Bill McDonald

***** ** *** * #*-*** Lynnwood, WA 98036

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ablqi6@r.postjobfree.com 360-***-****

Objective

Objective:

To bring more than 8 years of Recruiting and Account Management experience and 6 years of

Active Duty Military Experience to a company that will allow me to work within a dynamic team

motivated to achieve goals and contribute to the organizations success. I have strong problem

solving skills and the ability to “think outside of the box”. I love recruiting, sales, business

development and cusomter service!

Employment History:

Harris Ford Lynnwood, WA 8/2009 to Present

Senior Sales and Leasing Associate

Harris Ford has been serviing customers, providing vehicle/fleet sales and service for over 40

years.

•Joined the special finance division to help grow profit margin for the company and provide

customers with challenged credit, the opportunity to purchase a vehicle

•Consistently in the TOP 3 in my division for unit and gross profit sales

•Helped identify new customer lead sources

•Developed strong relationships with bank representatives (underwriters and buyers), resulting in

future partnerships

•Performed full cycle sales from setting appointments with customers, finding banks to finance

them, selling them on a vehicle and closing down the deal

•Provide an enjoyable car buying experience for customers resulting in referral business

opportunities

Staffing Technologies LLC Redmond, WA 4/2008 to 6/2009

Senior Technical Recruiter

Staffing Technologies is a tier 1 vendor to more than 65 fortune 500 and 1,000 companies

nationwide, providing clients with: (1) Project/Professional Services, (2) Staff Augmentation and

(3) Direct Placement.

•Hired to work in a satellite office (company is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA) in Redmond,

WA, supporting clients in the Seattle market

•Hit the ground running in this "start up" environment

•Top Producer, exceeding goals set by Mangaer

•Perform full life cycle technical recruiting to fill Java/J2EE/ATG Developer, .NET Developer,

Project/Program Manager, Business/Data/Systems Analyst, SQL Developer,

Oracle/PL/SQL Developer, SQL/Oracle Database Administrators, Senior QA/Tester

openings for onsite positions at the client’s site

•Focused on recruiting candidates with Information Technology and Telecommunications

experience within software and infrastructure projects

•Delivered exceptional candidates to hiring managers with a high submittal to placment ratio

Major Clients: AT&T/Cingular, PEMCO/PCCS, HP, Accenture and Verizon

Meridian Technology Group Bellevue, WA 2/2007 to 3/2008

Senior Technical Recruiter

Meridian Technology Group is an Information Technology consulting company developing

mission critical, highly scalable business solutions for major and emerging clients throughout the

western United States. Headquartered near Portland, Oregon with satellite offices in Bellevue,

Washington and Phoenix, Arizona. Meridian has been providing advanced technology expertise

to our clients since 1990.

•Hired to work in a satellite office in Bellevue, WA, supporting clients in the Seattle, Portland,

Arizona, Denver and Minnesota markets

•Performed full life cycle technical recruiting to fill Project/Program Manager,

Business/Data/Systems Analyst, Java/J2EE Developer, .NET Developer, PL/SQL

Developer, SQL Developer, Oracle Developer, Database Administrators, Senior

QA/Tester, Instructional Designer and Technical Writer openings for onsite positions at

the client’s site

•Focused on recruiting candidates with .NET, Java and Oracle Developer backgrounds as well as

Analysts and PM’s with infrastructure and software project experience

•High submittal to placement ratios

Major Clients: Russell Investment Corp., Expedia, Getty Images, T Mobile, US Bank, The

Standard Insurance Group, Regence, PacifiCorp

Manpower Professional Kirkland, WA 11/2005 to 02/2007

Senior Technical Recruiter

Manpower Inc. is a world leader in the employment services industry, offering customers a

continuum of services to meet their needs throughout the employment and business cycle. MPP

specializes in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment of professional information

technology and financial placement expertise.

•Top biller in office

•Hired to help open the Professional Division of Manpower office in Kirkland, WA after a company

re branding in 2005. Focused on selling the professional brand to candidates in the

Seattle market with IT and Engineering background

•Full life cycle recruiting: posting job descriptions, sourcing/building candidate pipelines, technical

screening, interviewing, negotiation of salaries, New Employee Orientation

•Responsible for identifying new accounts and working with hiring managers to fill contract and

direct hire job opportunities

•Re established relationships with past hiring managers to identify any new partnering

opportunities

•Specialized in recruiting Software Developers/Engineers, Directors, Project/Program/Product

Managers, Business Analysts, QA, Sales and Marketing professionals and Accounting

and Finance professionals

•Mentored 4 junior recruiters in office

Major Clients: Adobe, Honeywell, IBM, Farmers Insurance, Safeco, Starbucks and SUPERfeet

Sogeti USA, LLC (contract) Seattle, WA 2/2005 to 10/2005

Unit Recruiter

Sogeti is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Capgemini Group, a Public Limited Liability Company

that is traded on the Paris Stock Exchange. It is one of the world's foremost providers of

Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services.

