Ending career as an engineer and then a pioneering and long time Silicon Valley engineering staffing professional: Highly experienced and expert in recruiting and hiring mechanical design engineering, controls engineering, optics, vision systems, medical and surgical instruments and systems quality and reliability engineering.Last work was:• Virtual or Off-Site recruiter or sourcer. Very experienced in all phases of the recruiting activity; sources, prescreens, qualifies, interviews, offers, negotiates, closes, hires, transfers/moves, welcomes new hires. Performs compensation analyses. Very hands on. Experienced manager of other recruiting staff and an excellent trainer.Identify potential candidates and fill the hiring pipeline through web sourcing, networking, referrals and other areas.. Calls, screens and sell prospective candidates to explore company career opportunities and to talk to hiring manager or come for plant interview.• Arrange logistics of in-plant meetings and followup with successful interviews to initiate offer process. Perform compensation studies, and working with appropriate managers, prepare offers. Present offers, address candidate concerns and followup to start with all logistical matters including travel and relocation to assure successful new employee start. Carry out all company candidate tracking systems requirements.• Have worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manager; as a Staffing Agency Owner, Agency Manager; Temporary Staffing Agency Regional Director, as a Human Resources Employment Representative, and as a Contract Recruiter and Recruiting Team Leader.Specialties: For mechanical design engineering, controls engineering, optics, vision systems, quality and reliability engineering. nano-meter Instrumntation, Green Energy-solar and battery systems, semiconductor capital equipment, Solar Cell-Panel Manufacturers, Satellite or other high technology systems manufacturing companies.