Sales Human Resources

Donna L.

Edwards____________________________________________________________

*** ******** *****, **** ******, NC 27587 (919)219-

**** *******@***.***

Profile

Proven Senior Recruiter with expertise in Staffing, Sales and Operations.

EXPERIENCE

Advantage Staffing Group Inc.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Senior Recruiter (Contract position)

November 2008 to Present

. Managing daily office operations

. Responsible for business development and recruiting in Light

Industrial, Executive Placements, and IT sector for contract, contract

to hire and direct hire placements worldwide

. Serve as a liaison between client and candidates managing the entire

lifecycle

Extrinsic, LLC

Durham, North Carolina

Senior Technical Recruiter August 2005-

November 2008

. Source, qualify, and interview potential IT (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards

and General IT) candidates for contract and direct hire opportunities

nationwide for start-up IT staffing company

. Guide candidates through entire lifecycle from sourcing to placement

and post-placement follow-up. Coordinate pre-employment documentation

including new hire paperwork & testing.

. Negotiate salary, bill rates, and other terms and conditions of

employment with candidates, clients, and subcontracting firms

. Drive continued sales efforts for new growth by pro-actively skill

marketing candidates

. Support Life Sciences (Biotech and Pharmaceutical)/Manufacturing/Big 5

Consulting/ Food & Beverage/Hi Tech and Telecom industries

. Mentor team of 5 technical recruiters including training

Generated significant revenue towards exceeding goals of $3M in first

year, $6M in second year and $15M in third year for this start-up

company. In 2007, billed more than $1M in GM and placed 50 high level

technical contractors specializing in ERP and IT projects nationwide. Key

player in helping Extrinsic achieve honor becoming one of the Triangle's

fastest growing private companies (Fast 50) in 2007.

Headway Corporate Resources

Raleigh, North Carolina

On-Site Manager (Nomaco, Youngsville and Zebulon)

August 2003-June 2005

. Supervised workforce in two separate on-site locations. Responsible

for recruiting, hiring, and employee performance evaluations for more

than 200 temporary employees

. Managed daily office operations including payroll, interviewing and

placement of clerical, industrial and technical personnel

. Served as liaison between Client and Headway's Human Resources

Department to define and enforce HR policies, programs and practices

for Client's contingent workforce.

TempXec/MedXecUSA

Cary, North Carolina

Executive Recruiter

May 2002-August 2003

. Responsible for business development and recruiting. Identified

potential clients through cold calling and direct marketing. Targeted

new business utilizing numerous sales techniques including extensive

cold calling, lead generation and Internet use

. Placed candidates ranging from Account Executives & Branch Managers to

C level executives with staffing industry and healthcare clients

nationwide.

. Exceeded all goals set forth by management including daily activity,

weekly production and monthly sales quotas

Griffin Staffing Services

Wake Forest, NC

Operations Supervisor

September 1999-April 2002

. Promoted from Staffing Specialist to Operations Supervisor after one

year

. Managed daily office operations including payroll, interviewing and

placement of clerical, industrial and light technical personnel

. Supervised inside staff, tracked weekly production

Instrumental in exceeding year-2000 office goals by 9%

Education:

Suffolk Community College, Brentwood, NY Associates Degree

in Liberal Arts

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