Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Heavy Technical Exposure)
Resume:
Richard Thomas
San Diego, CA *****
*******.********@*****.***
Seasoned recruiting professional with eighteen years' success in corporate
recruiting strategies, developing & managing recruitment teams, global
resource recruiting alignment and HR processes.
> Extensive experience as an individual contributor and manager to
implement strategic staffing plans for highly matrixed organizations
> Excellent salary negotiator with very strong closing capability
> Proven success at strategically aligning corporate client recruiting
needs to calculated staffing strategies
> Consistent ability to build successful partnerships with all levels of
internal stakeholders
> Results-driven go-getter with a positive, can-do attitude
Experience:
9/2010 - 10/2014 Confidential - Fortune 300 Global Firm ($31Billion)
Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Contract)
On a national scale, recruited Tier 1 professionals
for the R&D, Systems, IT, Supply Chain, Manufacturing
and Training organizations. These are for permanent
placements.
. Partnered with hiring managers, HRBPs and
senior executive leaders to execute critical
hiring projects and provide excellent customer
service to client hiring initiatives
. Successfully hired 82 full time hires for the
close of fiscal year 2013
. Managed recruiting go to market strategy in a
highly-matrixed organization
. Well versed with visa immigration onboarding procedures and processes
(H1, L1, TN, EAD, GC)
. Instituted referral campaign programs
3/2009 - 8/2010 Unable to find work during this time period due to
recession.
2/2008 - 2/2009 Ingram Micro - Global
Sr. Technical Corporate Recruiter (Contract)
On a national scale, recruited functional and
technical SAP business consultants for critical
projects and key stakeholders in a highly matrixed
organization. Internal clients would include SAP
module team leadership up to the executive level.
These would be for permanent, temp to perm and
contract hiring.
. Partnered with senior leadership to understand
current and future aggressive talent
acquisition initiatives
. Provided excellent customer service and
strategic direction to different business
units, senior leadership and HRBPs
. Developed and effectively executed short,
medium and long-term staffing plan
. Managed HR metrics to align to projected
recruitment needs
4/2007- 2/2008 BearingPoint (Formerly KPMG) - through MBO
Partners
Sr. Technical Corporate Recruiter (Contract)
Successfully managed strategic workforce planning
through talent acquisition initiatives. This would
support critical client projects in the Cross
Industry Solutions Group (CISG) and Commercial
Services Solutions Group (CSSG). These would be for
permanent, temp to perm and contract positions.
. Aligned with senior leadership to understand
aggressive talent acquisition initiatives
. Clients supported would include: Warner Bros.,
Apple, GMAC, Honeywell, Coca-Cola, Chevron,
Exxon, Tivo & Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing
. Provided excellent customer service and
strategic direction to hiring managers, HR and
Sr. Leadership
. Worked resource managers to insure internal
consultant utilization was globally maximized
and recruited for
. On a national and international scale,
recruited the following titles and skills:
1. Director, Sr. Manager, Manager, Sr.
Consultant & Consultant level
candidates
2. Executive, Business Process, Financial,
Technical, Infrastructure, Developers,
ERP specialists (TIBCO, SAP, Oracle)
and business process analysts
. Maintained a strong candidate pipeline
6/2006-3/2007 HCL (formerly Axon Global)
Sr. Technical Corporate Recruiter (Contract)
On a national scale, recruited functional and
technical SAP business consultants for critical
client projects and internal programs. Internal
clients would include SAP teams and senior leadership
across all modules of SAP. These hires would be for
permanent and contract opportunities.
. Client projects would include: Goodrich,
Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney, Aquarion, PG&E,
Sempra
. Please review the bullet points listed under
the BearingPoint heading, as they are the exact
same roles and responsibilities for HCL as well
1/2006-5/2006 Manpower Professional - Qualcomm
Sr. Technical Corporate Recruiter (Contract)
Hired to recruit top tier talent for Qualcomm's
"tougher to fill" technical and contract job orders.
