Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com

Recruiter/Sr. Search Associate/Sales

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Past
  • Sales Account Executive/Web Research Coordinator at DIV@ Media
  • Sales/On Site Manager at Tri-B Industries

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Education
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Mississippi
  • Highland Park High School
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500+ connections
Industry
Staffing and Recruiting
Websites

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Summary

High energy, creative, efficient, and well connected professional with over 15 years of combined Recruiting, Sales and Research experience. I am an AIRS certified, results oriented individual who understands the importance of business objectives. I excel at Recruiting Associate up to C-level Executives.

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Specialties:

Certifications:

AIRS (Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies)
Advanced Boolean Logic
Advanced Internet Business Fundamentals
Internet Networking and Fundamentals
Site Designer for Windows
Intermediate HTML 4

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Experience

  • Senior Search Associate

    Albertini Group, Inc.

    (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    August 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 11 months)

    Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist for Albertini Group, a professional executive search firm focused on the unique human capital needs of growing technology companies. We've been partnering with VC and PE firms as well as public companies to build winning executive teams and boards for over 20 years. Our focus is on market innovators bringing new technologies and products to market. We've identified top performers for industries including telecommunications infrastructure, solar power, software testing, trading software, EDI/supply chain and financial services. I focus on identifying top tier executives in order to build high profile teams that will transform the marketplace.

    Identified top tier gainfully employed executives within Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Oracle, Cisco, HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, AT&T etc.

    Recruitment and candidate screening, Project Management, ATS/HRIS management, job board management, job board ROI, Researcher training, resume mining, advanced Boolean logic techniques, cold calling/rousing into Fortune 500 companies, peer networking, sourcing from Social and Business networking sites

    Placements:

    VP of Information Technology
    Regional Sales Manager
    Controller
    Regional Account Manager
    Sr. Account Executive
    National Account Manager - Real Estate
    Director of Professional Services
    Global IT Director
    Sr. Sales Executive
    Controller

  • Sales Recruiter/Sr. Research Specialist - Recruitment Operations

    Verizon Communications

    (Public Company; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

    December 2004 — August 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    Recruiting:

    Management Sales Recruiter for Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions Group. Interviewed, screened and presented qualified candidate slates to Hiring Managers. Negotiated salaries, made job offers to candidates, built solid relationship foundations with Hiring Managers, Staffers and Sales Professionals of all levels.

    Research:

    Sourced and recruited candidates via job boards, niche web sites, VZ Recruit database, internet mining, career fairs, networking, cold calling, etc. Responsible for job posting requests on all external job boards. Performed in depth demographic research and constantly investigated valuable diverse Internet resources for Verizon V.P.’s, Directors. Managed company-wide job boards, negotiatied job board contracts with vendors, managed job posting content on Verizon’s web site and managed all external posting ROI data.

  • Internet Research Specialist/Recruiter

    PDS Technical Services

    (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    November 2000 — May 2004 (3 years 7 months)

    Recruited candidates via database, job boards and niche web sites using Boolean logic and AIRS (Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies). Pre-screened and matched candidates to appropriate job orders while maintaining open communication with hiring managers. Maintained and updated applicant tracking system of more than 400,000 resumes to include dissemination of email blast campaigns to specific candidates. Managed company-wide job boards, Internet accounts and constantly investigated other valuable Internet resources for all employees. Supported 20 branch offices with various recruiting efforts, Internet related questions and Internet marketing strategies.

  • Sales Account Executive/Web Research Coordinator

    DIV@ Media

    (Online Media industry)

    July 1997 — November 2000 (3 years 5 months)

    Responsible for generating new Sales leads for advertising accounts, calling on said accounts and selling advertising space in Diva Media’s magazines, books in 13 U.S. markets. Wrote, edited and compiled research data for multimedia company’s web site, magazines and books. Coordinated with editorial department and market shoppers on a daily basis to assure quality of content for all forms company’s media platform. Managed and monitored merchant database with more than 15,000 shopping-related listings.

  • Sales/On Site Manager

    Tri-B Industries

    (Design industry)

    January 1991 — July 1997 (6 years 7 months)

    Responsible for Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Business operations, Logistics and Site Management for family owned fiberglass swimming pool company

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Education

  • University of North Texas

    Bachelor of Arts , English Literature , 1992 — 1994

  • University of Mississippi

    1988 — 1990

    Activities and Societies:
    Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity

  • Highland Park High School

    1984 — 1987

Additional Information

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Websites:

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Interests:

Investing, poker, web site design, art, photography, music, film, travel, tennis, billiards, trivia, cooking, sushi

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Groups:

Founding Member of Wednesday's Child Hearts & Hands Alliance
Pi Kappa Alpha Alumnus: http://www.pikes.org/
Highland Park High School Alumni Association
Highland Park United Methodist Church
UNT Alumni Association
DFWTRN
DallasBlue Executives
TopLinked.com
Poker Player's Alliance

  •    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
  •    eOffice
  •    Executive Suite
  •    World Wildlife Fund
  •    American Red Cross
  •    Clarisoft Technologies
  •    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
  •    Marathoners
  •    Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
  •    Technical Recruitment
  •    OpenNetworker.com
  •    University of North Texas Alumni Association (UNT)
  •    Sourcers Guild
  •    Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  •    Las Vegas Travellers
  •    Recruiting Professionals Network
  •    Chicagoland HR Network
  •    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
  •    IT Recruiters
  •    Dallas Cowboys' Fans (NFL)
  •    Google - eSearchers & Searcherlogists.
  •    The Recruitment Network
  •    Linking Dallas
  •    Recruiters' Networking Niche
  •    Unified Communications
  •    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
  •    Linked Poker Enthusiasts
  •    Honest Recruiters
  •    The “Metha” Internet
  •    Innovative Recruitment Forum
  •    Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+)
  •    Twitter
  •    Poker Players Alliance
  •    VERIZON CONNECTIONS
  •    Ole Miss Alumni Group
  •    Embedded Systems Professionals
  •    Grafton Executive Search Recruiting and Career Network
  •    University of North Texas COBA Alumni Group
  •    Highland Park High School Alumni Association, Dallas, TX
  •    Boolean Strings
  •    The Art Of Recruiting
  •    Executive Recruiting Association
  •    CareerMall.net: Where Talent Shops for Their Careers and Connects with Employers & Recruiters
  •    Twitter for Sourcing and Recruiting
  •    The Texas Recruiters Association

Whitney Blanton whitblanton@hotmail.com’s Honors:

Personal Achievement:

Finished in 157th place out of 8,773 players at the 2006 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold 'Em Championship Event. Good for $47,000. Followed that up by finishing in 412th place out of 6,844 players in 2008, cashing for $29,000.

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