DAVE MENDOZA

Current

Senior Staffing Strategies & Research Consultant at Palm Inc.
Master Cybersleuth Consultant, Affiliate Partner at Shally Steckerl's Job Machine, Inc.
Competitive Research Principal at Dave Mendoza & Associates, Inc (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

Staffing Consultant at Linkedin Corporation
Global Strategic Tools & Sourcing Technologies, Management Consultant at Freescale Semiconductor
Sr Recruiter, Global Talent Management at International Rectifier

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Education

Completed Shally Steckerl's JobMachine CyberSleuth Training
University of Notre Dame
California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton
AIRS

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Recommended

82 people have recommended DAVE

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

DAVE MENDOZA’s Summary

Feel free to send invites directly: ldavemendoza@gmail.com

"Six Degrees from Dave" Awarded:
RecruitingBlogs.com, "Best Overall Recruitment Blog of 2007"
RecruitingBlogs.com, "Best HR Industry Blog of 2007"
HireAbility, "Best Recruitment Blog of 2007"

Join my "SixDegrees" Linkedin Group at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/37511/3DC0233041F8 as featured at MyLinkGroups.com"

I am one of the top 20 connectors on Linkedin. I am a sourcing guru, recruitment author/blogger of SixDegreesfroDave.com, and an evangelist of building talent pipeline relationships.

My recruitment blog "Six Degrees from Dave, spotlights HR industry leaders, sourcing gurus, global staffing practices and social networking. It was recently honored with 3 awards: RecruitingBlogs.com's "Best Overall Recruitment Blog of 2007" & "Best Recruitment Industry Blog of 2007, and HireAbility's "Best Recruitment Blog of 2007." My blog was listed #3 out of 25 of the best blogs of 2007 by HRWorld.com. His site also received most votes for Best Recruitment blog of 2006 at Recruiting.com..

I have presented at global recruitment conferences, Staffing Management Association events, webinars and workshops. I co-presented at the AustralAsian Talent Conference on "Blogging for Talent" with Kevin Wheeler and served on a panel on "Social Media: How is Technology Impacting Recruitment?" Panelist at Kennedy Expo Vegas 2008’s “Ask the Experts — a Sourcing Summit Town Hall.” I served as Moderator for a Three Part Kennedy Info, Audio Series on “Blogging for Talent, Branding and Web 2.0 Relationships” and a Kennedy Conference & Expo General Assembly Panel, "Blogging from ‘Guerilla’ Marketing to Mainstream Recruiting," Co-Presented “Mastering Linkedin” and Co-Presented at ERE ”Full Day Master Session, Advanced Sourcing Workshop” with Shally Steckerl and Glenn Gutmacher.

DAVE MENDOZA’s Specialties:

Expertise in developing robust Passive Talent Microsite Communities

Expertise in Sourcing methodologies with intricate Name Generation capabilities, Employment branding, and advanced sourcing instruction. Emphasis on passive talent oriented strategy which extends the brand throughout captive niche audiences among passive talent leads, and advocate of building a global network of self sustaining sourcing hubs.

DAVE MENDOZA’s Experience

Senior Staffing Strategies & Research Consultant

Palm Inc.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Wireless industry)

October 2007 — Present (11 months)

Staffing Consultation providing competitive intelligence in addition to both Strategic & Tactical advisement.
Master Cybersleuth Consultant, Affiliate Partner

Shally Steckerl's Job Machine, Inc.

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years)

Dave Mendoza & Associates, Inc. provides advanced Cyberseluth Training and customized consultation as an Affiliate Partner with Shally Steckerl's Job Machine, Inc. to help you find the hardest to source experts in all kinds of professional disciplines. JobMachine' provides the best recruitment consulting and training solution.
Competitive Research Principal
Dave Mendoza & Associates, Inc (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Semiconductors industry)

January 2000 — Present (8 years 8 months)

Our firm offers Strategic Development & implementation, Candidate Sourcing & Recruiting Services:
* Name Generation Analysis to identify passive talent among key competitors
* Candidate development targeting key competitor by niche industries.
* Talent-Based Social Networking
* Corporate employment branding consultation
* Customized services to enable staffing team leadership and organizations with recruitment tool solutions
* Collaborate with recruitment application technology vendors in the enhancement of beta phase roll-outs.
Staffing Consultant

Linkedin Corporation

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

April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)

Competitive Intelligence research which resulted in an extensive mapping of thousands of Bay Area J2EE, Ruby on Rails, QA Black & White Box/Junit and Executive level talent identification.
Global Strategic Tools & Sourcing Technologies, Management Consultant

Freescale Semiconductor

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Semiconductors industry)

May 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Idea engine conception and implementation to elevate FSL's Strategic Tools & Sourcing Technologies into a dynamic Central Sourcing Model on a domestic and global scale. Consultative partnering with FSL Staffing Manager of Americas to review corporate blog and referral platforms and enhance SEO productivity, passive candidate development, social relationship management, employment branding, and corporate recruitment processes. In addition, I provide Research Intelligence in the form of comprehensive talent directories of passive talent prospects.

