Senior Talent Acquisitions Specialist

Accounting & Finance * Executive Management * IT * Legal * Healthcare * Telecom

munications
EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Accomplished Senior Talent Acquisitions Specialist with 13 ye
ars of national and international experience recruiting in information technolog
y, accounting and finance, legal, healthcare, executive management/ office servi
ces, retail and telecommunications
SPECIALS EXPERTISE: Recruitment Strategies: Practice Recruiting, Leading Edge Te
chnologies and Development/ Implementation of Recruiting processes, policies and
procedures
Organizational Development: Recruiting in specialized areas within various indus
tries.
Training and Development: In-Person Training Seminar and Web Based Training
Sales and Marketing: Account, Client and Vendor Relations Management
Business Process Engineering: Workflow Process Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Sr. HR Contract Recruiter - Convergenz/AARP, Washington, DC 06/10 - 09/10
Implemented recruitment strategies and marketing venues to increase candidacy po
ol
Managed applicant tracking systems, generated requisitions for hiring managers f
rom historical data.
Participated/Contributed in BRP for "recruitment process"; Implemented recruitme
nt strategies to include social networking, job fairs, and professional "network
ing seminars"
Identified qualified candidates for open requisitions - reviewing applications/r
esumes, and conducting internal
Administered internal/external postings of requisitions
Made recommendations to hiring managers regarding "best hiring practices"
Created knowledge warehouse federal employment laws and company policies and pro
cedures
Created "HR Service Level Agreements for internal client
Managed and maintained online marketing budget for hiring managers.
Sr. Contract Recruiter- ICD/ Chenega Federal Systems, Lorton, VA 03/10 - 04/10
Collaborated with Recruiting Manager to assess details of requisitions and staff
ing requirements
Assessed the hiring needs of hiring manages to understand staff development, fut
ure trends and industry growth.
Assisted with OFCCP compliancy rule and maintained high volumes of online applic
ations and ensured candidate database was properly updated.
Maintained and collaborate with recruitment team members for generating reports
of all new hires.
Sr. Contract Recruiter - Maden Technologies, Arlington, VA, 02/10-03/10
Provide full-life recruiting services to Department of Army Contract.
Sourced and recruited IT professionals with various levels of clearances associa
ted with the US Military.
Provided weekly status reports and maintained candidacy pool of active/ passive
candidates.
Engaged in social networking recruiting efforts.
Manage all requisitions to include creating, opening, closing and advertising vi
a job sites, networking portals and company website
Sr. Talent Acquisitions Specialist - MSR Executive Search, Alexandria, VA 09/09
- 01/10
Provided full-life cycle services for the external and internal customers
Provided weekly and monthly reports to track recruiting initiatives and open/clo
sed requisitions
Maintained a candidacy pool for immediate hires based on client and/or vendor ne
eds
Utilized cost-effective recruiting methodologies to increase candidate network.
Maintained applicant documentation in accordance with company policies and proce
dures.
Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter - (MSR) / VANGENT, Inc. Arlington, VA 09/08 - 0
4/09
Performed full-life-cycle recruiting activities by sourcing identifying, evaluat
ing, and selecting qualified candidates for nomination to Military Health Soluti
ons Division
Conducted pre-employment activities such as scheduling interviews, verifying ref
erences and participating in compensation discussions.
Managed the recruitment process between candidates and hiring managers
Offered extensions to applicants and provided assistance with the on-boarding of
new hires
Conducted on-boarding services for new hires and the transfer process of interna
l personnel
Recruitment Consultant - ZipRealty, Inc. McLean, VA 07/08-9/08
Provided staffing solutions for real estate professionals to include Agents, Bro
kers, Closing Managers and Regional Managers.
Scheduled training orientations and provided company forum demonstrations for ne
w applicants.
Provided HR assistance for the -"new hire"- process to the HR Department

