Perform full lifecycle recruiting in the highly technical and highly competitive Intelligence Community arena. Recruit/source by using traditional and innovative recruiting techniques that will target candidates who possess high security clearances (TS/SCI w/poly) with skill sets coveted throughout the industry. Responsibilities: • Collaborates and assists, to create/improve position descriptions that accurately reflect job duties and business requirements. • Leverage recruiting resources including online, networking, and cold calling to help identify and source qualified candidates with high level Government security clearances associated with the Intelligence community. • Maintains proper procedures with in-house TALEO applicant tracking system and offer documentation to track and record all candidates and requisitions. • Create and foster relationships with colleagues and diverse professional organizations to attract and recruit alumni and diversity candidates. • Review resumes and credentials for appropriate skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements. • Prescreens and qualifies candidates. • Coordinates and tracks all communication with candidates. • Coordinates the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers. • Organizes, leads and documents post-interview debrief/feedback with interview teams and candidates. • Works with Recruiting and HR department to extend offers of employment to selected candidates under the direction of the hiring managers and within the guidelines of Federal Data Systems compensation policy. • Maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates and recruiting activities in compliance with company standards. • Works with hiring manager to develop a thorough understanding of the department culture and uses that understanding to help candidates fully understand the opportunity.

Seasoned Recruiter with over 18 years of recruiting in the Gov't Contracting space.Independent contractor.Recruiting Big Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Back-End Developers, Front-End Developers, and other Technical and Corporate positions.

January 2015 - PresentVice President of Operations, Capital RegionSeptember 2012 - December 2014Sr. Technical Recruiter/Human ResourcesProvided exceptional customer service and full life cycle recruiting to hiring managers across business units.Consistently and openly communicated with managers to determine current and future workforce planning needs.Provided creative ideas and innovative recruiting techniques to source qualified IT professionals. (I.E. Internet search engines, social media, manage employee referral program).Proactively contributed in kick-off meetings to clarify role responsibilities and requirements.Developed strategies in line with corporate objectives to expand Constellations West's pipeline of both active and passive candidates.Sourced resumes, pre-screened job candidates and coordinated interviews with hiring managers through completion of hire.Managed recruiting efforts in the applicant tracking system and other recruiting department tools such as the pipeline report as well as other metrics.Collaborated with Business Development and PMO on government issued RFPs, Contract renewals and other responses.Developed and maintain relationships with third party staffing partners.Established and maintained relationships with college career centers for college recruitingStayed abreast of recruiting and retention trends in the industry/market.Other projects assigned to the HR team.

Seasoned Recruiter with over 18 years of recruiting in the Gov't Contracting space.Independent contractor, contingency placements.Recruit Intel, IT, Corporate, Sales. Extensive knowledge of recruiting in the cleared environment.

o Head up the recruiting efforts for the Sales Divisiono Creating weekly reports for the CEO and Leads for the Sales Departmento Part of Implementation Team for the new ATS system that will be in effect October 1o Works closely with the Human Resources Department, Operational Sectors and Corporate Sector to ensure the timeliness of the recruiting efforts for their available positions.o Strategizing how to find Account Managers, Sales Engineers, Telepresense/Data/Video experts, Inside Sales, Operations Leas etc, to help create a stronger presence in the Government industry with our products and solutions.o ATS – HRSmart, SME an super user for the new ATS system being implemented, PeopleClick.o Found may new ways an avenues t o researching and getting great talent to interview. Due to the lack of resources the recruiters have, I have been using social networking sites, blogging, referrals, FaceBook to bring people to our company.

o Managed recruiting group of 10 for SSCO Business Unit.o Reporting to Executive Cabinet.o Great understanding and knowledge of OFCCP and worked with the recruiters to establish a uniform way of full life cycle recruiting.o Some hands-on recruiting (full-life cycle) when needed.o Managed the requisition load for all the recruiters on my team, ensuring that they were distributed equally.o Ensured that all requisitions that were created and posted were in compliance to OFCCP and DOL laws an regulations.o Works closely with the Human Resources Department, Operational Sectors and Corporate Sector to ensure the timeliness of the recruiting efforts for their available positions.o Used BrassRing Applicant Tracking System

