
Advisory Board Member -and Wiki Social Host at MoneyBackJobs.com
San Francisco Bay Area

Advisory Board Member -and Wiki Social Host at MoneyBackJobs.com
San Francisco Bay Area
A staffing and recruiting professional with over fifteen years professional experience in technical augmentation. Experienced with supporting corporate enterprises, mid-size to start-up corporations and secured government projects. Believe in order to attract technical talent, recruiting needs to involve both "farming" and "hunting" and a constant advocate of networking. Contribution to staffing websites and human resources organizations demonstrates commitment to morals and ethics in an industry often perceived as unprincipled and unscrupulous.
This recruiter is looking to distance himself from being considered an “agency” recruiter – and has a long-term career plan that includes developing and leading a recruiting team for attracting technical talent that will help an organization meet its business goals and aspirations.
Technical Recruiting specializing in staffing strategies for start-up software and webservices companies in San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
August 2008 — Present (2 months)
Moneybackjobs.com launched with a goal of creating a more fun and hip job search tool than other "stuffy" job boards and recruiting solutions.
"Wiki Socials" are an opportunity for Employers and Job Seekers to come together on a bi-monthly basis and discuss different topics related to Employment and Recruiting. Since the socials are truly be Wiki-themed, the topics of discussion will come from YOU. We hold the Wiki Socials in different venues across the Bay area and on different dates and times to try and accommodate people with different schedules. There is no cost to attend a Wiki, but please come prepared with your questions/ideas to share! (and maybe even a resume or job description printout !)
Submit a topic for an upcoming social, e-mail idea to: wikisocials@moneybackjobs.com.
(Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (3 months)
http://jobirn.com, previously known as http://insidersreferral.com
JobIRN is a new Silicon-Valley based startup offering high quality, revolutionary solution to US recruiting market. We are proud of our business vision as well as technology. JobIRN provides real time chat with company insiders and recruiters.
JobIRN uses Web 2.0 technologies and is designed to assist applicants, recruiters and internal referrers to manage social networks and connections. JobIRN provide live video interview; instant messaging; manage internal referral programs; leverage insider contacts to find your ideal career move. Provide live customer service chat to assist with any problems during registration or while using the site.
Contact Bruce Ge (bruce.ge@jobirn.com) if you are a potential investor (VC), recruiter, or entrepreneur who likes to seek common interests in this exciting startup webservices business.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for recruiting strategy that included LinuxWorld DICE Expo, EclipseCon and JavaOne, website selections, strategy recommendations & budget tracking. Produced 8 senior technical talent placements & a budget under $100k.
* Solely responsible for recruiting & networking to fill key talent positions (JAVA, JVM, low-level C/C++, Eclipse Agile, Win/Linux Internals, Kernel)
* Established & implemented entire staffing & hiring processes
* Implemented "every applicant is a prospective customer" strategy into staffing & recruiting effort.
* Utilized networking venues to build employment prospects.
* Organized, planned & marketed a successful Open House - including budget decisions/management, promoting to technical talent
* Managing all recruiting resources, external agencies & recruiting exchanges (for both contractors as well as direct-hire submittals)
* Introduced recruiting exchanges & sourcing resources that cut costs & provided significant market exposure.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 1999 — Present (9 years 9 months)
15 years professional experience, specialize in recruiting and staffing staregies for software and webservices start-ups in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
Host of the "Techie Pink Slip & Networking Events" held the LAST Wednesday of the Month - at Cafe Royale (corner of Post @ Leavenworth - Union Square area - San Francisco.)
• Society of Human Resources member
• Creator and debater for webinar called "The Great Discrimination Debate - the EEOC Speaks Out!" - http://www.accolo.com/debate
• Trying to bring ethical and moral standards to an often-unscrupulous industry, worked with a group of recruiting and staffing professionals to bring the voice of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to 700+ webinar attendees and audience at the Bank of America Corporate Auditorium.
• Social Networking Advocate and believer in giving back to the community!
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)
Responsible for producing a two bi-monthly newletter (one directed to current, past and prospective consultants - as well as current and prospective clients and business partners.
Use Constant Contact to produce the four monly newsletters - each with slight differences in order to produce employee branding, referral and business referral channels and produce both human resources and recruiting strategies. Responsible for incorporating recruiting strategies and human resource practices into the newsletters and into the organization's overall business future.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)
As part of my recruiting strategy for Replay Solutions, Inc. - coordinated and hosted a networking event during the EclipseCon Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Networking Event Hyatt Regency - Santa Clara Convention
When: Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 PM
Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org)
After critical success in the gaming industry Replay Solutions has done it again, this time for Java development. Our Eclipse plug-in enables software engineers to record, replay, & fix the most difficult bugs in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional methods. Learn how to accelerate your time to market with Replay Solutions, & celebrate the unveiling of our enterprise product line with us!
