Staffing Consultant

JAYSON E. MILLER

**** *** *** **** #**** Houston, TX 77081 713-***-**** ***********@*******.***

SUMMARY

• 10 years recruiting in Energy/Utilities, Engineering & Construction, Oil & Gas, Logistics, Acct. & Finance

• 5 years experience campus recruiting (NACE), Job Fairs, internships, on-boarding & diversity recruiting

• 5 years of Behavior Based Interviewing, EEOC, OFCCP, and I-9 Compliance

• AIRS Certified (Advance Internet Recruitment Strategies) / Social Media expert (LinkedIn et.al.)

• Full lifecycle recruiting including salary negotiation, Total Rewards, job posting, and hiring metrics

EXPERIENCE

CALPINE CORP, Houston, TX (Contract) 06/2010 – Present

Recruiting Consultant

• Brought on as a supplemental recruiter to assist in the hiring needs specific to Calpine’s ‘Conectiv’ acquisition

• Engineer, implement and deploy recruiting strategy centered around a strategic recruitment approach

• Recruit, source, and interview ‘C’ Level, corporate, and plant candidates specifically related to acquisition

• Conduct internal audit of current recruitment process and identify areas of improvement

VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS, Houston, TX (Contract) 01/2010 – 06/2010

Recruiting Consultant

• Designed, developed, and implemented recruiting strategy for this R&D start-up in Houston, TX

• Researched, developed, and authored job descriptions in collaboration with hiring managers and engineers

• Conducted compensation analysis, collected market data, and determined internal equity to determine offer amounts

• Hired 7 CFD / FEM / FEA Aerodynamics, Loads, Simulation, and Aeroacousic engineers and 4 finance and PM’s

• Assigned subject-matter-experts for requisitions and interview panel teams for technical interviews

• Full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, behavioral interviewing, salary negotiation, and metrics benchmarking

DYNEGY, Houston, TX (Contract) 03/2008 – 08/2009

Recruiter (Contract)

• Met and exceeded ‘time to fill’ metrics for open positions while maintaining Dynegy’s quality of hires

• Reduced recruiting costs by $200K by sourcing high-profile candidates, reducing use of retained-fee search firms

• Talent acquisition - Developed creative sourcing alternatives and strategies to enhance Dynegy’s talent pipeline

• Facilitated offer-approval process, negotiated salary, explained “Total Rewards” to candidates, and made offers

Successfully hired and recommend top tier candidates to support the activities corporate headquarters and all energy plants. Of several hundred candidates sourced, screened, vetted, interviewed and recommended to management for hire, 59% were hired or interviewed. Implemented process improvement, analyzed employee development goals, and initiated succession planning strategies. Hires included Plant, Production, and Operations Managers, Engineers (metallurgical, turbine, rotating equipment, and transmission) EH&S, Energy Traders (NAESB and ISDA) and others. ATS: iCIMS iRecruiter.

KBR-HALLIBURTON, Houston, TX 11/2003 – 03/2008

Staffing Specialist

• Screened, interviewed, and hired candidates for positions in the U.S., IRAQ, and Afghanistan

• Utilized NACE / Career Advisory Services at more 24 college campus recruiting events, job-fairs, and hiring-blitzes

• Interviewed candidates using behavioral-based interviewing techniques

• Developed script (used project wide) for recruitment, and recommended changes in tracking systems

• Trained 25+ recruiters on hiring processes, guidelines, strategies, work flow and coaching techniques

Screened, interviewed, recruited and hired candidates for the LOGCAP III contract with the U.S Military to work and live in IRAQ, Afghanistan, and the U.S. Involved in all HR functions dealing with employee benefits, compensation, EEOC guidelines, training, and employee relations. Planned, coordinated, and executed on-campus recruiting efforts. Worked closely with managers to recommend, advise, and implement process changes to improve efficiency and productivity. Used behavioral interviewing techniques. Responsible for visa applications and passports. ATS: VURV / Web-Recruiter

MORGAN STANLEY, Houston, TX 11/2001 – 11/2002

Financial Advisor

• Used Asset-Allocation to produce well balanced financial planning advice

• Planned, defined and implemented seminars for Rollover of client 401k’s to IRA accounts

Carefully reviewed client financial objectives to determine suitable recommendations for asset allocation to produce a well-balanced financial plan. Conducted seminars, including prescribed methods for obtaining qualified leads to hold Asset Allocation seminars in order to achieve long-lasting and fee based financial planning relationships. Methods used to gather assets included cold calling, warm calling, and networking with former clients. Licenses held: Series 7, 63, and 65

EPIC CONSULTING, INC. Houston, TX 03/1999 – 08/2001

Recruiter

• Recruited Engineering, Oil & Gas, E&P, and IT candidates for various clients resulting in hundreds of placements

• Developed and maintained new and existing accounts, generating $750,000 in revenue for Epic.

Primary responsibilities include recruiting top level IT and Oil & Gas candidates through the use of internet recruiting, cold calling, advertising, and job fairs. Involved in all aspects of the marketing of policies and procedures for new accounts; including but not limited to rate negotiation. Accounts included El Paso, BMC Software, Hess, Enron, Randall's Food and Drug, and Sprint. Completed the AIRS Seminar (Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies). ATS: PCRecruiter

STEP L.L.C. Houston, TX 11/1998 - 03/1999

Recruiter

Recruited IT candidates covering all aspects of programming and network design. Specialties included recruiting developers and architects to develop and promote an OO component repository for utilization by various teams. Recruited developers to design and develop a “code library” for the SABRE Group (a division of AMR). Recruiting also included network design engineers with experience in capacity planning and UNIX systems administrators with rational rose and CORBA.

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

B.S. Psychology 12/97

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