MICHAEL
PORTLAND OREGON *****
ALEXANDER
SUMMARY
Seeking a long term/full cycle contract position in IT Recruiting and
Skills
interviewing and years of diverse recruitment in IT, Engineering and Sourcing,Screening
Operations. Recruitment and
Multiple years working in high tech recruitment companies as a contract recruiter Interviewing for:
S/WE (Unix, C++ and
in the Portland area and west coast. Utilized various local employment
Java) Telecom,
HW/E (Verilog, HDL),
Agencies to identify hard to find candidates. EE’s (Embedded and
firmware), Network
Engineers, Security
Specialists, Project
Engineers,
EXPERIENCE Contract Specialists
Associate Project Engineers
Burlington Coat Factory 11/10- Present Administrative and
Work in shipping, receiving, work sales floor. Supply Chain Specialists
DATA Modelers
Portland Oregon
Student/Recruiter 04/2008 –
Ability to meet tight
11/2009
deadlines and
Portland Oregon and Aurora Colorado
client requirements while
Virtual Recruiter source and recruit candidates for non profit agencies
staying within
The job titles include business analyst, program administrators ect split fee profitability margins
arrangements with local recruiters
Enrolled in general computer classes and ESL TESOL training program. Will Software
receive certification in late November of 2009. Searching for a new recruiting Microsoft Word
position Microsoft Excel
Boolean String
Resumix
Mentor Graphics - Wilsonville, Oregon 09/2007 -
Retract
03/2008
EZ Recruit
Recruited for a leader in the Electric Design Automation industry and was
Talent Hook
responsible for the hiring of Software/Hardware Engineers, Sales Application
Internet sourcing
Engineers, Data Modelers, Financial Analysts, Contract Specialists and Storage
Engineers. Position was a Full Cycle recruiting role that included the negotiation Membership/Affiliation
of salaries/bonus incentives, managed 25 open positions simultaneously and s
supported 8 hiring teams. Northwest Contract
Recruiters Association
Regence Blue Cross – Portland, Oregon 04/2007 -
Society of Human
09/2007
Resources Management
Staffed as a Contract Recruiter and was responsible for the filling of 14 positions
(SHRM)
which included Software Engineers, Unix Engineers, Java Programmers, DBA’s
and Data Modelers, Conducted multiple phone screens, interviews and all
References available
reference checks and negotiated salary offers and relocation packages.
upon request
Logitech - Vancouver, Washington
2/2007-4/2007
Recruited for designer, manufacturer and marketer of computer control devices,
was responsible for recruiting Hardware Engineers and screening .
LECG - Emeryville, California
06/2006 - 09/2006
Recruited for a global expert services firm that provided financial services to
Fortune 500 companies; Provided service as a college recruiter that was
responsible for ramping up recruiting and establishing recruitment strategies,
connected with managers to setup IVY league college recruiting that included
Harvard, Columbia, Princeton and Stanford as well as other top business and law
schools across the US, worked with placement offices and alumni associations
and was responsible for scheduling fall recruiting trips to colleges in the
Midwest.
Xerox Corporation - Wilsonville, Oregon 01/2005
-09/2005
Worked for global document company in the Wilsonville Solid Ink Division as a
full cycle recruiter with most positions recruited as Mechanical Engineers, had a
total caseload of up to forty hires, supported 17 different hiring managers and
teams, utilized sourcing from every available creative avenue to identify
applicants which included alumni, professional and general associations,
Monster.com and employee referrals, performed salary negotiations and dealt
with housing and relocation issues. During time employed Xerox converted to a
new Applicant Tracking System which caused new challenges and workarounds.
Virtual Recruiter - Portland, OR & Emeryville, CA 9/2001-12/2004
Recruited in a home based situation with clients that included Boeing, Pacific
Core, research firm Battelle or other recruiters who simply needed assistance in
sourcing for candidates, positions recruited for included Oracle Developers, SAP
and high level/hard to find Software Engineers who had a combination of
software and HDL background, compensation was received in the form of a split
fee.
Real Time Solutions - Emeryville, California
05/2000 - 08/2001
Recruited for large material handling and warehouse systems operator that has
clients that include Wal-Mart. Was responsible for recruiting Engineers, Project
Managers, QA Engineers, Technicians, Accountants, Tech Support Teams
Knowledge Workers - Englewood, Colorado
Raytheon Systems Company - Aurora, Colorado
EchoStar Communications - Denver, Colorado
Hollywood Video - Wilsonville, Oregon
Microsoft- Redmond Washington
Battelle Laboratories, Richland Washington
Liberal Arts Degree, Bachelor of Arts
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS