Michael Abel Email & Phone Number

Irving, Texas, United States

- Initiated, developed and executed comprehensive, compelling sourcing strategies that attracted top talent. - Creatively sourced qualified candidates through a wide variety of channels including direct sourcing and internet mining. - Sourced, recruited, and hired all levels of corporate roles from individual contributors to Management, Director, VP and C-Suite level personnel within a stated T2F goal. - Worked closely with department leaders and C-Suite leaders to clearly define hiring needs, immediate and near term. - Acted as subject matter expert to leaders and hiring managers. - Continuously provided reports on activity levels hire against a target, competitor information, and market information.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Developed long-term strategic alliances with client companies providing perm placement and contractual services. - Development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Recruiting strategies, processes and procedures. - Managed accounts to include client procurement, contract negotiation, risk management and revenue attainment. - Sourced, recruited and pooled top performing talent globally under demanding deadlines. - Placed multitude of candidates in areas of Aerospace and Defense, Accounting and Finance, Administrative, Health, HR, IT, Construction, Maintenance, Transportation and Logistics, Oil and Gas.

Fort Worth, Tx

- Managed Staffing teams of 16-138 professional Recruiters. - Developed ISO 9000 recruiting processes and procedures to support Business Development team with new proposal efforts, based on Lean Six Sigma Methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency, accountability, and consistency. - Delivered $675K - $1.2M in savings to Staffing department. - Increased BD win rate of new business from 19% to 47% within 10 months netting a $1.7B contract for BD/DI. - Led recruiting teams, CONUS/OCONUS through multiple rapid, comprehensive sourcing and vetting initiatives for short notice proposals. - Sourced and vetted 375 healthcare professionals to submit with a proposal within 11 days. - Instituted pre-background, education, and clearance checks on candidates, maintaining EEO/OFCCP compliance. - Maintained knowledge of the FAR / DFAR and held government Secret Security Clearance.

Fort Worth, Tx

- Drove recruitment efforts on multiple international and stateside DoD/DoS government contracts valued at over $1.1B. - Reduced attrition rate from 45% to 8% and instituted quality improvements into the hiring practice. - Served as Subject Matter Expert regarding compensation analysis and third-party agency management. - Brought large scale OCONUS contract of 1,000+ candidates on the ground within 90 days of NTP. - Managed large and small CONUS/OCONUS recruitment teams. - Hired Foreign Nationals requiring work visas for multiple contracts and locations.

Fort Worth, Tx

- Increased fill rate of low performing contract from 62% to 99% in 3 months by engaging military TAP offices and military members transitioning out. - Successfully sourced, vetted and hired challenging skillsets, US and Foreign National, with high level clearances. - Develop creative approaches to the recruitment process to identify and attract qualified, diverse, active and passive candidates for open positions and future opportunities through referral generation, internet sourcing, multi-media advertising, social media, job fairs, TAP offices, networking, community involvement/partnerships, and third party assistance.

Fort Worth, Tx

Hutchinson, Ks

Holloman Afb, Alamogordo, Nm

Served 2 tours in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm campaigns

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting

On-line schooling while serving in the USAF through 2 foreign wars.

Associate Of Applied Arts In Computer Sciences, Computer/I.T. Administration And Management