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Oak Park, CA ***** 805-***-**** *********@*******.*** Carina Parrino

Career Professional Staffing Consultant with 13 years of full

Summary cycle recruitment.

Experience 2/2010-7/2010 HFT, Camarillo, CA

Independent Senior IT Staffing Consultant

Harbor Freight Tools is the largest national tool and

equipment catalog retailer.

Met established hiring targets, managed client

relationships, and interacted to hire the following:

Data Architect, Director of Application Development,

ecommerce Manager, Director of Business Alignment,

Business Solutions Architects, QA Manager / Release

Management, Manager of Packaged Applications, PHP

Programmers, Systems Security Engineer, Network

Engineers, Java developers, Security Analysts, Network

Security Engineers .

Oversaw the full-cycle IT recruiting by employing Top

Tier niche candidates using social networking such as

LinkedIn, Jigsaw, Facebook and Twitter.

Lead the recruitment efforts in ensuring its objectives

were closely aligned with the needs of the business.

Actively interfaced with hiring managers to source,

assess and hire highly talented individuals by leading

searches. Engaged in process improvement initiatives

geared toward streamlining and standardizing policies,

procedures, practices, tools and metrics.

Set strategies, benchmarked best practices, created

policies, established metrics and monitored results to

ensure an effective alignment with the business needs.

Served as the recruiting expert and advisor to the

organization for all staffing needs. Established

effective relationships by being a consultative

resource, active member and trusted advisor to the team.

Partnered with key leaders in the recruitment of senior

level positions and strategic hires.

Crafted job descriptions, marketed the opportunity,

screened candidates, tailored the office visit process,

and recommended compensation, reference checks and

negotiation of offers. Provided tools and training to

hiring teams on candidate evaluation and interview

methods to ensure effective screening of candidates.

Ensured service level agreements were met through

implementing compliance forms for the smooth on boarding

of new hires.

Negotiated fees with vendors.

Fostered a respectful and collaborative culture in which

staff were well supported to achieve results by

developing, implementing and maintaining best practices

in recruitment, staff development, performance and

talent management, employee relations, compensation,

benefits and compliance.

11/2008-4/2009 South Sound Radiology Olympia,, WA

Independent Senior Staffing Consultant (virtual)

South Sound Radiology is the largest radiology group in

Olympia, Washington comprised of twenty board certified

subspecialty radiologists practicing in three counties

with responsibility at six hospitals and two and two

state of the art outpatient imaging centers.

Oversaw the executive hiring for COO and Marketing

Director level positions.

Provided consulting services for start-up Human

Resources department. Created behavioral and job

specific questions for phone interviews to qualify or

disqualify candidates, ability to identify a person's

character and strong points.

Coached and provided hiring managers with specific

guidelines in final selection process. Upon completion

of interviews, collaborated with hiring managers to make

a candidate match.

Created recruitment plans and conducted nationwide

research on staffing strategies of competitors.

Benchmarked trends in the current market place.

5/2006-11/2008 Baxter Bioscience Thousand Oaks /

Westlake, CA

Senior Staffing Consultant

Baxter International Inc. develops, manufactures and

markets products that save and sustain the loves of

people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious

diseases, kidney disease and other chronic medical

conditions. Baxter is a combination of medical devices,

pharmaceuticals and biotechnology that creates products

that advance patient care worldwide. Baxter has

approximately 49,700 employees.

Over 360 hires in a two year period to include: Sr.

Technical Consultant, Sr. Dir. Regulatory Affairs,

Medical Director, Sr. Mgr. Outcomes Analytics, Assoc.

Mgr. Marketing, Project Manager, Clinical Mgr., Quality

Mgr., Group Mgr., Dir. IT, Sr. Project Mgr., Dir.

Clinical Affairs, Dir. Operations Finance, Assoc. Dir.

Clinical Affairs, Dir. Marketing Communications, Sr.

Mgr., Competitive Intelligence, Sr. Mgr., Research and

Technical Assessment, Finance Mgr., Dir. Operational

Excellence, Therapeutic Area Director, Dir. Quality

Product Support, Sr. Mgr. Logistics, Master Black Belt,

Dir. Operations Strategy, Sr. Mgr. Outcomes Research

Worked with Division and Unit Managers to develop

regional recruiting strategies and implement tactical

hiring plans to achieve hiring goals from a direct hire

and campus perspective

Utilized behavioral interviewing for candidate

evaluation

Advised leadership on topics including recruitment,

staffing, labor laws, headcount planning and HR polices

and practices.

Responsible for deliverables on Project Plan for Talent

Acquisition.

8/2004-5/2006 Kaiser Permanente, IT Pasadena, CA

Senior Technical Recruiter

Kaiser Permanente is the nation's largest non-profit

healthcare plan.

Lead 3 virtual teams of 5 recruiters with an average

requisition load of 74.

Recruited for the Project Management Office, Business

Intelligence, Service Managers, Sr. Unix Administrators,

Systems Programmers, Videoconferencing Engineers,

Network Telephony Specialists, Technical Incident

Managers, Systems Programmer / Web Infrastructure,

Network Configuration Engineers, Manager of Telephony

Design, Tivoli Programmers, Manager of Output

Engineering, Supervisor Storage Infrastructure, Sun &

AIX System Administrators, Messaging Manager, Operations

Manager.

Changed recruiting effort from reactive to a

supply-demand model by providing prequalified available

candidates ready for offers.

Hired 25 diversity candidates out of 73 hires.

173 hires in a 12 month period.

Successful in working with preferred service vendors to

negotiate conversion fees at lower rates and in some

cases a fee waive altogether.

Senior Staffing Consultant / HR Consultant 1997 - 2004

Clients include:

The Walt Disney Studios, Los Angeles Times, Phoenix

House of California, Wells Fargo

Home Mortgage, IndyMac Bank, DreamWorks, California

Association of Realtors, Deloitte & Touche LLP, AON

Consulting / Chubb & Son Insurance Groups, GMAC /

Residential Funding Group

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborated in revamping new employee orientation,

marketing / graphics on employee referral posters,

forms, standees and easels.

Saved over $69,600 in search firm fees.

Responsible for external markets sourcing through the

usage of advertisements via the Internet, print media,

user groups, networking and employee referrals.

Provided staffing support to Fortune 500 companies for

senior management positions.

Maintained current knowledge of employment law to ensure

that management decisions / actions comply with federal

and state regulations.

Partner with Directors and Managers on strategic

business issues for recruiting, staffing and HR

initiatives.

Served for management on service delivery issues and

staff retention strategies, provide direction in the

implementation of operational and personnel changes.

Provide comprehensive professional / personal background

and detailed reference checks.

Build and maintain contingency search relationships and

negotiate agency fees.

Maintain job opening and closing requests.

Applicant tracking.

Proposal writing.

Administer benefit plans to candidates.

Employee relations / conflict resolution.

Presentation of New Hire Orientation and Exit

Interviews.

College recruitment and job fairs.

Education University of Phoenix Pasadena, CA

Human Resources Management Certificate

CA State University Northridge

BA

Northridge, CA

Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, BrassRing, Icarian

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