Duane J. Jones
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051
************@*****.***
Professional Summary:
In my career as a Technical Recruiter/Talent Acquisition Specialist, Personnel/Resource Manager, and Client Relationship/Account Manager/ Customer Service Specialist, I have successfully sourced, recruited, placed, and managed a wide range of information technology, and engineer personnel. I am a “business relationship builder”. I develop productive business relationships with candidates and with client company executives, managers, and decision makers. I have consistently been recognized as a “Top Performer”.
My 20-year IT Recruiting career has been in the Staffing Industry with my responsibilities & focus on:
• High Volume Requirements ranging from 30 - 40 at a time.
• Fast Paced with the necessity of Sourcing, Screening, including evaluating technical and inter-personal abilities of highly skilled technical people and turning them into viable candidates to fill IT requirements under my responsibilities in a timely manner.
• Emphasis on finding highly technically qualified candidates with outstanding personalities
Skills:
As a Technical Recruiter/Talent Acquisition Specialist:
• Active and passive ‘full life cycle’ recruitment of technical personnel including sourcing, interviewing, recruitment, explanation of benefit options, EEOC & HR mandates, expectations, compensation negotiations, delivering offers, and on-boarding selected candidates.
• Sourced local, out of state, and international candidates via referrals, databases, networking, social media, and the internet.
• Industries that I have successfully recruited for include Telecommunications, Automotive, Insurance, Manufacturing, Finance, Sales, Healthcare, IT, Corporate, Customer Service, and Engineering.
• College campus recruitment through college placement office and campus career fairs.
• Effective collaboration with management and recruiting team developed recruiting strategies to meet the demands of filling open positions.
• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) experience: including but not limited to: Taleo, Agile, Bullhorn, FieldGlass, IQ Navigator
• Onboarded hired candidates, filling out paperwork including I9’s, explained benefit package and available options.
As a Personnel/Resource Manager:
• Set performance expectations with newly hired personnel
• Monitored on going performance addressing
any issues that arose; developed corrective measures when necessary.
• Conducted performance and compensation reviews.
• Through open lines of communication with employees and the managers they reported to successfully created positive, productive
atmosphere with resultant high employee retention.
As a Client Relationship/Account Manager/ Customer Service Specialist
• Developed, maintained, and expanded productive relationships with company managers/decision makers through phone and e mail meetings to determine, document and notate intake information regarding manager’s desired candidate profiles, staying in contact with company managers keeping them abreast of candidates found, setting up interviews, gaining feedback from both company
managers and candidates regarding interest and extension of offers to be selected candidates.
Professional Experience:
STS Staffing & Temporary Services, Inc. 01/2022 - 3/2022
Contract Recruiter
Short term contract as a recruiter, sourcing, screening, and presenting candidates to sales team for submission to client opportunities.
Self-employed Recruiter/Candidate Assistant 1/2017 - 10/2021
• Assisted candidates: resume formation, identifying employment opportunities, interview skills.
Onboard Services specializing in talent acquisition for temporary, long-term, and direct placement.
Contract/Remote - Regional Recruiter (position eliminated due to company’s lack of sales and minimal presence in Milwaukee market)
• Active and passive ‘full life cycle’ recruitment of professional and lower-level personnel.
SevenStep RPO (Client - General Motors) Global leader in providing Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions Contract/Remote - Technical Recruiter
• Active and passive ‘Full life cycle’ recruitment of Engineers & IT for General Motors globally.
• Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, .Net Developers -Responsible for Sourcing, screening, recruiting, submitting selected candidates that qualified to GM managers. Obtaining feedback from GM managers after interviews, negotiated salaries, and assisted in the hire process.
Stratagem, Inc. 12/2011 - 7/2014 Business Solutions and technical personnel placement firm
Technical Recruiter, Personnel Manager, Client Relationship/Account Manager
• Active and passive ‘Full life cycle’ recruitment and placement of technical personnel to contract, contract to perm, and perm positions.
• Prospected, and developed productive business relationship with business executives and managers assisting them with both permanent and temporary staffing needs.
• Conducted technical evaluations, performed background checks, reference checks, negotiated pay rates.
• Onboarded hired candidates including explanation of benefits,
• Additionally served as Personnel Resource Manager responsible for both monitoring employees’
performance and employees job/position satisfaction. Conducted annual performance reviews.
• Worked with both client company managers and candidates that I determined were qualified to fill openings in the areas of: Project Manager, .Net Developer, QA Tester, and Business Analyst.
• Industries: Insurance, Marketing, Manufacturing, Healthcare
Beacon Technologies, Inc. 6/2010 - 11/2011 Business Solutions and technical personnel placement firm
Recruiter/Talent Acquisition Specialist
• Active and passive ‘Full life cycle’ recruitment and placement of technical personnel to contract, contract to perm, and perm positions.
• Conducted technical evaluations, performed background checks, reference checks, negotiated • pay rates.
• Project Manager, .Net Developer, QA Tester, and
Business Analyst.
• Industries: Insurance, Marketing, Manufacturing, Healthcare
Stratagem, Inc. 4/2006 - 7/2009
Business Solutions and technical personnel placement firm
Technical Recruiter, Personnel Manager, Client Relationship/Account Manager
• Active and passive ‘Full life cycle’ recruitment and placement of technical personnel to contract, contract to perm, and perm positions.
• Prospected, and developed productive business relationship with candidates, and business client managers assisting them with both permanent and temporary staffing needs.
• Conducted technical evaluations, performed background checks, reference checks, negotiated pay rates.
• Onboarded hired candidates including explanation of benefits,
• Additionally served as Personnel Resource Manager responsible for both monitoring employees’ performance and employees job/position satisfaction. Conducted annual performance reviews.
• Worked with both client company managers and candidates that I determined were qualified to fill openings in the areas of: Project Manager, .Net Developer, QA Tester, and Business Analyst.
• Industries: Insurance, Marketing, Manufacturing, Healthcare
Interactive Business, Inc. 3/1996 - 12/2005 Business Solutions and technical personnel placement firm
Technical Recruiter, Personnel Manager, Client Relationship/Account Manager
• Conducted technical evaluations, performed background checks, reference checks, negotiated pay rates.
• Onboarded hired candidates including explanation of benefits,
• Additionally served as Personnel Resource Manager responsible for both monitoring employees’
performance and employees job/position satisfaction. Conducted annual performance reviews.
• Worked with both client company managers and candidates that I determined were qualified to fill openings in the areas of: Project Manager, .Net Developer, QA Tester, and Business Analyst.
• Industries: Insurance, Marketing, Manufacturing, Healthcare
Education:
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, WI Bachelor of Science Degree - Education
United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, MD Leadership Program