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Summary:
• 15+years Corporate Contract Recruitment experience within a matrixed environment.
• 15 years full-life-cycle internal/external recruitment experience including developing and maintaining relationships with hiring managers to determining best recruitment strategies. Serve as candidate advocate working to ensure a world-class experience for all potential candidates.
• Able to thrive in a high-pressured, ambiguous environment.
• Experienced with UltiPro, Vurv, Recruitmax, BrassRing, Prohire, Raycats, Peopleclick, PeopleSoft, SharePoint

Experienced sourcing and screening for the following:
• 20yrs full-life-cycle recruitment for I.T. professionals for the following environments: Manufacturing, Wireless, Healthcare, Consulting, Retail
• 20yrs recruitment for exempt, non-exempt, enterprise software (ERP), SQL, .NET, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft infrastructure, engineer, architect, process improvement, business analyst, Business Intelligence, outsource operations, Six-Sigma Black-belts, Project Managers, others…

Tools and Sources used to locate quality I.T. professional:
• Company ATS
• Linkedin (messages, invites, announcements via groups and associations)
• Job boards: DICE, Monster, TheLadders, SixFigures, Executnet
• Niche internet sites: Free-for-Recruiters, scguild.com, findadeveloper.com, ishunter.com
• Web 2.0 sites: Twitter, Facebook, Zoominfo, Spoke
• Utilize own income to join and participate in associations and conferences
• Referrals, heavy networking, meet others when I give job search presentations in the community
• Passionate about cold-calling

Work arrangement: Lifestyle flexible to where have travelled to work on-site for duration of contract as well as have worked successfully from home office as telecommuter.

Work History **All assignments were completed successfully, on-time, within budget.
1999 – Present EXCELLENT ENTERPRISES, LLC
Principal – Corporate Contract Recruiter
Aka: Talent Acquisition Consultant
CLIENTS:

IBM
As Recruitment Program Manager, manage high volumes of candidates for permanent positions. Serve as front end to hiring partners. Qualify candidates, facilitate the interview process, organize and host interview day events, work closely with hiring executives to evaluate candidates and prepare offers. September 2010 - Present

IMS –( I.T. Staffing Agency)/Huntington Beach, CA
Assist this agency with staffing for: Architect, Management, Project Leader, Programmer Analyst, DBA, Developer, Systems Analyst , Software Engineer, Business Analyst, and other I.T. related roles. Skills recruiter for: Citrix, SharePoint, SQL, LAN/WAN, DHCP, Lotus Notes Administrator, helpdesk, C#, .NET, IBM, Intel, migration, VB, Oracle DBA, MCSE, CCIE, PowerBuilder, XAML, WinForm, TCP/IP, C+, HIPAA, Scrum, Agile, Q.A. Analyst/Tester, MCP, J2EE, JDE and others. Extensive Cold- calling
Clients: Entertainment, Commercial, Automotive, Healthcare 1992 – (on/off support)

Press Ganey/South Bend, IN
Responsible for staffing I.T., Legal, Sales & Marketing departments for this leader for Patient Satisfaction Surveys and performance improvement. Source and Screen legal, sales, marketing and I.T. professionals for positions located across the U.S.A. Coach managers on selection of hires. Prepare offers. Write and post job descriptions. Cold calling as well as utilizing major and niche job boards. Assist with the implementation of company ATS, Ultipro. 5/10/10 – 8/27/10 & 9/14/09– 12/17/09

T-Mobile USA/Cerritos, CA & Novi, MI
Source and screen for retail division. Roles responsible for filling include: Sales Engineer, Account Development Representative, Event Rep., and Technical Sales Support. Positions are spread across the country. Partner with hiring managers to council on selection of candidates as well as construction of offers. ATS: Vurv 3/5/07 – 8/26/07 & 8/8/08 – 1/5/09

AT&T Mobility/Los Angeles, CA
Source and screen wireless sales and technical sales professionals for the government division. Interact with H.R. Hiring Managers and Applicants across the country. ATS: Peopleclick Offer process: Peoplesoft Corporate community site for sharing information: Sharepoint
Assist hiring managers with newly developed recruitment process due to AT&T acquisition of Cingular Wireless. Create and conduct phone screens. Review resumes in ATS and make recommendations to hiring managers. Prepare and extend offers to candidates. Company was in M&A mode with U.S. Cellular
“It is evident that Kelly has a passion for recruiting, and a confidence in her skills. This shows in the way that she approaches the recruiting challenges that are presented to her.
I highly recommend Kelly for any recruiting position she will pursue in the future. She has been a very valuable resource on my team." Charlotte Perrone – Associate Director Mobility Staffing 10/07 – 7/08

Humana Inc/Louisville, KY
Using ATS, RecruitMax (Vurv), job boards, internet, and referrals sourced a variety of healthcare insurance professionals for exempt and non-exempt level positions of employment. Consult with hiring managers to determine specifications for role. Develop phone screens to determine interview eligibility. Interview applicants face-to-face. Consult with hiring managers for selection of candidates to extend offers to. Negotiate salaries for and with candidates.
Extend offers verbally and in writing. Assist with mass hiring campaigns for various Humana locations throughout the United States. Utilize basic HTML coding.
Was key contributor for two week hiring initiative of 20+ Frontline Leaders (Supervisors). This initiative required the sourcing of 200+ resumes, phone screening 40+ candidates, coordinating with hiring managers to interview and on-board new employees within two weeks all at the same time providing candidates and extending offers for other hiring departments.

“Kelly is an expert in the Staffing/Recruiting Industry. She has a wealth of knowledge and is an out-of -the-box thinker. She delivered results in a challenging and tough environment, while carrying a heavy workload of requisitions. I received numerous compliments from hiring managers on the quality of candidates presented and responsiveness.” Cindy McCauley – Staffing Manager at Humana 10/05 – 2/07

HRFirst/American Express/Troy, MI
Using BrassRing, job boards and the internet was responsible for sourcing & screening various marketing and I.T. professionals for sites across the United States. 8/05 – 10/05

Berbee Information Networks, Corp./Southfield, MI
For this high-tech consulting company that provided end-to-end services for IBM, Cisco & Microsoft business products utilize ATS: Prohire, job boards, employee referrals and networking to hire systems engineers, system architects, account managers, Network Voice Engineers, and other I.T. professionals. Negotiate offers including sign-on bonuses, relocation and vacation packages. Sell candidates on the value proposition of joining the Berbee team. 2/05 – 6/05

Additional Clients that I served on a contract basis
Deloitte & Touche – I.T. professional placements – Greater Nashville area
Hewlett-Packard (HP) – I.T. professional placements – Metro Detroit area
Accenture – I.T. professional placements - Michigan
Raytheon – Marketing professionals - Michigan
Paramount Pictures – I.T. professional placements – Southern California
Universal Studios – I.T. professional placements – Southern California
Carlson Marketing – I.T. and Marketing professionals - Michigan
Girogio’s – I.T. professional placements – Southern California
Kaiser Permanente – RN’s for their hospitals in Bay area, CA

EDUCATION
B.A. with distinction in Speech Communication San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

MEMBERSHIPS
• SHRM – Society for Human Resource Management
• SMA – Staffing Management Association
• ERE – Electronic Recruiters Exchange
• AHIMA – American Health Information Management Association
• HIMSS – Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Volunteer
• Provide job-search workshops to various classes/groups/associations/government sponsored events
• Have been a guest on Cable TV show relating to the Job Search process
• Online video speaker for Newspaper web site
• Published articles on job search in newspapers, e-zines and magazines
• Author of book, The Recruiter’s Hiring Secrets