Kevin Cronen

* ******* *****

Sussex, NJ *****

acu5np@r.postjobfree.com

973-***-****

An accomplished talent acquisition professional with 15 years of experience and an excellent track record. Recognized as a consistent producer with a strong focus on company goals and the ability to lead and motivate others. Excellent grasp on the management and organization of full life cycle recruiting. Ability to resourcefully complete the most difficult projects with attention to detail and strong sense of urgency. An enthusiastic team player and creative problem solver within a high volume, fast paced environment. Extensive experience with OFCCP regulations.

Employment:

The Center for Discovery, Senior HR Recruiter

School and Residence for developmentally disabled children

February 2016-Present

Full life cycle recruiter for all areas of company, including clinical, education and residential.

Using a high tech, high touch approach with my hiring manager’s I’ve been able to fill many of the aged requisitions here in a short amount of time keeping agency costs low and boosting the morale in HR.

Currently maintaining a 30+ requisition load.

Using ADP applicant tracking system.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant-Contract through Adecco

World leader in the medical device and chemical industry.

October 2014-December 2015

Full life cycle recruiter within the Global Chemicals Division focusing on the manufacturing/lab, operations and marketing/sales areas. Concentrated on engineering, chemist, scientists and outside sales functions.

Maintained an average requisition load of 35 while managing to keep my time to fill below 60 days.

Using a high tech, high touch approach with my hiring manager’s I was able to successfully fill over 70 positions during my tenure with Thermo Fisher.

Trained and educated hiring personnel in behavioral based interviewing.

Utilized Brass Ring/Kenexa applicant tracking system for posting, applicant tracking and offer details.

M&M Mars, Chocolate North America, Senior Recruiter-Contract through the Judge Group

World leader in the consumer package goods industry

February 2014-October 2014

Full life cycle recruiter for the sales/marketing and R&D functions.

Quickly fed a pipeline for 50 open marketing sales positions and filled them within my six month contract while keeping a time to fill of under 45 days.

Used my strong sourcing skills to seek out R&D personnel and keep agency costs low while filling 20 openings.

Trained and educated hiring personnel in behavioral based interviewing.

Taleo applicant tracking system.

Pinnacle Wireless, Contract-Senior Recruiter

Wireless communications service provider

September 2013-February 2014

Full life cycle recruiter for the engineering, sales and IT functions.

Managed talent acquisition for the Fair Lawn, NJ facility.

Used my relationship with local schools (NJIT, Steven’s Tech, Rutgers, Drexel, UPenn, and NYU) to keep a strong pipeline of fresh talent.

Used my strong sourcing abilities to fill over 30 engineering and technician positions.

ICIMS applicant tracking system.

Selective Insurance Company of America, Senior Recruiter-Contract through Kaztronix

Provider of home, business, auto and flood insurance

June 2013-September 2013

Full life cycle recruiter for the IT, sales and service center functions.

Helped company go through a re-organization within the IT organization. Transitioned 25 employees ranging from the Analyst to Director level while also recruiting for their Virginia Service Center.

ICIMS applicant tracking system.

Honeywell International, Senior Recruiter-Contract through Spherion

World leader in specialty chemical industry

January 2012-June 2013

Full life cycle recruiter for the engineering, IT and supply chain/procurement functions.

Using a high tech, high touch approach I was able to overturn a previously strained relationship with engineering hiring managers to make 20+ hires.

Closed 25 hard to fill process engineering positions while simultaneously managing the IT and supply chain openings as well.

Lead recruiting events for engineering at the Morristown, NJ Headquarters which resulted in hiring 10 entry level process engineers.

Targeted a struggling competitor for a hiring event which resulted in 50+ hires, company-wide.

Taleo applicant tracking system.

Prudential Financial, Senior Recruiter-Contract through Zero Chaos Inc.

World leader in the financial, investment and real estate industries

Senior Recruiter-January 2009-June 20011

Sourcing Consultant-October 2008-December 2009

Full life cycle recruiter for the investments and annuities divisions-all functions.

Initially brought on to source for hard to fill positions within IT in order to bring down agency costs. Was promoted to full life cycle recruiter in 2009 after receiving 100% customer satisfaction ratings.

Successfully managed 35+ openings in all functions ranging from analyst to director level.

Participated on the ATS transition team. (Company moved from Hodes to Taleo.) Worked with both companies on the transition and helped to build the new system to company specifications.

Taleo applicant tracking system.

Johnson & Johnson, Sourcing Consultant-Contract through Kaztronix

World leader in the healthcare, medical device, and consumer package goods industries

February 2007-October 2008

Sourcing consultant for the quality and sales functions within all 250 operating groups of J&J.

Successfully managed the sourcing efforts on a requisition load of 50+ openings nationwide.

Represented J&J at the ASQ and NSBE hiring event. Both resulted in 20+ hires.

Trained in DDI Behavioral Based Interviewing which I continue to use and teach to hiring teams.

I was able to fill 140+ positions during my 1 years with J&J.

Taleo applicant tracking system.

Honeywell International, Sourcing Consultant-Contract through Manpower

World leader in the specialty chemical industry

October 2005-February 2007

Sourcing consultant for the R&D, IT, Marketing/Sales and Legal functions.

I, along with my team integrated the first Talent Acquisition Team into Honeywell. We created the processes and rolled out the new initiative to the company.

I was very successful in closing down many of their “hard to fill” openings in R&D, Legal and Marketing.

Our group successfully completed our 2006 assignment with 307 hires.

Taleo applicant tracking system.

Sales Animals.com, Sales/Recruiting

Job board/recruitment website for sales professionals

2003-2005

Hired by the president of the company to assist in selling Sales Animals services and help to fill the pipeline with strong candidates.

Secured three major clients within my first few months.

Companies secured 18 hires from the use of our services within our first year of operation.

Alliance Consulting, Inside Sales Account Executive

IT Services for the Pharmaceutical Industry

2002

Responsible for selling our IT services to pharmaceutical companies.

I opened two major accounts within nine months and billed $250,000.

Accomplished quick success through extensive and disciplined cold calling; up to 75 calls per day.

MRI, Stascom Technologies, Project Manager/Recruiter

1999-2002

Sought out software companies with sales and engineering needs and place viable candidates in these roles.

Extensive research, relationship building and cold calling; made up to 110 calls per day with 4 hours of actual connect time.

I made President’s Club, achieving over $300,000 in billing, in my first year.

I was the number 1 ranked project manager at the time I left the company.

Education:

Chubb Institute, Parsippany, NJ

Software: 4253, 3203 Impact Printers, IBM Compatible PC’s

OS/MVS, JCL, OS400, Work Management Facility and Control Language

(CL), JES2, JES3, REXX, VTAM, NETVIEW, MS-DOS, Windows, Novell Netware

System Administrator, and Norton Utilities.

Hardware: IBM Mainframe, AS/400, Terminals, 3380 Disk Drives, 3420 Tape

Vernon Township High School, Glenwood, NJ

ATS systems: Taleo, Brass Ring/Kenexa, ICIMS

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