Senior Recruiter / Sourcer Available

J. Hal Copeland

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Professional Background

Highly skilled recruiting professional with 10+ years experience in a constantly changing employment market. Skilled in utilizing multi-tiered search and recruitment strategies that include Internet research methods, ad driven recruiting and direct ‘cold call’ methods for highly specific recruiting needs. Experience with start-up, middle-tier and Fortune 50 recruiting environments.

Experience

October 2003 – Present Strategic Search Associates

Clients:

January 2008 – April 2008 Secure Computing (through Velossent) Atlanta, GA

Contract Recruiter – Responsible for full life cycle recruiting and hiring of technical, sales and marketing candidates for Secure Computing's largest division.

July 2007 – January 2008 Microsoft Redmond, WA

Candidate Generation Recruiter – Responsible for sourcing, attracting and screening SDEs, SDETs, PMs and other technical candidates for the STB Division’s Visual Studio group.

February 2007 – July 2007 Deloitte and Touche Atlanta, GA

Sourcing Specialist – Sourcing and screening of technical consultants for SAP Netweaver Practice.

October 2006-February 2007 Microsoft Redmond, WA

Candidate Generation Recruiter – Responsible for sourcing, attracting and screening SDEs, SDETs, PMs and other technical candidates for the STB Division’s Visual Studio group.

June 2006 – October 2006 ILC (through Velossent) Atlanta, GA

Contract Recruiter – Full life cycle recruiting for a small network management and control software company. Staffing for core R&D and Professional Services.

August 2005-June 2006 Microsoft Redmond, WA

Senior Contract Recruiter - Early member of ground-breaking recruiting team designed for strategic sourcing of passive core technical candidates. Sourcing, candidate development, technical screening for several groups in Microsoft's core development divisions.

October 2003 – August 2005 AirDefense Alpharetta, GA

Director - Human Resources - Managed all employee relations while growing a security software firm from a staff of 35 to over 80 employees. Direct sourcing and hiring of a total of 65 employees in the fields of sales, software development, quality assurance, customer support and field engineering. Spearheaded all aspects of recruiting, negotiation and employee integration.

July 2002 to October 2003 CipherTrust, Inc., Alpharetta, GA

Recruiting Manager – Spearheaded all recruiting for an explosively growing security software company. Managed relationships with hiring manager and candidates. Over a 12 month period, sourced, recruited and hired over 85 employees for 3 related software firms. All level of employees including software development, information technology, sales, operations and finance. Recruited and hired all employees from entry level to Vice Presidents.

April 2001 – June 2002 Strategic Consulting Smyrna, GA

Recruiter - Built and maintained strong business relationships with ‘C’ level executives across a spectrum of Atlanta based technology companies. Provided in-house and third party recruiting services for start-up and large organizations. Clients: Weather Channel, Vistascape, Cantrio Systems

April 1997 – March 2001 Bell Oaks Company Atlanta, GA

Sr. Executive Search Consultant -Technical lead in 3rd party recruiting practice focused on Atlanta based engineering and manufacturing organizations. Developed extensive network of executive, middle management and technical professional contacts. Developed clients through direct contact and networking. Interviewing skills honed through direct face-to-face interviews with over 2000 candidates for technical, executive and professional positions.

Education:

Tulane University – Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering, May, 1990 New Orleans, LA

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