KEVIN COOPER

ad4gsb@r.postjobfree.com West Union, OH 937-***-**** linkedin.com/in/kevinwcooper/

SENIOR RECRUITER

Human Capital Management professional with demonstrated experience providing Talent Acquisition solutions in the healthcare information technology industry. U.S. Navy Veteran and Expert Full Life Cycle Senior Recruiter who strategizes with business leaders on hiring needs and develops recruiting plans. Experience Managing onshore and offshore recruiting teams. Licensed Diversity Recruiter, Talent Advisor, Tech Recruiter, Project Recruiter and adept in EEO/ADAAA and Immigration. Core competencies include:

Corporate Recruiting Technical Recruiting Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Consulting Salary Negotiation Process Improvement Personnel Management Diversity & Inclusion EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Optum/UnitedHealth Group (UHG), Eden Prairie, MN 9/2021–11/2023 (Redeployed)

(Randstad contractor conversion during Rally Health integration into Optum) Senior Recruiter

• Supported Optum Digital, Optum Technology, Optum Health and Optum Serve lines of business.

• Full Cycle recruitment of technical and corporate populations including Fraud Investigators, Product Managers, Scrum Masters, IT Architects, IT Security/Cybersecurity Engineers, and Data/Software Engineers of all levels in an Agile Scrum environment.

• Trained and mentored peers and internal client managers on Optum HR policies, immigration, recruiting processes and applicant tracking systems during Rally Health integration.

• Partnered with Business Leaders to define position requirements, develop job descriptions and create recruiting strategies, including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and Underutilization initiatives.

• Collaborated with Early Career and Military Fellowship programs in transitioning candidates to new positions.

• Licensed Diversity Recruiter, Talent Advisor, Tech Recruiter, Project Recruiter, adept in EEO/ADAAA and Immigration.

• Recipient of multiple awards for superior service in hiring manager and candidate interaction. Randstad, Atlanta, GA 3/2021–9/2021

(Contracted to Rally Heath part of Optum/UHG)

Senior IT Recruiter

• Provided full life cycle recruitment of technical populations including IT Architects, Data Engineers, Back End, Front End and Full Stack Software Engineers of all levels in Tech environment.

• Well versed in recruiting populations utilizing Scala (or like languages), JavaScript, HTML/CSS, React, React Native, Kotlin (Android) and Swift (iOS).

Conduent, Florham Park, NJ 12/2005–9/2020

((Formerly Xerox Business Services / Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)) Senior Talent Acquisition Manager & Senior Recruiter As Senior Talent Acquisition Manager:

• Hired and managed a team of onshore and offshore (India) recruiters supporting U.S. IT business leaders.

• Conducted one-on-one meetings with direct reports to review statistics, workloads, work-life balance, career objectives, training, and advancement opportunities.

• Created custom reports to manage recruiter workloads, advised Leaders of position and candidate status.

• Trained peers, subordinates, and internal client managers on HR policies, immigration, recruiting processes and applicant tracking systems.

• Partnered with Business Leaders to define position requirements, develop job descriptions and create recruiting strategies to best support BPO and ITO clients.

As Senior Recruiter:

• Sourced and interviewed candidates, scheduled manager/technical interviews, negotiated offers and completed onboarding activity.

• Continuous workload of 40-80 requisitions resulting in 70-120 professional hires per year.

• Filled positions for BPO, ITO, Consulting, Transportation and Workers’ Compensation positions to include Account Managers, Business Analysts, C# .Net Developers, Database Administrators, Directors, Fraud Analysts, Healthcare IT Consultants, IT Managers, Network Engineers, Nurse Case Managers, Operations Management, Product Managers, Project/Program Managers, Security Analysts, Software Test analysts, Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, Technical Writers, Trainers, UX Designers. OTHER RELEVENT RECRUITING EXPERIENCE

Healthlink (An IBM Company), Houston, TX, Contract Talent Sourcer

• Sourced Cerner and Epic Project Managers and Analysts for a large Healthcare IT consulting firm.

• Cold called and networked into hospital IT departments and competing consulting companies to identify qualified candidates and forward them to recruiters.

Jonathan Scott International (MRINetwork Franchise), Mason, OH, Recruiter/Account Executive

• Developed accounts and recruited Executives, Directors, Sales Representatives and IT personnel for Medical Capital Equipment, Medical Device, Medical Supply and Healthcare Information companies.

• #1 of over 100 rookies, Feb ’04, in billing in all of MRI.

• Top-10 rookie, first 2 quarters 2004, in billing and accounts receivable in all of MRI. CTG Healthcare Solutions, Cincinnati, OH, Recruiter

• Full life cycle recruitment of healthcare IT Consultants, Project Managers, Sales Representatives and Executives experienced with Allscripts, Cerner, Eclipsys, Epic, GE, IDX, Kronos, Infor/Lawson, McKesson, Meditech, Midas+, NextGen, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Siemens, Quovadx, Seebeyond and Sybase software.

• Responsible for over 50% of hires of the healthcare division and a Top-five recruiter out of 30+ recruiters corporate-wide.

• Coordinated the efforts of 3 recruiters for timely response to open positions.

• Negotiated contracts and managed relationships with recruiting agencies and subcontracting companies.

• Reduced the company’s reliance on recruiting agency fees by 40%, which resulted in savings of over $200k per year.

• Created and managed process for ISO9001 certification. MILITARY EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES NAVY Honorable Discharge

Rank: E-6 (CTI1)

• Cryptologic Technician Interpretive (CTI): Attended language training (French) at the Defense Language Institute

(DLI), Monterey, CA. Specialized in the analysis of foreign language materials, prepared statistical studies and technical reports.

• Top-Secret security clearance.

• Navy Recruiter. Responsible for identifying and evaluating candidates to enlist in the US Navy. EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Numerous Recruiting Courses: e.g., Calling Passive Candidates, Sourcing Diversity Candidates, Internet Sourcing, Principles of Recruiting, EEO/ADAAA, Behavioral Interviewing.

• Licensed: Diversity (DEI) Recruiter, Talent Advisor, Tech Recruiter, Project Recruiter

• Spherion, Recruiting Course

• Ziegler, Sales/Recruiter Training

• Hondros Life & Health courses; passed Ohio insurance exam

• 200 hours Persuasive Communications/Sales course

• 40 hours management instruction course

• 25 weeks foreign language course at the Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

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