Wendy Holstine, CIR

Current

• Sr. Technical Recruiter, PacWest & Mountain Regions at Neudesic, LLC.

Past

• Director/Sr. Technical Recruiter at OpenSourced
• Corporate Recruiter, Contract (OpenSourced) at Jobster
• Recruiting Manager at Quark

• Technical Recruiter at Integro, Inc
• Sr. Corporate Recruiter, Contract at TriZetto
• National Recruiter, Contract at Quark, Inc
• Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Sr. Technical Recruiter) at KBtoys.com / eToys (formerly KBkids.com)
• Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Sr. Technical Recruiter) at KBkids.com
• Sr. Technical Recruiter at ENTEX @ Microsoft

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Education

• Washington State University
• AIRS

Recommended

18 people have recommended Wendy

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

• CTRN
• My Blog: The Errant Recruiter

Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Summary

Originally from the Seattle area, I have 14 years of professional experience recruiting technical, technical sales and management positions.

For the past eight years, I have been living in Colorado, and recently moved back to my home turf in Seattle. After two years of running a successful HR Consulting/Recruitment Business, OpenSourced, in the Greater Denver Metro Area and Seattle, I have accepted a full-time, position as the Sr. Technical Recruiter for Neudesic's PacWest & Mountain Regions. I will be devoting my time to the start-up efforts for the PacWest location & recruitment for the Denver office. In Seattle, I completed a contract with Jobster and Devon James Associates, Inc.

As the Director, Technical Recruitment, with OpenSourced, I completed contracts at Aurora Loan Services/Lehman Brothers, Rivet Software & Quark. At Quark, I was the previous Recruiting Manager, seeking top talent across the US for R&D, Sales, Marketing, QA and Product Development. Additionally, I had completed another contract for the company in 2004 for national hiring efforts and held a 95% retention rate for those hired.

From 2000-2004, I joined KBkids.com as a Sr. Tech/Corp Recruiter and spent four years at KBtoys.com / eToys, rated by the Denver Business Journal in 2003 as one of the Best Places to work in Colorado. There, I was responsible for recruiting all levels of employees from call center to senior management, as well developing their recruitment process and procedures. Other Denver companies I have worked for include The Trizetto Group, Integro and ISYS Technologies.

Before moving to Denver, I worked on-site at Microsoft placing both contract and permanent roles with the company.

Other Information:
Former President - Colorado Technical Recruiters Network (CTRN) 2006-2007. Served the Board for three years, held the Vice President Office and a Director Role. Boarrd 2004-02007
Prior to Board: President/Chairman for the CTRN Downtown Chapter, 2003-2004.

Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Specialties:

Bringing passion and experience into recruiting!!! Contract Corporate Recruiter, (Corporate and Consulting), Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Branding, Recruiting, Staffing Consultment for HR Departments, General HR, Sourcing, Interviewing, Research and ability to keep a fresh perspective. DId I say PASSION?

Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Experience

• Sr. Technical Recruiter, PacWest & Mountain Regions

  Neudesic, LLC.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2008 — Present (4 months)

  Sr. Technical Recruiter for the PacWest & Mountain Regions at Neudesic, LLC. Responsible for staffing our Seattle/Redmond, WA and Denver, CO locations. Am also the contact for the SF/Bay Area and Oregon. We are exclusively Microsoft focused as one of only 75 Microsoft National Systems Integrators. Neudesic is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and ranked #157 on the Inc. 500. Our Practices include: Business Analysis, Connected Systems, Custom App Dev (.NET), Dynamics (CRM), Engagement Management PMO, Portals & Collaboration (SharePoint), SQL/BI, UX and Verticles.

• Director/Sr. Technical Recruiter

  OpenSourced

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2006 — July 2008 (2 years)

  Current: Project HR Consulting.
  
  OpenSourced
  Director/Sr. Technical Recruiter
  Contract Recruiting
  
  Recently completed a contract with Jobster 12/07 thru 5/08
  
  Provide an individualized experience of corporate recruitment that blends with client's existing internal corporate recruiting model.
  
  Clients: Quark – continued as a Contract Recruiter; Jones HR Group sub-contracting w/ Quovadx (Roguewave & CareScience) & Washington Group International; Frey & Associates sub-contracting onsite @ Rivet Software ~ contract completed; Discovery Technology, Inc. sub-contracting onsite @ Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company ~ contract completed; Jones HR Group sub w/ Washington Group Int. & Lafarge North America; Recruiting Point ~ Sourcing ~ ongoing; Jobster ~ remotely & onsite - Seattle 12-07 thru 5-08 ~ contract completed; HR/Recruiting Consultant @ Devon James Associates, Inc., onsite HR/Recruitment Consulting ~ work completed; CURRENT: Jobster ~ contingent seach

• Corporate Recruiter, Contract (OpenSourced)

  Jobster

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  December 2007 — May 2008 (6 months)

  Responsible for sourcing, interviewing and integrating with the employees at Jobster in Seattle. Originally this was done virtually from the Denver, CO area. In March 2008, the position became an onsite opportunity and allowed for better interaction with team members. Positions working on: Strategic Account Manager(s); Strategic Account Managers, Platform; Account Executive, Online Media; Database Analyst; Sr. Software Development Engineer; Software Developement Engineers; Sr. Software Development Engineers w/Test; Software Developer w/ Web exp; IT Systems Administrator and others as necessary.

