
Recruiter / Staffing Specialist at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Greater Boston Area

Recruiter / Staffing Specialist at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Greater Boston Area
OBJECTIVE:
To contribute to an organization’s success in any manner (part-time, full-time employee, or consulting) using senior level experience in sourcing and recruiting, recruiting mentorship, leadership or manager.
SYNOPSIS:
• Skilled in all aspects of sourcing and recruiting from individual contributor through management, using internet-based, state-of-the-art technical tools, methods and techniques, as well as traditional job fairs, job boards, Special Interest Groups (SIGS), personal and social networking, cold-calling, and their integration and management.
• Deeply embedded staffing experience in local, regional, national, and international sourcing and recruiting, with primary experience in advanced technological environments and other areas: Military/Department of Defense (DoD) and US Government, Security, Software, Software QA, Environmental Services, Retail, Pharma/Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Construction, Banking, and Retail.
• Consistently cut costs, increased productivity, and significantly increased the recognition and appreciation of the Sourcing/Recruiting team.
• Interface well with with broad array of peoples from across the world.
Military & Commercial Optics, Electro-optics, Opto-mechanical, Lasers, Fiber-Optics, Imaging, Dimensioning, Avionics, Micro-Optics, Image Processing. RIA, Web 2.0, PHP, LAMP, Adobe Flex, AIR, Java, CRD, P&S, Apps Dev., Program Directors, Analysts, AJAX, C#, SW, UNIX, Mktg., Kernel, Sales, LINUX, Oracle, SQL DBS, Web, Sales/Business Development, SW Spt., SW QA & Test. Sales, Scripting(Python, PERL, BASH), DBA. ASIC, RT OS, C / C++, Networking / Comms., Java / Java Beans, OOD, XML. VURV user.
(Defense & Space industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Staffing Specialist for Laser, beam-control, scanning, dimensioning, high-energy lasers, free space, fiber optics for DoD/Military and commercial apps. R&D, Applied Research and Advanced Dev. of sophisticated and complex systems. Focus: ISO9000, AS9100, electro-optical, opto-mechanical, dimensioning, scanning and fiber Software, Electrical (A/D/FPGA) and Mechanical apps.
Write reports, present data, create Hiring Registers, shepherd candidates, interface with mgm't to create, develop, recruit and fill mostly technical openings at all organizational levels. Maintain/Manage critical and proper documentation relevant to the hiring process, including the sophisticated Taleo's VURV ATS and human capital management system.
Am the recruiting component in high level Staffing Meetings to ascertain future human resource requirements.
Effect Organizational Development and mgm't. to maximize performance. Done through interface with Operational and C-level Mgm't.
(Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Am an experienced and successful consultant, available to solve recruiting problems for companies and organizations of any size, and in any stage of development. Current strong focus on sophisticated software and systems technology, especially Rich Internet Applications (RIA), PHP, LAMP, Java, Java-Swing, C#, C++, Ajax, Ruby Rails, Mobile Technology, e-commerce, website monetization, QA, and other all related corporate positions.
Am also able to architect and implement a scalable recruiting infrastructure, one which keeps quality candidates "in orbit" with subsequent applicant flows to serve the business.
(Financial Services industry)
December 2007 — July 2008 (8 months)
Architect and Implement a comprehensive recruiting solution, encompassing state-of-the-art effective constructs, tools, strategies and tactics. Tasked with growing the company and building a recruiting team via super-charged "candidate orbit" active communications system. Tools are applied to the Financial Services industry for both Consulting and Permanent placements. Current CRM tool: VURV.
IntelliMATCH, ETL / Datastage, Murex implementation, Java Programming, Help Desk, GUI/User-Interface (UIF), First Rate Advisor, Quantitative Developer, Quantitative Analyst, Derivatives Operations, Front Office, Middle Office, Risk Analytics, DBA, Compliance, and Reconciliation.
Financial Jobs Blog: http://FinancialServicesJobOpportunities.BLOGspot.com/
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1995 — December 2007 (12 years 10 months)
HR consultant: focus on any and all HR and staffing issues in corporate env'ts utilizing Sr. & advanced skills and tools.
