SUMMARY

OFFERING OVER 15 YEARS OF PROVEN STAFFING EXPERTISE ENCOMPASSING RECRUITING, CONSULTING, CAREER PLACEMENT, INTERNET SOURCING STRATEGIES AND TALENT MANAGEMENT

ACHIEVEMENTS PROFILE

• Multidisciplined: Possess strong supervisory and management skills encompassing direct supervision, direct sourcing and performance management; conduct training and oversee program coordination
• Strong Interpersonal / Communications Skills: Professionally trained counselor and communicator who is able to assess need and motivation while employing tact and sensitivity. Consistently develop good rapport with staff, professionals and clients. Show facility with influencing hiring managers and business partners. Express complex concepts with strength, clarity and style. Seek "win win" results.
• Staffing Expertise: Highly skilled in technical recruiting knowledge and sales "know how" both in contingency and corporate environments. Skilled at presentations and developing candidate and client trust. Sponsor staffing strategies, career fairs, referral programs, retention programs, alternative sourcing, internships and consulting services. As a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC), knowledgeable in all aspects of employment law and EEOC regulations.
• Systems/Internet Proficiency: Expert level with Windows NT, XP, RESTRAC, HIRSESYSTEMS, RECRUITMAX / VURV and other applicant tracking systems; expert level utilizing MS OFFICE, Excel, and PowerPoint packages. Expertise in Internet Recruiting tools: Candidate Pooling, Facebook, LinkIn, Tweeter, Spiders, Ferrets, Listservs, Majordomo, Site Flipping, Site Snaking, and Career Site Development. Developed an Internet recruiting and marketing strategy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Groton/New London, CT July 2009-Nov 2009
[Manpower lost bid for national Pfizer account. Assignment ended]
On-Site Manager for Pfizer (Contract Assignment)
On contract to oversee and establish recruiting efforts for all contractors under Manpower at Pfizer. Manage, coach, hire, over 40 associates for this national contract. Report to National Program Manager at Manpower.

Confidential,Hartford, CT 2000 - Feb 2009
Team Mgr/Leader / Team Champion (3 years)
Senior Staffing Consultant (6 years)
Lead a Talent Acquisition team of 5 IT Staffing professionals in delivering cost-effective and staffing consulting services to fill nationwide positions within the Aetna Information Services, a 3,200 person division. Provide strategic staffing expertise to meet business needs and achieve operational excellence, either through Human Resource Business Partners as brokers or by working directly with hiring managers and divisional leads including the CIO.

• Coach, train and develop team members to maximize performance.
• Center of Excellence for VURV (applicant tracking system); training for the system; resolving system problems; served on 2 project upgrades.
• Center of Excellence for metrics, sourcing, consulting, workflow and applicant tracking systems.
• Developed staffing and sourcing strategies for AIS around targeted job groups.

Confidential, West Springfield, MA 1999 - 2000
Manager, Technical Recruiting
Managed all functions of technical staffing for a variety of clients with a focus on Information Systems staffing. Used extensive Internet Recruiting and alternative sourcing techniques to better service a growing client base. Oversaw all website development and recruiting software including emailing lists for developing candidate pools, search tools, sourcing for free resume searches and job posting sites. Spearheaded all client development and recruiting methodologies. Led seminar on behavior interviewing techniques.

Confidential,Bloomfield / Hartford, CT 1997 - 1999
Staffing Consultant (Long Term Consulting Assignment)
Drove all aspects of staffing services for a systems division numbering over 240 IT professionals, handling all consulting and full time hires. Recruited, interviewed, and qualified IT professionals for various system opportunities in Mainframe, Client/Server and PC/LAN technologies. Expertise included behavioral interviewing and staff consulting. Managed all transitional recruiting activities for the Lincoln Life acquisition including the development of new vendor relationships, a detailed staffing model, an internet recruiting strategy, a career / recruiting booth for trade shows, an employee referral and retention program, a summer internship program and a recruiting database for the division.

Confidential,Connecticut 1996 - 1997
Senior Recruiter
Pioneered a start up of a full-time staffing/recruiting company for a major consulting firm. Searched, separated, identified and placed the top 20% of Information System Professionals including MainFrame, Client Server, Tech. Support, LAN/WAN Engineers and Project Management professionals. Possessed expert knowledge in both "permanent" and consulting placements.

Confidential,Rocky Hill, CT 1994 - 1996
Manager, Technical Services IT & Engineering
Drove all aspects of recruitment, marketing and placement for this $4,000,000 per year technical / engineering recruiting agency. Performed candidate screenings, interviews and submissions to client companies. Provided staffing and consulting services for a wide variety of client companies. Supervised Personnel Coordinator and Account Manager in all aspects of recruitment. Spearheaded and secured $200,000 contract for a consulting company with a major utility.

Confidential, Hartford, CT Springfield, Boston, MA 1991 - 1994
Area Career Management Consultant
Performed a wide range of sales, administrative/career management and writing activities for an international career management/advisory network.

EDUCATION & TRAINING
MASTERS DEGREE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE