Summary

• Possess excellent knowledge of recruiting and hiring processes including sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, tracking, salary negotiations, and closing.
• Responsible, loyal, reliable, and independent worker with high level of enthusiasm and creativity.
• Well versed in Microsoft Office, (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Publisher)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, and organizational skills
• Detail oriented
• Knowledgeable in preparing reports
• Exceptional research skills using the Internet
• Outstanding at handling sensitive information
• Extraordinary communication skills with all levels of Management

Work Experience:

May 2011 – Present Sr. Technical Recruiter Confidential, Annapolis Junction, MD

• Maintain applicant database (PC Recruit) for EEO and Affirmative Action reporting
• Post positions on job boards such as Monster, Intelligence Careers, and Dice.
• Review resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements.
• Locate potential candidates through Internet research, internal database, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
• Prescreens candidates. Create and present prescreening questions to hiring managers for collaboration and approval.
• Maintain and update recruiting forms
• Confer with senior leadership to identify personnel needs, workforce planning strategies, and search assignments.
• Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified leaders.
• Interviews all candidates presented for detailed interviewing by hiring managers, and include the use of face-to-face behavioral-based interviewing methodologies.
• Organize Open Houses
• Clearly communicate all aspects of the offer including salary, benefits, bonuses, relocating, to candidate.
• Create marketing tools to promote the company such as flyers for job fairs, postcards to mail out, email campaign and much more.
• Manages the presentation, selection, offer, negotiation, closing, and administrative components involved in full lifecycle recruiting.
• Conducts follow-up calls and quality-improvement studies with hiring managers and new hires.
• Maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, searches, hiring managers interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure a safe and thorough audit if required.

July 2008 – May 2011 Technical Recruiter Confidential, Columbia, MD

• Maintained applicant database (PC Recruit) for EEO and Affirmative Action reporting
• Posted positions on job boards such as Monster, Intelligence Careers, and Dice.
• Effectively recruited IT Professionals in a time-sensitive environment. Perform extensive recruiting for Senior Software/Database Developers, IT, IA with heavy focus on technologies such as: C/C++, (Windows & UNIX/Linux), .NET, Java/J2EE, SQL Server, and Oracle.
• Trained hiring managers and new Staffing Specialist on PC Recruiter
• Located potential candidates through Internet research, internal database, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
• Made initial contacts, schedule and conduct interviews, meet each in-person, and check references.
• Maintained and update recruiting forms
• Partnered with and HR team and hiring managers to drive a consistent and quality hiring process
• Established and maintain professional relationships with candidates.
• Qualified candidates for appropriate positions through a process of sourcing, screening, and interviewing.
• Organized Open Houses
• Clearly communicated all aspects of the offer including salary, stock options, benefits, bonuses, relocating, to candidate.
• Created marketing tools to promote the company such as flyers for job fairs, postcards to mail out, email campaign and much more.
• Helped with proposals by reviewing resume templates, sourcing for candidates, and working database they had in place.
• Mentored new staffers as they come in by reviewing our process and procedures, answering any questions they might have, having them sit with me as I find new candidates, and being a source to come to when they have any questions.

October 2007 – July 2008 Recruiting Administrator Confidential, Odenton, MD

• Sourced resumes for Field Engineers, Estimators, and other technical positions.
• Setup phone interviews
• Conducted salary surveys
• Conducted phone interviews and maintained correspondence with these applicants by updating them on their status.
• Researched cost of living
• Sent out offer packages
• Created Offer letters using Microsoft Word
• Updated Position Tracking in Excel
• Scheduled travel and hotel arrangements
• Conducted face to face interviews
• Arranged relocation of candidates and employees
• Created and posted ads on CareerBuilder, Monster, and other various job sites.

January 2004-October 2007 Jr. Recruiter Confidential, Annapolis, MD

• Served as company representative at job fairs that handle cleared candidates for employment
• Conducted basic sourcing for IT applicants, based upon job description and basic requirements
• Prepared required paperwork to move candidates through hiring process including degree verification, reference checks and offer letters.
• Entered and track information using Excel, in house database PMPS, and PCR an Applicant Tracking System in compliance of OFFCP standards.
• Posted positions on several job boards such as Monster, Intelligence Careers, and Dice.
• Designed flyers for job fairs using Microsoft Publisher
• Prepared purchase requisitions
• Ordered supplies for recruiting department
• Maintained the filing system in compliance with OFFCP and Department of Labor standards
• Mentored Interns by showing them what the steps are in become a recruiter and being a source of information for any questions they might have.
• Trained new recruiting employees by showed them the applicant tracking system, showed them the process that we used…
• Taught interviewing classes for those leaving the Military
• Served as POC of contact for referral resumes by maintaining correspondence with these applicants and updating them on status.
• Maintained Outlook Calendar for the Director of Recruiting.

• 2012 AIRS Professional Recruiter Certification .