•Perform full life cycle recruiting: posting job descriptions, sourcing/building candidate pipelines,

technical screening, interviewing, negotiation of salaries, New Employee Orientation

•Hired full time employees to join the Pacific Coast team for Sogeti in Seattle USA:

Program/Product/Project/Localization PM’s, Business/Systems/Functional/Data Analysts,

.NET developers, Quality Assurance, Data Architects/Modelers, Network/Systems

Administrators

•Specialized in recruiting talent with developer experience using Microsoft technologies

•Supported 3 account executives with managing prospective clients, identifying their needs, and

engaging our consultants with the appropriate skill sets and experience

Major Clients: Cingular, Free & Clear, Freightliner, InfoSpace, Microsoft, Nike, Panasonic,

Regence, Starbucks, Washington Mutual

EQQUS Technologies (contract) Redmond, WA 8/2004 to 2/2005

Technical Recruiter

EQQUS Technologies is a professional consulting and search organization that provides

customers the innovative talent and services they seek to help them create world class

technology based solutions.

•Worked within a team that specialized in the recruitment of professional talent to fill permanent

and contract positions with high technology clients in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and

California

•Recruited candidates to fill open contingent and permanent positions for clients in the Pacific

Northwest

•Assisted Director of Consulting Services with identifying new clients and closing new business

•Worked with IT clients in Telecommunications, Sales, Marketing, Wireless & Technical

Communications fields

•Mentored 2 junior recruiters in the office

Major Clients: Expedia, ClearWire, Microsoft Corporation, QPass and Safeco

S&T Onsite (now Aquent) Seattle, WA 3/2001 to 8/2004

Technical Recruiter

S&T OnSite was a division of Sakson & Taylor. We provided staffing services and project

deliveries that enabled clients to supplement their teams with experienced contract or direct hire

staff. From identifying talent to placing the most qualified candidate, I managed the entire hiring

process. I also managed compensation negotiation and conducted post hiring check ups to make

sure my contractors were happy.

•Billed over $250,000/month in contingent staffing and permanent placmements resulting in

consistent profit to the company’s bottom line

•Worked with Microsoft hiring managers to fill “a dash” and “v dash” contractor needs

•Placed Programmer Writers/Editors, Technical Writers/Editors, Localization Project Managers,

Desktop Publishers, Instructional Designers, Graphic Designers and C# Developers

•Recruited developer candidates with strong writing experience to work on SDK and API material

(sourcing candidates with different levels of development experience using Microsoft

technologies (Visual Studio.NET, C#, C++, J#, VB.NET, ASP.NET)

•Recruited Technical Writer candidates with experience writing procedural, policy, white papers

and online help (HTML, XML, Win Help, RoboHelp, Xmetal)

•Established strong relationships with clients resulting in return business based on trust in my

ability to provide outstanding candidates

•Highly successful at partnering with Account Managers on new client visits to secure business

Major Clients: Amazon, BEA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Concur Technologies, Expedia,

Hewlett Packard, Luminous Parrot Technologies, Nintendo, Safeco, Starbucks, T Mobile,

Washington Mutual and WatchGuard Technologies

Recruiting Innovations Seattle, WA 4/2000 to /2001

Recruiting Manager

RI was a ground start up venture. I opened the doors of this company with 3 other individuals.

Our business was placing permanent High Technology talent with DotCom companies.

•Built candidate pipeline by sourcing and posting on career sites, interviewing people at trade

shows, meeting people at special interest groups, headhunting, and networking for

referrals

•Average billing of over $20,000/month in permanent placements (no staffing)

•Recruited IT directors, Project and Program Managers, Software Developers, QA/Testers, and

Technical Writers/Editors

•Actively participated in client sourcing (cold calling prospective clients) and account

management

Major Clients: Applied Inference, Blockbuy.com, Expedia, Go2Net Inc., Hubspan, Inteliant,

License Online, LizardTech.com, Microsoft, WatchGuard Technologies and WonderHorse

Mayflower Park Hotel Seattle, WA 2/1996 to 11/1999

Guest Services Manager

Edgewater Inn Seattle, WA 7/1995 to 1/1996

Front Desk Night Supervisor

United States Air Force 9/1989 to 6/1995

Senior Airman

Active Duty (Nellis AFB Las Vegas, NV & Ramstein AB, Germany)

Assigned to the Morale, Welfare, Recreation and Services squadron

Education: Education

1990 to 1992 University of Maryland (Ramstein AB Germany)

Attended basic college courses and hotel management program through this annex on base.

1988 to 1989 Olympic College Kitsap Peninsula Vocational Skills Center (Bremerton,

WA) Culinary Arts program

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