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ROBERT (DON) H. ATKINSON SR

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904-***-****

SUMMARY

25+ years of Recruitment/Management/Sales experience in the Information Technology/Systems, Telecommunications, Engineering, Management, Financial/Accounting, and Professional Services domains.

Provide recruiting efforts for Corporate (FTE), Staff-Augmentation (Contract), Client Solutions (Project/BPO).

Proficient in placing diversity candidates via Full Time Hire, Permanente Placement, Contract to Hire, and Long-Term Contract.

Facilitate the entire onboarding processes, (offers, background-checks, drug-test, references, E Verify, benefits, OFCCP compliance, and other HR-related functions) for USA & Canada hires.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENTCYS

ATS’s/Recruitment Tools: Job Diva, iCIMS, SAP-Fieldglass, IQNavigator, Beeline, Taleo (Pre- Oracle), PeopleClick, iRecruiter, ADAPT, Resumix, BullHorn, SmartSearch, SmartRecruiter, & various employer proprietary databases.

Software: MS Office 97/03/07/10 – (Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook), Intuit/Quicken, ACT, Lotus Notes Organizer, cc:Mail, MS Exchange, Enterprise, HTML, and handhelds - BlackBerry, Windows, Android, & iPhone.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NTT DATA Services 03/12 – 09/20

SR Talent Acquisition Specialist III (Full-Time Employees – Remote) 04/19 – 09/20

Promoted into the Corporate Talent Acquisition Team which provides the recruitment for the company’s full-time positions.

Supported the Strategic Staffing Business Unit (SSBU) - worked directly with the SVP and Directors of Sales/Recruiting for all FTE hires; to include Account Executives, Technical Recruiters, and Support Staff.

Process included the intake of requirements, recruitment/screening/submission of applicants, scheduling final interviews, and facilitate the entire onboarding processes,

(offers, background-checks, drug-test, references, E Verify, benefits, and other HR related functions) for USA & Canada hires

SR Corporate Recruitment Specialist II (Internal Staffing Team – Remote) 07/15 – 03/19

With the success of the onsite work done at CSX, an internal team was created to service the 100’s of other NTTD MSP’s.

Worked internally with hiring/project managers to provide staff augmentation to all of NTTD’s onsite client delivery teams; to include all project sizes & BPO’s.

Responsible for requirements intake/confirmation of technical skills, recruitment, screening and submission of applicants, scheduling final interviews with PM’s, and initiate the onboarding process.

Being a high paced environment and working on critical needs, the required monthly hires per recruiter was 5+, (personal average 6.5 hires). Page II

Onsite Corporate Recruiter (CSX – Jacksonville, FL) 03/12 – 06/15

Working directly with CSX Vendor MGT, CSX IT Directors/Managers/Leads, and IQN Manager to provide a variety of consultants:

Application Developers (JAVA, .NET, SaaS, MainFrame, Informatica, GIS, Oracle)

Service Desk (HelpDesk, MF Schedulers, PTC)

Network Services (Desktop, HelpDesk, Server, DBA)

Other (Signal Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Non-Technical)

Facilitate the onsite sales and recruitment efforts for direct staff augmentation to CSX, SOW’s, Managed Services (Support & Maintenance).

Over my employment, had placed 100+ contractors, maintaining a monthly average of 33+ employed.

Independent Contract Consultant - Jacksonville, FL 09/10 – 02/12 Full Desk Recruiting For Various Venders & Clients

Partner with corporate and national venders to assist with the recruitment volume of technical and professional requirements.

Clients include the following:

State of Florida Staff Augmentation IT Contract, servicing many different departments and agencies - Education, Lottery, WorkForce Innovation, DCF, DEP, & FDOT to name a few. It also allowed me to work directly with SJRWMD, SRWMD, Broward Health, Miami-Dade, Duval County Schools, and several other municipalities.

Private/Public Companies – BOA, ML, CITI, TCS, CISCO, BCBSFL, CSX.

Federal/DoD – Dept.’s of State (Navy, Army, USMC) / NSA / SATCOM / NORAD.

Proficient at placing candidates via perm placements, contract to hire, and long-term contracts.

Apollo Professional Solutions - Jacksonville, FL 06/08 – 08/10 Southeast Regional Sales Director

Responsible for the southeast regions IT/Engineering sales efforts.

Run monthly/yearly operations for the Jacksonville, FL branch.

Developed an IT division within a 100% aerospace engineering staff augmentation company.

Developed clients in the federal / DOD, state, and local municipalities.

Taught IT recruitment practices to the recruiters in the region. Computer Aid Inc. (CAI) - Jacksonville, FL 07/06 – 05/08 Florida Regional Delivery & Recruitment Manager

Oversaw the recruitment efforts and recruiters within the Florida region; (Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and South Fl. Markets) for CAI.

Oversaw offshore FT CAI recruitment resources located in Manila, Philippines

10 total, 1 being a lead.

Prioritize/assign regional requirements from Sales Associates and On-Site Delivery/Project Managers to insure proper coverage of critical exclusive and competitive needs.

Specifically responsible for recruiting internal CAI candidates in the following areas: Project Managers, On-Site Leads, Sales Associates, and Direct Report Recruiters.

Assigned all other requirements, (Helpdesk, Desktop Support, Network Administrators, Business/Systems Analysts, and Developers) to direct reports as well to myself to work upon.

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Contractually responsible to fill statewide needs for the FDOT Tolls Division, 4-6 placements per month.

Developed processes/procedures that were put into place to insure requirements were valid and viable to work on by the current recruitment team.

Tasked with several internal managerial projects; Yearly Recruitment Budgets, Fixed Cost Bidding Labor Projections, Recruitment Database Tools, and Manila Recruitment Processes.

Acting liaison to BCBSFL and COJ from a recruiting, sales, and company perspective. Matlen Silver Group (MSG) - Jacksonville, FL. 12/04 – 06/06 Senor/Lead Recruiter

Responsible for the recruitment efforts in the Jacksonville and Orlando markets.

Reported to the Jacksonville, FL area manager on a weekly basis as to our efforts/progress/accomplishments.

Acted as a liaison to Bank of America, COJ, and Merrill Lynch from a recruiting and sales perspective.

Adecco Technical - (Formerly Adecco/Tad & Tad Resources) 02/98 - 11/04

Area Branch Director - Jacksonville, FL. 03/00 – 11/04

Area Account Executive - Orlando, FL. 02/98 – 02/00 Teksystems (Formerly Aerotek Inc.) - Jacksonville, FL. 11/95- 12/97

Contracts Sales Executive 06/96 – 12/97

Senior Technical Recruiter 04/96 – 06/96

Technical Recruiter 11/95 – 04/96

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Morrison’s Inc. (Silver Spoon) - MD/DC/VA/FL 10/93 - 10/95 Assistant Branch/Unit Manager

General Mills Inc. (Red Lobster) - Tampa/Gainesville/Jacksonville, FL. 05/91 - 09/93 Assistant Branch/Unit Manager & Regional Area Q/A Representative EDUCATION

USF Muma College of Business: Tampa, FL - 2020

Post-Crisis Leadership Certificate

Saint Leo University: Tampa, FL - 1991

B.A. Business Management – Specializing in HR/Finance/Hospitality