Chris Downes Email & Phone Number

United States

Durant, Oklahoma, Us

Choctaw Casinos & Resorts of Oklahoma started out as a Bingo Hall in 1987 and has grown to include 22 locations of premier gaming entertainment across Southeastern Oklahoma. The Choctaw Casinos & Resorts are led by Executive Officer of Gaming & Hospitality, Heidi Grant. Choctaw Casinos offer a wide variety of entertainment ranging from slot machines, poker, variety of food selections, lodging and live bands!Find us on Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram!!!

Dallas, Tx, Us

• GDT is an award-winning IT solutions provider specializing in the consulting, designing, deploying, and managing of advanced technology solutions for businesses, government, and healthcare.• Responsible for filling corporate IT positions within GDT, and filling technical roles with GDT’s clients• Participate in the full lifecycle recruiting process• Work on contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire roles• Utilize behavioral and technical screenings to find the best candidates for a position• Use job boards, social media, and a developed candidate pipeline to find active and passive candidates• Responsible for filling roles such as network engineers, system engineers, database developers, DevOps, security, technical support, project managers, UI/UX developers, software developers, business and data analysts, solution architects, service delivery managers, etc.

Plano, Texas, Us

• Develop, facilitate, and implement all phases of the recruitment process• Selected Bullhorn as the new company ATS• Collaborate with department managers to identify and draft detailed and accurate job descriptions and hiring criteria• Actively source and engage active and passive talent by leveraging referrals, leads, technology, external recruiting partners, events and more• Assist with job posting and advertising processes• Screen applications and selects qualified candidates• Schedule interviews; oversee preparation of interview questions and other hiring and selection materials• Assist with the interview process attending and conducting interviews with managers, directors and other stakeholders

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

• Manage and develop a team of 2 account managers, 15 on-site recruiters, 2 remote recruiters, 4 business development managers, 3 on-site managers (Mobile, Alabama & San Antonio, Texas), 2 sourcing specialists and 2 on-boarding specialists specializing in Aviation, Engineering, IT and Accounting & Finance. • Manage Vendor Management Systems VMS such as Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, etc, while managing our non-VMS clients. • Manage the operations for the company. Redeveloped the KPI’s, job descriptions, policies and procedures for each department. • Business development and account management for new and existing clients.• Educate employers on how my team operates and assist them with interview questions and techniques if they’re new to management. • Created a sourcing department for recruiting teams. • Develop new business for the company. Including yearly increases for existing clients.• Our office produces $30 million a year in sales. Increased sales by $4 million from previous year. Projected sales for this year are $40 million. • Selecting new software ATS, Marketing, CRM to increase productivity of recruiter’s and business development.• Oversaw operations to deliver full life cycle recruiting services including marketing, advertising, sourcing, interviewing, closing and background screenings. • Work closely with drug and background departments to ensure our candidates met SLA’s

Plano, Texas, Us

• Develop, facilitate, and implement all phases of the recruitment process• Selected Bullhorn as the new company ATS• Collaborate with department managers to identify and draft detailed and accurate job descriptions and hiring criteria• Actively source and engage active and passive talent by leveraging referrals, leads, technology, external recruiting partners, events and more• Assist with job posting and advertising processes• Screen applications and selects qualified candidates• Schedule interviews; oversee preparation of interview questions and other hiring and selection materials• Assist with the interview process attending and conducting interviews with managers, directors and other stakeholders

Troy, Michigan, Us

• Responsible for a team of 4 Accounting & Finance business development managers for the Dallas/Ft. Worth region.• Daily calls with my 15 recruiting teammates to get updates on all requisitions.• Account management of new and existing clients.• Develop and train new and seasoned professionals on sales and strategies.• Manage the metrics for each individual and mentor them to exceed their sales goals.• Weekly one on one meetings to go over existing numbers and prepare targets 30/60/90 days.• Assist national sales teams with presentations on clients we had brought in to sign new contracts.• Target clients between $25,000,000.00 - $500,000,000.00 in annual sales for business in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.• Went on sales calls with my team members in addition to producing my own numbers.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Responsible for a staff of 18 recruiters to recruit Information Technology, Accounting & Finance, Legal, Telecommunications and Scientific candidates for contract, contract to hire and permanent positions across the country• Support 6 Vendor Management Systems (VMS). In addition to staffing technical candidates for our clients in Colorado• Teach managers at client locations how to interview and provide them the metrics of first interview to hire statistics, and providing current industry pay rates• Responsible for acquiring new sub-suppliers and sourcing companies to produce the talent needed in development skillsets • Weekly training sessions to provide skills necessary to recruit, bring in new business, and understanding skillsets• Develop staff on sourcing, qualifying candidate to position description, rate negotiations, interview preparation, closing candidates• Train staff on human resource issues and compliance• Developed new process and procedures to ensure proper documentation of candidate profiles, job postings and employee reviews• Develop progression plans for junior recruiting to become recruiters• Create sourcing department to generate more candidates for the recruiters• Responsible for driving number’s for the branch in addition to making placements • Develop reporting metrics to hold employees accountable for their production numbers• Generate new business for full desk recruiters

Orange, Ca, Us

Volt Technical Resources offers full-service staffing and talent management consulting to help local, regional, national, and international companies. Through niche recruiting expertise and project management, VTR delivers solutions in IT and Engineering.• Responsible for mentoring a staff of 10 technical recruiters and providing on-going training and support for new recruiters and serve as a resource for learning technical skillsets • Drove the hiring process in a high volume / time sensitive environment, working directly with the hiring managers for all of Volt’s clients and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on contract, contract to hire and permanent placements• Specialized in Security, Software Engineers/Architects, Database Developers/Administrators, Network/Systems Engineers, Web Developers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Product/Program/Project Managers, and Business Analyst• Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies• Utilizing a consultative sourcing, assessment, and selection approach that addresses client’s needs in a cost effective manner

Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

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