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Successful and creative senior staffing manager and recruiter with extensive experience in envisioning and implementing recruiting and sourcing strategies for Departmental Hiring. Three times, I have held the sole staffing and recruiting responsibilities for fast growing engineering companies, total 5 yrs in this role. Strong ability to learn very technical engineering aspects of the company and job details and communicate it to others. Self motivated, intelligent and hard working with strong problem solving and analytical skills. Able to utilize technologies towards improving efficiencies and achieving measurable results. Exceptional skills in project management and communicating with and working with hiring manages, candidates, and select 3rd party search firms. Responsible for building sourcing strategy, identifying top talent, building candidate relationships, presenting candidates to hiring managers and contributing to hiring decisions that build an exceptional company. Specialties Technical Jobs - Semiconductors, Gig Speed IC's, Embedded Firmware, Hardware, IT, Databases, Computer Networking, Software, Executive C Level, Finance, Marketing, Sales, General & Administration, Lab Techs. Also non-technology positions. What ever it takes to get the companies jobs filled with exceptional talent. I have a large personal database of top level professionals that I have grown through the years from the Semiconductor, IT, Hardware, Networking, Optoelectronics, Photonics, and Wireless Industries. Over 2200 Contacts on Linkedin.com Technical & Consumer Electronics Company Experience Summary - Luxtera, Silicon Photonics: 10G High speed mixed signal IC/Chip with Fiber Optics and Opto-Electronics. SOI CMOS Transceiver, HD Video, Networking. - Cyberscientific, Scientific Pharm: Biotech, Medical, Healthcare, Chargemaster HIPPA Compliant Software, Genetics, Ph.D.’s, Credit Card Company Statistical Engineering, Data Warehousing, Executive Sales for Chargemaster Software. - Entropic, HD Video IC’s: Short contract concurrently with Luxtera. Recruited Broadband HD Video Engineers. Qualifications and Skills - Accomplished at taking difficult job requirements and attracting the best talent for the position - Full-cycle recruitment experience with high volume recruitment - Strong recruiter for General & Administration, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Executive and Engineering positions - Reference checks, background checks, drug testing - Brand management, social networking, viral marketing, low cost PR for reaching candidates, creating strong professional internet presence for the company, RSS feeds, producing iMovie recruitment videos, building recruiting brand online - Cross Networking for inexpensive or free Job Posts on Niche engineering sites for jobs - Heavy Linkedin.com networker for Semiconductor core and other industries; over 2,000 contacts |
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2009 – Present |
Independent Recruiter & Consultant |
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§ Working with fellow staffing and recruiting professionals to source candidates for clients staffing and hiring needs § Working for a Promotional Items company on Web Site Development, SEO, and Brand Development § Working with patent attorneys, product development, manufacturers, suppliers, to develop a home improvement product. Built the web site and have a small business running fullfilment with a few partners. doorgapfix.com |
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1/06 – 12/08 |
Human Resources: Staffing Manager, Luxtera, Inc. |
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Head of Departmental Staffing. Work with Department Hiring Managers to fill their openings. § Three years as the sole recruiting person managing the staffing for this B2B and B2C technology company § Ramping up Luxtera, the small to mid sized start-up with hires of titles such as: Senior Design & Verification Engineers, Test Engineers, Firmware Engineers, FAE's, IC Layout, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Application Engineer’s, IT, all other G&A positions § Recognized for providing exceptional customer service to hiring managers and producing high quality hires § Supported the President, V.P. of Engineering, V.P. of Operations, V.P. of Marketing, Managers of Software and Hardware Engineering and the Financial Controller to build each group and staff the company § Brand management, social networking, viral marketing, low cost PR for reaching candidates, creating strong professional internet presence for the company § Created strong network and candidate pool of active and passive candidates § Tools used: Linkedin.com (over 2200 contacts), Spoke, Jobster, CareerBuilder, Monster, and various niche resume boards § Created Marketing Tools and Documents for Tradeshows for attracting candidates § Metrics tracking and reports, Administered NDA’s § Schedule, Guide and Manage Interviews § Internships; recruited for and managed university relationships. § Managed relationships with outside vendors |
