Building Strategic Recruiting Partnerships

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CHERICE WITHERS-MELCHIOR

Cell: 503-***-****

abp9fs@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking opportunities to partner with organizations to source and hire top talent to fulfill recruiting needs.

EXPERIENCE

11/09- Present Multnomah County

Sr. IT Recruiter (Limited Duration Assignment), Portland, OregonResponsible for full life cycle recruiting for the Multnomah County IT Department. Successfully utilized creative recruiting approaches while adhering to civil service and Local 88 Union rules, processes and procedures.Partner with hiring managers to create job descriptions, job announcements and recruiting strategies. Lead panel interview instruction, briefs and debriefs.Spearheaded successful Seasonal Student Temporary (internship) Program within IT. Built relationships between Multnomah County and local universities.Disciplines include: Infrastructure, Application Services, Project & Portfolio Management, SAP and Management.

9/09- Present Ally Recruiting (www.allyrecruiting.com)

Principal, Recruiting Consultant – Portland, Oregon

BlueTech LLC (5/10-Present)

Providing top talent for a leading eLearning software company. Full life cycle recruiting including candidate sourcing, screening, behavioral interviewing, reference checking and compensation negotiation. Created recruiting strategy and partnered with management team to fully understand unique company culture and talent needs. Disciplines include: Software Engineers, Open Source Developers, Director of Engineering, Director of Instructional Design/Media, Instructional Designers, Social Media, Inside Sales and National Account Managers.

Data Resource Group (10/09 Present)

Providing full life cycle recruiting services for a boutique-staffing firm including contract, contract to hire and direct hire positions.

2/04 9/09 VanderHouwen & Associates, Inc.

Sr. Technical Recruiter – Portland, Oregon Responsible for full life cycle recruiting including: sourcing, interviewing, reference checking and hiring candidates for both contract and direct hire positions. Full utilization of online recruiting sites, Applicant Tracking System, Networking/Events, Cold Calling and Internet Mining. Built and managed successful relationships with clients and provide assistance around recruiting strategy and approach, job description development and ultimately fulfilling hiring needs. Assisted in the development of recruiting processes, interview guides, development of corporate website and mentored other recruiters. Disciplines include (but not limited to): Software Engineers, Database Developers, Database Administrators, Business/Systems Analysts, Project Managers, Social Media, Customer/Technical Support, QA, Engineering, Marketing, Creative and Sr. Level Management positions.

9/01 2/04 Hollywood Entertainment

Talent Manager – Wilsonville, OregonResponsible for corporate recruiting within IT, Merchandising, Distribution, Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Finance, Internal Audit and Marketing. Responsible executive level recruiting, which replaced executive search firm efforts and resulted in a cost savings of up to $500,000.Full life cycle recruiting including sourcing, interviewing, participating in interview debriefs, negotiating compensation and hiring. Sourced through use of online job boards, application-tracking system, cold calling, Internet mining and networking.Hired and managed a recruiting team of nine, responsibilities included, hiring, mentoring, performance reviews and training.Suggested centralizing clerical temporary vendor relationships as a Profit Improvement idea, which would result in savings of $250,000. Managed external contract vendors for IT, Operations/Clerical, Finance and Marketing.

Participated in the creating and implementation of Recent College Graduate recruiting program.Partnered with management in conducting workforce planning, succession planning, talent review, interview philosophy, and recruiting strategy.Participated in the development of best practice processes and procedures around interview process and tools, metric reporting, scheduling and service level agreements.Participated in new Talent Review process including creating interview guides based on skill/talent, creating and implementing new processes and evaluating effectiveness. Facilitated training classes in interviewing techniques and new hire orientation from Manager through C-Level.Spearheaded the development of a Quality of Hire tool and evaluation process, rolled out process and tools and tracked metrics. Discussed findings with executive level staff. End result was overall increase in talent quality and retention.Acted as Project Manager for the implementation and roll-out of RecruitMax, a web-based applicant-tracking tool. This included vendor research, managing RPF process, selection and implementation.Championed an employment branding project and partnered with Marketing, Communications, HR and executive level staff in initial R&D phases.Managed the recruiting and relocation budget and attended monthly and quarterly budget review meetings. Evaluated and implemented ROI initiatives.Represented the recruiting department at corporate quarterly management meetings.

3/01 9/01 Sabbatical/Freelance Recruiting

Hood River, Oregon

10/99 3/01 Intel Corporation

Technical Recruiter – Hillsboro, Oregon (Contract)Responsible for sourcing and screening candidates for various business groups within Intel). Met with Hiring Managers to discuss job requirements, hiring criteria, recruiting processes and strategies.Responsible for 150 open positions, respectively, at any given time. Disciplines recruited for included Software Engineers, Board Designers, Circuit Designers, Systems Software Engineers, Application Engineers, Technical and Product Marketing, Mechanical Engineers and Sr. Engineering Managers.Attended job fairs and assisted in coordinating recruiting events.Used Internet recruiting techniques on a day-to-day basis. Created Internet Recruiting curriculum and delivered training to Recruiting Staff.Participated in a strategic sourcing group and in a group defining business rules for a proprietary Intranet Candidate Tracking tool.Managed outside staffing vendor relationships.

11/98 10/99 VanderHouwen & Associates, Inc.

Technical Recruiter – Portland, OregonResponsible for sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, and hiring technical candidates for both contract and direct hire positions.Disciplines recruited for include Software Engineers, Database Developers, Database Administrators, Business/Systems Analysts, Project Managers, Technical Support, QA Testers and Director level positions.

1/98 11/98 PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sr. Technical Recruiter – Portland, OregonResponsibilities included sourcing, interviewing, and hiring high-level technical consultants for large ERP, Data warehouse and Database Marketing projects. Disciplines recruited for included Database and Application Developers, Data Analysts/Architects, Project Managers, DBAs, Business Analysts and ERP Specialists.

10/97 12/97 First Data Corporation/Microsoft

Technical Recruiter – Redmond, Washington (Contract)Recruiter for a joint venture online banking project between First Data Corporation and Microsoft. Responsibilities included sourcing, interviewing and hiring technical specialists disciplined in the latest Microsoft technologies. Technologies recruited for included Microsoft Visual C++, SQL Server Developers and DBAs, Project Managers, Product Managers, QA Test Engineers and Web Specialists.Participated in a job fair representing the organization. Recruited and mentored a Recruiting Assistant.

5/97 9/97 Eliassen Group, Inc.

Technical Recruiter – Portland, OregonResponsibilities included sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checking, closing, and hiring Technical Consultants.Built the Portland candidate database from scratch.Attended client calls with Account Managers to get acquainted with the client s environment and requirements.Assisted in developing recruiting processes, methodologies and procedures.

11/93 4/97 Computer People Inc. Seattle, Washington Technical Recruiter (6/94 4/97)

Responsible for sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checking, closing and hiring Technical Specialists.

Wrote professional resumes for Technical Consultants.Responsible for writing advertisements for various trade publications and periodicals.Attended sales calls with Account Managers to discuss requirements with clients.

Responsible for consultant relation functions.Planned and attended national recruiting trips to hire Client/Server professionals.Spearheaded and organized a National Recruiting Network.Branch Administrator/Recruiter Trainee (11/93 6/94)

Responsibilities included reviewing resumes, reference checking, pre-screen calls, reviewing requirements, participating in Sales/Recruiting meetings and maintaining the Cardbox candidate database.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

General Education, Chemeketa Community College and Seattle Community College.

AIRS I and II Recruiting Training.

OZ Training – Negotiating and Sales Techniques Specific to Consulting Industry.

Emerging Leaders Management Training

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