Senior Technical Recruiter

Gary A. Blinth MBA.

** ******** *** *****. *******. NY 10703

E-Mail: ******************@*****.***

Cell: 404-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

· Accomplished staffing leader with enviable success developing and implementing Recruiting Strategies, and Talent Management programs.

· Established track record building, training and managing successful recruiting teams.

· Strong command of various methods including Social Networking, Relationship Recruiting Philosophy, College Recruiting, Employee Referral, Local Associations and Cold Calling, to build talent pipeline.

· Extremely strong negotiating and relationship building skills.

Experience

The Home Depot/HD Supply 1/2006 to 2/2009

Senior Recruiter

§ Managed recruiting for various functions within HD Supply and worked in tandem with HR partner to establish staffing metrics.

§ Recruited and staffed a wide range of IT positions including Storage and Infrastructure Engineers, BI, EDW, SAP, Architects, ECM, Information Security, Software Engineering and DBMS among others.

§ Established relationships with organizations such as INROADS to help build a pipeline of diverse candidates and established metrics to track diverse hires.

§ Ensured that there was full adherence to EEOC and OFCCP standards.

§ Partnered with HR and IT leaders to design and implement the College Recruiting Program for HD Supply’s IT organization.

§ Championed and implemented the College Internship program for HD Supply.

§ Partnered with senior HR leaders in conducting needs analysis, and designing and implementing recruiting strategies based on the needs.

§ Worked in concert with HR and Business leaders to design and implement an IT Leadership program.

§ Managed relationship with third party recruiting sources.

Contract IT Recruiter 7/2005 to 1/2006

Federated Systems Group

§ Responsible for sourcing talent in the following areas: Project Management, IT Management, CRM, Technical Architecture, Network Engineering, Software Engineering and Mid-Range Systems.

ACS Global HR Solutions

· Charged with the responsibility of staffing a wide range of Finance, Technology, Operations and EHS related positions.

· Develop and implement recruiting strategies for aged and hard to fill requisitions.

· Execute on full life cycle recruiting process including Prescreening, Recruiting, Closing, On Boarding, EEOC Tracking, and New Employee Orientation.

· Establish successful partnerships with Hiring Managers to ensure smooth execution of hiring process.

ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL. 4/2002 to 3/2005

Division Director

· Recruited, managed and developed recruiting teams.

· Led the division to achieve its highest revenue year ($3 million) in the Branch’s history.

· Positions filled included but are not limited to SOX , Information Security, Risk Assessment, People Soft, Oracle Applications (Functional and Technical), SAP, Systems Administration, Software Engineers (J2EE, C/C++,.Net) Business Intelligence, Cobol / CICS Developers, Middleware, Logistics, and QA Analysts.

· Recruited, developed and managed the recruiting team.

· Developed and managed competitive database for all levels and across all technical skill sets.

· Conducted successful job fairs.

· Conducted thorough reference and background checks on potential consultants.

· Wrote Ads for print and online media to recruit new talent.

· Evaluated weekly recruiting activity reports to track recruiting efforts compared to established goals.

· Established relationship with external vendors and other third party companies.

· Established special performance goals and conducting performance reviews for consultants.

· Conflict Resolution between consultants and clients.

STRIDE & ASSOCIATES 2/1998 to 3/2002

PRACTICE MANAGER/ SENIOR RECRUITER (NYC)

· Identified and qualified open Technology positions with Wall Street Financial Services Companies.

· Performed full-life cycle recruiting functions to successfully fill these open requisitions. Positions filled included ERP Specialists (Oracle, Peoplesoft and SAP), DBA’S (Oracle, Sybase, MS Sequel Server), Software Engineers (VC++, C/C++, Java), and embedded developers, Business Analysts (Credit Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX), WAN Engineers, Network Administrators among others.

· Developed and managed a recruiting team.

· Authored training materials and coordinated training schedule.

· Established performance incentives for my team.

· Coordinated advertising, while staying within budget allocated.

· Composed Job Ads for all media.

· Established production goals in tandem with overall company goals and managed the team to achieving the specific goals.

TEAM LEADER/SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER (DENVER)

· Selected by Corporate leadership to establish our brand and cultivate new business in Denver Colorado.

· Played critical role in increasing market share by 10 percent and generating a revenue base of $1.5 million in the first year of this office’s operation.

· Implemented and maintained operational best practices to facilitate proper candidate recruiting and tracking process.

· Played critical role in the hiring and training of other recruiters.

EDUCATION

BA. University of West Indies. Economics.

MBA (4.0 GPA). Kaplan University. 2008

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