Deborah Laster, Crs Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

• Working on 6-10 technical positions per week, meeting all candidates in person or via Skype, and maintaining regular contact with placed consultants.• Placed 3 contractors and 1 direct hire in first 45 days of employment. Eventually worked up to having 32 contractors on billing in addition to making direct hire placements.• Strong networking with heavy use of LinkedIn, receiving over 200 views of my LinkedIn profile each week.• Positions recruited for include Windows Engineers, Firewall Engineers, IT Security Architects, Electrical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, .Net Developers, C++ Developers, Java Developers, Embedded Software Engineers, Oracle Architects, ETL Developers, Technical Recruiters, Technical Support (Help Desk/Desktop Support), Accounting Analysts and Clerks, and Project Managers.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Source and recruit for both full-time and contract technical positions throughout the U.S. such as Software Engineers, System Administrators, Infrastructure Engineers, Java Developers, .NET Developers, Web Developers, ETL Developers and Technical Project Managers.• Source and recruit for non-technical positions such as Tax Attorneys, Marketing and Communications Specialists, Accountants, Financial Analysts, and Business Analysts.• Locate and place difficult to find candidates by using creative sourcing methods.• Work with candidates to fine-tune and re-write resumes, and coach as needed to enhance interviewing skills. • Work to meet salary and rate guidelines as indicated by hiring managers and conduct rate negotiations as necessary.• Maintain regular contact with clients and candidates during the full recruiting process.• Promoted to recruiting manager after 1 year.• Continued to maintain my recruiting duties, with the additional responsibility of mentoring recruiters within the company.• Increased number of send-outs and hires by junior recruiters• Documented full recruiting process and procedures, and implemented changes within the process to increase efficiency and productivity.• Created marketing materials for potential clients.• Participated in account management, working closely with representatives from two global corporations.

• Recruited high quality consultants for our clients. My consulting and technical background enabled me to better identify and match applicants to our clients' open positions.• Managed all aspects of both large and small client accounts including recruiting, sales and business development.• Negotiated contingency search contracts with clients and employment offers for candidates.• Interviewed candidates, performed reference checks, and performed technical testing of candidates.

Worked as a respected consultant for various clients of edaption solutions. Supported various systems for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing companies.

Provided consulting services to various clients in the AS/400 environment.

Farmers Branch, Texas, Us

• Project Coordinator for converting Corporate Employee Benefits, Payroll, and Human Resources systems from IBM mainframe environment to AS/400 network.• Managed 5 contract programmers doing new development and modifications to the software. Developed modifications packets and assigned them to the contractors. This included gathering user requirements, designing and implementing the modifications.• Member of Haggar Quality Implementation Team (QIT), which set corporate policies for process Quality improvement.• Designed and implemented a financial accounting system for the Haggar Foundation.

Beginning And Intermediate Java Development

Computer Science Courses