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(r), is the third largest independent semiconductor company in the U.S. Please visit us at http://www.freescale.com.
Sr Recruiter, Global Talent Management

International Rectifier

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

January 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 5 months)

Leading semiconductor corp in Power Management ICs with nearly 6,000 employees worldwide. Principal, Research Intelligence/ Sr. Talent Acquisition Recruiter on behalf of IR's Global Staffing Management. Developed comprehensive competitor directories of passive prospects and primary initiator of candidate development. Oversaw identification of talent potentials across departmental classifications, establishing substantive talent networking trees, initiated Corporate Open House events nationally, and served as primary liaison in the development of collaborative relationships with Outplacement providers and clientele. Talent interest areas as follows: Analog/Mixed Signal Design, Device engineering, Environmental, Health & Safety, FAE’s, Failure Analysis, Foundry, IC Mixed Signal Test, Layout, PDK, Process Integration, Product, Packaging, Manufacturing, and Quality engineering in addition to sales and marketing arenas

DAVE MENDOZA’s Education

Completed Shally Steckerl's JobMachine CyberSleuth Training

Advanced E-CruitingTraining Methods & Strategies 2006 — 2006
University of Notre Dame

Masters, Additional Graduate Studies, September 1996 — May 1997
California State University, Fullerton

Masters, Master in Human Resources, January 1993 — August 1996
California State University, Fullerton

Bachelors, Russian & Central European Studies, January 1989 — January 1993
AIRS

Training, Certified, Sourcing & Diversity Recruitment, November 2002

Additional Information

DAVE MENDOZA’s Websites:

DAVE MENDOZA’s Interests:

Social Networking Relationships & Blogging Enthusiast, Recruitment Technology. I am passionate in my altruistic belief that networking with fellow recruiters and staffing managers is essential to developing relationships that lead to new methods, tools, and talent pools. Join me in spreading the faith - Relationship Building in our daily lives and connecting the corporate recruitment universe specifically for the empowerment of all.

DAVE MENDOZA’s Groups:

JobMachine's CyberSleuths
Elite CyberSleuthing
CyberSleuthing
Electronic Recruiters Exchange (ERE) Contributor & Attendee
Recruiting2006 - Kennedy Conference Attendee
Recruiters Network
The DallasBlue Business Network
TopLinkedin
MyLinkedinPowerForum
LinkedInnovators Forum
LinkedInBloggers Forum
LinkedInLions Forum
Linkedin Aggregators
LinkedinAssociation
Linkedin.com-Customer Advisory Group Member

SVHUB
Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (22,000+ members)
ASSODIGITALE - www.assodigitale.it -
CareerLink Network
Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG)
Enterprise Architect User Group
Executive Suite
International Association of Software Architects
Integrated Alliances
OPEN Forum
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
LinkedSEO
KIVA
World Wildlife Fund
Unitus
Zubka
LInked Business Strategists
Catalyze Community
Clarisoft Technologies
Austin High-Tech
Interaction Design Association
LinkedHR
Business Intelligence Group
Electrical/Electronics and Computer Development Engineers Group
OpenNetworkers.info
Marathoners
iGAMING Business Group
HomelandSecurity
Worldwide Management Consultants
Overachievers Club
Outsourcing Eastern Europe, Russia and former CIS countries
Link2Europe
MobilOpen :: the International Mobile Internet Group
Semiconductor Professional's Group
Virtual Business Card
International Network of Social Entrepreneurs
Technical Recruitment [Members 6000+ ]
Friends of Finland
UAE staffing and Recruitment- HR solutions group
XING.com
ERE.net
MyLink500.com (Open Networkers)
Canadians
Hilton Diamond Honors
Toronto
e-BIZ
Global Worker
SEOecom - Online Business Users
Wireless Jobs
Expertise for Hire
MyLinkGroups
Lighthouse Venture Group's Alternative Investment Roundtable
MyLinkWiki
Professional Mentoring Group
Sourcers Guild
Recruiting Animal Show
For Knowledge Persons
Who's Your Daddy?
Embedded
Friends of Ireland
Networking pros
Friends of Holland / The Netherlands; DutchConnectionAZ.org
Google Group
Indeed.com
LI Socials
Business Intelligence Professionals
Linked LInterims
The Wall Street Journal Group
London IN
Poland
Craigslist Group
.NET Developers
Global group
Chicagoland HR Network
LinkedCincinnati
China Networking Group
(BIOPHARMER) Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Recruiters Network
TopLinked.com
TalentBar: HR and Recruiter Network
GoSecure
Global Recruiters
Coffee Connections
Friends of Britain
CRM Experts
Mercedes Benz Owners Clubs - Around the World
Microsoft Excel Users
THE GLOBAL SOURCING COUNCIL (GSC)
Ukrainian Recruitment
Candidate Pipeline Development ™
LI Recruiters Network
MagicMethod (Telephone Name Sourcing)
Ti22 Associates Global Network
Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
Canadian Web 2.0 Jobs
GroupLinked.com
Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
Australasian Talent Conference (ATC)
Innovative Recruitment Forum
Gateway to Russia (Friends of Russia)
Recruitment Consultants (11.000+)
Friends of Morocco
Diversity - A World of Change
Onsite Recruitment Network
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
PINC Movement
The Talent Buzz
RecruitingBlogs.com Group
IT-Profs Nederland (1000+)
Australian Recruiters and Search Professionals from www.recruitingblogs.com
Indonesia Business Network