Manager Project

Jon A. Ligon

Cell: 404-***-****

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Summary of Qualifications

Fourteen years of recruiting industry experience

Five years of consulting experience

“Hired Gun” recruiting experience

Five years of management experience

Four years of staffing sales experience

Utilized Maxhire, Recruitmax, PeopleClick, Resumix, Mindscope and others.

Organized, self starter, strong communication skills, outstanding work ethic,

good listener, overachiever, strategic views, outgoing personality, strong

teaching skills

Utilized business acumen and strategic leadership skills to deliver

organizational change and maximize operational efficiency.

Master sourcing professional utilizing several advanced techniques

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EXPERIENCE

SkyBridge Global Aug 07 –

Present

Head Recruiter

Head of recruiting strategies and efforts for Oracle EBS and PeopleSoft consulting

firm

Placed 65 high level technical consultants while leading a team of recruiters

Hands-on recruiting of ERP consultants for project based work as well as staff

augmentation engagements

Created processes to maximize recruiting performance, minimize cost, and

minimize the time-to-fill

Allocated full time resources to fill gaps in pipelined projects

Taught sourcing and recruiting techniques to direct reports and staff

Implemented, configured and trained on Maxhire CRM/ATS

Taught ERP terminology and module functionality

Staffing Technologies July 06 –

July 07

Recruiting Manager

Chief Recruiter / Recruiting Manager for successful contract recruiting firm;

Strategist, Innovator and Leader

Manage six technical recruiters in an extremely fast paced staffing firm

Placed over 30 consultants from various technical skillsets to several different clients

Increased consultants on billing from 159 to a record high 210 within seven months

Built recruiting strategy and taught recruiters how to increase their hiring

productivity

Extensively researched several ATS software packages: implemented, trained and

administrated MaxHire

Successfully recruited on Purple Squirrel (Hard) reqs which included those in other

countries

Master ERP recruiter (Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, SAP, JDE, etc.)

CipherTrust/Secure Computing (Contract) July 05 – Jun

06

Sr. Recruiter

Actively managing recruiting process and hiring strategy within IT security company

Hands-on recruiting while management a team of three recruiters

Responsible for recruiting 40+ permanent employees

High impact recruiting through targeted selection, process based interviews, and

behavior profiles

Meeting with hiring managers to develop best recruiting strategy for open positions

Maintain communications with candidates and hiring manager through entire

process

Perform initial interviews, scheduling, background checks, references, offers, and

orientation

Implemented ATS, process flow, skills testing, behavior testing, and workforce

planning objectives.

Focused on hiring candidates within the following departments: Sales, Software

Development, Product Management, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, and

Technical Support

Cingular Wireless (Contract) Mar 05 –

Jul 05

Executive Recruiter

Managed all aspects of recruiting for executive level hiring

Worked with hiring executives to build strategies for filling open positions

Managed open requirements through PeopleClick and transactions forms

Moved candidates through recruiting process including background checks,

compensation negotiations offer letter, and orientation

Partnered with executives regarding HR transactions and compliances

Maintained Sarbanes-Oxley compliances

Led process improvement projects, workflow analysis, succession planning and

vendor management

EarthLink Jun 04 – Mar

05

Sr. Corporate Recruiter

Full life cycle corporate recruiting; placed 103 people in 9 months.

Developed, cultivated and maintain creative strategic methods for hiring managers

and executives

Successfully source resumes using advanced internet sourcing techniques via: Job

sites, company websites, colleges, candidate referrals, organizations, resume banks,

newsgroups, search engines, home pages, virtual communities, user groups, and e-

mailing lists.

Communicate with candidate through entire process (travel, interview schedule,

background checks, compensation negotiations, offer letter, on-boarding

provisioning, and orientation.

Project lead on various department developments (vendor development and

policies, HM relationship development, strategic sourcing initiatives and more)

Conducted extensive research on market trends and projections of technical talent

Left due to HR reorganization

New Health Care Management (Contract) Mar 03 – Jun

04

Director – Project Recruiting and Quality

Implemented a quality initiative for managed care software company

Responsible for planning and organizing quality structure

Develop training materials to assist in overall operational excellence

Assisted with development of our web-based application system

Defined and created operational manuals and product definitions

Led recruiting efforts to hire technical and medical consultants for various projects

Consistent project management focus toward new clients

Maintained strong customer service focus and process planning

TekLane / MiracleStaff Oct

00 – Mar 03

Recruiting Consultant

Retained, contingency and contract recruiter for national companies

Focus industries included technical, sales, marketing, engineering, finance, medical,

and energy

Full service recruiting, communicating with client and candidates through entire

cycle

Recruited for direct hire and contract employment for both exempt and non-exempt

candidates

Clients included WorldCom, CheckFree, Coca Cola, IBM and Microsoft

Process improvement consultant for client’s internal recruiting department

Company was sold and dissolved

ASC/Lablynx, Inc. Aug

99 – Oct 00

Lead Recruiter/Recruiting Manager

Oversee strategic employment function for this laboratory software company

Hands on recruiting for contract and permanent employees both exempt and non-

exempt

Responsible for sourcing (utilizing personal database of contacts, networking,

referrals, cold calling, user groups, ads, internet, and agencies), qualifying, and

interviewing candidates.

Personally recruited over 35 new consultants and permanent internal employees

Worked with internal hiring managers to build strategies for process improvements

Hired, taught and lead new employees

Human Resources generalist and employment trainer

Filled 90% of company’s staffing needs

Assisted with planning and analyzing internal technical, sales and engineering

workforce needs.

Designed a web-based recruitment database that links to company’s intranet.

Coordinated vendors and negotiated contracts.

Setup testing service, allowing candidates to be ranked by skill level.

Company closed for financial reasons

MIS Group Dec 96 – July

99

Recruiting Branch Manager

Led recruitment within a full service consulting/staffing firm

Developed own client base within the firm

Firm grew an average of 52% per year

Produced new business and developed recruiting strategies to fill the needs

Developed recruiting budget and maintained effectiveness

Acted as project manager on various projects

Responsible for billing, P/L, and budgetary issues within the branch

Helped obtain and close large deals and help recruit consultants as needed

Managed a team of recruiters

Expanded recruiting department and diversified through other industries

Company sold

Aerotek, Inc. Feb 95 – Dec

96

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Helped grow a recruiting office from $200K to $2M

Recruited over 100 IT consultants

Recruited diligently for technical contractors

Top recruiter of the month for several months

Promoted from Recruiter to Sr. Recruiter within seven months

Developed and implemented innovative recruiting solutions including major

enhancement of the office Internet recruitment strategy in 1996.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

B.S. - Major: Finance/Computer Science Jacksonville State University 1994

Certified in Human Resources BrainBench

Certified in Internet Research BrainBench

Certified in IT Terminology Brainbench

AIRS Recruiting Training 1999

Semco Recruiting Training 1998

Lou Adler Recruiting Seminars 2005

Recruiting Awards:

Recruiter of the Year 1997

Extreme Recruiter Award 1998

WorldCom MVP 2000

Top Gun Recruiter 2004

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