Jan 07 – April 2010Director of Recruiting o Promoted to this position after showing the skills and ability to lead and manage tasks and employers.o Works closely with the Human Resources Department, Operational Sectors and Corporate Sector to ensure the timeliness of the recruiting efforts for their available positions.o Some hand-on recruiting (full-life cycle) when neededo Manage the Budget for the recruiting department.o Manager 7 recruiters/coordinators in an effort to keep the recruiting process fluid and efficient.o Participate in the monthly Operations Review for the company to make sure the recruiting needs are being met and what is need to meet them if not.o Reporting to Executive Cabineto Recruiting (Days to fill) was the only Six Sigma process that was successfully completed streamlining the recruiting process and time to fill.Oct 05 - Jan 07o Recruiting Manager for the Intelligence Sector o Full Life-cycle recruiting, including, but not limited, Identifying candidates, conducting interviews, sourcing resumes, pre-screening, recommending hires to managers. o Recruiting for Information Technology, management, executive placement, analysts, all requiring a minimum of TS/SCI. o Managing a team of recruiters for the sector above. o Creating reports for the team and for the Department. o SME for the database and working on implementing a new Applicant Tracking System. (HRSmart)o Liaison between the Sector VPs and recruiting.

o SME for BrassRing and full recruiting process.o Train new recruiters coming onboard on the recruiting process and applicant tracking systemo Train recruiters and managers throughout Advanced Information Systems on the recruiting database (BrassRing) and the requisition/interview/hiring processes. o Internet recruiting/sourcing for qualified candidates in the Information Technology field, mainly operations and maintenance engineering positions. o Recruiting for positions that require minimum TS/SCI clearances: DOD and Intel environment.o Using an Employee Referral Program to find qualified candidates.o Pre-screening candidates in order to ensure their qualifications as a good fit for positions. o Schedule interviews with candidates for the hiring managers.o Insuring that all Applicants understand the position and benefits of the company. o Creating new requisitions for the Line of Businesso Preparing offer packets for the Applicants if needed.o Giving offers, verbally, to the Applicant and sending out the offers.o Making sure the Human Resources Department has all information about Candidates and Applicants that they need for start dates and reporting. o Weekly reporting of my Applicant flow using Excel and BrassRing.o Keep manager updated on staffing of their contracts as well as retention and attrition of their contracts. o Recruiting focus was cleared candidates. (ts to TS/SCI with FS poly)

Recruiting Responsibilitieso Sole recruiter for the entire company and its remote locations.o Full life-cycle recruitingo Working closely with Hiring Managers to establish criteria for requisitions.o Creating requisitions for company positionso Sourcing viable candidates for the position via internet, networking, attending job fairs (colleges and professional), and employee referrals.o Pre-screening candidates o Scheduling interviews between the managers and qualified candidateso Keeping in touch with candidates interviewed to give them status reports on their interview.o Preparing offers and negotiating salary information with the candidateo Conducted new-hire orientation on start dates.o Managed employee jobsiteo Posted opportunities on job boards, in newspapers, and company web page.o Managed the HRIS for the company. (Ceridian Train-the-Trainer)o Updating applicant tracking.o Opening and closing requisitions within the system.o Moving candidates through the system.Generalist Responsibilitieso Review 401(k) for two different sub companies for biweekly distribution.o Create/Update e-mail accounts for over 270 employees.o Update Employee Handbook on SENTEL’s home page through a Lotus Notes database. o Create/Update the Corporate Directory on SENTEL's home page through a Lotus Notes database. o Review, correct, and submit medical, dental, vision, LTD, STD invoices for the company. o Assisted Payroll in editing salary information in Ceridian. o Enrolled/terminated all employees benefits when hired/terminated at the company.o Complied/maintained employee personnel files. o Prepared Applicant folders, benefits, and New Hire packets. o Assisted employees with all Human Resources related issues and inquiries concerning benefits enrollment, and 401(k). o Prepared and filed reports of various employee data, i.e., EEO1, Affirmative Action, 401(k), 5500s, VETs 100, etc.