Patrick Cronin (LION) pjcinsf13@yahoo.com

Past

Vice President at Volt Technical Resources
Program Manager/Corporate Director at Volt Technical Resources/Volt Workforce Solutions
Branch/Area Manager at Volt Services Group

Sales Representative at Volt Services Group
Account Executive/Manager at Howroyd Wright Employment Service

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Education

Corporate - Volt Technical Resources
California State University
PADI Instructor College

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Patrick Cronin (LION) pjcinsf13@yahoo.com’s Summary

I have been in the Staffing Industry for 20 + years in various roles. My career began as a Recruiter where I was ranked 5th out of 400 + recruiters. After many successes I was moved into management.

I relocated and joined Volt Services Group, a Fortune 1000 company focusing on temporary and contract staffing, as a Sales Representative where I was awarded "Rookie of the Year." After personally landing an account worth $6M, I was very quickly promoted to Manager and then Area Manager where I was responsible for entire sales and recruitment effort for four branches and two onsite programs.

I was promoted to the role of Professional Placement Program Manager in order to create a Professional Placement program for a predominantly temporary staffing organization. This included all sales, marketing and training material used companywide. I supported offices through out the United States in their Professional Placement endeavors. The areas of expertise in which Volt successfully recruits are Life Sciences, Information Technology, Engineering, Technical, Accounting/Finance and Administrative. My last title was Vice President Volt Professional Search in which I had full P&L responsibility for a new division of the company focusing on Professional Search. I am also a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Patrick Cronin (LION) pjcinsf13@yahoo.com’s Specialties:

Sales, Recruiting, Staffing, Management, Six Sigma, IT, Engineering, Life Sciences

Patrick Cronin (LION) pjcinsf13@yahoo.com’s Experience

Vice President

Volt Technical Resources

(Public Company; VOL; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Volt Information Sciences is a Fortune 1000 $2.2 billion firm specializing in the staffing industry

Responsible for the vision and creation of newly formed Professional Search Division. Personally spearheaded initiative as a result of a two-year Six Sigma project endorsed by executive leadership. Led all sales, recruitment and customer service initiatives nationwide with a staff of 50+ employees in 18 states specializing in Information Technology, Engineering and Life Sciences.
Collaborated with marketing department in the development of candidate and client facing collateral. Presented to leadership teams throughout the country the value of new division highlighting benefits and driving change management. Proven competency in reorganization, re-engineering, continuous quality improvement, business planning concept and strategic planning.
Position required 60% travel
Accomplishments:
Achieved profitability within 4 months of opening division
Directed sales efforts, which resulted in award of 5 new National Accounts within 6 months
Program Manager/Corporate Director

Volt Technical Resources/Volt Workforce Solutions

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1997 — January 2008 (11 years 1 month)

Hired by Senior Vice President to create and manage the Professional Placement efforts of organization. Provided leadership training and direction to Branch, Area, and Regional staff nationwide. Developed all curriculum and collateral materials for recruitment, sales and management training. Conducted extensive classroom training with all level of staff. Company subject matter expert for professional placement in client development of National Accounts by writing responses to Request For Proposals and delivering in person sales presentations to Fortune 1000 companies. Areas of expertise included - Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Accounting & Finance, Administrative and Manufacturing
Position required 60% travel

Accomplishments:
• Increased annual sales from $700k to $15 million
• One of the first 8 employees to achieve Six Sigma Black Belt certification
• Conducted Yellow and Green Belt training to over 50 participants.
• Developed and provided staffing solutions for leading companies, including;
o Caterpillar, Yahoo, Microsoft, U.S. Bank, HP Federal Credit Union, Orbitz, Eli Lilly,
Apple Computer, Westinghouse
Branch/Area Manager

Volt Services Group

(Public Company; VOL; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1994 — January 1997 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for sales, recruitment, staffing and P&L management for the downtown Portland, Oregon branch. Mentored, trained and coached a team of top performers. Conducted extensive sales and recruitment training. As a result of my success as a Branch Manager, I was promoted to Area Manager where I was responsible for 4 locations. I hired, trained and managed a staff of 20 Sales Representatives, Branch Managers and Recruiters.
Accomplishments:
Personally secured and managed major National Account with $6 million in annual sales
Increased operating profit 32%
Sales Representative

Volt Services Group

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1992 — January 1994 (2 years 1 month)

Responsible for acquisition, development and maintenance of accounts in specified territory. This included extensive cold calling, in-person presentation, solution oriented customer service, territory management and target account development.
Accomplishments:
Developed 75 + new accounts in first year
Increased sales 33%
#1 new Sales Person amongst 100+ peers which resulted in Volt's National Rookie of the Year award
Account Executive/Manager

Howroyd Wright Employment Service

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1985 — January 1992 (7 years 1 month)

Howroyd Wright was the largest privately held staffing firm in CA with $1 billion in sales; Responsible for new account development and management of sales/recruitment staff of 15 Account Executives. This consisted of extensive phone sales, direct recruiting, salary negotiations and rigorous customer services. As a result of my success as an Account Executive I was promoted to manager.