Manager Sales

Jerry Holt

***** ****** **

Austin TX *****

C: 850-***-****

abjt38@r.postjobfree.com

Creative, resourceful, experienced, results oriented recruiter & Trainer

with a track record for delivering results and hiring, training top talent.

Note my Contract with Alstom ended in July 09. I then took a 6 month

vacation to do six multi cities on Amtrak.

In Feb 2010 my younger brother contracted H1N1 Swine Flu and died on Apr

10. Since then I have worked as a H1N1 Awareness advocate.

EMPLOYMENT

Alstom Power Corp Windsor CT

Contract Recruiter for TMG Group, Boilers Group and EHS Group Apr 2008 to

July 2008. Then Dec 08 until July 2009.

Recruiting Engineer and Marketing Candidates

Siemens SE&A Headquarters & SPTD

Alpharetta, GA

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is a leading global electronics and engineering

company with reported worldwide sales of $80.5 billion in fiscal 2003. With

its United States corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the

U.S. has sales of $16.6 billion and employs 65,000 people throughout all 50

states and Puerto Rico. As one of Siemens AG operating companies, Siemens

Energy & Automation, Inc. is dedicated to providing complete electrical,

engineering, and automation solutions, along with the right products,

software, services to clients worldwide.

Senior Recruiter, Contract

Oct 2005 -Dec 07

Recruited and hired 86 Siemens employees across multiple disciplines

including: engineering, field technicians, account managers, sales support

technicians, quality engineers, and marketing managers.

* All hires were completed without the need to pay outside sources

* Experienced at utilizing People Click as applicant management tool

* Trained interviewers in Behavioral Interviewing Techniques and

established and managed a recertification program

Spherion Corporation

Fort Lauderdale, FL

(NYSE: SFN) Spherion is the sixth largest staffing firm in the U.S. and has

helped companies improve their bottom line by efficiently planning,

acquiring and optimizing talent for nearly 60 years. Spherion provides

quality flexible, temp-to-hire & direct hire talent through a variety of

delivery channels. www.spherion.com

Recruiter

Mar 2004- Oct 2005

Recruited to Spherion to staff Bell South's call centers in small towns in

the southeast. Responsible for hiring approximately 300 411-operators in

Paducah KY, and Lake City, FL. Received formal training on People Click.

Utilized creative recruiting techniques to achieve recruiting goals.

Selected tactics and accomplishments include:

* Traveled to each town and met with members of local Chambers of Commerce

in order to promote jobs at AT&T

* Through an aggressive media relations campaign, secured the support of

local newspapers which wrote feature articles about Bell South's plan to

expand call centers in the communities

* Media campaign was effective and minimized the fact that Bell South had

previously closed call centers in several of these communities

* After successfully staffing Bell South's call centers, recruited

engineers and technicians for Clearwire

T-Mobile

Colorado Springs, CO

T-Mobile USA is the US operating entity of T-Mobile International AG & Co.,

the mobile communications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG & Co. K.G.

(NYSE: DT). Deutsche Telekom is one of the largest telecommunications

companies in the world, with more than 80 million customers worldwide.

www.t-mobile.com

Contract Recruiter

Sept 2003 - Dec 2003

Recruited to staff T-Mobile's call center in Colorado Springs. Responsible

for recruiting, screening, and orientation.

* Hired approximately 12 Customer Care Representatives per week and during

the 3 months of the project recruited, hired, screened, and oriented 65

representatives

NCS Pearson

Minneapolis, MN

(NYSE:PSO) Three Pearson businesses, the assessments division of AGS

Publishing, Pearson Assessments, and Pearson NCS, joined forces in March of

2006. Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is a leader

in educational publishing, providing scientifically research-based print

and digital programs to help students learn at their own pace, in their own

way. Manager

March - Dec 2002

NCS Pearson bid on and won a U.S. Government contract to recruit and hire

56,000 Transportation Service Authority (TSA) screeners and supervisors

within 9 months. This project amounted to creating a new government agency.

Total cost of project: $860 million. Hired as one of 75 recruiters

assigned to recruit TSA screeners. Outstanding performance was rewarded

with promotion to manager within a few months of being hired. Responsible

for interviewing, testing, managing the application process, quality check

applications, ensuring the accuracy of applicant data entered into Siebel

system software, and applicant tracking. Responsible for conducting new

employee orientations for as many as 300 new employees per weekend.

Responsible for opening call centers. Tight project deadlines required

working an average of 80 hours per week for the duration of the project.

Utilized strong project and people management skills to complete the

project on time and within budget.

* Responsible for managing a four month project in Charlotte, NC to staff

the Charlotte airport with TSA screeners

* Responsible for managing 56 professionals including recruiters,

background checkers, trainers, and testers

* Results of the Charlotte project: hired 4500 people

* Upon completion of the project in Charlotte, accepted assignments to

staff the following airports with TSA screeners: Jacksonville, FL;

Columbus, OH; Miami, FL

Atlantic Coast Recruiting

Atlanta, GA

Contract Recruiter

2001-2002

Assigned to 8-week project with Broadjump to recruit sales people. Assigned

to Incotel to hire software sales people in the Southeast. Hired 4 people

at Broadjump and 6 at Incotel during 8-week project.

