James Holland
Columbia MD 21045
Senior Recruiter
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Professional Summary
15+ years of technical, full-cycle recruiting experience scaling high-growth teams and startups.
Extensive experience Advises the Hiring Managers and HRBP’s on the full life cycle executive TA process including developing a search strategy, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy, sourcing of candidates, (internal and external), screening, evaluating and recommending candidates, the overall interview process (including candidate preparation), interview guides, feedback, compensation information, the offer process (preparation and approval) negotiations, and pre-on-boarding
Extensive experience recruiting C-level Executives, Director and Partner Level candidates
Extensive experience recruiting TS/SCI, Lifestyle poly professionals in cleared environments
Extensive experience sourcing and recruiting for roles across the stack, including machine learning engineers, researchers, and software engineers
Extensive experience ensuring candidates have a world-class recruiting experience.
Works with hiring managers and leaders to create effective recruiting strategies.
Provides updates with talent market and industry insights needed to make informed decisions.
Keeps track of recruiting funnels using, Workday, Lever, Greenhouse, ICIMS, ATS and updates the progress regularly.
Creates ways to proactively source and recruit candidates to optimize the top of the funnel.
Builds relationships with diverse tech and talent communities
Network Business Consultants- 2010- Present
Network Business Consultants is a national executive search firm specializing in the computer and the communications industry. Services offered are Retained, Contract and Contingency search. Clients serviced are start ups, top tier companies and RPO partners. Extensive experience in full lifecycle recruiting, sourcing, talent acquisition and talent mapping.
Below are my most recent engagements:
Tenable
SR Recruiter
April 2021 – December 2024
Tenable is a Global Network Security company focusing on cybersecurity. Tenable has more than 44,000 customers globally
Owned the complete recruiting process
Met or exceeded quota from 2021 to 2024
Developed sourcing and recruiting strategy for the engineering team.
Presented, negotiated and closed offers for various engineering teams.
Presented slates of qualified candidates to the management teams
Worked closely with hiring managers to create the hiring strategy, interview process, offer negotiation and closure of all offers
Closed 73 out of 83 Engineering roles from 2021-2024
Maantic
SR Recruiter
August 2019- 2021
Maantic is a Global 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
September 2018- December 2019
Positions held :
SR Sourcing Partner, SR Recruiter
Clients: Amazon, Liveramp, View Smart Glass
Responsible for Recruiting and Sourcing Developers to work for the ecommerce team at Amazon
Responsible for recruiting and sourcing Technical Digital Marketing Software Engineering Talent for LiveRamp
Responsible for Recruiting and Sourcing Software Engineers, Process Engineers, Firmware Engineers, Cloud Engineers and SR Technologist for View Smart Glass
Randstad Sourceright July 2016 –September 2018
Positions held:
Talent Advisor – Sourcing., SR Recruiter, SR Delivery Recruiter
RSR is the 2nd largest RPO in the world
Clients: Aptiv, Linde, USAA, Ford, Whirlpool
Responsible for full lifecylce recruiting and sourcing for the clients above .Sourced and Recruited Developers, Architects,A.I. and Machine Learning Engineers
Recruited across all lines of business .
Met or exceeded expectations
Accenture( Avanade)
July 2015-June 2016
Avanade is a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture
Position Held: Talent Acquisition Account Manager
Types of Positions Recruited:
Developers, Architects, Project Managers and Consultants with Microsoft Centric backgrounds
Lead recruiter :
Candidates recruited: Enterprise Level Directors, Account Managers, Architects, Project Managers
Markets supported: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Automotive,Banking and Financial industries
Met or exceeded expectations
Perficient 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
Met or exceeded expectations
Accenture(Avanade) 2010-2014 Position Held: Lead Sourcing Recruiter
Types of Positions Recruited: Architects, Directors, Project Managers and Consultants
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
Microsoft 2004-2009
Position Held: Sourcing Recruiter, Contract Recruiter, Full Desk Recruiter
Types of Positions Recruited:
Sales, Marketing, Directors, Architects and Consultants
Came to Microsoft on a 6 month contract that lasted 5 years
Facilitated and advised functional implementation sub-teams in State and Local Government, Federal Government, Microsoft Consulting and the Sales and Marketing Solution Groups
Met or exceeded expectations on every assignment .
Provided best-practice expertise on all phases of sourcing and hiring processes
Internosis (now Dell EMC) 2000 - 2003
Contracted to do full lifecycle recruitment in the Enterprise Business Solutions arena. Recruited Architects, Consulting Engineers, Engagement Managers, Client Principals, Software Developers, Business Development Managers, Sales and Executive Management .Responsibilities also include the identification, screening, scheduling, interviewing and placement of technology and managerial level professionals with client companies; several assignments required that the candidates possess security clearances ranging from TS to TS/SCI with a full scope or lifestyle poly, while other assignments required particular certifications such as CIA, CISSP, or technical certifications such as PMP, MCSE, MCSD, MCP, CMMI, to partner level and C’s level, such as CTO, COO and CFO’s.
Accomplishments:
Opened offices in LA and Denver
Extended offers to 38 candidates in 60 days
31 candidates accepted positions
Recruited C- Level candidates in LA, Denver and Boston
Saved company over $800,000.00 in recruitment fees
Education
Business Administration, Salisbury State University