Gary Cozin

Current

Search Expert/Sourcing Function Group at PNC Financial Services Group

Past

Internet Recruiting/Sourcing Consultant for SAP at SAP America
eSourcing Specialist at Unisys
Technical Recruiter at Various technical recruiting firms

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Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Gary

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

Gary Cozin’s Summary

•Extensive internet (eSourcing/eRecruiting) specialist with over 10 yrs experience.

Currently sourcing and expertise on finding the best sourcing channels utilizing Boolean and Web 2.0 techniques for all Banking & Investment lines of business including: Business Bankers; Corp functions; Merchant Services; Wealth Mgt; Asset Mgt; Accounting Policy; Human Resources; Banking Branch Mgrs; Portfolio Mgrs; Risk Mgrs.

Have both corporate permanent and consulting expertise.

• Have numerous years Internet sourcing for all types of SAP/ERP/CRM/software implementers/developers, client engagement managers, technical managers for all SAP consulting delivery regions/divisions.
• Expertise in latest Internet Sourcing techniques.
• Master at sourcing the ‘difficult’ skill sets from the internet within all career band levels within the company.
• Ability to eSource any level from entry to top management; expertise in knowing the proper sources to use.
• Expertise in job board resume database mining/scrubbing including Monster, Dice, Careerbuilder, Yahoo, 6figurejobs, SalesRecruits and others.
• Expertise in Google, Spoke, AIRS Sourcepoint tools, Cardbrowser, social networking sites such as LinkedIN data mining, Wink.com and others.
• Consistently exceeded/met internet sourcing goals every year.
• Ability to work multiple sourcing requests simultaneously with highest quality.
• Excellent team player/communicator.

TOP 6 WINNER of 2008 LinkedIN Boolean Strings Group Master Contest

11/2008 - 9/2009
While job searching full time, volunteering my sourcing expertise answering various discussion questions on the Boolean Strings Groups on Ning and LinkedIN. Featured member on the Boolean Strings Ning social networking group:

http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/garycozin

Answered over 100 Boolean string sourcing discussion questions with actual string examples from all industry sectors.

AIRS I and II - Internet Recruitment Strategies – AIRS Alumni, 2000

Gary Cozin’s Specialties:

Unique ability to quickly decipher job specifications & determine best internet sourcing to use.
Expertise in LinkedIN mining/scrubbing along with job board resume database mining/scrubbing including Monster, Dice, Careerbuilder, Yahoo, 6figurejobs, SalesRecruits and others;
Expertise in Google, Spoke, AIRS Sourcepoint tools, LinkedIN data mining, Cardbrowser and others;
Strong Boolean commands; AIRS sourcing techniques; x-ray, flip, mining LinkedIN and Wink. Web 2.0 sourcing.

Gary Cozin’s Experience

Search Expert/Sourcing Function Group

PNC Financial Services Group

(Public Company; PNC; Financial Services industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

Utilized for sourcing the extremely difficult "purple squirrels" within the entire corporation, under extreme time pressures, saving time and money.

Support the sourcing and recruiting teams by updating them on the latest web 2.0 and other sourcing techniques.

Consistently sought for advising on best sourcing channels/techniques to find various line of business candidates to pipeline for future opportunities.
Internet Recruiting/Sourcing Consultant for SAP

SAP America

(Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)

April 2005 — November 2008 (3 years 8 months)

Handled high volume internet sourcing requests in all divisions of the corportation with high pipeline fill rates with excellent client satisfaction.