. Skills recruited for: Systems
Analysts/Integration, Network Infrastructure,
Web Development, Hardware and Software
Engineering
. Insured all work orders had 3-5 qualified
candidates presented for panel interviews and
filled 3-4 openings per month
. Consistently managed 14-18 open job orders at a
time
. Provided senior recruitment development
strategies and tactics to 6 medium and junior
level recruiting team members
. Full lifecycle recruitment
4/2003-12/2005 PeopleQwest, LLC
Recruiting Manager
Managed team of 5 senior technical recruiters, 2
recruiting coordinators and 2 offshore recruiters to
provide recruiting solutions to our clients in the
network infrastructure, semiconductor, software
development, web development and wireless engineering
verticals. These candidates would be placed on a
contract, temp-to-perm and permanent placement.
. Developed and executed strategic staffing plans
and a 90 day forecast for recruiting
deliverables
. Strong sales activity via cold calls,
conference calls and onsite/F2F appointment
selling opportunities
. Managed $500K budget to encapsulate all
expenditures associated to the successful
delivery of the recruiting team's expected
deliverables
. Constant client interaction providing excellent
customer service
. Managed recruiter scorecard and measurable
metrics to properly align job requisition
workload, goal setting exercises and recruiter
accountability
. Managed and implemented "cradle to grave"
recruiting processes for team continuity and
accountability
. Successfully negotiated bill rates and
permanent placement fees with new and existing
clientele
8/1999-3/2003 CRG & Associates, LLC
Principal, Talent Acquisition/Management
Provided premier staff augmentation services to
Fortune 100 & 500 clients in the software
development, semiconductor, wireless, network
infrastructure, ERP and web engineering verticals.
Managed internal team of 10 recruiters, 3 sales
executives and 2 office administrators to
aggressively deliver client-recruiting solutions.
. Developed and managed recruiting team staffing
plan and milestone matrix
. Coordinated weekly and monthly staff meetings
to insure recruiting and sales team were
focused and achieving pre-determined milestones
. Managed $3.1 million dollar budget to
encapsulate all expenditures associated to the
successful delivery of the sales and recruiting
team's client placement objectives
. Managed all payroll and billing activities
-100% P&L responsibility
. Strong sales activity working with clients both
locally and nationally
. Heavy client interaction providing excellent
customer service
. Mentored internal staff from the ground up to
compete within the top 5% of our competition
. Managed recruiter scorecard and metrics to
properly align job requisition workload, goal-
setting exercises, recruiter accountability and
career growth
. Responsible for developing and leading company
market strategy and brand recognition
. Drove current and future client selling
initiatives via cold calls, conference calls
and onsite/F2F appointment selling
opportunities
. Successfully negotiated bill rates and
permanent placement fees with new and existing
clientele
. Grew company from 0 to 100 full-time employees
in 2.5 years
. Consistently managed and maximized company net
profit
12/1996- 7/1999 H.L. Yoh Company, LLC
Sr. Recruiting Specialist and Account Manager
. Recruited scientific, network infrastructure,
web development and wireless professionals for
medium and Fortune 100 sized companies.
Candidates would be placed on a contract, temp-
to-perm and direct placement basis
. Developed I.T. and Scientific branch market
strategy from the ground up. Strong contributor
in growing the external contractor base from 45
to 175 client billable employees
. Drove current and future client selling
initiatives via cold calls, conference calls
and onsite/F2F appointment selling
opportunities
. Successfully negotiated bill rates and
permanent placement fees with new and existing
clientele
. Consistently produced qualified sales leads of
potential client hiring managers for sales team
. Managed critical pipeline of qualified
technical professionals
. Mentored junior recruiters to evolve into
senior recruiters
. Complied with ISO 9000 documentation and
process requirements
Applicant Tracking Systems: Taleo, MaxHire, iCIMS, Vurv, Recruitmax,
Winsearch
Academic Preparation: Bachelor of Arts, English - University of California
- June 1993
SPHR Certification in progress - expected January
2015
Two seminars with Peter Lefkowitz (recruitment
training)
Certified AIRS I, II
References available upon request
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