Talent Acquisition specialist with experience in process improvement, building productive partnerships with business partners, executive management teams and customers, developing and executing cost effective talent acquisition/full life-cycle recruiting strategies in small and Fortune 500 companies in the hi-tech and financial services industry. Successfully developing and implementing recruiting strategies, recruiting high caliber hires and maintaining a pool of the best qualified candidates: creating research/sources, networks, databases, and networking with social media web sites, directories, and internet resources such as: (Flipping, Peel Back, and Boolean Search Strings), user groups, social networking web sites, blogging, and cold calling. Proven high tech recruiting expertise in coaching business partners on recruiting initiatives, negotiating, verbal and written communication skills, behavioral interviewing techniques, multi-tasking, and customer/candidate relationship management. Developing and implementing recruiting strategies in corporate and staffing agency environment. SPECIALTIES: • Passive and active candidate sourcing, recruiting, and hiring high caliber candidates• Expertise in project management, negotiation, attention to detail, excellent priority multi-tasking skills, successfully managing multiple business partners and customers/candidates• Coaching and facilitating training to business partners and executive management teams on behavioral interviewing techniques, and best hiring practices/policies• Motivated, persuasive, successful at managing resources, and accomplishing the recruiting intuitive • Proven recruiting expertise in hardware, software, networking, telecommunications, multimedia, mobile platforms and financial services.• Developing and executing cost effective talent acquisition/full life-cycle recruiting strategies