James Holland
Senior Recruiter
Columbia MD
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Professional Experience
Network Business Consultants LLC
January 2000 – Present
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Network Business Consultants is a national executive search firm that specializes in the Computer and Communications industry.Services offered are Retained, Contract and Contingency Search Services. Clients supported are fortune 100 Clients in the Software, Enterprise Solutions and Consulting Environments. Vertical Markets supported are :Automotive,Financial, Healthcare, Energy, State and Local Government . Types of candidates recruited: Strategic Sales and Technical professionals to work for Blue Chip companies and Start up organizations . Most recent engagements since 2000 are with RPO organizations like IQTalent Partners and Randstad Sourceright . Direct relationships clients Avanade, Perficient, Microsoft. EMC, Ford, Linde, Whirlpool, Aptiv,Amazon,Live Ramp,View Smart Glass and Maantic
Below are engagements and projects worked since 2000
Maantic
SR Recruiter
August 2019- Present
Maantic is a Global boutique UI Path,RPA, Salesforce, BPM and Pega System Partner that focuses on Enterprise Clients across all lines of business. Contracted to recruit Business Development Managers, Practice Managers and Client Delivery Managers across the country. Placed candidates in San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis and Tampa .
Reported to the CEO.
Established guidelines and developed the process for this enterprise start up
Maantic is currently rank 240th in the top 5000 tech firms in the bay area.
IQTalent Partners
August 2019-December 2019
Position : SR Recruiter/Sourcer
Client:View Smart Glass
Responsible for Recruiting and Sourcing Software Engineers, Process Engineers, Firmware Engineers, Cloud Engineers and SR Technologist for this cutting edge smart glass manufactuer
Assist the internal recruiting team with identifying, qualifying and presenting top talent
18 candidates in process for consideration
Developed a strong pipeline for engineering roles
Met or exceeded expectations
Worked with the internal recruiting team to develop sourcing and recruiting plan to meet hiring objectives
Created a repository for candidates in the pipeline that were qualified but not selected
IQTalent Partners
January 2019- July 2019
Positions held:
SR Recruiter /Sourcer
Client : Live Ramp
Responsible for Recruiting and Sourcing Technical, Digital Marketing, Software Engineering talent nationally for this leading company in this Identity Management Solutions areana .
Assists the internal Talent Acquisition team to meet 4qtr projections of 26 hires
Works with team to provide recruitment snd sourcing strategies
Provides metrics
Tools: Linkedin Recruiter, Vettery, A-list, Hired
ATS : Greenhouse
IQTalent Partners
September 2018- December 2018
Positions held :
SR Sourcing Partner:
Client: Amazon
Responsible for Recruiting and Sourcing Java Developers to work for the ecommerce team at Amazon’s Corporate HQ in Seattle.
Recruits, evaluates and presents candidates to the business for event days in Seattle
Schedules code assessments and follows up with candidates regarding next steps
Attends daily status update calls to discuss strategy and best practices
Tools : Linkedin Recruiter, Hired, Indeed
ATS: ICIMS, Amazon Hired
Randstad Sourceright July 2016 –September 2018
Positions held:
Talent Advisor – Sourcing.
Client Aptiv. January 2018 – September 2018
Responsible for full lifecylce recruiting and sourcing for this leader in the autonomous automobile industry . Positions sourced and recruited for : Developers, Architects, Engineers and Consultants
Lead or work collaboratively with cross functional teams to develop and maintain ongoing
relationship/partnerships with hiring leaders, candidate pool, peer partners and third party vendors to deliver candidates that meet Aptiv’s hiring needs
Aptiv is a high technology company serving the automotive sector with an unsurpassable passion to power the way to a better drive...and a better future. For more than 100 years, we've been shaping the automotive industry with safe, green and connected technology firsts. And we're far from done. Our global team, driven by meaningful innovation, envisions a society with zero road fatalities, zero injuries and zero accidents. We see the future of driving and are making it possible today.
At Aptiv we are dreamers who do. Our ideas inspire change. Our actions produce change. We collaborate, innovate, and execute with excellence, working hard to deliver a better drive, today. And a better future, tomorrow.
Client: USAA- September 2017 – January 2018
Lead or work collaboratively with cross functional teams to develop and maintain ongoing relationship/partnerships with hiring leaders, candidate pool, peer partners and third party vendors to deliver candidates that meet USAA hiring needs.
Develop and implement sourcing strategies to proactively identify candidates and assemble a diverse pipeline of talent; perform full life-cycle recruiting; resolve issues and navigate obstacles to produce deliverables
Guide hiring managers through the staffing processes to ensure compliance within regulatory agencies. Respond to inquiries; serve as staffing technical expert for staffing or business related policy and process applications.
Strategic partner to business in development of staffing plans and managing complex staffing initiatives. Facilitates cross-functional teams in the strategy development and implementation of business solutions.
Partner with internal and external partners to Identify and establish community networks / relationships in support of our military, diversity and college to generate candidates in alignment with organizations workforce plans and hiring objectives
Recruited Cloud Architects, Engineers. Consultants and Engineers to work in Phoenix, San Antonio and Dallas locations.
