Customer Service Project

GARY SIGMAN

Senior Recruiter and/or HR Generalist

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Overview: I provide virtual and on-site recruiting to companies that have

challenging geographies, are start-ups, turn-arounds or

restructures, are rapidly expanding, newly merged or acquired or

are non-US companies establishing US facilities.

Industries: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Medical Device and CROs

Sales and Business Development

Engineering

Financial Services

Investment Banking

Finance and Accounting

Projects: Technical Recruiting

Marketing and Communication Recruiting

Accounting, Finance and Operations Recruiting

Executive Search and Project Staffing

Corporate HR services, compensation and benefits management (if

desired)

RECRUITING SKILLS

SOURCING: LinkedIn Recruiter, Boards (Monster, Dice, etc.), Social Media

Aggregators such as Talentbin, Entelo and Gild

ATS: All leading ATS software, including BrassRing, Taleo, iCIMS,

Ascentis, Bullhorn and Kronos

branding: Develop highly accurate job descriptions

Create very positive candidate impressions through tailored LinkedIn

inMail

CONTACT: Highly organized candidate contact processes

Persistent, tenacious, appropriate follow up

screening: 30-45 minute in-depth technical screens

closing: Become candidate's confidant

Provide high-touch customer service

Expert level objection handling, master negotiator, armchair

psychologist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior RECRUITER, HR generalist

2001 to Present

Virtual and On-Site

Overview

My clients have relied on me to provide full-lifecycle recruitment

services, including corporate branding, hiring strategy development,

technical sourcing, screening and negotiations. I interact incredibly well

with all levels of management and enjoy working within productive and fast

paced recruiting teams. I have also either assisted with, or completely

set up (for smaller companies) HR services, including compensation and

benefits and 'Hire to Retire' planning.

COMPANIES SUPPORTED (partial list)

MySchoolTool, Inc.

Eisai, Inc.

Chemie Gr nenthal GmbH/Gr nenthal USA, Inc.

BC Tech, Inc.

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

China Infrastructure Development Company, Ltd.

Liquid Robotics, Inc.

KAI Research, Inc.

Celgene Corporation

Monsoon Multimedia, Inc.

Cytox Group, Ltd.

HeySpace International, Ltd.

Biotech Imaging, Inc.

DSG, Inc. (Document Solutions Group)

United BioSource Corporation

Cypress Private Security

Covalent Group, Inc.

1998 - 2001

senior recruiter, Operations and Hr

Originally engaged as a contract recruiter, I was offered a permanent

position with expanded responsibilities within several months.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Developed and implemented an innovative recruitment paradigm, providing a

net savings to the company of $480,000 ($.04/share) over 24 months when

compared with the costs of traditional executive search

- Established and directed the business development, human resources,

recruitment and corporate operations functions

- Developed programs and corporate functions for business development,

facilities management, employee benefits, employee recruitment referral,

training, onboarding, annual review, integration of acquired companies and

partner organizations, employee relations, compliance and EAP

Accomplishments

- As the company's sole recruiter, successfully increased the size of the

clinical research staff from 25 to more than 100 in 24 months, including

seven executive level placements (Senior Director, VP, CMO, COO Europe)

Kenexa Corporation, an IBM Company

1992 - 1998

Staffing Solutions LEAD (PARTNER)

Established and led a life sciences recruiting practice

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Conceptualized, sold and co-managed fulfillment of the company's first

and largest contract staffing services project (sold in UK to UK client,

fulfilled in US); value of the project was $1.68 million, 221 positions

were filled in eleven weeks

- Lead teams of up to 15 consultants in multiple US locations and up to 40

multi-national consultants in the sale and fulfillment of staffing

solutions to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients in the US and Europe

Accomplishments

- Conceptualized, developed, managed and directed business development for

a groundbreaking business unit specializing in time-compressed staffing

requirements, which became the company's most profitable in its first full

year.

- First US-based employee to lead a major project outside the US (UK and

Ireland), integrating teams from the US and UK offices

- First employee to generate in excess of $1 million of personal revenue

production in a single year

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LIBERAL ARTS

La Salle College (now La Salle University)

Concentrations in Biology, Chemistry and English Literature

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

Delaware County Community College/Pennsylvania Department of Health

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