Dazel Software - acquired by Hewlett Packard in 1999

Austin, TX

Recruiter

1998-2001

Responsible for recruiting staff ranging from clerical employees to senior

management. Worked closely with Bill Bock, Dazel's CEO, on all senior

management search assignments.

* Saved one half million dollars in agency fees during first six months

* Hired 120 employees in 2000 with a cost per hire of less than $4,000

* Rolled out major employee referral program with 38% of new hires from

this source

* Formed the Austin Recruiter Alliance which included 40 members and

represented 26 companies within 60 days of conceiving the idea. By late

2000 job fairs were less successful for employers so the Recruiter

Alliance was created to enable Austin companies to utilize creative

recruiting techniques and collaborate to recruit top talent. The

Alliance conducted zero-cost job fairs at Dave & Busters restaurant in

Austin. The Dave & Buster's job fair was featured on Fox News Austin.

Creative techniques used to attract talent included distributing free

game tokens to candidates who were able interview with 26 companies on

the same day.

* Trained interviewers in Behavioral Interviewing Techniques and

established and managed a recertification program

Novell, Inacom, Sprint PCS and BSG Consulting

Contract Recruiter

1995-1998

* Novell: 6 months contract to hire 12 software engineers in Provo, Utah

* Inacom: 8 month contract to create and build in-house recruiting model

and hire recruiters

* Sprint PCS: 6 months contract to hire IT professionals and relocate them

to Kansas City

* BSG Consulting: 16 months assignment in Dallas, TX to hire approximately

4 technical consultants and sales professionals per month

Thomas Conrad - acquired by Compaq

Austin, TX

Eight year old Austin, Texas based start up that manufactured network cards

which was acquired by Compaq.

Recruiter and Human Resources Manager

1994-1995

Performed dual role as HR manager and recruiter. Responsible for

recruiting and employee relations issues. Recruited sales and technical

development engineers. Selected accomplishments include:

* Traveled to 7 cities in 12 days to hire 7 sales people

* Recruited and hired 4 technical development people per month

* Trained interviewers in Behavioral Interviewing Techniques and

established and managed a recertification program

Dell

Austin, TX

(NASDAQ:DELL) Dell was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. Dell sells computer

systems globally and is No. 25 on the Fortune 500 list. Annual revenue is

$56.7 billion and the company employs approximately 69,700 employees

worldwide. www.dell.com

Technical Recruiter & Recruiting Manager

1990-1994

Managed a team of 15 recruiters. Grew recruiting staff from 3 to 15

professionals. Recruited senior executives who reported directly to

Michael Dell including John Medica. Utilized creative strategies to achieve

outstanding results including:

* Recruited the entire Apple Power Book team of 26 people to Dell during

1993

* Maintained a cost per hire of less than $4,000 per person (less than half

the industry average)

* Trained interviewers in Behavioral Interviewing Techniques and

established and managed an interviewer recertification program

Apple

Cupertino, CA

(NASDAQ:AAPL) Apple was founded as a designer and manufacturer of personal

computers in the 1970s. Apple, a $4 billion company, continues to innovate

with its desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife

and professional applications. Apple is also well known for its iPod

portable music players and iTunes online music store. www.apple.com

Recruiter

1987-1990

Contracted to hire an engineering team assigned to build the Apple Newton

hand-held device. Outstanding performance during 5 months as a contractor

was rewarded with a full time offer. Hired all sales representatives and

pre-sales engineers for 6 regional offices: Tampa, FL; Nashville, TN;

Columbia, MD; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA. Traveled 90%

of the time. Selected accomplishments include:

* Recruited staff without incurring any outside recruiting costs

* Completed staffing of the Southeast operations by Sept 1989

Frito-Lay

Chicago, IL & Dallas, TX

(NYSE: PEP) Frito-Lay is the convenient foods division of PepsiCo, which is

headquartered in Purchase, NY. Frito Lay employs a team of more than 44,000

employees and operates 33 manufacturing facilities in the U.S.

www.pepsico.com

Recruiter

1984-1987

Hired plant manager designates, a nationwide role, and systems engineers

for the Information Technology Department.

ISA

Atlanta, GA

Technical Recruiter

1983-1984

Container Corporation of America (subsidiary of Mobile Oil)

Chicago, IL

Employee Relations Manager, Recruiter, National Recruiting Manager

1979-1983

Container Corporation employed 28,000 employees and this role was

responsible for supporting all of them.

As Employee Relations Manager, trained first line supervisors in "Train the

Trainer" methodology.

Lucus Associates

Atlanta, GA

Recruiter

1977-1979

EDUCATION

St. Leo University

Saint Leo, FL

B.A. Human Resources Management

1977

MILITARY SERVICE

United States Army, Active Duty

1966 - 1976

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Captain

Helicopter Pilot

Vietnam Veteran

* Served as company Marksmanship Trainer. Conducted training courses in

Marksmanship, Mines, Booby Traps, and Demolition in preparation for

deployment to Vietnam.

U.S. Army Reserves, Captain

* Trained Iranian Merchant Marine Sailors in proper techniques for

loading break bulk cargo ships

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