Matthew Haver

Current

Senior Technical Recruiter at Amerit Consulting

Past

Senior IT Recruiter at Yoh IT
Executive Recruiter / Technical Staffing Manager at Kaizen Staffing / Payrolling.com
Technical Recruiter at Island Staffing

Operations Manager at theiStore.com
Radio Repairman/Manager Secret Clearance at United States Marine Corps
Sales Associate at Sears

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Education

Palomar College
Miramar College

Recommended

25 people have recommended Matthew

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Matthew Haver’s Summary

I’m a Senior Technical with an IT focus. I truly enjoy learning about technology, helping companies grow by finding them outstanding people, and helping candidates by finding them good homes. I feel that my love of technology and helping people and companies is what makes me successful. I also have a diverse background and extensive training including personal experience in RF and Microwave technologies in the Marine Corps, Operations Management experience in the Marine Corps and at the iStore, and AIRS training and certifications. I employ a variety of methods to locate quality candidates including but not limited to direct sourcing, networking, online networking, social media, referrals, user groups, niche and community sites, internet searches, blogs, internal database searches, and job board searches and postings.

Matthew Haver’s Specialties:

Business Analysis, Business Intelligence and Data warehousing, Cleared Government, Data Base Development and Administration, Engineering (Control System, Electrical, Microwave, RF, Semiconductor, etc), Embedded Systems, EMR, ERP (PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle 11i, etc), Executive, IT and IS, Manufacturing, Operations Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Software and Web Development and Architecture, Systems and Network Administration, Telecommunications

Matthew Haver’s Experience

Senior Technical Recruiter

Amerit Consulting

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

I'm currently in a Senior Technical Recruiter role at Amerit Consulting. I'm focused on recruiting for mid to high level IT positions, though I may work Engineering and Operations Management from time to time. The majority of my positions are contract and are based out of the Bay Area, San Diego, and LA / Orange County. I can and do work on positions in other parts of the country and on direct hire positions.

If you are looking for a new position or need outstanding talent for your organization please contact me and I will be happy to help.
Senior IT Recruiter

Yoh IT

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2008 — October 2008 (7 months)

Recruited for high level IT positions including Software Architects, Software Engineers, Software Analysts, Web Developers including Framework Developers, Database Architects, Database Developers, Database Analysts, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Systems Engineers, Network Engineers, ERP Specialists, and Technical Executives

Located quality candidates utilizing direct sourcing, user groups, referrals, online networking, niche and community sites, internet searches, blogs, internal database searches, and job board searches and postings

Developed sales leads, established “Most Placeable Candidates”, and assisted account managers with client visits
Executive Recruiter / Technical Staffing Manager

Kaizen Staffing / Payrolling.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)

Recruited for a variety of high level IT, Engineering, Operations/Logistics, and Executive positions.

Located quality candidates through a variety of techniques including direct sourcing, networking, online networking, niche and community sites, internet searches, blogs, internal database searches, and job board searches and postings

Developed consultitative sales and recruiting relationships with multiple key clients

Developed new business and up-sold established accounts utilizing business presentations, cold and warm calling, walk-ins and client meetings

Developed and managed operations infrastructure, logistics, processes, and procedures

Implemented and managed performance and tracking measures

Researched and implemented recruiting and sales tools

Negotiated contracts with new clients

Hired, trained, and managed internal personnel
Technical Recruiter

Island Staffing

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

October 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for recruiting IT, Engineering, and Operations candidates.

Ensured all prospective candidates were prescreened, interviewed and processed in a timely and consistent manner

Qualified potential candidates, checked references, and prepared candidates for interviews

Proactively sourced candidates through job boards, networking, professional and collegiate websites, etc.

