Sean Sweet

Current

• Sole Proprietor / Independent at Tozai Technology Partners

Past

• Senior Recruiter at BearingPoint
• Recruiter (contract) at Accenture
• Senior Consultant at ACCESS Technology, Japan

• Group Manager at Toza Gaigo Gakuin
• Recreation Director at Hamlet of Gjoa Haven

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Education

• Yale University - Yale School of Management
• University of Manitoba

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Sean Sweet’s Summary

Full cycle recruitment of high volume, quick turnaround as well as niche skill set professionals. Recent focus has been on SAP and finance consultants & managers for public services projects at Big 5 management and technology consulting firms.

Strong process ownership: Candidate sourcing, offer negotiation, onboarding (including immigration and relocation transactions), retention and referral generation.

Background also includes successes in agency recruiting, human resources leadership and municipal program management.

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Sean gets it. He understands the urgency and impact on business of open requisitions. He gets the politics and the urging and subtlety often required of corporate recruiters. He knows and excels at the process and reporting. He exceeds the sophistication candidates expect and the candor stakeholders require.

Sean Sweet’s Specialties:

ERP / IT & finance recruitment. At BearingPoint, Sean was the sole finance recruiter for Public Sector Solutions (target SAP modules: FI, FM, GM, PSCD - many candidates have CA or CGA designations). He also ran 2 Controller searches for a Canadian practice and several accounting/finance business analyst searches for teams in Alberta and the US Midwest.

Sean Sweet’s Experience

• Sole Proprietor / Independent

  Tozai Technology Partners

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  1. Contributions to targeted IT searches for recruiting partners across North America.
  2. Business Development for Mission Critical Electronics (www.spyglassstudio.ca) to markets in the Americas and Southeast Asia.
  3. Website contents writing for a local marketing/SEO/CMS firm. Current projects are with clients in the ERP and industrial electronics space.
  
  While busy with the activities, above, Sean is receptive to discussing new opportunities - F/T, contract or project based.

• Senior Recruiter

  BearingPoint

  (Public Company; OTC:BGPT; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2005 — January 2009 (4 years 1 month)

  Full cycle recruitment of management and technology consultants and managers for project engagements throughout North America. Public Services clients included managers, senior managers and Partners across State & Local, Defense, Healthcare and ERP Solutions.
  Extensive collaboration with BearingPoint’s global staffing solutions, legal & immigration, onboarding and relocation stakeholders.
  
  Candidate focus:
  SAP - FI, HR, FM, PSCD (FI-CA), ABAP, BASIS, CRM, BI, Project Mgrs
  Non-SAP - finance/accounting, business analysts, change mgmt, new grads

• Recruiter (contract)

  Accenture

  (Public Company; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

  July 2004 — January 2005 (7 months)

  Sourcing, screening and closing IT consultants and managers for a large co-sourcing project Accenture engaged with Canada’s second largest telecommunications services provider.
  Also coordination of relocation, temporary accommodations and work permits, when required.
  
  Candidate focus:
  SAP FI, SAP SD/MM, SAP HR, SAP PS, ABAP, UNIX Architects, Project Mgrs

• Senior Consultant

  ACCESS Technology, Japan

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 1 month)

  Full desk agency recruitment in a traditional bullpen and bell-ringing environment. Candidate focus was on IT sales and technical professionals, with some finance and executive hires. Clients cut across all IT, including telecom providers, systems integrators and ERP vendors, semiconductors, finance/insurance, storage & networking equipment vendors and software start ups.
  Responsibilities included client management as well as candidate sourcing, interviewing & coaching, resume writing, offer presentation/closing and resignation training.

• Group Manager

  Toza Gaigo Gakuin

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

• Recreation Director

  Hamlet of Gjoa Haven

  (Government Administration industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years )

  Recreation Director for a municipality of 700 Inuit in Canada's Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). Responsibilities included:
  - all recreation and sports program and facilities management,
  - staff hiring, management and training,
  - working with elected officials and municipal administrators/planners,
  - liaising with regional and territorial sport & recreation bodies, and
  - preparation and management of a $400,000 annual budget.
  
  Volunteer posts during this time:
  * VP - NWT Volleyball ('93 to '94)
  * Director of Facilities - NWT Parks & Recreation ('93 to '94)
  * Regional Coordinator - Arctic Winter Games Trials and Kitikmeot Regional Games ('92 to '94)
  * Mission Staff - Team NWT at the 1994 Arctic Winter Games in Slave Lake, AB

Sean Sweet’s Education

• Yale University - Yale School of Management

  Consulting Foundations II 2008 — 2008

  Selected to attend an intensive week-long session led by professors from the Yale School of Management.

• University of Manitoba

  BPE , Physical Education / Kinesiology , September 1987 — April 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  SAHPER Council 1987 - '91 (Sr. Stick 1990 - '91),
  UMSU Rep 1989 - '90

Additional Information

Sean Sweet’s Interests:

Professional networking, First Nations culture and issues (particularly, but not limited to the Inuit of Nunavut & NWT), road running, blues harmonica, wine, Scotch, Japanese language and culture, coffee roasting, soccer, beach volleyball

Sean Sweet’s Groups:

"Sourcing Strategy" NING Group (http://sourcing.ning.com/profile/SAPSean)
Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival Society, Board Member and Vendor Manager (2005 - Present)
Head2Head - Associate Recruitment Consultant (since January 2005)

•    Arbita CyberSleuths
•    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
•    BearingPoint Alumni Group
•    Canadian Recruitment Professionals Association
•    Canadians
•    SAP Community
•    Recruiting Animal Show
•    SAP TIDE
•    Canadian Web 2.0 Jobs
•    Six (6) Degrees of Separation (The Largest Group)
•    Friends of / Amis du Canada
•    BearingPoint (KPMG Consulting) (2700 members)
•    SAP Lounge.
•    Big5Hire - Passive Recruiting Search Engine User group
•    CANADIAN RECRUITERS GROUP
•    DC Metro Consultants: BAH, D&T, E&Y, KPMG, (PwC) IBM BearingPoint, Accenture
•    University of Manitoba
•    Recruiter Networking Group (RNG)
•    HRNG - Human Resources Networking Group (HRNG.ca)
•    International Executive Recruiting - IER
•    Job Search Help
•    SAP PSCD
•    E-Recruitment Group (Post Jobs) (Post Resumes) Concept by Group of Sr. Recruiters
•    Safe Haven Open Networking
•    The RPO Network
•    iDiscuss Group (Global Discussion Forum) Feel Free to discuss !!
•    Career Site Advisors
•    Social-development.org - a call for ideas
•    E Link
•    People Living In Canada
•    The Never IDKs

Sean Sweet’s Honors:

Graduate of the Year - University of Manitoba Physical Education & Recreation Studies, 1991.

Mission Staff for Team NWT at the 1994 Arctic Winter Games.

President's Club - ACCESS Technology, Japan, Q1 2002.

Sean Sweet’s Contact Settings

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