Gerry Salinas

214-***-**** Cell#

acwu3j@r.postjobfree.com

Carrollton, Texas 75007

Summary - Virtual, and On-site assignments as an Agency, Contract, RPO & VMS Recruiter.

University of Kansas – Bachelors - General Studies - Major: Personnel Admin. PHR.

Specialties: Recruiting and Sourcing for Healthcare,(Nursing & Hosp. Professionals), Marketing & Adv,,

O & G, Mftg., Residential, Commercial & Heavy Industrial Construction, Insurance, Banking, Fin. & Acctg.

Technical skills: PC's and Laptops, MS Word, Outlook, Excel,MS Office Suite 2007, 2010 & 2013.

Language Skills: English and Spanish. Speak, read & write in both languages.

Tracking Systems: TALEO, ABSO, HR Smart, jobs2web, Kenexa, Bullhorn, PeopleSoft, I-Search,

ICMS, Position Mgr. PeopleClick, Blue Recruit & SmartSheets. Also use Boolean & Database Searches.

Social Media: LinkedIn, Career Builder, Monster, Indeed, Simply Hired & Zip Recruiter

Recruiting: Traditional, Local & National Networking/Local Colleges/Universities. Conventions,

Trade shows Job Fairs and Community events.

•Over 30 years of Agency & Diversity recruiting experience.

•Retainer, Contingency and Contract recruiter.

•Client and Candidate relationships. Business Development.

•Source, recruit & interview Mid/Upper & C level Candidates.

•Full cycle recruiter. High volume recruiting utilizing ATS & Databases..

•Recruit locally, nationally and internationally.

•Fortune 100 & 500 and major DFW companies.

•Utilize numerous JOB boards, Social Media outlets, Community organizations,

•Local Colleges & Universities.

•Familiar with employment laws: EEOC, ADA, FLSA, FMLA, I-9 & E-Verify.

•Have worked with Employee Relations & Conflict Resolution cases.

•Have worked and recruited for major Defense Contractors

•Consistently achieved or exceeded recruiting goals.

•Selected to train and lead Recruiter trainees.

•Won highest award for Interviewing and Recruiting excellence.

•Was selected as one of the top Diversity Recruiters locally and nationally.

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•RN Units: ER, OR, ICU, CCU, L&D, Telemetry, Med/Surg, CVOR, CVICU, Cath. Lab, PEDs, PACU, PICU, NP’s, Physicians, Phys. Assts., LPCs, SLPs, OTs, PTs and LSSPs.

•Have also recruited for Healthcare Admin. & Mgmt. professionals, Bilingual RNs & Case Mgrs. (Eng. & Span.) for Hospitals to work on local, national direct hire positions & contract assignments. Have placed direct hire, PRN & travel nurses locally & nationwide.

Salinas & Associates – 1984 to Present

Recruiting Agency Owner, Full Cycle & Contract Recruiter/Sourcer at numerous Contract Clients.

•Recruit and staff professional candidates for major DFW companies. Lead numerous

•Diversity hiring initiatives for major DFW & Fortune 100 & 500 Clients.

•Provide quality resumes within 24 to 48 hrs

•Cold call Clients and Candidates to obtain job orders and interviews.

•Update Job requisitions on a daily, weekly & monthly basis.

•Fill numerous exempt/non-exempt, mid & upper level Mgmt positions

•Work with department hiring managers & staff coordinators.

•Conduct reference checks, negotiate fees, salaries & Job offers.

•Field & on-site recruiting and interviewing. On-site Job offers.

•Work closely with the clients hiring authority to evaluate, prepare and extend verbal offers

•Hired internal, external, and contract to permanent candidates and direct hires

•Source & recruit candidates and companies from major Job Boards for DFW, National & Int’l markets.

•Used TALEO ATS & a few other tracking systems to source & recruit.

•Have worked with training, benefits and safety departments to update them on compliance issues and most state

•& federal laws.

•Also assisted Candidates with Immigration issues, SSN#’s, documents, visas & work permits.

Healthcare Contract Assignments: HCA and UTSW & Parkland Hosps., Blue Cross Blue Shield,

Methodist Health System & Parkland Hospital.

Salinas & Associates - Whitehawk Worldwide – Grand Prairie, TX. Contract Recruiter/Sourcer

December 2014 – Present. On-Call Contract assignment.

Sourced, screened, recruited and referred qualified RN candidates for HCA hospitals in the DFW Metroplex, and for the new Wm. P. Clements Learning Hospital. (UTSW). Referred RNs to HCA Hospitals in DFW area, Austin, San Antonio & El Paso, TX. Contract RNs on 13 week Contracts.

Units: ER, OR, ICU, CCU, L & D, Telemetry, Med Surg, CVOR, CVICU, Cath. Lab, PEDI, PACU, PICU, NICU, Oncology, etc.

Kelly Services/Arlington, TX. Office (BCBS - Richardson, TX.) Contract Recruiter/Sourcer.

July - 2013 to Nov. - 2013. Completed Contract Assignment).

