Rob Wallgren
Sr. Engineering Talent Acquisition Recruiter
Seeking Virtual Recruiter Role
PO Box 3034 South Padre Isla TX. 78597
accu39@r.postjobfree.com
www.linkedin.com/in/robertwallgren/
SUMMARY
Full Life Cycle Senior Engineering Technical Recruiter
. Technical Recruiter / Sr. Talent Acquisition Recruiter with 15 years
of experience at all levels in Corporate and Agency recruitment
settings providing Full Life cycle and Account Management to major
corporations in diverse industries including Hardware, Software,
Engineering, Mobility, Datacenters, DOD/Military, Manufacturing,
Supply Chain, Insurance/Financial Institutions, Electric Energy, Oil &
Gas, Semiconductors, at the International Level.
. Experience also includes College / UR relations, US immigration with
Visa sponsorship, relationship building, Social Media Sourcing
strategies and tactical implementation, US employment laws, employment
branding.
. 10 Plus Years of Full Life Cycle Recruiting Experience in Engineering
with extensive VMS support in High Volume Req loads / High
availability 24/7 Enterprise Environments.
. Key Candidate Retention and Corporate Branding thru Social Media.
. Expert level of Compensation negotiations, Pay Rates, New Hire Offer
Proposals, RFP's Benefits negotiations with all types of candidates.
. Experienced with Recruiting components including, assessment
techniques and methodologies, due diligence practices, prescreening,
interviewing techniques, Negotiation and closing techniques,
Onboarding practices, Hiring Manager relationships.
. Highly proficient in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet E-
Recruiting, Multi ATS, Multi VMS, 5 Yrs. EXP. TALEO, LINKEDIN
RECRUITER.
Experience
Dell Round Rock Texas (Virtual Remote)
SR. Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter 03/11- 02/14
Sr. Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter supporting End User Computing,
Mobility products, R&D new product Development for the most profitable
division at Dell.
Supported End User Computing Recruiting engineers for our End User
Computing group supporting R&D of our mobile product line including
Dell's All-in-one, Tablets and Laptops and also our Virtualization /
Cloud Solutions teams. Positions were all Mid to Sr. Director Level.
Positions Recruited / Supported: Industrial designers, Mechanical
engineers, Electrical Engineers / Design Architects, Systems
engineers, Mobile Technologists / OS architects, LCD Touch Screen
Architects, Tablet Architects for Design, screen and power
development. User experience professionals, Voice of Customer,
Reliability Engineers, Technical Product and Project managers in
engineering space, BIOS UEFI Developer - Engineers, Software
Application Engineers for Platform, tools and customization of Mobile
apps, Desktop Virtualization, VMware Solutions engineers, VDI
Engineers, VMware specialist, Software Engineers for Mobility Products
.NET, Windows Developers, Android. This group does Next Generation
Product Development in the Mobility Products Space.
Employed social media sourcing strategies to acquire talent for niche
skill sets including LinkedIn Recruiter, in addition to other social
media avenues. Detailed Boolean searches and partnered closely with
business leaders and HR stakeholders to tap into hidden networks to
deliver hires and proactively build pipelines for future requirements.
Acted as thought leader for social media candidate generation and
networking; trained junior recruiters; deployed creative projects to
propel Dell TA's capabilities to new levels to build brand awareness
and Sell Dell" to my candidate base.
Responsibilities:
High Volume Requisition Management.
Sourcing, Screening, and Candidate Management, Social Media, Promoting
Company and Brand.
Selection, Offer Management, Onboarding, Compensation Negotiator and
Benefits Coordinator
Relocation Management, Visa facilitator.
Dell Round Rock Texas (Virtual Role)
Talent Acquisition/Sourcer / Recruiter 01-11 - 03/11
Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter/Sourcer for Direct Hire
positions at various locations for Dell supporting End User Computing
and Mobility product development.
Resource Spectrum
Senior Technical Recruiting Consultant full desk (VIRTUAL ROLE) 09/07- 1/11
. Seasoned technical recruiter at all levels in corporate, agency, and
recruitment outsourcing settings. Recruiting Sr. IT Professionals
including PM, PMP, Analyst, QA, Testers, IT Security Officers, Data
Center Architects, ERP, Oracle / SQL DBA's, Developers, Architects,
Data Warehouse Developers, Modelers, SAP, Software Developers front
end / back end, Multi types of Storage Systems roles, Websphere
Software engineers/ Developers for Ecommerce and Insurance, Network
engineers, DSP designers, chip and RF engineers, Robotics, various
Telecommunications skill sets including programming, architecture, and
manufacturing. DOD support with security clearances.
