Recruiter Manager

Andrew Smith

***** ******** ******* * #*** * Sterling, VA 20164 * 703-***-**** * adfezo@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Seasoned lead recruiter with 14 years in talent acquisition, workforce development and manpower planning.

Immediate development and execution of plan to fill urgent requirements while building pipeline to meet your medium and long-term staffing needs.

Uses experience in messaging to target audience to assist your company growth.

Deep experience levels in government, health and financial sectors in both US and International locations.

Places a broad array of technical disciplines including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Epidemiologists, Linguists, and Software Developers.

Advanced level expertise in employment law including EEO and OFCCP.

Focused mindset on timely service of operations, diversity hiring and cost savings.

Experience with ATS Systems including: ICiMS, Peopleclick, Taleo, and Ultipro.

LinkedIn Evangelist.

EXPERIENCE

SOS International May 2019 – Present

Lead Recruiter

Led staffing with 5 direct reports for $100 million contract with the US Department of Justice.

Used talent acquisition as brand ambassador to attract passive candidates.

Created message, provided training, and gives direction on best outreach and staffing tools practices.

Adjusted messaging during pandemic to emphasize areas of security and in-home trainer which maintaining candidate flow at pre-pandemic levels.

Re-engineered process for sourcing most difficult-to-fill positions with direct recruiting methods resulting in 65% increase in submittals for those personnel holes.

Team submittal performance increased 25% inside 6 months of employment.

Led capture of Partner Network Program resulting in 6 additional partnerships.

Planned, marketed, developed content, and executed company first virtual hiring event.

11% of the attendees entered into qualification process within 10 days of the event.

Exceeded the amount of key personnel required for submittal for all three proposals worked in calendar year 2020.

Gridiron IT October 2018 – May 2019

Contract Recruiter

Re-designed full lifecycle recruiting and hiring process for client organization.

Solely responsible for sourcing, screening, selection, offer, and oversight of in-process of 60 employees in build out of data center at Camp Humphreys, South Korea.

Constructed terminology to improve company marketability while attracting passive job seekers and building a pipeline to utilize after completion of contract.

Executed with Program Director and team leads a cross-training plan.

Sallyport Global July 2018 – October 2018

Sr. Recruiter

Placed cleared construction professionals and engineers OCONUS for the U.S. State Department

Fully staffed 3 proposals with an average of 8-12 cleared key personnel with lead times of 21 days

Left due to sale of company and departure of manager

Fornetix June 2016 – April 2018

Sr. Recruiter

Full life-cycle recruiter for cyber security start-up.

Designed advertising and marketing plan for recruiting to assist company with gaining visibility.

Created separate and unique interview processes for design, engineering, quality, and sales teams.

Performed skills-gap analysis and designed training curriculum for workforce.

Additional responsibilities included placing intel analysts for sister company.

Positions filled include: Software Developers, Sales Engineers, Sales Executives, and Quality Assurance Engineers.

Sevatec September 2015 – June 2016

Technical Recruiter

Supports business units that provide SOC (Security Operations Center) operations; Cloud Computing transitions; and software development for government agencies.

Averaged 5 hires/monthly in first six months of employment.

Positions fills included, Intrusion Detection Specialists, SOC Analysts, Software Developers, Scrum Masters, Database Administrators, Cloud Engineers, Ruby on Rails Developers, Salesforce Developers, and Scrum Masters

Triple I (formerly CCSi) July 2014 – September 2015 Corporate Recruiter

Recruited for various technical positions for billed and proposal work.

Fully staffed Army MEDCOM contract; reversing government harm notice by focused sourcing on competitors and related government NGOs .

Worked closely with Cyber Security proposal management; including meeting expectations for key proposals and authoring the personnel section of proposals.

Positions filled include: Intrusion Detection Specialist, Cyber Security Engineer, Database Administrator, Epidemiologist, Neuroscience Clinician, Board Certified Psychiatrist, and Psychologist.

VMD Systems Integrators December 2012 – July 2014

Sr. Recruiter

Full lifecycle Sr. Recruiter for 8(a) with 350+ employees nationwide.

Primarily recruited on Database Development and Cyber Security Contracts for the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Treasury.

Staffed Application Development Contract for the National Science Foundation.

Participated in successful capture of new contracts; including development of pricing model, staffing key personnel, and proposal writing.

Placed 50+ employees in first year of employment.

Positions placed included: Program Manager, Sr. Cybersecurity Consultants, Software Developers, Database Administrators, Financial Analysts, and Administrative Staff.

Conducted ISO 9001:2008 and CMMI Level III audits.

Link Solutions, Inc. June 2012 – October 2012 Technical Recruiter

Concentrated on filling hardest to fill positions for 8(a).

Established relationship with Big Four prime vendor to improve company’s standing on contract.

Placed financial professionals for auditory and budget process improvement services for large government agency.

Computer Science Corporation

Resource Manager January 2008 – January 2012

Reported directly to Vice President of Fortune 200 Corporation in support of $155 million business unit with responsibility for Recruiting and HR issues.

Averaged 50+hires annually in DoD technical environment.

Direct work with VP, Directors and Program Managers to conduct workforce planning.

Developed program to certify over 120 employees as required by government.

Primary point-of-contact for subcontractors and vendors for all staffing activity.

Built pipeline of highly cleared, technical personnel.

No T&M or Cost Plus task orders operated at less than 85% staffing capacity during tenure.

US Resources May 2006 – January 2008

Technical Recruiter

Raytheon (imbedded contract recruiter)

Technical recruiter for wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon in the Network Centric Systems.

Primary clients: Defense Information Systems Agency and Department of Health and Human Services.

Positions filled included: Java Developers, Network Controllers, Database Administrators, Systems Engineers, Network Engineers, Security Professionals, and Senior Computer Scientists.

Received full training course in OFCCP compliance and regulations.

RGS Associates (imbedded contract recruiter)

Embedded recruiter for management consulting firm.

Work centered on business process analysis provided as a subcontractor on Primarily Naval Sea Systems Command and integration of the NMCI.

Followed market trends to identify companies where individuals whose addition would be beneficial to the firm.

Contacted alumni and alumni groups of universities with prestigious MBA/business programs.

Increased head count by 35% while on contract.

Increased staffing proficiency and cut time-to-fill by 50% while decreasing staffing expenditures.

Offer/Acceptance ratio over 80%.

Built pipeline and created training material for backfill upon leaving.

Volt Technical Services October 2005 – May 2006

Technical Recruiter

Positions filled included Network Engineers, Database Engineers, Application Developers, Router & Switch Technicians, Business Analysts, Electrical Engineers and Financial Planners.

Corporations which positions filled to included Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Computer Sciences Corporation and Microsoft.

Averaged four placements per month in agency environment.

EDUCATION

B.S. Personnel Management - George Mason University. Specialized in Human Resource Management.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY

Provides assistance to George Mason University Career Services to undergraduate students.

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