ELLEN BYRD____________________________

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

Clarksville, Tennessee 37040

abm7v9@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenbyrd

904-***-**** (office)

904-***-**** (mobile)

SUMMARY

SEASONED AIRS CERTIFIED RECRUITER INTERNET RESEARCHER PROFESSIONAL SEEKING

A CONTRACT OR PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT, WHICH WILL UTILIZE MY DIVERSE

BACKGROUND. PROVIDE RECRUITMENT RESEARCH, SCREENING AND FULL CYCLE

CANDIDATE PROCESS TO AN EXISTING COMPANY OR START-UP COMPANY. PROVIDE IN-

DEPTH KNOWLEDGE TO CORPORATIONS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET RECRUITMENT

STRATEGY, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. EXTENSIVE HUMAN RESOURCE GENERALIST

BACKGROUND IN MANUFACTURING AND NON-MAUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS. EXPERIENCED

IN MANAGING RECRUITMENT TEAMS. SELF DIRECTED, TEAM PLAYER AND EXCELLENT

BUSINESS ACUMEN. SIX SIGMA CERTIFIED LEADER.

THE FOLLOWING FIELDS AND AREAS ARE WHERE I HAVE FOCUSED MY RECRUITMENT

EFFORTS FOR MAJOR CORPORATIONS:

Allied Healthcare Professionals

. Construction Professionals

. Financial and Investment Executives

. Telecommunications Candidates

. Aerospace Engineers and Designers

. CEO, CFO and Director Levels

. E-Commerce

. Insurance, Sales and Marketing

. Mechanical and CAD Engineers

. Project Managers

. Pharmaceutical Candidates

. Sr. Programmer Analyst (s), Supervisor (s), and Manager (s).

- Web/Internet, Middleware, and Mainframe/Legacy applications.

- IVR, HL7, XML, Java, C/C++, C#, J2EE and other hard to fill jobs.

- Project Coordinator (s), eProcurement, Web Services (Design, Security).

- Internet, Security, Environment, Tools, Build applications.

- PeopleSoft HR and Financial, Systems Architects

- Program Manager(s), Business Engagement, Project Manager(s).

- Software Engineering (C, C++, C#, JAVA / J2EE)

- Software Engineering (Embedded Systems, Scientific, Bioinformatics.

- Biotechnology (Computer engineers, marketing, product, support)

- Quality Control/Assurance (QA/QC/Verification/ Testing Engineers).

- Candidates requiring Secret Clearances

- Successfully interfaced with hiring managers.

- Developed job descriptions, screened candidates.

- Conducted interviews, arranged for travel.

- Initiated background checks, negotiated offers, and extended offers.

- Technical Skills: Internet, Icarian ATS system, TalentHook, AIRS

- MS Office Suite of tools, Lotus Notes

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

ACMBS July 2007 - October 2009

Senior Technical Recruiter for consulting company specializing in

information security. I am a full cycle recruiter supporting the

requirements of client companies in the area of information security

engineers, developers and administrators. I utilize a creative approach of

sourcing candidates through cold calling and utilizing all avenues of the

internet for national as well as international placements. We have worked

with several verticals including healthcare, telecommunications and the

federal government.

Senior Recruiter

AT&T May 2006- August 2007

Senior Contract Recruiter with AT&T conducting full cycle recruitment for

Technical positions ~ Developers, Information Security Engineers (CCIE,

CISSP), Support Analyst, Quality Assurance and Help Desk Support primarily

in the information security arena. Recruiting for non-technical positions

throughout Northeast and Southeast. Requisition Load exceeds 40

consistently.

Sourcing candidates using a wide variety of vehicles - to include internet

sourcing, boolean logic and mining, advertising and internet posting, and

direct sourcing.

. Screening, interviewing and qualifying candidates against defined

criteria

. Preparing candidates for client facing interviews

. Creating candidate profiles and presenting candidates to AT&T for

interview

Merit Consulting February 2006 - May 2006

Senior Recruiter working with a Human Resource Outsourcing Group with focus

working with Construction Clients and Technology Clients. Provide full

cycle recruitment with focus on customized/job-specific sourcing strategies

through interactions with corporate recruiting / sourcing team. Stay at the

forefront of sourcing best practices and methodologies. Provide profiled

qualified passive candidates through cold calling. Worked on Allied

Healthcare assignments with pharmaceutical global leader. Requisition load

is 25-30 open job orders; consistently staffed 16-18 requisitions monthly.

