Tasha Jackson

acee85@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Results-oriented Senior Technical Recruiter with 8 years solid experience. Demonstrated success recruiting technical professionals for early age start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Expert knowledge in identifying key sources, building relationships with key candidates and develop large scale talent pools to deliver upon short-term and strategic long-term needs.

Experience filling roles including roles across many levels and departments, including Platform/Java Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, UI Developers and Designers, SDET /QA Automation Engineers, and Engineering Managers.

Proficient use of direct sourcing including Boolean searching, LinkedIn, Web 2.0 - blogs, wikis, social networking, forums, user groups, and communities; other sites including Meetups, Gild, Quora, and Stack Overflow.

Develop and create innovative sourcing methods and strategies with a strong focus on understanding the marketplace, overall culture, and employer branding.

SKILLS

Internet savvy, experienced in mining online databases, and proficient in managing ATS tools.

Strong work ethic, a sense of commitment, and good discernment

Learn quickly and adapt to changing environments with ease

Detail-oriented, highly organized, self-starter, yet able to take initiative and work independently

Brand Ambassador with the ability to professionally represent companies brand to potential hires

Experience: Taleo, iCIMS, Avature, VirtualEdge, Bullhorn Reach

EXPERIENCE

Senior Technical Recruiter, TRJ Consulting - May 2008 - Present

Full life cycle recruiting for open positions including engineering and technical roles;

• Utilize advanced searching and mining techniques including Google, Boolean Search, Web 2.0 social media and phone sourcing to uncover high quality underutilized talent pools.

• Uncover talent in hard to reach places including: blogs, forums, alumni groups, conference attendee lists, and personal home pages; internal and external networks, referrals, social media; research and market/competitive intelligence to identify and engage passive talent.

Partner with hiring managers, and executives to build deep understanding of hiring needs and serve as a sourcing expert for the company. Devise effective candidate outreach strategies to produce high-caliber candidates and build our recruitment brand

Utilize advanced searching and mining techniques including Google, Boolean Search, Web 2.0 social media and phone sourcing to uncover high quality underutilized talent pools.

Build pipeline of top candidates through research and sourcing for candidates.

Contact and engage candidates; qualified candidates for cultural and technical fit; represent the company with professionalism and integrity.

Build and manage partnerships with external associations, meet up groups and other pools of technical talent.

Developed and created innovative sourcing methods and strategies with a strong focus on understanding the marketplace, overall culture, and employer branding.

• Project V – Technical Recruiter - Database Engineers – SQL, Front End Engineers – JavaScript, Software Engineers – Java, Digital Software Engineers – Ruby, Director of Engineering, UX designers, Mobile Engineers, Automation Engineers – Mobile Platforms.

• Project IV – Technical Recruiter- Focus- Cloud Computing, Data Infrastructure, Engineering; Open Source/ Systems Technologies; Web Development, Data Mining, SaaS, Web Services.

• Project III - Tech Recruiter - Large scale data - Hadoop + Hbase, Semantic Web applications - Saas, Paas, IaaS, DaaS, Cloud Databases, High-Performance Computing.

• Project II – Tech Sourcer - Business Analysts, BI Analysts, App Developers, Enterprise Architects, Systems Engineers, Product Managers (Apps Security), Network Security Engineers, Database Administrators (Java, C++) Engineering - (UI, UX Developers, Apps Software Engineers (QA, Implementation, Ruby on Rails, Python).

• Project I – IT Recruiter - Channel Marketing Managers, Tech Program Managers, Network Security Engineers, SQA Engineers, Security Architects, Systems Engineers, Infrastructure Architects, Unix SA, SQA Analysts (Agile), Sales Specialists (Storage/Virtualization).

Technical Recruiter (Contract), Staffing Solutions Inc - Atlanta, GA- February 2007 to May 2008

TRJ Staffing Solutions Group - Atlanta, GA- January 2006 to May 2008

• Recruited talent to fill high volume positions across facilities – US/Global locations.

• Managed multiple requirements, review candidate profiles, screen resumes, conduct pre-screens and update candidate pipeline progress in the ATS.

• Established business partnerships with hiring managers while conducting full life cycle recruiting and closing candidates while creating great candidate experiences.

• Conducted timely and effective intake sessions with hiring managers; clearly defined needs and set expectations and plans for interviews.

• Captured and documented market and competitive from sourcing efforts to generate additional leads, pipelines, and networks.

• Qualified candidates for skill set, financial, cultural, and personality fit utilizing the screening criteria defined by the client managers.

• Recommended and introduced appropriate resources, processes, and relationships to support the client’s hiring needs.

• Wrote and placed job advertisements in various media including print and Internet online sources; developed internal job postings and routed them to clients/community for display.

Supported client groups: R&D Storage, Software & Development, Hardware Group, Global Enterprise:

Positions included VMware Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Electrical Engineers, Application Engineers, Java

Developers, BI Architects, Data Warehouse Architects.

Contract Technical Recruiter - Engineering (All Levels), Tech Sales, Software Developers, SDET's, IT,

Marketing (Product Management, Channel), Client Services.

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