. Responsible to mentor new recruiters to support various clients VMS
systems in a high volume environment.
. Production Ratios, Recruiting Metrics, Statistical Reporting/Tracking
. Training, Coaching, Mentoring of Staff
. New Hire Procedures/New Hire Orientations
. Employee Relations/Resolution of Employee Issues
. Performance Reviews/Performance Measurement
. Onsite Business Development / Account Management as required.
. Industry experience: Energy (NODAL, Grid and Municipality), Insurance,
Airline, Travel/Transportation, Defense -DOD, Telecommunications,
Consulting and Oil & Gas.
. Supporting High Volume VMS clients in this role.
. VMS experience: Fieldglass, Progata, Chimes IQ Navigator, Beeline and
proprietary systems.
Kforce Austin/San Antonio
Senior Technical Recruiter 04/06 - 09/07 (I was hired to help
support a large Websphere Ecommerce project with 200 new positions for
a National Client.)
. Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting on a full desk that includes
recruiting activities to deliver to our clients various candidates
with technical skill sets for open Permanent reqs within their
company.
. Heavy emphasis on High level Infrastructure support and management as
well as application development which would include but not limited
to: Websphere architects,
Portal Developers, Middleware developers, various flavors of Database
Developers, Data Modelers, Data Warehouse experts, Java-J2ee web
developers, WebSphere admins and Programmer Analyst all of which have
extensive experience with Web portal design, architecture and support
in high availability 24/7 Enterprise environments. Various
disciplines of software engineers, network engineers with embedded
software and RF skill sets.
Spherion, Houston/Austin/San Antonio, Texas 1/05 - 3/06
Senior Technical Recruiter
. Responsible for recruiting Mid to SR. Level Technology professionals
for the Austin and San Antonio market places on a contractual and
permanent basis with backgrounds in .NET / Java Application
Development/Architecture, Project Management, IT Security, SAP,
Peoplesoft, Oracle/Sybase DBAs, Network Administrators, Storage
Admins, Project Managers, Business Analyst, QA Testers, Multi levels
of Help Desk.
. Instrumental in the structuring of rates & process of a large RFP in
the San Antonio market place in the UNIX and DBA fields.
. Sr. Recruiter on various key accounts making several key placements.
Outsource Group Staffing Company
Client Site: Compaq (Hewlett Packard) 6/99 -11/04
ON SITE --IT Recruiter/Account Manager
. Source candidates for commercial clients through referrals,
networking, internal database, Internet posting and job websites.
. Screen and refer qualified candidates to hiring managers and
coordinate applicant interviews. Develop and maintain partnerships
with Clients and hiring managers to understand their business and
recruiting needs and establish effective recruiting strategies.
. Responsible for ensuring SLA's are met and that job requirements taken
by Account Managers are qualified for recruiting possible candidates.
. Conduct weekly meetings with Account Managers and Recruiters to
determine sales and recruiting priorities, strategies and review team
weekly progress pertaining to goals and quotas.
. Coach candidates on compensation packages and job offer to ensure
maximum gross profit for the company.
Qualify candidates through pre-screening, testing, interviewing, and
checking references. Search database to match candidates to open
requirements.
. Maintain good interaction with clients by placing follow up calls,
quality control calls, arrival calls, and sales calls.
. Regularly exceed expectations for placements, quotas, and gross profit
dollars.
. Process employee payroll, verify timesheet discrepancies, and
negotiate bill rates with clients and pay rates with candidates.
. Coordinate paperwork from recruiters at other offices, verify
background check information, maintain client relationship by
following up on all candidates, manage list of candidates, set up
client interviews, schedule start dates and process billing
information.
Compaq Computers (Hewlett Packard)
QA and Network Engineer - Enterprise Server Group May 1999 - March
2002
. Team lead of Active Update project (automated software support
application that updated drivers etc.) working closely with
development team, marketing team and upper level management to meet
deliverables.
. Testing of Compaq Active Update deployment utility on a variety of
Windows-based Operating platforms including Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP.
. Includes testing on Servers, Clients, Integration Testing, System
Testing, and White Box Testing.
. Create test cases, defects, and progress metrics.
. Develop QA test plan documentation for test group testing, Train new
employees in Hardware knowledge and software QA tasks, such as test
execution, test plan development, test case development and test case
database use.
. Work closely with development groups to diagnose and resolve product
defects.
EDUCATION
. Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX
. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
. MCSE, CNA, CCNA, A+ and Various QA certifications
. Microsoft Office Applications and various Applicant Tracking Systems,
Internet E-Recruiting systems.
. SMAC Social Media Certified, Brand Certified (Dell)
. LinkedIn Recruiter Power User Training