Manages full life-cycle technical recruiting to source and recruit top tier IT professionals. Use sourcing techniques, tools, and technologies to build a strong candidate pipeline and manage a positive candidate experience. Build strong relationships and collaborates with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs and goals. Coordinate and participle in recruiting events such as career fairs and open houses. Suggest and implement on-going improvements to the recruitment process

Located Construction Professionals through various sources, including internet job boards, resume searches, referrals, cold calling, local school, and job fairs. Interviewed Construction Professionals, evaluated candidates strengths and skills and compared them with company strengths. Worked directly with Owner to identify current needs. Helped the company established a positive image in the community, building a network of candidates, and developing a creative, cost effective sourcing strategies. Other duties included obtaining building permits, scheduling inspections, generating invoices, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

Responsible for identifying, developing, and maintaining qualified applicants for available positions. Maintains network of recruitment sources. Assesses applicant’s core competencies. Reviews and pre-screens applications and resumes for qualified candidates. Interviews applicants to determine if they possess the core competencies required by the organization. Determines advertising needs for current openings. Determines recruiting sources that are most effective in producing qualified applicants and uses sources to develop or increase applicant flow. Represents the organization at job fairs and evaluates the organization's participation in external events for an appropriate cost/benefit ratio. Maintains websites for job posting and evaluates applicant flow from sites. Coordinates offers with hiring managers and extends offers to selected candidates. Maintains ongoing communication with hiring managers to determine departmental staffing needs as soon as possible.

Team with Regional Directors and Vice Presidents to identify staffing requirements and recruited qualified candidates to fill hourly and senior management exempt positions for convenience store chain generating $8B in annual revenues. Develop innovative recruiting practices to acquire top talent to improve profit margin. Trained leadership team regarding effective recruiting and introduced job boards to locate candidates. Attended job fairs, tradeshows and interfaced with community and government organizations to connect with job seekers.Extensive analysis function includes tracking data to forecast future trends, analyzed open positions to identify recruiting strategy, and gathered relevant data to identify and classify candidates to determine cost per hire and ROI. Instrumental in developing new behavioral interview process. Responsible for weekly reporting.

Partnered with candidates seeking to improve employment outlook through new opportunities and relocation. Worked closely with potential employers to identify needs and to locate top talent. Coordinated review and selection through behavioral interviews and other candidate assessment tools. Scheduled interaction between candidate and employer and served in pivotal role as advisor to both, seeking win-win employer-employee relationship. Structured and negotiated job offers. Developed and managed network of qualified candidates and business opportunities. Additional administrative functions included data tracking and reporting.

Advanced through multiple promotions ultimately acquiring full accountability for multifaceted recruiting process including sourcing, recruitment, interviews, resume review and credentialing, and comprehensive background screening. Identified qualified candidates in pipeline and recruited top talent across various industries. Created and maintained talent database, leveraging unique approaches to attract qualified candidates.Trained and managed staff of (6) recruiters and (4) sales staff ensuring quality, service and performance. Synchronized team efforts to sell and negotiate staffing services. Led sales and marketing efforts through persuasive cold calling, Internet marketing, national publications, and attendance at Job Fairs. Cultivated and managed cohesive business relations with national and local companies. Structured and negotiated pending deals with prospective clients; settled disputes.