Recruited for Senior Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Verification

Engineers and Reliability Engineers based in a Microsoft environment.

McKenzie HR. August 2005-November 2005

Senior Recruiter responsible for retained searches for diverse base of

clients that included Insurance and Construction assignments.

Recruited for Biz-Talk Developers.

Capital One Bank. December 2004 - August 2005

Contract Senior Recruiter/Researcher for Legal/Compliance Division.

Responsible for recruiting Senior Level Legal/Compliance Executives and

Attorneys, focusing on Sabanes-Oxley Account Profiles. Sourced & recruited

top talent via Internet, users groups, networking and cold calling.

Vanguard October 2004 - December 2004

Retained recruiter for a major financial services group, that serves

throughout the United States. Recruiting for mid-level to senior-level

financial services personnel.

T-Mobile March 2004 - October 2004

Recruiter for full cycle recruitment for a major telecommunication company,

T-Mobile Cellular Communications. Recruitment of Sales Managers for the

Southeast and Midwest. Working with Regional Territory Mangers to fill

positions. Working remotely with the corporate Human Resource office.

Wells Fargo November 2003 - March 2004.

Recruiter for full cycle recruitment on a new ramp-up with Wells Fargo

Mortgage Division. Short-term project through Creative Search.

Retained Search Recruiter November 2002 - 2004.

Private assignment for retained searches through Creative Search,

Charlotte, North Carolina.

VOLT SERVICES August 1, 2000 - October 2002

Contract Technical Recruiter and Researcher. Responsible for full

recruitment cycle in the Licensing Division of Microsoft Corporation.

Boeing August 1999- July 31, 2000

Contract Researcher/Recruiter for Aerospace Engineers. Major Market focus:

Seattle.

Provide full cycle recruitment for Boeing in the Engineering Department.

Staffing up for contract temp to perm opportunities for specific projects.

DRUID August 1999-February 2000

Contract Recruiter International Company Responsible for hiring process

related to source and screening of Siebel and related candidates.

Placements in the financial and sales arenas.

NASA January 1999-August 1999

Contract Technical Recruiter

Provided remote recruitment as a consultant for Aerospace Engineers and

Designers.

Responsible for meeting with Managers via teleconference and defining

needs. Responsible for full recruitment cycle.

STRATEGIX August 1998-December 1998

Contract Technical Recruiter

Provided remote Technical Recruitment for Glaxco-Welcome project. Worked

directly with hiring managers to secure qualified technical candidates.

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK December 1997- December 1998

Contract Technical Recruiter

Handled technical recruitment full cycle in the following areas:

Peoplesoft, SAP, UNIX, CICS and Oracle. Worked directly with Managers to

identify needs, wrote job ads for newspaper and web postings, trained other

recruiters on "how to source" using the web. Five contract recruiters

reported directly to me.

CompConTech January 1997-December 1997

Contract Technical Recruiter Provided technical full cycle recruitment in

the following areas: Technical Account Managers (TAM) and SQL Server areas.

Interacted directly with Managers and assisted in interpreting their needs.

Successfully matched those needs with qualified candidates. Assisted in

recruitment for Seattle, Washington and Texas locations.

Recognized by Microsoft as a top Contract Recruiter for two quarters in

1997. Authored training script for Microsoft in the area of Contract

Recruiter Guidelines. One contract recruiter reported directly to me.

From 1983- I have worked in Human Resource Management as a Generalist in

several different disciplines, Macy's Department Stores, New York Life

Insurance Company and Waccamaw Pottery.

EDUCATION

Columbia College 1977 - Library Science.

Labor Law Paralegal Certification - Atlanta Paralegal Institute 1987

MEMBERSHIPS

Shally Steckerl Recruitment and Internet Research Seminars

AIRS Alumni, Society for Human Resource Management, preparing to stand for

PHR Certification. CIR / AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter 2002

AIRS "Googling for Candidates" Nov 2004

AIRS Oxygen

Infogist

ZoomInfo Premier

Linked-In

RECRUITMENT SOFTWARE SKILLS

APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS: Restrac, Peoplesoft HR Tracking System,

Recruitmax, Alexus, Iris HR Tracking System, Taleo

REFERENCES AND SALARY HISTORY AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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