Colleen Klausner Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Md

ALTA is a proven performer in providing flexible and creative business and IT Staffing Solutions designed to meet our customer needs. With over 10 years of experience, ALTA has a longstanding reputation of delivering consulting services to government and commercial clients creating relationships that last for decades. ALTA ensures our clients’ success by providing superior service and superb results. ALTA’s Top Secret Facility clearance allows us to support highly sensitive government projects.

Upper Marlboro, Md

ACC is a consulting company providing both Federal and Commerical IT consulting services. ACC provides talent to its clients though contract. contract to hire and permanet placement arrangements. • Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting and hiring IT Consultants for contract, permanent and contract- to-hire openings.• Service a variety of industries and a multitude of technologies.• Place consultants in various levels of career status, from entry level to executive.• Researced and selected a recruiting database, installed and configured the application with functionality for both sales and recruiting. • Use WordPress to update ACC Resource website with current job openings.• Utilize social media to enhance ACC brand.

Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting and hiring of experienced IT consultants for contract, permanent and contract-to-hire openings. Managed all phases of the recruiting process: sourcing, screening, interviewing, salary negotiation, benefit overview, reference checking, and orientation.Interviewed, tested, and conducted orientation of potential employees for open needs, as well as maintaining a large pool of potential candidates in anticipation of growth. This resulted in less down time for the customer and additional revenue for company.Main skill set focus included: Business Analysts, Project Managers, Release Managers, Data Warehouse developers, Data Analysts, DBA's, ETL Developers, Business Intelligence, Directors, etc.Actively managed turnover rates and specialized training requirements to consistently meet or exceed the expectations established by the customer/Modis Contracts Served as primary contact for all consultant questions and HR related issues. Developed and maintained strong professional networking relationships with corporate recruiters, staffing agencies, as well as former employees.

Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting of senior technical consultants. Managed all phases of recruiting process: defined and determined recruiting strategy, assessed profiles, created job descriptions, sourced skilled candidates, screened resumes, conducted qualifications and interviews to assess candidates, negotiated packages, prepared offer letters, closed and checked references and employee orientation. Focused on strategic hiring for the Enterprise Internet Applications Practice area, recruiting seasoned Java developers with J2EE development experience. Hired consultants for HISC's Enterprise Internet Applications, iBusiness, Enterprise Integration, and Distributed Applications Practices. These consultants are experienced in CRM and ERP applications, Internet Security, data warehousing, graphics design and Microsoft Technologies. Top Technical Recruiter, consistently met or exceeded hiring goals to support the company's fast-paced environment.Acted as a liaison between hiring manager and candidates to clarify job requirements.Appointed to recruit for corporate office placement of Technical Directors, Practice Managers, and Account Executives. Managed the "Spot a Star" internal referral program.Organized all recruiting resources (online recruiting sites, ad placement in local and nationwide papers, trade journals, job fairs, networking events)Created corporate presentation material on the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and strategic partners.Promoted to Recruiting Manager prior to acquisition.

Responsible for recruiting over 150 college students needed to operate summer programs in Newark NJInterviewed local college students to work in educational after-school programsAssisted in supervision of 1998 and 1999 college staffCoordinated community resources (medical exams, vision exams, college tours, hot lunch programs, etc) for childrenDesigned and developed training materials for free educational programs run year roundPlanned and facilitated National Job Shadow Day in Newark for children attending the School's of PromiseInstituted and launched premier web-enabled recruiting system at Kids CorpNegotiated a deal with Lucent Technologies to provide used computers for the nature campDesigned and developed recruiting web page for Kids Corporation, using HTML and Javascript.Website was linked to Jobtrak, a popular Internet jobsite geared toward college students. Applicants could submit a profile and resume directly to Kids Corp.Improved recruiting effort by 90%. Website received 200 hits per week due to Jobtrak link and on line advertisements.

Developed and provided production support for the system managing multi-million dollar Personal Trust Funds.Overhauled complex reporting capability by converting hard copy reports to online reports pulling from DB2 database. Improved efficiency tremendously.Revamped entire legacy system and created new code to provide automated functionality to produce 10 page reports summarizing performance and trends of stocks, bonds, and assets.Embedded numerous business rules into application; Technologies used: SQL, COBOL, and JCLProvided on-going production support; troubleshooting software and system issues.Implemented test scripts for Year 2000 testingRewrote several AS400 programs into COBOLProduced monthly batch statements for clientsSoftware ArchitectsAided in recruiting consultants through job-fairs, college presentationsConducted in-house interviews