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Nesco Resource is one of the leading national recruitment firms offering services in temporary staffing, direct hire, and host of other staffing and recruiting solutions. Through its branch office network, Nesco Resource offers clients and employees services ranging from Temporary Staffing, Permanent Placement, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Onsite Management Services and more.As a Business Development Manager on the Professional Division of Nesco Resource my time is spent providing solutions to clients for the placement of all levels of individuals in Engineering, IT, Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing and Manufacturing Operations including Supply Chain, Plant Managers, Buyers, etc.

As Staffing Manager for the Office Team Division of RHI I was focused on building client relationships and the placement of Administrative Professionals in the Albany NY Market. Duties included;• Prospect for clients through warm/cold leads such as online employment ads, past clients, existing client referrals, and candidate references leading to an initial meeting and presentation of staffing services. • Meeting with clients to determine salary and job description for short-term and long-term temporary candidates in order to devise and execute strategic recruitment plans aligning with the company’s strategy. • Creating job descriptions based on the client’s needs including placing ads on internal/external job boards.• Source resumes to select best qualified candidates including interviewing and assessing candidate’s qualification, validating candidate’s references, capabilities and verify work history.• Recommend qualified candidates to clients, negotiation of contracts, fee agreements, salaries and benefits for both the client and candidate and ultimately extending employment opportunities to candidates. • Follow up with clients to evaluate candidates’ performance and client satisfaction.

Previous to the Staffing Industry I spent 10 successful years with two gyms in the Buffalo area. Responsibilities included;• Recruiting, hiring, managing and training of sales staff utilizing motivational techniques to increase staff sales volumes in addition to managing three revenue streams—membership, personal training and apparel. • Implementing outside marketing strategies and creating promotional plans in the community to increase sales and individual and corporate client base.• Upselling and cross-selling membership add-ons to existing and new members thereby drastically increasing personal training and apparel revenue. • Managed the recruitment and training and monitoring of six sales representatives and management of two revenue streams—membership and personal training.• Created new business prospects in the community and new promotional ideas to increase sales revenue.• Responsible for generating new individual and corporate accounts as well as retaining existing members.• Managed day to day operations while overseeing staff and operations.• Marketed and promoted the gym to increase the number of members and usage.• Training sales staff, monitoring sales calls and providing feedback including wrapping up the sale.