Artists:
FENG JIN
Metal Sculptures
dreamcatchersarts.com
JARETT FAJARDO
Visual Development & Conceptual Design
jarcoal.com
Manli Chao
www.manliart.com
Replay Solutions: EclipseCon Booth # 314
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Human Resources industry)
September 2007 — November 2007 (3 months)
Proposed webinar to Colleen Aylward, CEO of InterviewStudio when we met at Onrec Expo.
Suggested that we hit this topic head on once and for all.
EEOC Office of Legal Counsel's Carol Miaskoff, Summit Law's John Chun, and InterviewStudio's CEO Colleen Aylward will present and discuss the controversial issues surrounding the current craze of video resumes and video interviews being used in the professional recruitment and talent acquisition market today.
Participants will be given legal and regulatory tips and guidelines regarding these issues, and be left with food for thought around Best Practices for using video in candidate screening, interviewing, and even employment branding.
JOHN CHUN is a partner at Summit Law Group
CAROL R. MIASKOFF is Assistant Legal Counsel for Coordination at the U.S. EEOC
COLLEEN AYLWARD created InterviewStudio.com
Moderator: DANIEL PARILLO, Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group (built from the ERE.
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 2007 — September 2007 (1 month)
Host of the Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group Networking Event.
Grassroots marketing and promoting of a networking event that coinsided with the Onrec Expo (www.onrec.com) and the NCHRA HR West conferences. Host the event at Space Gallery (www.spacegallerysf.com)
* Utilized Evite.com to track responses; received 18% response ratio (787 evited; 150+ RSVP'd); built ROI indicators into response system
* Attendance was ~200 people; 4 hour event
* Marketed the event to recruiting/staffing and human resources professionals as well as hiring management and techincal talent
* Soliciated and coordinated corporate sponsorship from JobFox, TALENThire and others
* Worked with owner of Space Gallery and members of their staff regarding facilities management and party planning.
* Music was performed by Gypsy (www.gypsytime.com)
Pictures Available via Robert Neel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8811256@N03/
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Creator and debater for an EEOC webinar called "The Great Discrimination Debate - the EEOC Speaks Out!" - http://www.accolo.com/debate
Trying to bring ethical and moral standards to an often-unscrupulous industry, worked with a group of recruiting and staffing professionals to bring the voice of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to 700+ webinar attendees and audience at the Bank of America Corporate Auditorium. Developed marketing strategies, corporate sponsorship and alliances with the American Staffing Association (ASA), National Association of Personnel Staffing (NAPS), HR.com, Accolo, Virtual Edge, The Fordyce Letter and others.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; WSM; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)
Specializing in sourcing, qualifying and submitting passive candidates and prospective employees that can not be found via current Internet resources. Without DICE, Monster or major Internet-based employment site, currently leveraging networking techniques, business relationship and established reputation - and the calaber of the client (Williams-Sonoma, Inc.) to present "technical talent" the prospect of an ideal employment position that with an established and stable organization - fulfilling the needs of the client - but also providing a natural progress for the candidates' career.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)
March 2006 — May 2006 (3 months)
Amerit is a Federal Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business SDVOSB and California Certified DVBE based in Lafayette, CA. with clients nationwide.
Responsible for the evaluation and administration of the Northrop Grumman account via existing relationship with Volt and Amerit, solely concentrating on technical staffing requirements.
Utilized IQ Navigator to submit and administrate candidate submittal for positions nationwide, without any formal training on application.
Comparing leagues of competition (compared to a one-man shop), quality of the job requisitions, bill/pay rates-to-market rate, response time from submittal, the decision was made to no longer pursue the account.
PHR/SPHR Certification from SHRM, HRCI & SHRM, 2008 — 2009 (expected)
MBA, Human Resources, 2007 — 2009 (expected)
Bachelors, Business - with an emphasis on the Human Factor, 2004 — 2007
Completed Bachelors Degree - February, 2007
Continuing on for the Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) - Emphasis on Human Resources
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Active Member: 01085102
Group Promoter/Moderator of the LinkedIn Eclipse Group:
http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&sortCriteria=3&groupFilter=36807
Group Moderator for the Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group (BATRG) and Forum - a networking venue built off of the Electronic Recruiters Exchange (ERE) www.erexchange.com
http://www.erexchange.com/ERENETWORK/GROUPS/GROUP.ASP?GROUPID={95A365AA-84A4-45DB-87FD-029A2EB5A182}
Member of SF Recruiters Group (SFRecruiters), Electronic Recruiters Exchange (www.ere.net)