David Bates Email & Phone Number

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Executive Recruiter, October 2016- March 2017, October 2018 - PresentConduct recruiting on behalf of client companies and agency partners. Manage client accounts in all matters of business development, brand-building job promotion, candidate identification, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, etc. Successful placements include pharmaceutical physicians, sales reps, nurse leaders, human resource directors, administrative and customer service personnel.

Remote

Recruited public health professionals to staff local health departments in roles integral to the creation of local and state COVID-19 Task Forces. Responsibilities included high-volume, full life cycle recruitment for the COVID-19 roles for PA, DE, VA, WV and DC. Created, managed, and maintained recruiting systems to support souring, interviewing, and hiring of healthcare, public health and human resource professionals. Worked day-to-day with CDC Foundation teams and Assistant Commissioners of DPH, Chief Directors, and Deputy Directors to staff positions including, but not limited to: Epidemiologist, Infection Preventionist, Medical Specialist, Public Health Nurse, Laboratory Manager, Microbiologist, Contact Tracing Coordinators, Informatics and Data Analyst, and Program Managers.

Logan, Utah, United States

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Provide high volume full life-cycle recruitment services for ten skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers in Oregon. Responsible for the sourcing, qualifying, hiring and tracking onboarding of clinical and ancillary personnel. Manage relationships with the facility Administrators and hiring teams. Post requisition advertising to job boards and social media sites, conduct email campaigns, mine resume databases, network with universities, trade schools, and government agencies to generate consistent candidate flow. Track recruiting processes in ATS (Monster) and HCM (Kronos) software programs.

Logan, Utah

Managed, created and executed recruitment strategies for multiple Nursing Centers within a fortune 500 organization. Specialized in volume recruitment for clinical, management and non clinical positions. Coordinated sourcing of applicants through internet and intranet job postings. Networked via cold calling, utilizing recruitment toolbox (CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Facebook, Indeed, Monster, etc) and job fairs. Reviewed resumes, prescreened candidates, set interviews, etc. Managed candidates through hiring processes including reference, background, license verification and drug testing. Ensured compliance with company policies and procedures, federal, state and local laws regarding EEO and Affirmative Action. Trained and maintained center management teams on hiring procedures and applicant tracking software.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Recruit technical canidates for contract , contract to hire , and direct hire opportunites, with a wide variety of clients in Utah and surounding states. Specialize in placing:• Java Developers• .Net / C# Developers• PHP Developers• Ruby Developers• C++ Developers• Oracle, PL/SQL Developers, Forms and Reports etc..• UI /UX Designers and Developers• QA and Software testing professionals • Project Managers and Business Analysts• Director and Management level roles

International Search Associates Biotech Pharmaceutical Recruitment Specialist - Partner/Executive Recruiter, 1996–March 2004, Salt Lake City, UT. Specialized in the recruitment of clinical drug development personnel for biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Responsibilities to permanent placement candidates included: prospecting, screening, interview scheduling, interview coaching, follow up, offer presentation, compensation negotiation and relocation assistance. Responsibilities to contract candidates included: all previously listed hiring activities as well as arrangement and processing of financial, administrative, and legal details via back office service providers. Responsibilities to corporate clients included: new business development, contract negotiations, candidate identification and screening, interview coordination, liaison activities between candidates and clients' internal departments, presentation and negotiation of contracts, relocation assistance, etc. Day to day operations of ISA included: hiring and training of interns and support staff, office management, CRM management, generation of company marketing materials and web content, account management, maintenance of professional association affiliations, attendance at industry trade events, etc. ISA successfully placed candidates with industry leaders including: Amgen, Genentech, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, Chiron, UCB Phama, Solvay Pharmaceutical, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Parexel and Omnicare Clinical Research.

Screenplays, musical theater, children’s stories, marketing materials, ad copy, press releases and magazine features. Notable projects include: cover stories on Urban Meyer and Andre Kirilenko for Utah Sports Magazine; Prometheus, a 38 song all libretto musical staged in 2006 and 2008 in Portland, Oregon, and 19 original operas as a writing and drama specialist for the Utah Festival Opera Company’s workshop programs.

Greater San Diego Area

Specialized in the recruitment of clinical drug development personnel for biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Responsibilities included: candidate prospecting, client prospecting, account management, generation of corporate communications and marketing materials.

Unalaska, Alaska

Taught English, Publications, and Humanities in a rural school district in the Aleutian Islands. Invited back in 1998 as honorary graduation speaker.

Boise, Idaho Area

Certified Trip Leader responsible for supervision, coordination and safety of up to five guides and thirty-five guests on week long, self-supported wilderness adventures.

Master'S Program, American Studies / Composition And Rhetoric

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Humanities And American Studies