Sourcing, Support, Recruiting, Pre/Post Sales, Retention, Introduce / train in Advanced On-Line Sourcing and Recruiting tools & strategies, Job Fairs, Interviewing, Portal dev., HTML, XML, B2B, Mgm't. training, Comms, C++, Java, Oracle, SAP, complex tech., PeopleSoft, Verilog, ASIC, FPGA, Graphics, Hardware, ERPs, National Security, Job Posting, Job Boards, Fee Mgm't, Military Technology, Many Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Bus. Dev., Full-cycle Sourcing and Recruiting, Financial Env'ts, High and Low volume, Sales & Marketing , Exempt, Non-exempt, Retail (Samsonite), and Pharma / Pharmaceutical (InfoMedics, Inc.).
-Corporate: directly integrating with, supporting and overcoming staffing efforts of serious challenge.
-Successful in hi and low sourcing and recruiting demand volumes.
-Adapted the Rational Unified Process (RUP) for project management.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 1986 — March 1995 (8 years 9 months)
RECRUITER / RECRUITING MANAGER / OPERATIONS MANAGER
• Founded, established, and managed this eight (8) person technical full-cycle employment agency.
• Trained sourcers and recruiters interfaced and managed administrative and/or adjunct personnel.
• Established and implemented Metrics program to support management and training of recruiting personnel.
• Performed and managed building operations
• Sold and implemented recruiting services (Contingency Placement, Retained Executive Search, and Contract/Consulting Placements) in advanced technical environments, with companies large and small, established and start-up.
• Evaluated, integrated and trained others in Applicant Tracking System (AIMS)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1984 — July 1986 (2 years 5 months)
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RECRUITING MANAGER / RECRUITER
• Hired to establish and found a Software Engineering Recruiting Division for New Boston Associates.
• Hired, trained, and managed six (6) successful recruiters, laying an understanding of technical foundation knowledge, interaction with technical personnel, and the process of sourcing and recruiting technical personnel at all levels, followed by full-cycle shepherding of “both sides” through the screening and hiring process.
• Captured metrics and generated reports and other management tools for the success of the division, eventually turning it into a powerhouse performance division for the company.
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1978 — March 1984 (6 years 1 month)
• With strong interest in technology, began as an individual contributor in this full-cycle employment agency (Corico Corp).
• Beginning in 1981, focused solely on positions involving some elements of software.
• At six (6) years was a top producer and recruiter trainer and mentor
• Able to embrace any challenge at any level, and rise to success.
Seminars (3) , ON-LINE SOURCING & RECRUITING , 2005 — 2006
Cert , US Government HR , 2001 — 2001
Certified Personnel Consultant , Staffing , 1978 — 1981
BA , Elementary Education , 1973 — 1977
Learned to assess individual's needs, and work with them to enhance their career's progressive movement and evolution.
BA , American Studies , 1973 — 1977
Worked through GI bill to maximize the educational experience. Played supportive role to junior students. Volunteered in an inner-city tutoring program.
"Communications Center Man" , Telecommunications , 1969 — 1975
Chosen to work in the Communications Center for the Commandant of the Marine Corps in Arlington, VA during the Viet Nam War
College Prep 1965 — 1968
College Prep 1955 — 1968
TECHNICAL TOOLKIT (Partial), SOURCING & RECRUITING: • LinkedIn (>10,200,000 people in my network) • Copernic, Dogpile • Social Networking • Metasearch tools. • Very Advanced Boolean Search • Customized autoresponders • Deep (Invisible) Internet Sourcing • Mining newsgroups • Diversity Sourcing • Customized mailing lists • Free job posting sites • Bookmarklets • Free resume sites • Google search • Special Interest Groups (SIGs) • Blogs, Blog Sleuthing o Including SIGGRAPH, ACM • Google map • Listservers • Multiple ATSs. • Usenet • Employee Retention • Base.google.com • Staffing Website architecture • Craigslist • Start-ups • Datamining virtual communities • Fortune Ten (10) • Web rings • Job Fairs • Spiders/Robots • Sourcing Military Veterans State-of-the-Art internet-based Sourcing Tools, Martial Arts, Singing, Reading, American Studies, World History, International interworkings, world religions, cultural sensitivity, immigration and aculturation.
CERTIFIED PERSONNEL CONSULTANT, NAPC
Top Producer, New Boston Associates
Top Producer, Corico Corporation