Contae Winbush
***********@*****.***
**** ********* ***. 209-***-****
Oakland Ca. 94602
SOURCER / RECRUITER
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Highly recommended recruiting professional with 10+ years sourcing & recruiting experience in
Semiconductor, IT, IS, Engineering, Sales, Executive, Accounting, Civil Engineering, Secret Clearance
and International Recruiting disciplines. Skilled in sourcing and recruiting both exempt and non exempt
personnel in numerous technical disciplines and at all levels.
I have a 10 year deep recruiting network. Adept at cold calling passive candidates and conducting
behavioral interviews. Extensive experience in conflict resolution, employee zrelations, salary negotiation,
compensation analysis, offer generation, reference and background checks. Possess a working
knowledge of legal requirements related to employment, immigration, diversity, EEO and foreign/domestic
relocation.
Successfully developed, implemented, and disseminated policies for HR functions, including proctoring
and quality assurance of paperwork required to insure OFCCP compliance. Developed advertising for
print media. Coordinated and participated in open houses, career fairs, recruiter networks and college
recruiting events.
SOURCING & RECRUITING SKILLS SUMMARY:
PROFESSIONAL SOURCING & RECRUITING PROFICIENCIES
Sales Recruiting International Recruiting
Technical Recruiting Accounting Recruiting
Administrative Personnel Training Recruiting
Commercial Staffing Mechanical Engineering
DOD Recruiting HVAC Engineers Human
Resource Recruiting Civil Engineering
Management (Line Management to C Level Engineering/Development
Executives/Practice Leaders) /Quality Assurance
TECHNICAL SOURCING & RECRUITING PROFICIENCIES
SOFTWARE USED ATS DATABASES PROJECT SOLUTIONS
Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access Visual Basic/ Visual C++
Microsoft PowerPoint ACT/ Goldmine/ Dolphin Power builder/Oracle
WebX Peoplesoft Oracle Data warehouse
Placeware Salesforce.com Cobol/CICS/DB2/IDMS
Lotus Notes Resumix ADABASE/Natural
Microsoft Office Recruitsoft E Commerce
Meeting place Taleo Semiconductor
BeRecruiter EDA / ASIC design
Homebased recruiter Place & Route
Winsearch
JOB BOARDS & NETWORKS
Monster, CareerBuilder, Brassring, Forcontractrecruiters, Instastaff, Indeed, Oracjobs,
Corporatenavigators, HealthCareJobBank, Recruitersdream, Sourcerer’s Apprentice, Latpro, WebBrain,
Worktree, Bigjobs, Jobster, DICE, Hot Jobs, Six Figure Jobs, Pagebites, USjobboard, Jobsearchlink,
Zoominfo, Headhunter, I search, Career Mosaic, Diversity On line, IEEE Network, Workforce, HRHub,
Weddles, BotSpot, HREonline, HRzone, 100topclassifiedsites, RecruiterResources, Hoovers, ERE,
LinkedIn, Contract Sourcers network, Contract Recruiters Network, SAP (SDN/BPX) Network, Ziggs,
Zoominfo and hundreds more all indexed and organized for recruiting.
AUTOMATION TOOLS
TalentHook & Infogist – both used to allow time for bricks and mortar names sourcing/recruiting.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
SourcePro 6/1998 to present
Sourcing and Recruiting Consultant
• Conducted research and candidate generation for various clients that lead to successful hires. Utilized
Boolean operators and advanced internet sourcing techniques such as X Raying and Flip Searching to
successfully identify passive and active candidates.
• Heavily involved in all areas of full cycle recruiting, including recruiting strategies, requisition
prioritization, external job postings, candidate sourcing, behavioral interviewing, reference checking
and salary negotiations
• Provided advice and direction to management as a search expert for functional areas by
understanding hiring needs, position specifications, and search requirements.
• Recruited Candidates in the following disciplines; Civil Engineering/Software Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Medical IT Software, Non profit Executives, PeopleSoft, Telecommunications Engineers,
Construction Engineering, Aerospace and Defense, Testing/Q&A Professionals, Data Warehousing,
Sales and Development and Project Managers.
• Clients include: Leica Geosystems, Nolte Associates, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Halcrow Inc., NCS
Pearson, Micrel Semiconductor, Northrop Grumman,Kforce, Butler International,Comcast, AIS.
AEROTEK / TEKSYSTEMS www.teksystems.com Oakland Ca.
Feb. /97 – MAY /98
Senior Recruiter
• Responsible for providing Staffing Solutions in the areas of Telecommunications, Networking,
Engineering and Technical Sales.
• Established over 20 plus first time accounts across many industries including government/military,
financial, retail, insurance, manufacturing and information
• Highlight project included staffing Vice President, Practice Leader, Data Architects/Data modelers,
Project Manager, three DBAs and ten Developers/Engineers with KPMG for the US Air force.
• Developed four recruiters on recruiting processes and methodologies, of which three recruiters were
voted #1 recruiter in a group of 20 plus recruiters.
• Was voted Recruiter of the Month three times.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Western Kentucky University 1996
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Employment Law and Legal Compliance
Behavioral Based Interviewing Training
Aerotek Sourcing/Recruiter training