Contract Recruiting (off-site preferred). Client representation anywhere in US & Canada. 1099 or W2.
• 10+ years of deep generalist talent acquisition experience. Areas of specialization include recruiting and coaching executive, engineering / information technology, sales / marketing and financial talent in excess of $80,000 + in total compensation.
• Emerging technology domain expertise spanning Enterprise Software, Financial / Professional Services, Wireless, Web (Consumer, Content and WebSearch), Network Appliances / Storage / SAN, Telecommunications, Systems & Components and Hardware / Semiconductor.
* Top clientele & references – Draper / Kleiner / Sequoia backed start-ups & elite Fortune 500.
* Huge network and access to candidates of excellence.
* Excellent multitasking ability with outstanding organizational and presentation skills.
* Leadership/coaching/mentorship skills.
* Designing and developing effective and efficient recruiting process & programs.
* Strong understanding of business processes and strategic management issues.
EDUCATION:
Masters of Business Administration - Golden Gate University, 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Senior Staffing Consultant / Contract Recruiter 1997 – Present
• Utilize various sourcing techniques to attract and identify top executive, technical, sales & marketing and financial talent throughout the country. Clients include Fortune 500 corporations and emerging start-ups in the enterprise software, wireless/telecom, web & professional services. Use proprietary candidate database to identify candidates and track results. Maintain a database of 5,000 candidates.
• Deal directly with core management teams to develop recruiting requirements and to review qualified candidates. Negotiate salary and benefit requirements with candidates to meet compensation allocation grades set by clients. Success rate for open requisition/fill rate is close to 100% with very low turnover rate.
• Manage a team of recruiters and/or serve as a mentor for junior recruiters. Oversee budgets of up to $300,000.
• Reduce cost per hire significantly by: developing recruiting referral programs that work, eliminating the use of recruiting agency assistance, and by providing web recruiting services and local recruiting research for the client. Involved in the decision-making and management of recruiting budgets. Head decisions that have cut cost per hire by 50% in many of the client companies.
• Featured analyst for career transition articles in Computerworld, The San Jose Mercury News, SF Business Times, and The Washington Post.
Recruiting Assignments:
Enterprise Software: Adobe/Macromedia, WebMethods, Edify, IronPort Systems, Omniva Policy Systems.
Security: Symantec / Brightmail, IronPort Systems.
Wireless / Telecom / Handset / Hardware: Good Technology, Visto, UTStarcom, Nortel.
Web 2.0 / Consumer / Infrastructure: Groxis, Listen.com, America Online / Netscape, Real Networks, Spinner Radio / WinAmp, Kenamea.
Truelson Unger Associates 1996 - 1997
Financial / Technical Services Management Consultant
Job Bank USA 1994 - 1996
Chief Operating Officer / Branch Manager
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 1992 - 1994
Insurance Agent
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