Recruiter Consultant

Don Schacker Ph) 503-***-****

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Portland, OR 97202 ***@********.***

OBJECTIVE: Senior Recruiting Consultant or Recruiting Project Manager

Spent several years as a hardware/software system integration engineer on commercial and government programs. This was followed by a stint as a technical project manager, then fifteen years as a sourcer/recruiter locating and hiring hard to find candidates with unique skill sets.

Well versed in state of the art recruiting methodologies including Internet social networking sites, blogs, Internet searches as well as more traditional techniques.

Sourced and hired vice presidents, mid-level executives; especially all kinds of software architects, developers and testers; hardware engineers; marketing, sales and consulting personnel; both highly technical and non-technical candidates; PhDs and plumbers; field support personnel; administrators, etc.

Able to understand/interpret highly technical job descriptions; able to communicate requirements with both candidates and hiring managers.

Experience with start-ups and well established companies; experience with health care recruiting as well as with biotech and medical device companies.

Consistently exceeded customer’s expectations on quality and quantity of candidates as well time-to-hire and cost-to-hire metrics. Consistently under-promised and over-delivered.

Expert in government project management skills including customer interfacing, financial reporting, scheduling, proposals, and technical leadership.

Senior Staffing Consultant - Lockheed Martin Corp. 3/04 to 8/09

Lead recruiter at several Lockheed Martin locations.

Functioned as individual contributor and team leader on many highly visible, high priority projects. Mentored junior and mid-level professionals.

One project was similar to the RPO environment. The assignment was to produce one qualified, available, and interested candidate in one day after receipt of open requisition; then produce three such candidates in three days. I was usually successful.

Self-Employed Contract Recruiter 2/96 to 3/04

My Silicon Valley clients included:

Amazon.com Aviron/MedImmune

Northrop Grumman Impax Laboratories

Sony Electronics Acuson/Siemens Medical Solutions

Applied Materials Gric/GoRemote/iPass

Vantive/PeopleSoft/Oracle Cadence Design

Digital Integrity Microtec/Mentor Graphics

Zembu Moody’s Investor Services

Recruiting Agency Employment

Source Engineering 1/95 to 2/96 Intellitron 5/93 to 1/95

Education

MBA Business Santa Clara University

MS Physics University of Chicago

BA Physics University of Chicago

Professional Engineer EE State of California

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