Responsible for providing qualified candidates to hiring managers across multiple divisions

within Blue Cross Blue Shield to fill all levels of open Nursing & Corporate positions:

Sourcing, screening, recruiting and referring qualified candidates to Management, working

with internal/external candidates to fill positions as well as ensure consistency with

Corporate AAP/EEO goals.

Utilized internet job boards, print advertising, employee referrals, collaborated with hiring

managers to develop external sourcing strategy, responsible for metrics and reports as

they related to staffing efforts as well as work to ensure Compliance with

EEO/Diversity policies. Handled all sourcing & recruiting for Bilingual RNs & Case Mgrs.

Healthcare Positions in Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, Oklahoma & Montana. Positions:

RNs, Telephonic Case Mgrs., Healthcare Coordinators, Sr. Supvs., Clinical Specialists and

Marketing candidates. Major ramp up for new Insurance Exchange program for ACA. Ran

Boolean searches to fill positions on Monster & Linked In. Cold called & screened.

Financial Additions – Addison, TX. (MHS, Dallas, TX.) Contract Recruiter/Sourcer:

Nov. 2012 – May 2013: Completed Contract Assignment.

Major RN & Healthcare Hiring Initiative for (4)Methodist Health System. Dallas, TX.

Sourced passive & active candidates, screening, interviewing, cold calling and recruiting duties.

Recruited & Sourced RNs for ER, ICU, L & D and other Units for RNs at MHS. Recruiter/Sourcer for all 4 Methodist hospitals. Also recruited for Mgmt. & Upper Mgmt. Healthcare Positions.

TruStaff – Addison, TX. (Parkland Hospital-Dallas, TX.) Contract Recruiter/Sourcer.

August 13, 2012 to October 19, 2012. Completed Contract assignment

MAJOR hiring ramp up at Parkland to meet Medicare & Medicaid compliance goals. With the Contract

recruiters & Parkland's in house recruiters, filled over 700 positions out of 1400 openings in a 45 days.

Teamed with Parkland Recruiting Team in a sourcing & screening role. Referred qualified

Healthcare Professionals seeking full time employment with Parkland:

RN's for most Units, OT's, PT's, Env. Techs, Coders, HIM's, Pharmacists, Resp./Surg. Techs, Clinical Research Assocs., Support Engrs., Phys. Assts., & Emer. Techs.

Recruiting teams screened Parkland’s database of over 30,000 active & passive applications.

Salinas & Associates Personnel – Addison/Carrollton, TX. Direct Hire & Contract Recruiter.

January 2006 to August 2012. Worked as a Direct Hire & Contract Recruiter for prior Clients.

•Updated Job requisitions on a daily, weekly & monthly basis.

•Filled numerous exempt/non-exempt, mid & upper level Mgmt. positions

•Worked with department hiring managers & staff coordinators.

•Conducted reference checks, negotiated fees, salaries & Job offers.

•Worked on Field & on-site recruiting and interviewing assignments. On the spot Job offers.

•Worked with clients hiring authority to evaluate, prepare and extend verbal offers.

•Hired internal, external, and contract to permanent candidates and direct hires

•Sourced & recruited candidates and companies from major Job Boards for DFW, National & Int’l

•markets.

References provided Upon Request.

Salinas & Associates Personnel Partial Client List :

1.Adolph Coors Brewing Co. – Golden, Co.

2.American Airlines – Dallas, TX.

3.A.T.& T. – Dallas, TX.

4.Blue Cross Blue Shield, Richardson, TX.

5.Boise Cascade – Dallas, TX.

6.Bromley Communications. – San Antonio, TX.

7.Brown-Forman Spirits – Dallas, TX.

8.Burger King – Miami, FLA.

9.El Chico/Cantina Laredo Restaurants – Dallas, TX.

10.Capital One – Richmond, VA.

11.Chrysler Corp. Detroit, MI

12.Citibank – Chicago, IL. & NY.

13.Coca Cola – Dallas, TX. & Atlanta, GA.

14.First Data Corp. – Englewood, CO.

15.Friday’s – Carrollton, TX.

16.Ford Motor Co. – Detroit, MI.

17.Global Hue Communications – Southfield, MI.

18.HCA Hospitals – Dallas, Plano, FT. Worth & Arlington, TX.

19. HEB Foods – San Antonio, TX.

20. H & R Block - Kansas City, MO.

21. KBR – formerly Brown & Root Inc. Houston, TX.

22. Lennar Homes – Little Elm, TX.

23. Levi Strauss – San Francisco, CA.

24. Lockheed Martin – Ft. Worth, TX.

25. Mary Kay - Dallas, TX.

26. Methodist Health System, Dallas, TX.

27. Miller Brewing Co. – Milwaukee, WI.

28. Parkland Hospital – Dallas, TX.

29. Payless Shoes – Topeka, KS.

30. Pizza Hut – Addison, TX.

31. Raytheon – Dallas, TX.

32.Southland Corp. – Dallas, TX.

33.Texas Instruments – Dallas, TX.

35. UTSW – Wm. P. Clements Hospital – Dallas, TX.

In years passed to present, provided Contingency, Contract & Retained services for these & other Clients.

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