Kathy L. Wheeler

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

Nashville TN *7211

Phone: 615-***-****

abmc4f@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 11 years of extensive and diversified full cycle recruitment and

account management experience with a successful record of accomplishment in

securing candidates/hires nationally for a number of industries including

IT, Healthcare, Entertainment, Aerospace/Defense, Financial Services,

Consulting, Telecommunications, Engineering and Legal.. Results oriented;

strong team and interpersonal skills.

. Expert Sourcing Specialist

. Excellent management and leadership experience and skills

. Thorough, accurate and ethical representation of clients and

candidates

. Great Communicator and Negotiator

. Excellent track record of placements

. Skilled in organizing HR related tasks and documents

. Extensive experience in search engines, IT Systems and Applicant

Tracking Applications

. Excellent Organizational Skills

. Over 11 years of IT industry experience with extensive knowledge of IT

Technologies

. Currently pursuing PMP.

SKILLS

Intranet, Internet, e-mail, Windows 98, 2000, XP, MS Office, MS Outlook,

Excel, HR and VMS Tracking systems: Bullhorn, eMPLOY, Elance, WEBHIRE,

Peopleclick, Brass Ring, Resumate, IRecruit, Zoho Recruit, Bullhorn and

Salesforce.

Primarily supported Project Manager, Program Manager, Director, and VP

level. I have received three financial performance awards from previous

employers. Active member of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management).

Active member of PMI Nashville chapter, WITT (Women In Technology

Tennessee) and Nashville Chamber.

KEY WORDS:

SDLC, Microsoft .Net, .Net remoting, .Net Nuke, C, C++, C#, ASP, Visual

Basic (VB), SQL Server, DTS Packages, Oracle, Data Warehouse, Cube, OLAP /

BI-DW, ETL, DBA, WebSphere, Portals, BizTalk, HTML, XML, XSLT, SOAP,

VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, SOA, WCF Services, Visual Studio,

Java, J2EE, J2ME, J2SE, Tomcat, JBoss, Ruby on Rails (ROR), MySQL, Apache,

AJAX, Web 2.0, FPGA, ASIC, Verilog, VHDL, LAN/WAN, Windows NT, 2K, XP,

Server 2000, Server 2003, TCP/IP, Citrix, VMWare, WISE Package Studio,

Unix, Linux, Redhat, Active Directory, Exchange, Data Center, Call Center,

NAS/SAN/DAS, Clariion, DMX, Nortel meridian, Avaya, VoIP, IPTV, Wi-Fi, QA,

UAT, GUI, JUnit, QTP, Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP, CCIE, IPCC, ICM, PMP,

CISSP, CISA, PCI,, MCSE, SOX, COTS, Lawson, SAP, AS400, RPG

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

September 2007 - December 2009

KITR (Kelly IT Resources)

Senior Technical Recruiter/Senior Account Manager

. Account Management and Technical Recruiting of Information Technology

individuals: Contract, Contract to direct and Direct Placement of

these individuals.

. Sourced, screened and interviewed potential technical consultants,

contract to hire, direct hire candidates including: face-to-face/phone

interviews and reference checking for current and future client

engagements.

. Built and maintained a network of senior consultants with specific

technical expertise across a variety of domains.

. Recruiting functions integrated sourcing candidates through a variety

of options. including cold calling, internet searches, networking,

referrals, candidate submissions, and 3rd party referrals.

. Provided valuable market intelligence to consultants regarding the IT

consulting marketplace, project opportunities, career guidance and

development.

. Developed relationships and open lines of communication with internal

Account Managers to maximize opportunities and drive growth.

. Selected to work with several of our company branch offices and

managers throughout the United States on difficult/hard to fill

request.

August 2004 - August 2007

New Century Technology (No longer in Business)

Senior Technical Recruiter/Senior Account Manager

. Responsible for responding to candidate resumes received through

Internet sites and corporate site to established strong working

relationship with candidates for current and future company

opportunities.

. Utilized Internet Search Engines to retrieve Client and competitors

information.

Train employees on new Internet recruiting sites.

. Responsible for posting new opportunities and maintaining existing

postings on corporate web site, Internet Search Engines and

Professional Organizational sites for all company employment

opportunities.