• Successfully sourced hundreds of SAP technical, techno/functional and functional consultants in specific skill set areas, including: mySAP CRM, SD, HR, BASIS, NetWeaver, BW/SEM, FI/CO, MRP, PP, MM, WM, APO, PM, SCM, ASAP Methodology and PIM (Project Implementation Manager) professionals;
• Sourced in all areas of company including building SAP America’s Professional Services Group in the North American Region, supplying Consulting Engagement Managers and Consulting Engagement Directors for all 5 Regions; responsible for sourcing individuals with specific SAP backgrounds and were Associate Partners or Senior Managers in the Big4. Corporate functions including Marketing,Finance, Human Resources and Executives;
• Over 90% of resumes/bios/profiles sourced are submitted for further screening;
eSourcing Specialist

Unisys

(Public Company; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1995 — April 2005 (10 years )

• Subject Matter Expert on internet sourcing/recruiting for entire corporation;
• Maintain a consistent pipeline of highly qualified sourced candidates for recruiting population;
• Relied on as main internet source to deliver qualified resumes for a major Peoplesoft practice initiative for recruiting lead;
• Main source to deliver qualified resumes/candidates for the Federal division’s requests for proposal (RFP’s) to win future business;
• Evaluate/test/recommend appropriate web recruiting sites as identified for various business units across company lines;
• Train recruiters via one-on-one sessions as needed on internet sourcing utilizing all contracted web sites – demonstrating ‘mining’ techniques, Boolean strings; AIRS methodologies (sourcing from Google, X-raying; flipping; Deepweb techniques);
• Expertise in eSourcing from major internet resume sites (monster, careerbuilder, hotjobs) and niche sites (6figurejobs, Dice, etc);
Technical Recruiter

Various technical recruiting firms

(Human Resources industry)

1988 — 1995 (7 years )

Various Contingency Recruiting firms including Robert Half Int'l and The Jarvis Walker Group

Gary Cozin’s Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University

BS , Bus Mgt , 1978

Additional Information

Gary Cozin’s Websites:

Gary Cozin’s Interests:

Frequent contributor to the Boolean Strings Group on LinkedIN and Ning (http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/garycozin) for discussions/Q&A TOP 6 WINNER of 2008 LinkedIN Boolean Strings Group Master Contest Web 2.0 Sourcing, Staffing Industry, Software, Technical Solutions, Technical Sales, Staffing Sales, Consulting Services, Consulting Sales, Software Sales, Technical Staffing, SAP, ERP, Peoplesoft, CRM, Siebel, Networking, Recruiting, Contracting, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Microsoft, Oracle, 1099 Contractor, Outsourcing, Consultant, Contract Recruiter, Virtual Recruiter, Technical Recruiter, Recruiter, Corporate Recruiter, Researcher, Sourcer, Contract Sourcer, Project Manager, AIRS, Brassring, e-recruiting, Zoominfo, ERE, LinkedIn, Craigslist, , Fortune 500, Telecommunications, Blackberry, Data Mining, Google, Boolean, Blog, Webinar,Twitter

Gary Cozin’s Groups:

Arbita CyberSleuths
Executive Suite
Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
Unisys - Ever Worked - Employees and Contractors
SourceCon2010
Technical Recruitment
ERE.net
OpenNetworker.com
SAP Community
SAP People(9000+ Member)
Internet Recruiting
RecruitingBlogs
Internet Sourcers and Recruitment consultants
Candidate Pipeline Development ™ (3000+ members)
eRecruiting
CruiterTalk.com
The Recruitment Network
AIRS Alumni
Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+)
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
American Bankers Association (ABA)
Tweeple
SAP ERP Consultants
Corporate Recruiters. #1 Group for Corporate Recruiters.
International Association of Recruiters for SAP
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
RecruitingBlogs.com Group
SAP America - Vendors ,Recruiters and Consultants
SAP US Recruitments & Staffing
Human Resources NJ
TheRuthieList
PNC Financial Services Group Recruiters
Boolean Strings
Sourcing Specialist
E-Recruitment Group (Post Jobs) (Post Resumes) Concept by Group of Sr. Recruiters
Management Consulting Jobs
Twittering
RecruitChute
RecruitingRecruiters.
Twitter for Sourcing and Recruiting
Star:Candidate for Hire
Connecting recruiters worldwide for business leads
Social Media Recruiting Group
Facebook & Twitter For Business
Lean Sourcing and Recruiting