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Greater Nashville Area

tgomora@live.com, http://twitter.com/tgomora
Greater Nashville Area
Engineering recruiting niche – utilizing new and established methodologies and strategies to increase revenue, reduce costs, improve retention and streamline hiring processes to create a competitive advantage. Recruiting experience in the following industries: hi-tech, wireless, medical device, HVAC, clinical research / biostatisticians, both large arenas and small start-up companies.
Job description development, direct sourcing, networking, referrals, internet, job boards cross referencing and developing college relations programs. Behavioral based (DDI) interviewing techniques. Policies, procedures and metrics. Relocation, visas, background checks, drug screening, EEO, AA, and terminations. Contingency and retained search. Compensation analysis and negotiation, managing employees and consulting staff.
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Build candidate sourcing strategies that are targeted and cost effective in order to hire top-notch profesionals. Develop new and utilize existing networks to identify qualified leads and referrals, and encourage qualified candidates to further explore opportunites with Ingersoll Rand.
(Human Resources industry)
December 2006 — November 2007 (1 year)
Independent Staffing/HR Consultant responsible for the development of recruiting strategies, processes and pipelines to clients in the wireless industry. Source, screen and recruit passive candidates in order to fill Engineering and Sales positions. Consult with managers to determine specific needs, solicit candidate feedback and to discuss offers. Collaborated with HR Leaders on policies and procedures as well as exit interviews, HR reporting and employee investigations. Clients include: NetMotion Wireless, Philips Medical, Samsung Telecom and T-Mobile, USA.
(Public Company; DT; Telecommunications industry)
December 1999 — December 2006 (7 years 1 month)
Accountable for creating and driving Field Engineering and Operations recruitment strategy across (3) Regions in order to support our “Best Place to Work” initiative. This includes:
- Improving the talent pipeline as well as the candidate experience internally and externally.
- Proactive sourcing of high caliber talent
- Accelerate diversity recruiting
- Grow and promote from within (goal of 80%)
- Partnering with Leadership Team (Directors and VP’s) to align business goals and objectives with recruiting strategy to include support of field recruiting budget.
- Managed a team of geographically dispersed Recruiters, Contractors and Recruiting Assistants.
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
March 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 9 months)
•Full Life Cycle Recruiting...leads all efforts for sourcing candidates, tracking applicant flow, and assuring hiring process integrity within HR staffing function. Most positions required Security Clearances (TS/SCI) in support of DoD projects. Recruiting efforts primarily focused on:
-Software: Engineer 1 – 5 to include Embedded Engineers, Firmware Engineers, Data Modelers and Development Analysts
-Systems: Analysts, Algorithm Engineers
-Hardware: ASIC Designers, FPGA, Structural
-Technical Writers and Trainers
-Engineering Interns/Co-ops
-Business Development Managers
-General Business (HR, Marketing, Finance)
(Public Company; CS; Computer Networking industry)
March 1997 — January 1998 (11 months)
Involved the management of recruiting strategies in the areas of Engineering, Technical Support, Manufacturing, Inside/Outside Sales and General Business. Included all employment advertising, job fairs, agency utilization, careers web-site development and college relations. Provide direct supervision and employee performance evaluation for staff of (10) Recruiters.
M.S. , Workforce Education and Development
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SHRM member 1997 to present