Tom Farish Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Lead a team of 2 offshore and 3 onshore Technical Recruiters.• Mentor and lead team to hit growth targets.• Recruit high potential IT professionals (JAVA Developers, .NET Developers, Network Engineers/Administrators, System Engineers/Administrators, Web Developers/Designers, Business Analysts, Project Managers, IT Managers/Directors) in the LA/OC area.• Assist candidates through entire process from resume reformatting to interviewing to offer stage.• Maintain a high level of understanding of IT languages, hardware, and software tools within infrastructure, applications, and telecommunications fields.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

• Collaborate with clients and HR partners to develop understanding of company culture, business strategy, position profiles, candidate requirements, and expectations to effectively deliver on the hiring needs of the organization• Manage recruitment operations through the execution of full life cycle recruitment for various positions in wide ranging industries• Attract, influence, and convert hard to find talent through understanding the competitive environment, specific business requirements, and the candidate value proposition • Generate qualified candidate pools through effective sourcing through job boards, social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.), referrals, networking, and other alternative sourcing methods• Understand job requirements, create job descriptions and postings, conduct candidate sourcing, identify viable candidates, screen & interview candidates, and coordinate placement process• Utilize recruitment tools such as an applicant tracking system (ATS) for workflow tracking, productivity management, and administration of candidates • Specialize in difficult to fill positions – accounting, finance, operations, programming, coding, web technologies, software development, networking and emerging technologies, requiring a broad base of business and technical acumen

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

• Developed, evaluated, and implemented strategic initiatives for an optometrist company with over $2 million in revenue, resulting in immediate double digit sales gains• Responsible for all marketing efforts, sales strategies, pricing strategies, contract negotiations, and acquisition evaluations for expansion• Analyze, quantify, and apprise business opportunities, sales metrics, and profitability measures • Hired, trained, coached, and coordinated company staff of over 30 employees in varied positions at 3 office locations and several offsite locations

• Manage the operation of departments within a JCPenney store responsible for sales in excess of $10 million.• Analyze, benchmark, monitor, and effect store and department sales, inventory levels, salarycosts, and other performance measures.• Lead, direct, coordinate, and staff multiple departments of over 90 employees to achieve store and company directed goals.• Achieved a year over year sales increase of 3.5% (top Quartile) through maximizing major event sales, establishing best practices, and extensive team development.• Worked within budgetary constraints to maximize coverage effectiveness on the sales floor while maintaining salary cost metrics, achieving customer service goals, and exceeding sales goals.

• Gained leadership skills and real world experience in multiple functional areas of business.• Managed store projects and executed daily managerial activities which included directing and supervising a team of over 50 employees.

Chatsworth, Ca

• Utilized various marketing and selling strategies to renew service warranties for Sears customers.• Expertly resolved customer complaints while satisfying customer requests.• Worked in partnership with managers and other team members to develop marketing strategies.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.4

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa National Honors SocietyMember of Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society and recurrent Dean’s.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society