. Recruiting all levels of IT Professionals such as Project Managers,

System Engineers, Administrators, Q/A Testers and .Net Developers

Telecommunication and PeopleSoft/JD Edwards professionals.

. Perform Candidate Qualification Process including ISO requirements;

prescreen candidates, conduct in person interviews, perform reference

checks and background checks when required, set up online and in-

person technical interviews, conduct client interview preparation with

candidates and negotiate salaries.

. Present candidates to Account Representatives and Client Managers.

. Perform follow-up with candidates and Client Mangers.

. Draft employment offer-letters and employee contracts.

. Conducted new hire orientations including policies and procedures,

Internet /e-mail usage and benefits packages.

. Field employee inquiries and forward appropriate issues to HR Manager

for resolution.

. Researched new Internet Sites for recruitment of candidates along with

generating leads for Sales and Marketing.

August 2001 - April 2004

Zycron, Nashville TN

Senior Technical Recruiter

. Use personal networking, Internet sites and advertising to source

candidates, evaluate, match skills and background to needs of

clients/hiring managers.

. Initiate telephone contact; qualify candidates as to suitability for

consulting practices, technical skills and soft skills including

customer contact and client relationship abilities.

. Present candidates to hiring managers, schedule interviews, conduct

first face-to-face interviews.

. Facilitate internal candidate interview process and nurture candidate

relations through entire cycle.

. Negotiate salary and consulting fees.

. Conduct detailed referencing of candidates being considered for hire.

April 1998 - April 2001

Acymtech, Inc., Nashville, TN (No longer in business)

Director of E-Consulting/Senior Technical Recruiter/Account Manager

. Train and direct all training of new recruiters and interns.

. Coordinate and develop all course materials.

. Interface with clients as well as candidates to discuss staffing needs

and skill requirements for specific positions and specific projects.

. Worked with our Global client in Greece and our Hyderabad India office

to staff consultant's for US jobs. This to include foreign

consultants with visa's and, working with their sponsor company to

negotiate/ discuss consulting rates and assignments particulars.

. Recruited and hired Canadian citizens to consultant for local Web

Development client.

. Other duties includes, but not limited to; running classified ads,

surfing the Internet, participating in career fairs, attending user

group meetings.

. Use personal networking, Internet sites and advertising to source

candidates - evaluate and match skills and background to needs of

hiring managers and consulting practices.

. Initiate telephone contact; qualify candidates as to suitability for

consulting practices, technical skills and soft skills including

customer contact and client relationship abilities.

. Present candidates to hiring managers, schedule interviews, conduct

first face-to-face interviews.

. Facilitate internal candidate interview process and nurture candidate

relations through entire cycle.

. Negotiate salary and consulting fees.

. Conduct detailed referencing of candidates being considered for hire.

. Maintain detailed documentation of the interview process, including

electronic storage of candidate contact information, resume(s),

references, and notes detailing the hiring process relevant to each

candidate.

EDUCATION:

1975 - 1979 - Illinois State University - Business - Accounting

1992 1997 - David Lipscomb University, Nashville Tennessee

. BA - Major: Public Relations, with Mass Communications. Minor

Political Science/Pre Law

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION:

Kelly Training (2007 - 2009)

* Fundamentals of Recruiting Workshop

* Advanced Recruiting Workshop

* Creating Effective Job Posting

* Corporate Compliance

* IS0 - Quality Control and Corrective Action

* Employment Policies and Procedures

* Servicing Strategic Customers

* Workers Compensation Claims

* Drug Screening Process and Procedures

* I-9 Policies and Procedure's and, I-9 Express

* Interpreting Financial Statements

* Principles of Pricing and Financial Management

* Investigating Harassment Claims (FTE and Consultants/Temporary Employees)

* Harassment Prevention

* Managing Temporary Employees

* Developing Relationships Through Research

* Boolean and Advanced Internet Search Techniques

* LinkedIn Training

* Applying The Criminal Behavior Policy

* Interpreting The Operating Statements

* Unemployment Compensation

* Employee Retention

* Health Informatics Overview

* Candidate Sourcing for Health Informatics

* Selling To Health Informatics

* Automotive Staffing

Al Dubuc, OZ Consulting and Training (IT Recruiting: (2006)

SEMCO (2005): IT Computer Terminology & Acronyms, Understanding IT jobs, IT

Recruiting

References furnished upon request.

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