Marlene Welsh

Current

• Technical Recruiter at Amerit Consulting

Past

• Technical Recruiter at Amerit Consulting
• Recruiter at Brown and Cole Stores
• Employment Specialist at WorkSource

• Recruiting Coordinator at Microsoft

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Education

• Washburn University

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Connections

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Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Marlene Welsh’s Summary

I'm a Technical Recruiter currently recruiting on Engineering positions (Mechanical, Electrical and Civil) both direct hire and contract for companies located in the upper Midwest and New England states. Previously I recruited for contract IT positions for Microsoft. I love what I do! I enjoy finding great people and presenting them w/ great opportunities. To find the perfect match is a very rewarding experience for me. In addition to finding a good match, I also enjoy the knowledge I gain from every conversation I have w/ candidates as well as clients. My goal for myself is to continually strive to better my skills and bring the highest quality of service to my candidates and clients.

Marlene Welsh’s Specialties:

Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical and Civil), as well as Quality Engineers (Root Cause Analysis, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma). IT - Software Design Engineers (C++, MFC, Win32).

Marlene Welsh’s Experience

• Technical Recruiter

  Amerit Consulting

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Technical Recruiter for Engineering and IT positions. Current open positions include direct hire as well as long term contract.

• Technical Recruiter

  Amerit Consulting

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  May 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Recruited for Software Design Engineer (SDE) contract positions at Microsoft Corporation through a partnership w/ Volt Technical Resources. Responsibilities included:
  *Meetings with Microsoft hiring managers to qualify position specifications.
  *Sourced and screened candidates for open positions.
  *Coordinated interview loops with Microsoft Managers and interviewers.
  *Negotiated salary/billrates with candidates and Microsoft Managers.

• Recruiter

  Brown and Cole Stores

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  August 2006 — April 2007 (9 months)

  Responsible for recruiting management employees for Brown and Cole Stores throughout Washington State. This included reviewing applications and resumes, pre-screening candidates, background checks, interviewing and selection process, offer letters, tracking as well as completing new hire paperwork and facilitating new employee orientations. Volunteered for extra projects such as starting up an employee morale program and updating current job descriptions to make sure expectations are clear for new and existing employees. Functioned as HR Generalist as needed.

• Employment Specialist

  WorkSource

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)

  January 2006 — July 2006 (7 months)

  Worked as an Employment Specialist and assisted customers w/ their job search by evaluating their qualifications for selected jobs. Also helped them with writing resume’s and cover letters using WorkSource resources. Input all pertinent information into shared data system and referred appropriate customers to special needs programs offered by WorkSource.

• Recruiting Coordinator

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 7 months)

  Provided recruiting support and coordinated logistics for multiple recruiters. This included contacting candidates, scheduling interviews, preparing all offer information, facilitating candidate travel and relocation, expediting expense reimbursement, maintaining confidential files and managing special projects as assigned.

Marlene Welsh’s Education

• Washburn University

  BSW , Social Work , 1988 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi

Additional Information

Marlene Welsh’s Groups:

•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Recruiting Professionals Network
•    Energy & Utilities Network
•    RecruitingBlogs.com Group
•    Boolean Strings
•    Job Openings for U.S IT Professionals

Marlene Welsh’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests