Senior Recruiter
Pds Technical Services
Managed all aspects of recruiting, placement, client fee negotiations, hiring and client/applicant services * Developed and implemented recruiting strategies that resulted in improvement of business productivity, efficiencies, retention and/or ROI * Identified and analyzed business issues where recruiting programs and services leveraged maximum efficiency; developed and drove strategies that implemented appropriate recruiting cycles * Diligently recruited qualified candidates for open IT and Engineering positions; advertised positions within various recruiting venues, including newspaper, Internet, colleges and job fairs, specific industry networking events and among community contacts * Interviewed applicants; filled client requests for employees in extremely tight recruiting markets * Reviewed employment applications and evaluated work history, education, training and job skills * Managed recruiting and placement of civil, mechanical, electrical engineers as well as, IT professionals, including programmers, system analysts, software developers, software/firmware engineers, database/systems/network administers and project managers * Performed general recruiting for low-end sales personnel, administrative assistants and other clerical positions * Increased branch's performance in hires by 26% the first year; received the 1st place national award for percentage increase in Recruiter Engineering Discipline with 26 placements between 2006 to 2007 * Anticipated, predicted and diagnosed economic conditions and analyzed industry trends, which were underlying recruiting factors in hiring qualified employees