Q clearance status.

. Benefits: Counsel employees on benefits plans, TSP, FERS and CSRS and

retirements, provide retirement estimates for retiring employees,

complete and submit retirement paperwork to OPM and assure smooth

transition.

. Employee Relations: Counsel employees on various issues, conduct new

hire orientations, mediate confrontations, and present solutions.

November 2002-August 2003 HCA-Northern VA Community Hospital

Human Resources Recruiter/Information Technology

Recruiter for 168 bed acute care facility in Arlington, VA and 78 bed

psychiatric facility in Falls Church, VA.

. Recruiting: Full life cycle recruiting of all allied health and medical

personnel including Nursing(all specialties), Radiology/ Nuclear

Medicine, Laboratory, Psychiatric, Directors, Department managers, and

administrative support. Pre-screening and selection, position

classification, interviewing, license and employment history

verification, background checks, salary negotiations, and overall

employee recruitment. Attended job fairs, recruiting events and managed

advertising budget.

. Tier I Help Desk/System Maintenance: Maintain applicant tracking

system utilizing XML, HTML, formats. Direct end-user support, utilize

Remedy call tracking system, provide PC hardware and software

support, managed Windows PC environment including knowledge of MS

Outlook and Office applications and overall networking fundamentals.

. Training/Generalist: Conducted new employee orientations,

facilitated/instructed new Targeted Selection/Behavioral interviewing

curriculum to department heads and directors as well as EEO/Diversity,

Career Counseling and Time Management classes to employees. Responsible

for new employee benefit enrollment and compensation analysis. Facilitate

workforce development and train both internal and external employees.

. Operations: Creation of job descriptions, posting & tracking of

employment vacancies, tracking of stats for hiring and applicant

database, general employee benefits administration, and continual

assessment of marketing and hiring trends to stay competitive in health

care market.

*Head of then new Recruitment & Retention Committee to facilitate both

recruitment of quality personnel and retention of current employees in high

turnover positions. Also spearheaded HCA Cares, a medical scholarship

program to assist people affected by the 9/11 tragedy (lay-offs,

terminations, and under-employment) in order to further their career goals.

October 2000 to March 2002 American Critical

Care Services

Branch Director-DC and Baltimore Offices(Permanent)

. Sales, Public Relations and Marketing: Cold call and conduct

presentations to hiring managers of DC,VA and MD hospitals to obtain

supplemental staffing contracts in the Mid-Atlantic territory. Network

with various nursing and medical affiliations.

. Operations: Responsible for strategic planning, performance improvement,

and yearly budgets. Research new markets. Member of Corporate Advisory

Board as well as Corporate Leadership Team.

. Recruiting/Human Resources: Full life-cycle recruiting of Registered

Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses (including networking, job fairs,

nursing seminars, advertising etc), benefit enrollment, compensation,

workers compensation, new applicant processing, background and drug

screening for field employees, maintenance of federal and state licensure

requirements, researching employment trends and current issues to

determine hiring needs, conflict resolution and terminations, all while

adhering to JCAHO standards.

. Training: New field staff training on company policies and procedures,

requirements of ACCS, and Federal and State rules and regulations

pertaining to the nursing industry.

November 1998-October 2000 ACT-1 Technical

&Professional Services

Staffing Manager(Permanent)

One of three people hired to open DC metro office in Arlington,VA. This

included lease negotiations for the location, budget projections and

attainable goals schedule for new recruiting department as well as

registering new office for memberships at various community

organizations. Before resigning, created Medical Placement division for

the branch.

. Permanent Placement Recruiter for Light Technical, Administrative

Support, Marketing, Sales, Medical, Government and Accounting industries.

Quoted and set permanent placement fees and enforced terms of contracts.

. Manager of recruiting duties included: tracking of head count goals,

monthly gross margin goals, expense allowances, fee terms and duration of

assignment quotes, and filled to unfilled ratio goals for recruiting

department. Also made decisions regarding advertising, job fairs, and

community recruiting events. Planned weekly/monthly advertising & job

fairs.

. Sales: Marketing of services to the public sector, existing client

retention and prospecting new clientelle.

. Placement: Matching client needs to applicant skills, salary

negotiations, training of applicants on interviewing techniques as well

as resume development.

. Recruiting & Development: Networking, internet research, job fairs,

public relations, advertising and cold calling. Maintained existing

recruiting contacts and continually developed productive and quality

focused recruiting strategies to bring in the best candidates possible.

. Operations: Employee screening and testing, employee relations,

counseling, conflict resolution, payroll for 100 employees, hiring and

termination, background and drug screening, performance improvement and

processing weekly payroll for field employees.

APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS/RECRUITING SOFTWARE: e-recruit, AVUE, Resumix,

Brass Ring, PeopleSoft, EzHR, HRIS, Lawson, Taleo, Webhire, QuickHire.

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