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Plainfield, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

DMI is a global managed services and solutions company that specializes in digital/cloud transformation and IT services. Utilizing expertise in the areas of AI & Analytics, Digital Commerce, Digital/Cloud Transformation, Mobile Application Development, and IoT & Connected Devices. DMI delivers intelligent digital transformation solutions for several organizations in both government and commercial sectors.

Applied Systems is a global $2B cloud-based (SaaS) software development and cloud hosting leader for the insurance industry in the U.S, Canada, UK, Ireland, Poland, and India. • People Manager: Directly oversee the Global Talent Acquisition team of 10-11 geographically dispersed team members in North America, Europe, and India• Recruiting & Sourcing Strategies: Responsible for creating global sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for technical and non-technical roles • Player/Coach: Responsible for recruiting senior management, Software Engineers, DevOps, QA/SDET, Product Management, CX, consulting services, BI/data science, cloud engineers, IT, sales, and non-technical corporate roles • Reduced Time to Fill: Reduced TTF by 50% in North America, and 53% in Europe by establishing SLAs with hiring managers, implementing new recruiter metrics, streamlining the recruiting and selection process, and improving the offer approval process• Reduced Costs: Implemented a new talent acquisition hiring strategy for the UK and Ireland offices that eliminated the need for RPO and staffing agency recruitment by 100% saving the company over $500k annually• TA Operations: Responsible for improving processes and workflows, ATS optimization and automation, replacing manual reports with executive and hiring manager dashboards, and revamping the onboarding experience• Metrics, Forecasting, & Reporting: Responsible for establishing all recruiter metrics and goals, weekly reporting to executives for recruiting production, hiring projections, and headcount planning, and using data to drive decision making and influence stakeholders• Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Council Leader for Employee Attraction• Mergers & Acquisitions: Managed talent acquisition through rapid global expansion and corporate mergers with over 15 InsureTech companies with quick turnaround time & short deadlines

Sr. Technical Recruiter, responsible for the full life cycle recruitment of IT professionals in Fortune 1000 companies throughout the Chicagoland area. Specialize in the recruitment of .Net, SQL Server, SharePoint, Java, and PHP developers/architects, Data Warehouse, Quality Assurance, Business Analysts, and Project Managers. • Obtained candidates through various sources including applicant tracking system (MicroJ), referrals, social networking sites, job boards, cold calling, and company website.• Manage the candidate through the entire recruiting life cycle including sourcing, screening, skill assessment testing, interview setup, reference checks, offer negotiation, closing, and quality calls to the candidate.

Naperville, Il

Sales/Recruiting Manager, responsible for bidding, selling, and staffing residential construction projects up to $25 million in size. Responsible for the full life cycle recruiting for all internal employees, and subcontractors. Vastly experienced presenting offers, negotiating salaries, hourly wages, and executing contracts for project work. Responsible for checking references for all contractors, and visiting jobsites to review examples of past workmanship and quality. • Implemented a new company sales strategy that increased the sales prices by $75,000 per unit and doubled the number of homes sold.• Obtain candidates through various sources including referrals, networking, Internet, direct sourcing, cold calling, internal database, and advertisement responses.• Recruit in a high volume environment that requires an immediate turnaround time for producing subcontractors. Responsible for producing subcontractors to repair and remodel Bank of America foreclosed and bank owned properties within 24 hours. • Develop new business by networking with architects, banks, mortgage brokers, and realtors.

Technical Recruiter, responsible for placing IT and Telecom professionals in Fortune 1000 companies on a national level. Hired to cultivate a new sales and recruiting division for network administrators. Specialized in placing LAN/WAN Architects, Engineers, and variety of Administrators including: UNIX/Linux, Windows Server, Web Servers, Email systems, Database Administrators/Developers/Data Warehouse, Web Architects/Developers, Programmer/Analyst, Firewall & Security. • Exceeded sales quotas nearly every month, and often doubled monthly sales quotas.• Successfully staffed high profile projects for Disney, Nike, Anheuser-Busch, and Kellogg’s.• Obtained candidates through various sources including referrals, internal database, Internet resume banks, warm leads, cold calling, news groups, and advertisement responses.• Managed and maintained the candidate through the interviewing and selection process.• Responsible for presenting offers, negotiating salaries for hourly (W2 and 1099 contractors) and salaried employees, negotiating relocation and monthly travel packages, handling immigration and sponsorship (TN and H-1) issues, checking references, and completing background checks.• Generated new accounts by producing leads and contacts for account managers. Aided account managers in determining requirements by talking with Project Managers and going on client visits.• Gave training presentations to groups of account managers, recruiters, and managers.• Mentored and trained junior level recruiters.

Des Plaines, Il

Developed and maintained client accounts and placed IT and telecommunication professionals in positions throughout the Chicagoland area. Duties included recruiting, interviewing, generating job interviews, resume building and revision.• Generated and maintained new accounts by extensive cold calling and referrals. Presented applicants to potential and existing clients.• Obtained candidates through various sources including referrals, Internet resume banks, warm leads, cold calling, news groups, and advertisement responses.• Managed and maintained the candidate through the interviewing and selection process.• Presented offers, negotiated salaries for permanent and contract employees, checked references, and completed background checks.