Sr. Perm Recruiter - Hobart West Solutions, Inc. Washington, DC 03/07-5/08

Recruited mid to high-level Accounting/ Finance, Business Administration, Office
Administration, Legal- and IT professionals utilizing various recruiting techni
ques, including; networking, search engine optimization, referrals and career fa
irs.
Collaborated with hiring managers, senior professionals and management with fede
ral and commercial clientele
Built and maintained a network of active/passive candidates with specific techni
cal expertise across a variety of domains.
Coordinated interviews, presented benefits and company information, salary negot
iations, extended employment offers and conducted new employee orientations and
developed requisitions.
Provided weekly recruiting status reports to management
Sr. Account Executive / Recruitment & Sales - XL Associates, Inc. McLean, VA 02/
06 - 02/07
Successfully recruited Contracts Administrations and Procurements Professionals
Developed hiring plans for existing consultants with specialized skill-sets in a
cquisitions support and contract management for federal and commercial clientele
Extensive utilization in full-life cycle recruiting within various market niches
to include: IT, Financial, Legal, Medical, Acquisitions/ Contract Management an
d Human Resources
Developed recruiting and sales strategies for attracting senior-leveled candidat
e requisitions across multiple industries within the federal, state and local go
vernments and commercial markets.
Established sales and marketing techniques to generate new clientele for existin
g consultants through skilled marketing, cold calling, recruitments events and t
he "referral system"
Hired executive-level contracts management professionals to include Warranted Co
ntract Officers, Directors of Contracts & Procurement and International Contract
/ Licensing Attorneys in Japanese niche market structures.
Senior IT Contract Recruiter - SRA International, Inc., Northern, VA 10/05 - 12/
05
Successfully hired three Helpdesk Analyst; one Business Processing Engineer, two
Oracle DBAs, one Business Requirements Analyst, one Technical Writer and one Un
ix Systems Engineer
Managed 10 requirements on a monthly basis
Utilized "all" aspects of full-life cycle recruiting to generate new hires for f
ederal/ private industry.
Conducted candidate searches utilizing traditional/ non-traditional methods
Reviewed resumes, conducted phone screens/ in-person interviews to establish can
didate's technical ability & made recommendations to hiring managers; Collaborat
ed with hiring manager to establish new requirements
Managed interview process between candidates, hiring managers, project managers
and HR department. Utilized internal database for candidate and job requirements
management for generating matrixes/ reports
Established relationships with multiple external staffing agencies to identify q
ualified candidates for executive leveled positions. Conducted contract negotiat
ions for all "new hires" to include rates, annual salaries and terms of conditio
ns
Frequently attended professional career expos and networking conferences to attr
act candidates for open requisitions

EARLY CAREER
Sr. IT- Contract Recruiter - Snelling Personnel Services Data Systems & Solution
s, Reston, VA 8/05-9/05
Technical Contract Recruiter, PixL, Inc., Fairfax, VA 11/04-8/05
Sr. IT Contract Recruiter, FDM Group, Inc., Washington, DC 6/04-11/04
Retail Recruiting Manager, Tuesday Morning, Inc. Arlington, VA 8/02-5/04
Contract HR Assistant, Georgetown University Human Resources, Washington, DC 1/0
2-7/02
Sr. Branch IT- Recruiter - Spherion, McLean, VA 4/98 - 3/01
Contract IT Recruiter (ERP) - Ion Idea, Fairfax, VA 2/97 - 3/98
Technical Recruiter - Optimal Technologies International, Rockville, MD 8/96 - 2
/97

EDUCATION
NCMA. National Contracts Management Association, Washington DC Chapter 2007
Elementk: Preventing Workplace Harassment Training - 2007
Spherion: SQM Sales/Recruiter Training- March 2000
Dallas Training & Recruiting Services: A Guided Tour Through I.T. Certification-
June 2000
Oz Enterprise, Inc.: Technical Recruiter Certification- August 2000
NATSS: Employment Law Certification- November 1998
BA Economics. Pennsylvania State University, 1994