Sales Manager
Resume:
Damon Means
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Objective:
Highly motivated full cycle recruiter with experience in the Staffing, IT,
Bio Tech, Sales, Aerospace and Healthcare industries who is passionate
about recruiting. I've established a reputation for streamlining the hiring
process by efficiently and effectively working within an organization to
achieve strategic growth.
Employment History:
10/2008 - 03/2010 MPG, Inc. Concord, CA
Technical Recruiter
(Contract)
Full Cycle Recruitment for Engineering, Marketing and Sales
Divisions. Positions recruiting for include: Sr. Software
Engineers, QA Engineers, Applications Engineers, Technical
Services Engineers, Sales Account Managers, Sales Engineers
and Channel Sales Managers. Responsible for recruitment of
College Internship Programs as well. Also negotiated fees
with Outside Vendors for appropriate relationship with the
company. Created weekly reports & presentations for hiring
managers using Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Responsible
for company branding for recruiting professionals.
Assisted with Company Open House. Attended Career/College
Fairs throughout the Bay Area.
3/2008 - 10/2008 L-3 Communications - SSG Tinsley
Labs Richmond, CA
Technical Recruiter (Contract)
A full cycle recruiter (identifying, qualifying,
interviewing, coaching, negotiating salary and closing the
candidate). My role was to fill critical Optical
Mechanical Engineers, Metrology Engineers, Mechanical
Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Sr. Project Engineers,
CCOS Technicians, Business & Development for Tactical
Systems, Precision Manufacturing Engineers, EH & S
Engineers, Opticians, Sr. Systems Engineer (Opto-Mechanical
Thermal), Software Engineers, QA Engineers and Testers. My
methods of recruiting were to network through LinkedIn, my
personal database, Dice, Monster, Hotjobs, Job Fairs,
Employee Networking. Attended Career/College Fairs
throughout the Bay Area and the U.S.
3/2007 - 3/2008 Abbott Diabetes Care Alameda, CA
Recruiter (Contract) -
Talent Acquisition & Vascular
High Volume
Recruiter for the Talent Acquisition and Vascular group
Developed strategies to source, attract and recruit high
quality technical candidates (.NET, AJAX, XML). My role
was to a fill high volume of candidates such as Process
Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Marketing Managers,
Sales Engineers, Software Engineers, QA Engineers via
Brassring and other creative search techniques. Conduct
candidate interviews, testing, assessments and making
recommendations to hiring managers. Manage the
recruiting process to ensure Manager feedback and
maintain candidate communication. Partner with Hiring
Managers to develop candidate offer packages and closing
strategies. Established and maintained solid working
relationships with hiring Managers and HR Business
Partners. Maintained all recorded actions through
electronic applicant tracking systems Taleo and
BrassRing. Assisted with Company Open House. Attended
various Career/College Fairs throughout the Bay Area and
U.S.
08/2004 - 3/2007 The Mice Groups (Kaiser
Permanente) Oakland, CA
Technical Recruiter &
Sourcer (Contract)
High Volume recruiter for the KP HealthConnect project.
Kaiser's flagship technology program. Develop strategies
to source, attract and recruit high quality technical
candidates. High volume sourcing of candidates via AIRS
search techniques. Conducted candidate interviews,
assessments and made recommendations to Hiring Managers.
Managed the recruiting process to ensure Manager
feedback and maintain candidate communication. Partnered
with Hiring Managers to develop candidate offer packages
and closing strategies. Established and maintained solid
working relationships with Hiring Managers and HR
Business Partners. Maintained all recorded actions
through electronic applicant tracking system (Icarian
and eExpress). Performed special recruitment projects
as assigned by Director of Staffing. Attended and
promoted open positions at various employment fairs
sponsored by the Workforce Investment Boards throughout
the Greater Bay Area and Sacramento Valley areas. Also
attended other Career/College Fairs throughout the Bay
Area.