• Recruiting Manager

  Quark

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Recruiting Manager/Contract Recruiter (F/T, Regular 11/05-9/06, Contract 9/06 to 2/07)
  
  Responsible for all hiring efforts for the US while partnering with our European and India locations to retain top talent. Provided management for entire recruitment process and consulted with hiring managers to determine an individualistic approach to each area of the company. Successfully recruited and hired Sr. Staff, Directors, Manager and high level, individual contributors into the company while maintaining an enthusiastic attitude. Created and developed a college recruiting program and Recruiting Department Team Handbook for the Human Resources Department. Retention rate from hires made in 2004: 95%.

• Technical Recruiter

  Integro, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2005 — October 2005 (9 months)

  Technical Recruiter (Management of Internal Recruiting)
  Responsibilities include the creation and implementation of a recruiting department to support an existing eBusiness Consulting firm. Recruitment focus included hiring internal consultants for IBM and Microsoft practices in Denver, Chicago, New York and California. Successful in revising Integro’s Immigration, Hiring and Employment Policy’s. Also responsible for recuiting Certified Trainers for Integro Training.

• Sr. Corporate Recruiter, Contract

  TriZetto

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2004 — February 2005 (6 months)

  Corporate Recruiter (Contract-to-hire, position relocated to Naperville, IL)
  
  Updated and launched an internal recruiting department by improving current recruitment processes and procedures for national hiring efforts. Manage the presentation, selection, offer, negotiation, closing, and administrative components, including the current use of the job log and involved in full lifecycle recruiting. Hiring responsibilities include areas of Software Development, Implementation Professionals, Business Analyst, Accounting and Finance, Recruiting and Organizational Development. Position was responsible for TriZetto’s Naperville, IL, location, recruitment efforts both remotely and via travel to the location.

• National Recruiter, Contract

  Quark, Inc

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — November 2004 (9 months)

  National Recruiter 3/04-9/04 & Independent Recruiter 10/04-11/04
  
  Contract Recruiter 10/04-11/04 (Contract Corporate)
  Sourced Sales candidates for niche enterprise order management system for online businesses that integrated with warehouse management systems for smooth delivery and a shared data approach for promotion strategies.
  
  National Recruiter (Internal/Corporate Position, Contract/Temporary) 3/04-9/04
  Update and re-launch recruitment processes and hiring procedures for national hiring efforts. Work with Managers and Directors to determine strategic sourcing and market penetration for passive candidates within the layout design, print, pre-press, publishing and enterprise solutions industries. Hiring responsibilities include areas of Software R&D, Software Product Management, Enterprise Software Sales, Direct Marketing in the US. Managed outside recruiting vendors and supported hiring mangers.

• Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Sr. Technical Recruiter)

  KBtoys.com / eToys (formerly KBkids.com)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 2 months)

  Senior Corporate Recruiter/Human Resource Management
  Developed recruitment/hiring processes and procedures for the .com HQ, Seasonal Call Center and Distribution Center. Created a successful Internship Program and developed key relationships with local Colleges and Universities. Worked with Managers, Directors and Executive Management to determine hiring needs and forecast plans for future staff. Hiring responsibilities include exempt and non-exempt employees; technical and non-technical positions and upper level management openings. Participated in a Distribution Center Start-Up (2001), by hiring core employees including; operations, management, supervisors and administration. This included shared responsibility of the HR Department during initial phase. Also staffed two Seasonal (Peak) Call Centers and had decreased turnover for 3 consecutive years. KBtoys.com was voted as “One of the Best Places to Work” by the Denver Business Journal in 2003.

• Sr. Corporate Recruiter (Sr. Technical Recruiter)

  KBkids.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 2 months)

  Same position as above

• Sr. Technical Recruiter

  ENTEX @ Microsoft

  (Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

  August 1999 — February 2000 (7 months)

  Sr. Technical Recruiter onsite at Microsoft in Redmond, WA. Worked directly with Microsoft hiring managers to understand their needs and developed relationships with their teams. Was responsible for full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, interviewing, presenting, references, scheduling interviews, offers and terminations.

Additional Information

Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Websites:

• CTRN
• My Blog: The Errant Recruiter

Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Interests:

hiking, walking, gardening, watching baseball, world cup soccer, biking, anything relating to the 80's, humor, and learning about new ways to recruit great people from great companies into the company I am at!!!

Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Groups:

President, Colorado Technical Recruiters Network 6/06-6/07
Vice President, Colorado Technical Recruiters Network 6/05-6/06
Board Member, Colorado Technical Recruiters Network 6/04-6/05
Society for Human Resource Management SHRM
Colorado Human Resource Association CHRA
Electronic Recruiters Exchange
Advisor to the Collegiate Chapter Council Offers for Risk Management and Ritual. Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, University of Denver 12/2003-Present
Human Capital Institute
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Wendy Holstine, CIR’s Honors:

Colorado Technical Recruiters Network (CTRN): Downtown Chapter Chairman - Awarded Chapter of the Year 2003
Named appeared on the “Mover’s and Shaker’s” list by Jobing.com, March 2004, 2005

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