MAGGIE Ford
*** *. *********** ****, *****, Texas 75002
Telephone 972-***-****, Mobile 214-***-****, Email: *********@***.***
SR. TECHNICAL RECRUITER / RECRUITING MANAGER
OVERVIEW - Recruiting Total - 14 Years consisting of:
IT Recruiting 14 Years Engineering
Recruiting 6 Years
Telecom Recruiting 6 Years Insurance
Recruiting 2 Years
Executive Recruiting 4 Years Aerospace/Defense
3.5 Years
Sales Recruiting 2 Years Healthcare
.5 Year
Summary of qualifications
Personality, high production, determination, dedication, attention to
detail, self-starter, business minded, focus, successful, team builder,
strong work ethic.
Professional experience
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company
Mar. 2010 - June 10, 2010
Hurst, Texas (Contract)
Sr. Technical & Engineering Recruiter
Bell started a full life cycle SWAT Team to tackle the overwhelming
number of openings coming in, and I was assigned Engineering, Technical,
Legal, Finance, Quality, Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain and Quality
requisitions to fill. Tackled the oldest requisitions first utilizing
OFCCP standards, including Assistant General Counsel, Contracts and
Subcontracts personnel, Finance and Payroll management, including SAP
personnel, Sr. PHP web developers, and senior EVMS personnel, Quality
Engineers, high level Manufacturing, Quality and Sales personnel, also
exempt and non-exempt candidates with security clearances. Worked
directly with hiring managers and candidates, cradle to grave, opening
requirements and sending offer letters, setting up background checks and
drug tests. Successfully placed numerous candidates in a short period of
time. Utilize various forms of outside sourcing and applicants through
VURV applicant tracking software.
L-3 Communications, Integrated Systems through Superior
Dec. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Waco, Texas (2 Month Contract)
Sr. Technical & Engineering Recruiter
Recruited by former Raytheon SWAT Recruiters who joined L-3 when the SWAT
Team was dissolved. Business was rapidly growing out of control and the
requirements were overwhelming for existing staff. Brought in to hit the
ground running and make a significant impact in filling requirements.
Filled a wide variety of positions from Aircraft Structural Mechanics,
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineers, Inspectors, Sr. Manufacturing Engineers
and Team Leads, Electrical and Mechanical Assemblers and Installers.
Filled a wide variety of positions (i.e., networking, Googling, job
boards, user groups, Facebook, Linked In, referrals, Boolean phrasing)
from Aircraft Structural Mechanics, Sr. Quality Assurance Engineers,
Inspectors, Sr. Manufacturing Engineers and Team Leads, Electrical and
Mechanical Assemblers and Installers.
Plan B Recruiting Solutions, Inc.
May 2009 - Oct. 2009
Recruiting Manager / Sr. Technical & Engineering Recruiter (Virtual /
Commission)
Recruited by my former manager at Raytheon to join his new company.
Started on a part-time basis initially until my contract timed out at
Raytheon on June 16th, and recruited full time on defense, engineering,
IT, and executive openings. Added three other recruiters to the virtual
team, conducted conference calls, distributed job requisitions, reviewed
submittals and scheduled interviews.
Recruited for Spectrum Warfare Manager, Director of Business Development,
RF Manager, Software Engineers, and Mechanical, Electrical and Structural
Engineers.
Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) through PDS, Inc.
April 2008 - June 2009
Dallas, Texas
Sr. Technical, Engineering and Executive Recruiter - SWAT Team (Contract)
Rejoined Raytheon as a SWAT (internal agency) high production Recruiter
for the Technical Services Company to recruit for national and global
positions, including Director of Logistics for Africa; numerous Program
Managers for Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, and USA in border control,
meteorology, engineering, military programs, weapons systems, quality,
supply chain, material and logistics; Training Manager and Power Plant
Construction Engineers for Russia; Sr. Technical Architects and numerous
Java Developers; Sr. Capture Managers, Sr. Business Developers and Sr.
Proposal Managers; Principal Systems Engineers; Sr. Talent Acquisition
Recruiters; and Air Traffic Control Managers and Instructors, utilizing
RayCATS applicant tracking system and OFCCP controls for cleared and
non-cleared candidates sourced networking, Googling, job boards, user
groups, Facebook, Linked In, referrals, Boolean phrasing, and other
solutions to produce the most difficult-to-find candidates for clients to
include US Army, US Navy, FAA, TSA, OPTARRS, ATCOTS, Project Purple,
WMDPPI, NASA, eBorders, ZPPEP, AFRICAP, NWSS, FBX-T, MRAP, and BYG-1
programs. Strong customer service and full life cycle performance.
Contract timed out.
Jackson-James & Associates, Inc.
Oct. 2007 - April 2008
Allen, Texas
Sr. Recruiter (Virtual)
Recruited CRNA's, Cerner HCA CCL Programmer, Physical Therapists,
Respiratory Therapists, Physician's Assistants, Nurse Practitioners,
Sonographers, and Pharmacists from senior level to new graduates for
major hospital corporations and large clinics.
Raytheon Company, Corporate Talent Acquisition through PDS, Inc.