Sourcing Specialist
Client: AGCO – June 2017 to September 2017
Provided sourcing support for the GSI business unit for this Global leader in the agricultural business
Works with HR and Hiring managers to provide sourcing updates
Conducts initial intake call
Creates sourcing strategy
Works with the HRBP and the Hiring Managers to move candidates thru the process.
Conducts weekly follow up calls with HR and Hiring Managers.
SR Recruiter Talent Delivery
Client: Linde North America -January 2017 to July 2017
Provides full lifecycle recruiting across all lines of business for the largest Industrial and Medical gas manufacturer in the world
Conducts intake calls with the Hiring Managers and HR Business Partners
Responsible for developing the recruiting strategy regarding talent mapping and pipelining candidate flow
Works with recruiting coordinators and sourcing to provide a slate of candidates to present to hiring managers
Negotiates and presents offers with the help of recruiting coordinators and human resources
Develops metrics associated regarding to time to fill and onboarding
Works with social networking tools like facebook, twitter,linkedin,Gr8people
IT Talent Advisor; Ford
Types of Positions Recruited: IT Developers, Project Managers, Architects, Analysts focusing on emerging technologies within Ford.
Client: Ford -July -2016 to December 2016
Metrics – Time-to-fill exceeded expectations most positions filled within 60 days
average req load 25-30 positions per month
25-30 of screens per week
High Volume Positions- Developers, Architects and Project Managers
met or exceeded expectations each month
Niche Positions- Cloud, Hadoop, Big Data roles, Cisco/VM ware, Azure Cloud and AWS
Sourcing Tools – Boolean, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Pro, LinkedIn Groups, Cold Calling, Networking Tools, Smashfly, Google Xray
Engaged to perform Full Life Cycle recruiting
Responsible for all IT recruiting functions for with PD, AD,ITO,OCIO and EEIT
Partnered with Hiring Managers, Sourcing teams and Ford HR to insure that expectations are met and hiring plans are executed as per the Ford process
Ensures that all metrics are met and all status issues are correctly notated in BrassRing(2xB)
Met and exceeded expectations with regard to hires.
Engaged to provide direction and guidance with regard to ATS- BrassRing
Accenture( Avanade)
July 2015-June 2016
Position Held: Talent Acquisition Account Manager
Types of Positions Recruited:
Developers, Architects, Project Managers and Consultants with Microsoft Centric backgrounds
Client: Accenture ( Avanade)
Lead recruiter responsible for Full life cycle recruiting for this 3B dollar Company that is a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture. Engaged as subject matter expert with regard to Microsoft/IBM technologies
Focused on creating and implementing recruiting a proactive recruiting strategy from the ground up with business leaders and decision makers
Candidates recruited: Enterprise Level Directors,Account Managers, Architects, Project Managers
and Consultants that have extensive experience working on Enterprise level engagements that focused on Microsoft technologies
Markets supported: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Automotive,Banking and Financial industries
Mapped process with regard to pipelining and forecasting with regard to hiring.
Provided best-practice expertise on all phases of sourcing and hiring processes
Met or exceeded expectations
Perficient May May 2014 – May 2015
Position Held: Talent Acquisition Specialist
Types of Positions Recruited:
Directors,Architects and Consultants from Large scale enterprise level organizations in the Manufacturing, Healthcare, Automotive,Banking and Financial industries .
Engaged as subject matter expert in ATS technology(Open Hire)
Facilitated and advised functional implementation sub-teams
Mapped process to drive completion of key deliverables on schedule with regard to strategic hiring and forecasting
Engaged as subject matter expert with regard to Windows and Java technologies
Provided best-practice expertise on all phases of sourcing and hiring processes
Met or exceeded expectations
Accenture(Avanade) 2010-2014
Position Held: Lead Sourcing Recruiter
Types of Positions Recruited: Architects, Directors, Project Managers and Consultants
Engaged as subject matter expert in sourcing for this joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture
Led sourcing efforts for Infrastructure and app dev projects nationally
Partnered with various teams to set expectations and manage the sourcing process
Mapped process to drive completion of key deliverables on schedule
Provided best-practice expertise on all phases of sourcing and hiring processes
Met or exceeded quota every year
Microsoft 2004-2009
Position Held: Sourcing Recruiter, Contract Recruiter, Full Desk Recruiter
Types of Positions Recruited:
Sales, Marketing, Directors, Architects and Consultants
Engaged as subject matter expert in ATS technology(XP10)
Facilitated and advised functional implementation sub-teams in State and Local Government, Federal Government, Microsoft Consulting and the Sales and Marketing Solution Groups
Mapped process to drive completion of key deliverables on schedule
Provided best-practice expertise on all phases of sourcing and hiring processes
Internosis (now Dell EMC)
1999-2004
Position Held: Staffing Consultant
Types of positions recruited: Sales, Technical, Marketing
Top Recruiter
Provided full life cycle recruiting for this award winning Microsoft Partner.
Placed 31 Developers, Architects, Consultants in the 1st 60 days
Worked in the Federal and Public Sector marketplace .
Recruited candidates with Top Secret/ SCI /Life style Polygraph clearances
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
Greehouse, ICIMs, Great People,Brass Ring, Taleo, Jobvite, Open Hire, Workday,Success Factors
Education
Business Administration, Salisbury State University