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2004 – 2005 |
HR: Engineering Staffing and Executive Recruitment, Linksys/Cisco Company. |
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Contract Recruiter § Staffing Department lead on filling open departmental requisitions § Worked with Human Resources Director, Compensations and Benefits, Hiring Managers and Administration § Weekly headcount reports and meetings § Partnered with Hiring Managers to fill their requirements § Recruiting off resume boards, networking, online resources, and referrals § Worked with IT for organic database development |
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2003 – 2004 |
Human Resources: Business Unit Engineering Staffing, Broadcom Corp. |
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Contract Recruiter § Recruited for and filled several positions utilizing Virtual Edge E* Track Applicant Tracking System, Talent Hook, Subscribed Job Boards, IEEE, Career Fairs and Direct Networking to Source Top Talent for Broadcom Bay Area, Broadcom Irvine and Broadcom Global § Engineering in all areas of IC chip design: Software, Hardware, Design, Layout, Embedded, Verification § § Additional IT and G&A positions § On review and decision making committee for the redesign of our career pages online with external agency § Drove new additions and capabilities to the ATS for end users on Career pages and Internal Process |
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2002 - 2003 |
Staffing Agency: Professional Staffing & Recruitment, CyberCoders, Inc. Aliso Viejo, Ca |
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Commision Only § Client and candidate management for a National recruiting agency servicing all US States as well as |
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2002 – 2002 |
Independent Recruiter |
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§ Project and Contract Recruiting using a network of contacts with partners, clients and candidates § Work included employment agency, Ad Tek Engineering, Inc. in § Produced candidates for Medical Industry, Aerospace, Commercial Industries § Recruiting project for the Pro/E Engineering group of |
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2000 – 2002 |
HR: Engineering Staffing Manager, Mariner Networks, Inc., Telecom Co. |
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Contract Recruiter § Managed the staffing augmentation for the development of the Multi Service Broadband Access line of Products § Reviewed, pre-screened, interviewed and recommended talent § Provided guidance to staff to promote a productive workflow and team environment § Performed as the Lead Corporate Recruiter for a company of 30, working to triple in a year § Hired 85% of goal before company was influenced by recession and lay offs § Supported the President, V.P. of Engineering, V.P. of Marketing, Managers of Software and Hardware Engineering and the Financial Controller to build each group and staff the company § Weekly meeting with Executive Leadership Team to pace company's direction, discuss needs, cultivate strategy and make decisions § Recruited, qualified and presented candidates with managing all elements of recruiting process with reference checks and negotiated salary with stock options package § Advised and worked with senior management to create job descriptions and high performing teams in all areas of company's function § Coordinated and Recruited using Internet job boards, passive and active candidates on the web, referrals, through UCI’s graduate program, job fairs, fellow recruiter contacts, and working with top agencies § Managed and diffused employee relations issues |
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1998 – 2000 |
Account Executive & Staffing Recruiter, Glotel, Inc. |
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§ Expanded Sales and Business Development for global B2B consulting company § Created a book of business and gained loyal clients with Fortune 1000 and Top Technology Companies § Main contributor in sales to win a successful national sales contest April 1999 § Established national and regional contracts with clients and business partners to meet and exceed growth projections § Recruited and filled several positions to close business |
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Computer Skills |
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Microsoft Windows XP, Applicant Tracking Systems; E Track Virtual Edge, Prohire/Vurv, Microsoft Office: Outlook, MS Word, PowerPoint Excel. OpenOffice. Apple/MAC running Parallel XP Windows, Entourage, iMovie. |
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Education |
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1995 |
BA in Communications: RTVF Degree Minor in Advertising. |
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2004 |
Human Resource Management Studies |
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