Paul DeBettignies

Current

• Co-Founder & Coordinator at Minnesota Recruiters
• Managing Partner at Nerd Search, LLC

Past

• Managing Partner at e-Strategies Group, Inc.

Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommended

5 people have recommended Paul

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

• Minnesota Headhunter Blog
• MN Headhunter on Twitter
• Be Your Own Headhunter

Paul DeBettignies’s Summary

Power Player profile written about me in the August '06 edition of Minnesota Business, titled "Web Master".

Locally I am looking to network with technology professionals from the help desk to CIO including business analysts and project managers and the decision makers who hire them.

Nationally I am looking to speak with SAP, Oracle and Hyperion professionals who may be interested in Big 4 or regional consulting opportunities. Java and C++ developers to work on Wall Street.

MN Headhunter (www.mnheadhunter.com)
A blog written by me focusing on career information, job search tips, ideas for recruiters, and local business news. Nominated as the best Third Party Recruiting Blog on Recruiting.com in 2005 and 2006.

Technology Volunteer Network (www.mnheadhunter.com/vol)
Working with local nonprofits to find technology volunteers. Most requests are for help in building/maintaining web sites, computer networks, and databases.

Mentor/Volunteer
I enjoy volunteering with students at the University of Minnesota most of which centers around two seminars I do, job/internship search and networking. I serve as a resource and coach as they look for jobs, internships, and entrance into grad school.

Gopher The Roses (www.gopherfootballblog.com)
I am convinced that one day I will be in attendance when my Minnesota Golden Gopher football team plays in the Rose Bowl. A guy can dream, right?

Paul DeBettignies’s Specialties:

IT Recruiting,
Job Coach
Mentor
Networker
Use of social networking sites
Developing talent pools
Blogging

Frequent speaker to student groups, community organizations, and IT groups on doing an effective job search.

Paul DeBettignies’s Experience

• Co-Founder & Coordinator

  Minnesota Recruiters

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Coming soon....

• Managing Partner

  Nerd Search, LLC

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

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  Taking what has been an eight year IT search career and the best of different recruiting and search firm models Nerd Search has been created.
  
  The practice has four areas of service:
  
  Full time permanent (contingent and retained)
  Contract/staff augmentation
  Contract recruiting: access to recruiters with proven track records
  Project help: job fairs, writing job ads, sorting resumes, setting interviews, background checks
  
  Aa the name would suggest the firm focuses on search in information technology, from the Help Desk to the CIO, including Business Analysts and Project Managers.
  
  As important is it is for the firm to generate revenue it is important for Nerd Search to give back to the community. I am exploring ways to do this including starting a nonprofit or foundation.
  
  To find more about Nerd Search go to www.mnheadhunter.com/nerdsearch.

• Managing Partner

  e-Strategies Group, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

  April 1998 — June 2006 (8 years 3 months)

  e-Strategies group was a 3rd party IT search firm working with companies of all sizes in the Twin Cities and their offices across the country for eight years.
  
  The firm evolved during the eight years. From a small staff to me working on my own to a small confederation of recruiters. From dot com growth and Y2K to the recession of the early 2000's. I saw it all.
  
  e-Strategies Groups was folded in the summer of 2006 as the concept of what was to become Nerd Search was finally implemented.

Paul DeBettignies’s Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Frequent volunteer and speaker 1996 — 2007

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  B.A. , International Relations , 1989 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Deke),
  Interfraternity Council,
  President's Student Leadership & Service Award,

Additional Information

Paul DeBettignies’s Websites:

• Minnesota Headhunter Blog
• MN Headhunter on Twitter
• Be Your Own Headhunter

Paul DeBettignies’s Interests:

Past times include fishing, college football especially the Gophers, volunteering with non-profits, mentoring college students.

Paul DeBettignies’s Groups:

Minnesota Recruiters,
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits,
MinneDemo,
MinneBar,
Minnesota High Tech Association,
Minnesota Greek Alumni Partnership,
University of Minnesota Goal Line Club,
University of Minnesota Alumni Association

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Arbita CyberSleuths
•    Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
•    Delta Kappa Epsilon
•    Executive Suite
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    ERE.net
•    Independent Recruiters
•    Facebook.com
•    Plaxo.com
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    Wireless Jobs
•    Recruiting Animal Show
•    NetworkingPros
•    BusinessWeek Group
•    Craigslist Group
•    LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    IT Recruiters
•    eRecruiting
•    Minnesota Networking Group
•    LinkedMinnesota
•    Minnesota Recruiters
•    JibberJobber - Career Management
•    Twin Cities Networking Group
•    MNTRN - Minnesota Technical Recruiters Network
•    University of Minnesota Alumni Association (UMAA)
•    Tweeple
•    The Talent Buzz
•    AdFed MN
•    RecruitingBlogs.com Group
•    Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
•    Minnesota Public Relations
•    Arbita
•    SMB-Twin Cities
•    Twin Cities Human Resource Association (TCHRA)
•    NSHMBA MSP Chapter
•    Minnesota Job Seekers
•    MinnesotaWorks.net
•    MN Job Hunters
•    JobAngels
•    Be Your Own Headhunter
•    Oberon
•    Twitter for Sourcing and Recruiting

Paul DeBettignies’s Honors:

Top 20 Minnesota Social Media Innovator 2009
Nominated as "Best Third Party Recruiting Blog" 2005, 2006, 2007
Minnesota Greek Alumni Partnership, Fraternity Alumni of the Year 2006
University of Minnesota Fraternity Chapter Advisor of the Year 2003

Paul DeBettignies’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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