Mar. 2007 - Oct. 2007
Dallas, Texas
Sr. Technical & Engineering Recruiter - SWAT Team (Contract)
Joined Raytheon's elite corporate SWAT Team to recruit and fill most
difficult IT, engineering, and HR openings. Recruited candidates for all
six Raytheon companies, strong producer, exceeded weekly goals
consistently with high number of hires. Contract ended as corporate ran
out of budget.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS)
July 2005 - January 2007
Dallas, Texas
Sr. IT, Insurance, and Executive Recruiter (Virtual Contract)
Brought in as "firefighter" for hard to fill executive openings and
placed Human Resources, IT Vice-Presidents and Directors, and Solution
Architects for hottest openings in record time. Heavily requested by
numerous VPs to be assigned their openings. Major IT recruiting
contributions for Disney outsourcing project, hiring 21 Network Engineers
in a month. Joined SWAT Team for Chubb Group of Insurance Companies'
outsourcing project as Sr. Recruiter, placing upwards of 200 candidates
in IT, from technical architects, project managers, software engineers,
technical writers, testers, to include insurance claims openings, sr.
claims attorneys, claims examiners and adjusters, claims intake
personnel. Contract ended as ACS walked away from the Chubb account.
Act-1 Technical & Professional Services
February 2000 - July 2005
Dallas & Richardson, Texas
Sr. IT Recruiter/Account Manager
Strong high-production Recruiter and major account development. Top
Recruiter in the company nationwide and created no. 1 office in the
company. Highly successful in placing contract, contract-to-hire and
permanent candidates, with high level of contractors on billing for years
along with perm placements in telecom, IT, network, and numerous
industries for major corporations. Increased business over 3,000%.
Known for finding that "needle-in-a-haystack" candidate among strong
competition from other recruiting companies. Developed significant major
client allegiance and became exclusive provider for clients' openings
because of quality and quantity of candidates selected. As Acting Branch
Manager after nine eleven, recruited, interviewed, and hired numerous
in-house personnel to rebuild office staff. 2004 Chairman's Club Award
Recipient.
Successfully placed candidates at MCI, Verizon, Sprint, DSC, Ericcson,
Fujitsu, Nokia, IBM, Cingular, SW Bell, Pepsico Frito-Lay, Blockbuster,
JCPenney, and others.
Skill sets recruited, to name a few: Sr. Technical Architects with
Documentum, BI, Java/Weblogic or WebSphere, C# .Net Developers, SAP
Portal Architect for EP7 Implementation, SAP HR Projects including Data
Warehousing, ESS, Payroll, Benefits, Time, PA, OM and PD, PeopleSoft ERP
implementations and configurations; SAP HRIS/HRMS Consultants, ABAP
developers, Oracle ERP, Project Managers, Oracle DBA and developers,
configurations and implementations, SAP BW/BI Consultants, Supply Chain
Consultants.
Software Developers of all flavors from J2EE to older C/C++ and
Smalltalk, both client-server and mainframe, Instructional Designers,
Trainers, Technical Writers, Business Analysts, Sr. Project Managers,
Director of Engineering, V.P.s, Systems Analysts, Software Testers, Plant
Managers, Solutions Architects, Oracle, Sybase, SQL, Access DBAs,
PeopleSoft & SAP ERP implementation personnel, Sr. Network Engineers with
all the Cisco certifications all the way down to MCSE desktop support and
help desk personnel, Provisioners, Wireless Engineers, Technical
Attorneys, Software Licensing Personnel.
Computer Search International, Inc.
June 1999 - February 2000
Dallas, TX
IT Recruiter
Searched for candidates for permanent and contract openings using
internet, company databases, referrals, networking and cold calling.
Contacted candidates, built rapport and qualified candidates. Discussed
opening, skill level and experience, negotiated salary and determined
candidate's stage in interview process. Formatted resumes, submitted to
account executive for submittal to clients such as Sprint, First American
Real Estate, JCPenney, SWBell, and others. In this process, candidates
gained strong loyalty and trust working with me.
U.S. Alert Security, Inc. / ADT Security, Inc.
December 1998 - July 1999
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Sales Recruiter & Team Leader
Recruited 18 special promotions personnel, trained new recruits on
presentation and sales techniques, mapped areas to canvass, motivated
teams, conducted sales meetings, contracted for booth space, scheduled
display set-up at large shows, marketed systems to commercial and
residential customers and sold upgrades.
WorldConnect Communications, Inc.
October 1996 - December 1998
Dallas, Texas
Telecom Sales Recruiter / Regional Leader / Senior Trainer
Prospected, recruited, closed, and trained sales representatives for
telecommunications services. Managed, motivated, inspired, organized,
planned, trained, developed, and directed both new and existing sales
representatives. Scheduled and conducted conference calls, regional
training events, opened new city offices, traveled to other cities to
speak to new recruits and closed them into the business. Trained new
representatives how to prospect, recruited, and closed sales
representatives and acquired customers. Created, staffed and conducted
weekly business building workshops training representatives how to cold
call, prospect, network, and ask for business.
Strasburger & Price, L.L.P.
August 1985 - December 1996
Dallas, Texas
Bankruptcy Division Head Legal Assistant
Draft pleadings, meet with clients, research law, prepare correspondence,
organize cases, transcribe dictation, maintain schedules of court dates
and appointments, prepare mail-outs to creditors, remove and free up
Division Head managing partner from many mundane, time consuming duties
to allow him time to assist clients and manage the division.
References
Available Upon Request.
Education
Oklahoma School of Banking and Business (Diploma) Oklahoma
City, OK
Kay Adams School for Women (Diploma)
Oklahoma City, OK
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, OK
Business Major (88 hours)