
Recruiter/President - Birch Decker Solutions
Houston, Texas Area

Recruiter/President - Birch Decker Solutions
Houston, Texas Area
link to me at karl.decker at gmail dot com
Some of the current openings in Houston TX: [updated 11-5-08]
Sr Business Analyst [$95-100K]
Data Warehouse Architects [multiple positions available]
Database Analyst
Geoscience:
VP Exploration - superlative opportunity in Austin, TX [equity]
Birch Decker Solutions is a provider of Information Technology / Information Systems recruiting and staffing solutions.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years)
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
August 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Recruiting manager for the lending division.
o Manage and guide staff in overall recruiting life cycle – reviewing and update procedures and practices as necessary, train staff on implementation and development of sources of qualified candidates.
o Develop quarterly staffing projections through field input and staff input.
o Develop short-term sourcing strategies necessary to meet the manpower needs of the overall business line, which can include events, web-based media blitz, print ads, internet campaigns
o Manage team of recruiters and support staff – responsible for training, hiring, terminations, performance management, merit review, communications.
o Serve as a point of contact for assigned business lines by developing strong management relationships, developing plans for future growth, process resolution, and procedure changes.
o Develop and utilize appropriate management reports in order to manage staff productivity and service levels.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; HIR; Pharmaceuticals industry)
March 1992 — August 2005 (13 years 6 months)
Engineering - 1.5 yrs
IT - 11 yrs
Pharmaceutical / Biotech - 1.5 yrs
· Continuously profitable, every quarter, since promotion to manager
o Highest profits nationwide 1998
o Accounted for 35% of Houston district profits 2002 out of 10 profit centers
o Highest profits in Houston 2003
· Manager of the Year out of 40+ profit centers 1998
o Manager of the quarter 1st 4th quarters 1998
o Manager of the quarter 1st 2nd quarters 1999
· In the top ten of revenues and profits out of 40+profit centers every year since promotion to manager
o Top Five of total revenue 1997 - 2002
· Increased contract revenue 1700% since 1994
o Ranked #4 total contract revenue in MAGIC divisions 1997
o Ranked #2 total contract revenue in MAGIC divisions 1998
o Ranked #2 total contract revenue in MAGIC divisions 1999
o Ranked #1 total contract revenue in MAGIC divisions 2000
o Ranked #2 total contract revenue in MAGIC divisions 2001
o Ranked #1 total contract revenue in MAGIC divisions 2002
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
1992 — 2005 (13 years)
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
1992 — 2005 (13 years)
BA, POLS, 1986 — 1991
University of Houston Networking HUB - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/697/610
Tau Kappa Epsilon - TKE
University of Houston Track Team - lettered 4 years