James H. Carmichael
Columbia, SC *9223
******@*****.***
SUMMARY
Senior Recruiter with thirteen years of local, national and international
experience recruiting for government contractors, small and large
consulting organizations as well as software firms, and telecommunications
companies, large scale engineering / construction companies. Activities
included Setting staffing strategies, Overseeing corporate recruitment,
Overseeing the employee application processes, Interviewing and selecting
candidates, Calculating staffing metrics, and conducting reference checks.
Recruited candidates with experience in IT Software Development, Network
and Database Development and Administration, Sales, Pre Sales, Post Sales,
Marketing, Consulting Services, Heavy Civil, Structural, Mechanical and
Construction Engineering professionals, Public Works, Environmental, Health
& Safety, Range Control as well as a Operations, Administrative and Human
Resource personnel.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Special Education, University of Florida - 3.43 GPA in a
4.0 system - Upper Division and 3.23 overall.
Training Certifications
SELLING SKILLS
. Customer Focused Selling (Blanchard Training & Development
. Financial Selling (BellSouth)
. Basic Sales Skills (BellSouth
. Basic Sales Skills (AT&T)
. Data Leap (BellSouth)
. Time and Territory Management (Xerox Market Support School)
. Listening Skills (Xerox Market Support School)
. Professional Training and Presentation Skills (Xerox Market Support
School)
. Strategic Sales Writing (Shipley Associates)
. Writing Winning Proposals (Shipley Associates)
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
. The Newly Appointed District Manager (American Management Association)
. Change Management - Transforming the Workforce (Blanchard Training &
Development)
. Quality Process - (AT&T and BellSouth)
Experience
7/9/08 - 7/9/09 - CSA, Ltd, Kuwait - Contract Recruiting for Department of
Defense Contractor. Recruited Public Works Department, Environmental,
Health & Safety and Operational Professionals supporting the U.S. Military
in Kuwait.
4/15/97 - Present - Recruiter - MTA Consulting Group - Atlanta, GA - Self
Employed Contractor -Information Technologies, and Sales, Marketing,
Construction / Engineering Recruiting. Assignments included Balfour Beatty
Civil Construction, (2 contracts & 1 yr direct hire), Parsons
Transportation Engineering (1 contract), and AMEC Heavy Industrial
Construction, (1 contract), Ross Systems - ERP Software Marketing - (4
contracts), Glenayre Telecommunications (2 contracts), BellSouth
International Network Services and SC Education Lottery (1 contract).
IT Recruiting - Business Development of medium to large accounts in the
southeast. Acquired and managed accounts, trained recruiting personnel,
recruited candidates, (sourced, recruited, interviewed candidates). ERP &
Telecom emphasis.
Telecommunications Recruiting - Software, Network, Field Service, Presales
and Post Sales Engineers, Project Managers and Sales.
Construction / Engineering Recruiting - Recruited Civil, Structural and
Mechanical Engineers, Project Engineers, Project Managers, Construction
Managers and Engineers. Recruited all levels of experience and titles.
Sales / Marketing Recruiting - Recruited candidates, (sourced, screened,
interviewed), and coordinated interviews with hiring managers for a leading
ERP Software Manufacturer. Recruited candidates with experience in
Consultative Sales, Marketing, Consulting, Services, Customer Service,
Training, Human Resources and Administrative. ERP & Telecom emphasis.
4/96-4/97 - Compaid Consulting Services, Inc.- Atlanta, GA - Account
Executive- Business Development -Marketed Information Systems Consulting
Services to 90 accounts in Georgia and South Carolina with a market
emphasis of IT, telecom-munications, and related companies. Opened new
accounts for consulting services & established new partnering relationships
with specialty suppliers
Previous experience included the sale of Online Documentation Tools for
Software Development for the IBM Mainframe, CICS environment, Independent
Telecommunications Consultant, BellSouth Business Systems Senior Account
Executive, AT&T Commercial Markets Account Executive, Sales and Marketing
Manager E - Publishing and Financial systems, sales support, sales and
sales management of documentation / computing systems in the Office
Products market and advertising sales. Xerox Government Accounts Customer
Trainer.