ADA PALATNIK

631-***-****

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EXPERIENCE:

**** - ******* ******** ******* ***********, Bethpage, New York

Aerospace Systems Sector - Talent

Acquisition/Sourcing Lead

. Sourcing and recruiting qualified candidates for the entire sector

across multiple locations and programs including but not limited to

EA-18G, ICAPIII, CWIN, E-2, UCAS, JSTARS, Hale, Core, NATO, UAE,

Black Box, LCS, EPX. Lead Sourcer for KC-45/Tanker and BAMS.

Directly address bottom-line performance and top-line growth:

decode/decompose and modify whenever appropriate open job

requirements and descriptions; establish a clearly defined

requirements baseline; research the most cost effective sourcing

avenues; develop various marketing plans aligned with recruitment

budgets for Sector's recruitment initiatives Provide performance

metrics and reporting to Staffing Manager and Staffing Director.

Full life-cycle recruitment of the most difficult and critical

skills. Sourced, identified, selected, and led a team of two.

Sourcing Lead in supporting Ship Systems and Mission Systems for

hot/rare skills; strategically positioning all pipeline sourcing

activities to develop, proactively identify, and attract

marketplace talent.

. Sector Lead for Sourcing Corporate Center of Excellence.

Participated in the development of enterprise sourcing strategic

approach that allowed to compete efficiently in a global

marketplace; developed critical/core sourcing capabilities,

including employment strategies, tactics and recruiting plans that

ensured the timely acquisition of qualified talents to meet program

requirements in compliance with Corporate and Sector established

policies and procedures.

. Sector Lead for OFCCP Corporate compliance team. Championed

internal (eRecruit/Vurv/PeopleSoft) and external (AIRS) searches to

comply with OFCCP regulations. Utilizing PeopleSoft/eRecruit /Vurv

to build compensation models for administrative, technical and

professional level based on Salary Information Retrieval System.

. Daily interaction with upper hiring technical and HR management;

advising management on geographical and BA market specifics.

Establishing working relationships with contingency, diversity,

international and retaining agencies; college, professional,

virtual, and invitational career fairs; negotiate long/short term

contracts. Active Sector Representative at various career

events.

. Established first-ever working relationship with NYC Mayor's

Office/Veterans and Diversity Affairs. As a Sector's POC manage

Operation Impact program. Responsible for 80% of all 2009

enterprise-wide Operation Impact hires. Established hiring

manager's online and interactive training program on PTSD, TBI and

other PWS. Recruit nationally and internationally via Military job

boards and Veterans Service Agencies. Researched and secured

groundbreaking contracts with VocRehab and DOL as well as WOTC

(Work Opportunity Tax Credit.) Spearheading the initiative in

securing stimuli grants with various governmental offices including

New York State Congressman Steve Israel and Nassau County

Executive, Tom Suozzi.

. Sector's POC for Warriors to Work program headed by Tom Suozzi.

Established and ran marketing campaign including Sector's media and

national press: Sector's monthly publication - Aerospace Now,

national Magazine - GI Jobs, Daily Newspaper - Long Island Newsday,

various brochures and publications, Internet and Intranet articles

and advertisements.

. Close working relationship with Sector and corporate D&I and Ethics

offices. Work closely with Sandra Evers-Manly representing Sector

and Enterprise at NYSE/Medal of Honor Gala, 9/11 Press Conference

at Veterans Across America, NYC Mayor's celebration of Fleet Week,

US Midway Veterans Day celebration, USS New York LPD 21

Commissioning and others.

. Led Sector's competency team. Managed Sub-Secretarial program.

Established military training and experience equivalences

guidelines.

2000 - 2001 Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), New York, NY

Contractor

. Developed compensation survey. Worked closely with Sr.

Executives, Associate Partners and Partners to analyze survey

results, reviewed internal relationships and made

recommendations. Advised HR on market specifics and the most

cost effective recruitment processes for each specific Unit and

location.

. Sourced/hired national/international IT professionals for the

following clients: Telecommunications and High Tech, Electronic,

Media and Entertainment, Change Process, Financial and Product.

. Served as the subject matter expert for the processing

immigration visas: H1B, H4, F1, L1, NAFTA, T1, etc., and other

work authorizations including Confidential, Secret and Top

Secret Clearances.

. Identified sources of high quality including Internet, virtual

job fairs, invitational open houses, WebCasts, Former Applicants

Database, employee referrals, and agencies; enhancing existing

tracking system for the purpose of measuring amount of hires.

Facilitated new methods of utilization of in-house database

including ALUMINI, Former Applicants (FA), Internet, Job Fairs

and Invitational Open House. Implemented more efficient

interviewing procedures and improving monthly metrics from 77%

to 98% job acceptance.

1997 - 2000 GIMI, New York

Manager/Senior Technical Recruiter

. Enhanced the employment process.

. Created training HR courses for management level personnel;

updated HR Policies and Procedures, selected new cost effective

health benefits; developed New Employee Handbook.

. Controlled the overall cost of recruitment on an annual basis.

Delivered diversity training to all managers and supervisors.

Created tracking mechanism for employee complaints. Provided

relevant insight concerning candidates, solicited feedback from

managers, offered opinion, recommendations, discussing options,

and assisted managers in hiring decisions.

. Worked through hiring issues (i.e., sign on bonuses, salaries,

start dates, training, non-compete agreements, benefits, working

visas, agencies, background investigation, immigration law,

etc.)

1996 - 1997 CDI Corp., Islandia, NY

Manager of Central Recruiting Office

. Created and managed Central Recruiting department to support

Northeast division of 11 offices with revenues in excess of $1

billion. Developed a cohesive team of professionals physically

located in various states of North East to provide shared

services for staffing, EEO, Affirmative Action and Diversity to

IT sector.

. Helped to recruit IT professionals of all levels for such

companies as AT&T, IBM, Lucent Technologies, major banks,

financial institutions, hospitals and manufacturing companies.

Assisted in the development of the national/international

recruiting strategies to support IBM account. Provided HR&A

services to over 300 employees. Responsible for Employee

Relations, Staffing, Community Relations, Ethics, Communications

and other general Human Resources functions.

. Developed competency model for recruiters based on "best

practices". Evaluated various sourcing strategies; taught

classes on sourcing techniques and interviewing skills. Oversaw

Employee Referral Award Program. Worked with hiring managers to

forecast business needs for future and on-going staffing plans.

Traveled throughout New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and

Canada to provide recruiting support to respective branches.

1986 - 1996 Management Technologies, Inc., New York, NY

Senior Programmer Analyst

. Designed, coded, analyzed, debugged, tested and implemented in

advanced PL/I banking applications including DDA, Money Market,

and Foreign Exchange. Converted banking applications from ADR

database into DB2/SQL utilizing SDF, QMF, CICS, OS/MVS/XA, VSAM,

TSO/ISPF, and JCL; developed programs to perform security

inquiries and maintenance functions.

1985 - 1986 IBM, White Plains, NY

Programmer Analyst/Consultant

. Prepared reports and graphs in the area of performance

measurements for IBM's internal corporate-wide data network,

including the measurement of the AT&T service to IBM, utilizing

TSO, IMS, NMII, Production and VM; Programming in PL/I, BASIC,

dBase, and Lotus.

EDUCATION: AIRS Certified and Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter

BS in CIS; BA in Psychology

MBA in HR; MA in Education

AWARDS: Northrop Grumman Corporation Chairman's Award for

Excellence

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Aerospace Systems

TAP Award

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Mission Systems

Employee Appreciation Award

Certificate of Appreciation - US Army Freedom Team

WTOT - Special Award, "The Defenders of Freedom"

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