Chris Wessell

Current

Recruiting Manager / Owner at Pinnacle Recruiting & HR Solutions
Adjunct Instructor at Mildred Elley

Past

Recruiter at The Bonadio Group
IT Recruiter at Yoh
IT Recruiter at Linium

Finance/HR Intern - Graduate assistant at Albany Nanotech
MBA Field Project - HR Department at Albany International
Technical Support Rep at PageNet

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Education

State University of New York at Albany
State University of New York at Albany
Schenectady County Community College

Schenectady High School

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Recommended

40 people have recommended Chris

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

Chris Wessell’s Summary

I have been in the recruiting business for over five years and, although I've spent a significant portion of that time focused on technology roles, I have recruited for positions ranging from everyday business needs (accountants, salespeople, etc) to the unusual and/or highly specialized (flavor scientists, wind engineers, etc). In all of my searches, I make every effort to understand the position and how it fits in their organization, the nature of their business and how it works, as well as their company culture, in order to provide them with a true solution for their hiring needs.

I am on the Board of Directors of the Capital Region Human Resources Association, the local chapter of SHRM (over 800 members). I received my PHR certification in January of 2009. I am also active in the Capital Region Recruiters' Network and other networking groups.

Outside the world of recruiting, I am the alumni advisor for Tau Kappa Epsilon at UAlbany, president of my fraternity's Alumni Association, and a member of the Board of Directors of the UAlbany Alumni Association.

Chris Wessell’s Specialties:

Recruiting

Chris Wessell’s Experience

Recruiting Manager / Owner

Pinnacle Recruiting & HR Solutions

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

November 2009 — Present (1 month)
Adjunct Instructor

Mildred Elley

(Privately Held; Higher Education industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

I teach a career skills course one night a week at Mildred Elley, a local private two-year college. This course covers topics such as resume writing, cover letters, interview skills, organizing and managing your job search, and how networking will improve your chances of landing the job you want. I enjoy this class tremendously, and derive a great deal of pleasure in knowing that they come out of the class with at least a few more tools and resources at their disposal.
Recruiter

The Bonadio Group

(Partnership; Accounting industry)

April 2009 — October 2009 (7 months)

The Bonadio Group’s human resource consulting practice ("Source HR") was formed to provide companies with targeted human resources solutions specifically tailored to fit their needs. Our philosophy is based on the idea that high quality human resources support shouldn’t be cost prohibitive. Rather, it should be available to all businesses, regardless of size.

We bring this philosophy to life through:
-Recruiting Services
-Human Resource Support Services for Small Business
-Human Resource Compliance Programs
-HR Program Development and Management Services
IT Recruiter

Yoh

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

March 2006 — February 2009 (3 years )

At Yoh, I focused on the fulfillment of various IT requirements for our national accounts.

The positions I have filled, across a variety of industry verticals, include support/infrastructure roles (network admins, help desk, etc), application development, data warehousing, business analysts, test engineers, project managers, senior IT management, and more. I have also spent a significant amount of my time at Yoh recruiting for SAP consulting positions, for both functional and technical roles.

In my time at Yoh I've also spent several months working as a corporate recruiter, filling internal recruiter and sales positions at our branches across the US.

Additionally, I served as a "power user" for Bond Adapt, our applicant tracking system, providing users in my region with training and first-level support.
IT Recruiter

Linium

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 10 months)

Linium's consulting practice engages in implementations of HP (formerly Peregrine) enterprise infrastructure management solutions. In addition to directly recruiting for our requirements, I spent a good deal of time pipelining this fairly narrow (and high demand) skill set in order to shorten the recruiting cycle and increase referrals, as well as build brand awareness.

Besides recruiting consultants for Linium's Peregrine practice, I made numerous placements at several NYS & NYC government agencies, and for private sector clients ranging from small Albany-based firms to nationally recognized companies.
Finance/HR Intern - Graduate assistant

Albany Nanotech

(Semiconductors industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )

During graduate school, worked Fridays in the Finance department supporting Finance & HR administrative needs (there was no HR department, HR was part of Finance)
MBA Field Project - HR Department

Albany International

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AIN; Paper & Forest Products industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )

Worked one day a week onsite to support HR projects for the 2003-2004 school year, supporting HR projects as a graduate intern.
Technical Support Rep

PageNet

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PAGE; Telecommunications industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Worked full time at PageNet supporting paging software while attending school full time.

Chris Wessell’s Education

State University of New York at Albany

MBA , Human Resource Mgmt / Information Systems , 2002 — 2004

The Society for Human Resource Management, the premier human resource association, certified the Human Resource Information Systems concentration at UAlbany as one of four MBA programs in the country meeting their criteria for a comprehensive education in human resource management. It is the only MBA program in the nation to incorporate information technology into a human resource curriculum. Established in 1985, the HRIS MBA was and continues to be ahead of its time.

Activities and Societies:

SHRM Student Chapter President
State University of New York at Albany

BS , Business Administration (Marketing concentration) , 2000 — 2002

Activities and Societies:

Tau Kappa Epsilon
Schenectady County Community College

AS , Business Administration , 1998 — 2000
Schenectady High School

1991 — 1995

Activities and Societies:

Lacrosse, Soccer, Yearbook

Additional Information

Chris Wessell’s Websites:

Chris Wessell’s Groups:

Board Member, Capital Region Human Resources Association (Local SHRM chapter, www.crhra.org)

Capital Region Recruiter's Network (www.crrn.org)

Chapter Advisor, Pi Omega Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon