Michael L. Ladd
Charleston, SC 29412
***********@*******.***
EXPERIENCE
CSC/Aon Consulting, Charleston, SC August, 2003 – Present
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Handled all aspects of candidate recruiting cycle for various clients of Aon Consulting and Computer Sciences
Corporation including General Dynamics, Raytheon, Sun Microsystems, and several others.
• Recruited hard to find technical and functional skill sets such as business development/sales, developers, architects,
project managers, analysts, network engineers, client management/delivery, and many others.
• Performed all of my own recruiting research using tools such as online social networking sites (linkedin, twitter, etc),
job boards, telephone recruiting, and internet search techniques.
• Screened candidates, scheduled interviews, and facilitated back-end processing and paperwork of new hires.
• Kept current on recruiting and HR knowledge by attending online recruiting research seminars and SPHR training
classes.
• Experienced in sourcing Secret, Top Secret, and TSCII with Polygraph candidates for clearance jobs.
• Trained, complied with, and enforced government Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA)
regulations.
• Served on implementation team for more than one Applicant Tracking System and held role as Technical Recruiting
Subject Matter Expert.
• Reported recruiting metrics to clients, hiring managers, and recruiting directors as needed.
• Worked on anywhere from 5 to 45 open requisitions at one time.
• Leveraged personal networks to fill positions.
• Led Recruiting Research (Sourcing) efforts by building teams, mentoring researchers, conducting creative research
sessions, and prioritizing action items.
• Sourced candidates in sectors such as Healthcare Information Systems, Financial Services, Aerospace, Defense,
Manufacturing, Technology/IT, Telecommunications, Networking, Software, Hardware, and many others.
• Hired by CSC, and Aon acquired the recruiting group I worked for in 2008 to support the same CSC clients.
Novell, Inc. (and Cambridge Technology Partners), Charleston, SC September, 1998 - August, 2003
Senior Recruiter & Manager of Recruiting Research
• Functioned as full lifecycle Recruiting Specialist for consulting, financial services, sales, and product divisions and
managed a group of recruiters and researchers.
• Managed operations for many aspects of worldwide recruiting organization (Finance, Systems, Contracts, etc.).
• Maintained an average of recruiting five employees per month for 60 consecutive months.
• Sourced all of my own candidates through resume-mining (internet) techniques.
• Provided full spectrum of recruiting process (sourcing to hire).
• Recruited a wide array of skill sets: technical, functional, management, executive, and administrative.
• Founded, designed, managed and set strategy for Novell’s Recruiting Research Team.
• Provided creative resume sourcing techniques to recruiting division.
Datastream Systems, Inc., Greenville, SC June, 1997 September, 1998
Regional Manager
• Extensive training and experience in telephone research focused in the technology field.
EDUCATION
Furman University, Greenville, SC University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Bachelor of Arts, May 1996 Master of Education, May, 1997
CERTIFICATIONS
• AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR); Sitting for SPHR exam December, 2009.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Office- Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook; Lotus Notes; PeopleSoft; Applicant Tracking Systems: Personic; Alexus,
Pereless, Erecruit, Taleo, OpenHire, Maxhire, Recruitmax, Recruitsoft; GroupWise; Oracle, Open Office.
VOLUNTEER
Guardian ad Litem Program (Court Appointed Special Advocate for neglected or abused children); Chapter Advisor – Sigma Chi
Fraternity at The College of Charleston, Balfour Leadership Training Workshop faculty, Finance Chair at FBUMC (church)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English; Intermediate in Spanish
TECHNICAL SKILL SETS RECRUITED (Partial list)
Programming languages: C, C++, Visual Basic, VC++, Java, J2EE, Javascript, CAA RADE, ITK, PLC, SQL, PL/SQL, VB.net,
XML
Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, Access, DB2, Informix, Sybase, Teradata
Applications/Technologies: Cognos, Catia, Enovia, ERP (Peoplesoft, Oracle 9i-10g-11g-11i, SAP), CRM (Siebel), Raiser’s Edge,
Financial Edge, PLM/PDM, Teamcenter, Wildfire, Novell products, Unix/Linux (Red Hat, Suse), Cerner, Mckesson, HIM/HIS,
MCAD, Documentum, EAI, EDI, Business Intelligence, Ecommerce, Solaris, Websphere, Crystal Reports, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX,
VPN, Netware