09/2003 - 8/2004 Pacific Partners Management
Services, Inc. Foster City, CA
Sr. Recruitment
Assistant/Sourcer
Responsible for
reference checks, setting up all phone interviews, setting
up face to face interviews, creating skilled interview
questions, sourcing, creating offer letters, background
checks, posting requisitions, interviewing candidates and
worked with department managers for special projects, job
postings, staffing metrics. Responsible for answering all
recruitment inquiries. Assorting all mail throughout the
recruitment department. Participated with recruiters at
various job fairs throughout the Bay area. Responsible for
development and management of candidate pool through
research, cold-calling, advertising, database searches and
networking. Duties include: actively seeking candidates in
both traditional and innovative methods; contacting passive
candidates to inform them of job opportunities; and
screening candidates.
04/2003 - 08/2003 Santa Clara Medical Valley
Hospital (Rev Care Co.) Santa Clara, CA
Medical Outpatient Clinic Coder (Contract)
Reviewed and coded medical records for outpatient clinics
such as Oncology, OB/GYN, Neurology, Urology, Plastic
Surgery, General Surgery, Pediatrics Specialty, Dialysis,
Endocrinology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Geriatrics, etc.
Provided knowledge of the 2003 ICD-09 and CPT coding book,
and returning medical charts for coders.
10/2002 - 03/2003 Quantitative Medical Systems
Emeryville, CA
Recruitment Assistant
Screened resumes and
applications against open requisitions. Also
Responsible for
reference checks, setting up all phone interviews,
international and domestic travel arrangements for mid to
high level positions, scheduling face to face interviews by
using Outlook, creating skilled interview questions,
sourcing, posting requisitions, creating offer letters, new
hire packets, background checks, interviewing candidates
and worked with department managers for special projects,
job postings, staffing metrics. Responsible for answering
all recruitment inquiries. Participated and coordinated
with recruiters at various job fairs throughout the Bay
area. Responsible for development and management of
candidate pool through research, cold-calling, advertising,
database searches and networking such as BrassRing. Duties
include: actively seeking candidates in both traditional
and innovative methods; contacting passive candidates to
inform them of job opportunities; and screening candidates.
02/2001 - 09/2002 United Behavioral HealthCare
Houston TX
Senior Claims Representative/Government Accounts
Maintained responsibility, which included telephone and
written inquiries. Investigated and resolved claims,
provider and benefit issues within the company's
performance guidelines. Handled priority claim payment
issues within a forty-eight (48) hour turnaround time
period. Demonstrated strength in ICD-09 and CPT coding for
claims and medical charts with employees, providers, and
management. Conducted research and investigation to resolve
outstanding claim issues and/or proper payment to providers
and/or members. Instructed and guided new and current staff
members on various programs, software and policies and/or
procedures in order to process claims in the Government
Accounts Department and various other departments of the
company. Worked with Management and different insurances
such as Medicare, Medi-Cal, and highly sensitive government
accounts to achieve monthly and yearly processing of claims
to meet set goals and/or priorities. Prioritized and
processed claims in a timely manner, also have the ability
to effectively multi-task within a high volume professional
setting. Ensured the quality assurance of clientele through
ongoing assessment of daily operations.
Technical Skills:
Microsoft Office: Word, MS Project, Microsoft Visio, Excel, Power Point,
Outlook.
Environment:
JAVA, Javascript, Php, Perl, Shells, C, C++, SAAS, j2ee, Assembly, X86,
TCP/IP, SNMP, and other protocols, Localization, Security, Unix, Linux, NT,
Windows, Oracle, MS/SQL, software, firmware and hardware.
RecruitingTools:
Linked-In, Facebook, Indeed.com, Dice, Monster, Craigslist, HotJobs,
Careerbuilder,
WorkinOptics, SpieWorks, Naymz, ZoomInfo, Jeolonsoftware, Xing.com,
Google Searches.
Applicant Tracking Systems:
Icarian WorkForce, BrassRing, eExpress, SonicRecruit, Peopleclick, Wetfeet,
Taleo, Resumix, ACT
Education:
California State University, San Diego
B.S. Business Administration option in Marketing
Graduated: 1999
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