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Senior Technical Contract Recruiter @ NPR From January 2015 to May 2015 (5 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaSenior Recruiter @ Teaching Strategies, LLC Bethesda, MarylandSenior Talent Acquisition Partner @ Hobsons Every day, I work to ensure that Hobsons engages with, recruits, and hires visionary professionals who share the mission of maximizing student success and institutional effectiveness throughout the student lifecycle.Hobsons is an education technology company that helps students identify their strengths, explore careers, create academic plans, match to best-fit educational opportunities, and reach their education and life goals. Through our solutions, we enable thousands of educational institutions to improve college and career planning, admissions and enrollment management, and student success for millions of students.At Hobsons, education is more than just our business; it’s our passion. Since 1974, we have been helping educators, administrators, students, and families maximize success through every stage of the learning lifecycle. Hobsons’ personalized learning, academic planning, post-secondary enrollment and student support solutions serve over 13 million students from kindergarten to grad school across more than 12,000 schools, colleges, and universities nationwide. Our mission is to empower students to connect learning to life by making informed choices across a lifetime of education decisions. We maximize student success and institutional effectiveness to create the world-changers of tomorrow. We create education software that equips K-12 schools, community colleges, colleges and universities to engage in meaningful conversations with students and their families about:-Self-Discovery and Career Exploration-College Preparations, Admissions, and Enrollment-Academic and Career Planning-Student Success and College Completion From June 2015 to June 2020 (5 years 1 month) Arlington, VirginiaSenior Technical Contract Recruiter @ American Institutes for Research Performed full life cycle recruiting of technology professionals, mostly senior level, for AIR’s Assessment Program. Actively sourced candidates from competitive talent markets and professional communities, guiding them through the interview and selection process, and presented compelling career opportunities. Provided exceptional service levels to hiring managers through building and maintaining relationships; coached them on defining specific hiring needs, developing job descriptions, and creating and executing ongoing sourcing strategies, utilizing both technical and traditional networking processes.• Managed all components of the recruitment process including: candidate sourcing and identification, recruiting, pre-screening, administering technical phone screens, preparing candidates for interviews with hiring managers, closing candidates, negotiating salaries, and extending offers. • Developed strategic sourcing/recruiting plans for each job opening, utilizing creative methods for reducing time to fill and cost to fill.• Proactively built networks to find qualified passive candidates for positions such as Senior Software Engineers, Data Analysts, Technical Project Managers, Systems Engineers and Database Developers. Source candidates through networking, direct sourcing, social media, referrals, niche job boards and IT user groups; track and manage candidates and searches through iCIMS, AIR’s Applicant Tracking System (ATS).• Hired 30 Tier 2 temps for AIR’s help desk, and staffed a Network Operations Center (NOC) with 8 people, all within a 2 week period.• Maintained strong working relationships with hiring managers, building trust by understanding their needs and hiring highly qualified candidates.• Researched and stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques to remain competitive.• Managed a junior recruiter and a sourcer. From September 2013 to November 2014 (1 year 3 months) Washington, DCRecruitment Relationship Manager @ University of Maryland University College Performed full life cycle recruiting of senior level staff members for multiple departments and job functions across the University, primarily focusing on Information Technology roles. Developed innovative sourcing, assessment and selection techniques for acquiring top talent and minimizing time to fill. Built and managed credible partnering relationships with hiring managers and candidates. Provided the highest level of customer service to internal customers, creating a high demand for services. Effective at assessing candidates’ fit for vacancies and UMUC culture.• Led and coached productivity of three direct reports, educating and guiding them to identify and attract candidates by leveraging recruiting methodologies such as social media, special interest groups, employee and industry referrals, proactive networking, and utilizing applicant tracking system (ATS) databases (PeopleSoft and Taleo.)• Recommended by UMUC clients to transition to a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) partner based on performance and client satisfaction.• Acted as liaison between the Allegis RPO, the client, and candidates, driving the recruitment process and the management of all open positions within the Information Technology (IT) department of 150 people.• Consulted with Associate Vice Presidents and Directors to review their department’s overall business needs and ensured that ongoing recruiting and sourcing strategies were meeting current and future demands.• Managed all components of the recruitment process including: candidate sourcing and identification, recruiting, pre-screening, preparing candidates for interviews with hiring managers, closing candidates, negotiating salaries, conducting reference checks, and extending offers.• Conferred with hiring managers on a regular basis to define specific hiring needs, develop job descriptions, and create and execute ongoing sourcing strategies, utilizing both technical and traditional networking processes. From February 2012 to March 2013 (1 year 2 months) Adelphi, MDAccount Manager @ The Museum Exchange Coordinated the scheduling and supervision of traveling exhibitions for this nonprofit museum service organization that provides exhibitions and technical support to cultural institutions in the United States and abroad.• Provided museum tour scheduling and supervision and coordinated exhibitions' agreements with insurers.• Solicited and provided curators to aid in establishing partnerships/joint ventures for the organization. From June 2008 to January 2012 (3 years 8 months) Managing Director/Sr. Recruiter/Sr. Account Resource Manager @ Martek Global Services, Inc. (Agency) Responsible for full life cycle recruiting of IT contractors, including contract administrators, project managers, software developers, systems engineers, and network administrators. Clients included Fannie Mae, Northrop Grumman, Unisys, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Dept. of the Interior, and Dept. of Transportation. Worked with Human Resources Manager to implement and oversee policies and procedures related to employee benefits and retention. Promoted from Assistant Managing Director to Managing Director in November of 2004.• Identified and targeted prospective candidates through social media, networking/cold calling, Internet recruiting, Internet job postings, and referrals. Assisted in creating an internal database for applicant tracking and candidate relationship management.• Conducted all aspects of the recruitment process including: candidate sourcing and identification, screening, interviewing, reference checking, preparing candidates for client interviews, salary/rate negotiation, closing candidates, extending offers, and conducting new hire orientation.• Hired and supervised multiple employees per month for our various clients, generating gross revenues exceeding $1 million per year. Worked closely with clients and our employees to correct personnel issues on several of the company’s contracts. Generated additional requirements from clients. • Implemented and managed a Great Employees Matter (GEM) Program to enhance existing benefits and add new features. Changes that were rolled out greatly improved employee training, vacation/sick leave, retirement, and extended benefits. Effective employee referral, recognition, and longevity programs were also implemented, and I administered those programs.• Trained and supervised a mid-level Account Resource Manager. From February 2004 to May 2008 (4 years 4 months)