Staffing Consultant
Resume:
JON HUTCHINSON
Seattle, Washington
s40kel@r.postjobfree.com
206-***-**** Mobile
SUMMARY
10+ years’ experience in sourcing and technical recruiting of computer professionals for direct hire (FTE), contract–to-perm, and various long-, and short-term contract assignments.
Candidate Sourcing | Strategic Planning | Full Lifecycle Recruiting | Time Management
Staff Training & Leadership | Candidate Marketing | Performance Enhancement | Organizational Development | Channel Management | Sales Projections | Market Research & Analysis | Referral Networking
Experienced in:
• Pay negotiation, pay procedures, and outlining & discussion of available benefits with newly-hired employees.
• Knowledge of; and adherence to state and federal employment guidelines & regulations in hiring procedures.
• On-going ‘follow-up’ with employees & clients, conflict resolution if needed, and terminations if required.
Past/Present Clients include:
Washington Mutual, World Vision, Federal Way School District, Farmer’s New World Life, Boeing, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, AT&T, T-Mobile, AvenueA/Razorfish, ShareBuilder, Dexterra, Macy’s, U.S. Bakery, Federal Reserve Bank, Various ‘Dot-Bombs’, Nissan Corporation, Sparling, Inc., Weyerhaeuser, Various State & Local Government Entities, Starbucks, Expeditors International, Plum Creek Timber, Northern Life Insurance, Providence Hospital (Seattle).
Skills/Skill Sets I have worked with:
SQL DBA's and Developers, MySQL, .NET Developers, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Game developers, Localization/Globalization/Internationalization, Business & Systems Analysts, CSS/JavaScript and UI Development, Embedded/Driver Development, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing, Java/J2EE,
Flash/Actionscript Developers, Linux/Unix Administrators, Cisco Certified Professionals, Security, Mobile Applications Development, Software Test, QA and SDET, Ruby on Rails/LAMP/AJAX/PHP
WORK HISTORY
Staffing Consultant, Beyondsoft Consulting– Redmond, WA
January 2010 – Present
Recruiting, interviewing, and recommending candidates for various positions, including Project Managers, Software Test Engineers, Business Analysts, BI/DW specialists and Software Developers. Also initiating and/or implementing project directives focusing on Business Development activities.
Responsible for the overall recruiting process; this includes sourcing, phone screening and in person interviews, as well as coordinating interviews with clients. Also, tasked with additional operations-related activities. Additional responsibilities include:
• Act as liaison between Operations and Business Development
• Internal and external resume sourcing: CRM database, CareerBuilder, Monster, Dice, Various Social Media outlets
• Conducting phone screens and in person interviews
• Schedule and conduct in person interviews
• Schedule interviews with external clients
• Onsite client visits to further refine requirements
• Coordinating the representation of Beyondsoft at recruiting and networking events, including the creation of necessary intellectual property, collateral, etc.
• CRM Database Management
• Update Monthly Hire Reports
• Client, candidate and consultant status updates as appropriate
• Training new recruiters
• Reference checks
• Extending offers
Independent Staffing Consulting Engagements
April 2009 – December 2009
• Several short-term recruiting consulting, and candidate sourcing engagements
Sr. Technical Recruiter, Meridian Technology Group - Bellevue, WA
August 2008 – March 2009
• Technical Recruiter with excellent sourcing, interviewing and closing skills in addition to building effective relationships and partnerships with diverse business units and clients.
• Focus was on end-to-end mission critical small business, mid-size business, and large-scale enterprise technology departments within many different verticals and markets. I also deal with private customers as well--from the smallest technology users to the Fortune 500.
• Directed my efforts on high-level placements in software development, project management, and business analysis, for companies here mostly in the Pacific Northwest, but have worked with companies throughout the US.
• I understand the local Seattle high-tech marketplace, I am considered by many to be hard- working, honest and truly care about making a good match between the candidate’s skills and the client’s need. I always have been a team player with co-workers.
Sr. Technology Recruiter, Yoh IT - Seattle, WA
May 2006 – July 2008
• Was involved in working closely with Yoh IT account managers in the identification of key decision makers in targeted vertical markets
• Meeting or exceeding monthly quotas of outbound ‘pipelining’ and candidate placements
• Deeply engaged in the activities surrounding the establishment of new clients
• Servicing of the staffing requests of current established clients
• Maintenance of a candidate database including keeping communication lines open with new, and pre-qualified former consultants.
• Writing and the posting of effective advertisements on the Internet for the attraction of candidate resumes, and for the purpose of increasing visibility in the Greater Seattle technical staffing marketplace.
• Lending expertise in the providing of further definition of technical requirements for open positions
• Mentoring ‘less-senior’ staff members, serving as an advocate and ‘voice of reason’; acting as a subject matter expert, and a sounding board for peers.
Sr. Staffing Consultant, Siemens Business Services - Issaquah, WA
September 2000 – May 2006
Duties included correspondence with potential candidates and hiring managers, candidate screening, and the definition of technical requirements for open positions. Also, I was tasked with activities including account management, including meeting potential hiring managers, new business development, and the design and posting of ads on various recruiting sites on the Internet.
• Communicated with hiring managers to determine accurate and definitive job specifications, and client visitation to develop strong practical relationships, and for the familiarization of the work environment.
• Built and maintained strong relationships with candidates for the purpose of obtaining referrals, and for prospective placement.
• Placed contractors in every technical, & technical support category available as identified by Microsoft’s CS Group
• Responsible for maintaining a pipeline of qualified and available candidates for placement on assignment.
• A top performer and contributor of a small core recruiting group that grew revenue (283%), and created a thriving segment of business. This was in the midst of corporate downsizing, and an economic recession.
• Responsible for maintaining post-interview evaluations subsequent to candidate interviews at the client’s site.
• Sourced candidates through Internet ads, user groups, direct recruiting, referrals, reference checks, and searching the database.
• Formerly responsible for the resolution of employee relations issues of on-site contractors, to meet the client’s SLA requirements.
• Besides recruiting and account management, I was a very significant contributor to the identification of; establishment, and growth of new managed services business with the world's largest software company.
Sales Representative/Technical Recruiter, Data Partners - Bellevue, WA
April 1998 – August 2000
Primarily, my duties were the prospecting, and the establishment of a new client base from ‘ground zero’. I became the leading producer, successful in account management, outside and inside sales, recruiting, initial screening, coaching, and interviewing prospective candidates, client visitation. I kept lines of communication open with future potential business and the documentation of such. My prior exposure to IT environments, software, and with networking products had been very useful in this position, as it helped me to communicate effectively with IT decision makers, in identifying exactly what potential skill-sets companies have a need for, and the identification of sometimes latent abilities potential contractors have that would be useful to those clients. I was also tasked with completion and tracking of all applicable documentation.
Recruitmax/Vurv, Bond Adapt, TeleMagic, PCRecruiter, MindSCOPE, ProSearch, Tempus Fugit, TeleTrak, SalesTrak, ACT!, Goldmine, Visio Professional Edition, InfoModeler/ActiveQuery 3.0, MS Office Suite.
E D U C A T I O N
The Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA (Honors Graduate)
Associate of Applied Arts, Music and Video
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Significant coursework in Business Administration; Sociology
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Significant coursework in 2-, & 3-Dimensional Design as part of the Fine Arts Degree program; Mathematics
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