Reviewed and re-wrote job descriptions to ensure proper advertisement format on Monster, Career Builder, Dice and other effective job sites

Effectively negotiated and communicated offers to successful candidates

Intermittently handled account management

Was involved in business development

Located and developed new training techniques

Presented on recruiting techniques and technical information

Co-wrote an article and an advertisement for a local business journal

Made the two largest revenue earning placements in the history of the company

Billed over $200,000 in first year
Operations Manager

theiStore.com

(Retail industry)

July 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 3 months)

The iStore.com is an online mp3 player accessory store. While working there I was instrumental to a substantial amount of growth in just a little over a year.

My responsibilities included:

Shipping Management: was responsible for all inbound and outbound shipping and tracking

Buying/Planning: was responsible for keeping on hand merchandise at appropriate stock levels, purchasing new products based on projected sales, and adjusting for advertising and seasonal demand differences

Inventory Control: managed tens of thousands of dollars of inventory

Trained and managed other employees

Significant input on daily processes and overall company development

Handled phone and email customer service issues

Tested and researched current and future merchandise

Handled distribution to resellers
Radio Repairman/Manager Secret Clearance

United States Marine Corps

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

July 1998 — July 2002 (4 years 1 month)

SHF Radio Systems Supervisor

Directly responsible for training and managment of section
Received excellent reviews on a high level inspection
Developed a new training program and shop procedures
Overhauled existing accountability reports and set maintenance cycle back in order

Shipping and Receiving Supervisor

Held a position normally assigned to personnel two ranks senior to mine
Supervised and organized maintenance on over 100 pieces of gear at any given time
Responsible for million dollar inventory and encrypted devices
Received excellent reviews on several high level inspections
Developed a new turnover and training program

Microwave Radio Repairman

Repaired microwave radios (similar to cell phone repeater technology)
Developed new inspection procedures
Trained and managed Marines on maintenance procedures

Awards

Meritoriously promoted three times
Good Conduct Medal
Two certificates of Commendation
Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal
Sales Associate

Sears

(Public Company; SHLD; Retail industry)

June 1997 — April 1998 (11 months)

Hardware sales associate: This involved customer service, some stock work, cashing out registers, and direct sales to customers.

Due to sales performance, received an early promotion to Lawn and Garden.

Lawn and Garden Sales Associate: The customer service, product knowledge, and sales skills required for this position were much greater.

Matthew Haver’s Education

Palomar College

Associate's Degree / License , Real Estate Broker , August 2005 — August 2006
Miramar College

Associate's Degree , Business Administration , 2002 — 2005

Additional Information

Matthew Haver’s Websites:

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Matthew Haver’s Interests:

Networking, Online Social Networking, HR as a strategic business partner, new and interesting technologies, helping others, health and fitness, hiking, camping, skiing, reading...

Matthew Haver’s Groups:

ERE, Lunch 2.0

J-Desk
International Association of Software Architects
Relevante -- Networking Group for Accounting, Audit, and Finance Professionals
Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
Ruby on Rails
Business Intelligence Group
Electrical/Electronics and Computer Development Engineers Group
ITSM (ITIL) Professionals
The Enterprise Architecture Network
SAP Community
IT Governance
Information Security Community
Finance & Accounting Professionals
Enterprise Software Community
SHRM Networking Group
Business Intelligence Professionals
Health Informatics Technology (HIT)
Consultants Network
LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group
.NET Developers
Linked DBA
SharePoint Experts
Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
Open Source Universe
Database Experts
E-Commerce Network
OBIEE Professionals Group
Networkers Club for all Cisco networkers (http://www.hightecher.com)
Linux Expert
J Architect
IEEE Computer Society Members
SQL Server Professionals
Software Testing & Quality Assurance
Adobe Flex Developers
Java Developers
Embedded Systems Group
ERP Community
San Diego IT Professionals
Oracle ERP ...
Embedded Linux
PeopleSoft Community (+8000 Members)
Web Standards Design + Development
RoR (Ruby on Rails) Open Source Network
The IT Developer Network
Data Warehousing Professionals Group
GWT Users
Oracle Jobs
Data Warehouse Opportunities
Open Source Programmer