Tamara Swearingen

Tamara Swearingen

11,000+ 1st Degree Contacts /Top LinkedIn Member/LION

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Senior Independant Consultant at Confidential
  • (Onsite/Virtual) Senior Executive/Corporate/Sourcer/Contract Recruiter at Swearingen and Associates
  • Mentor to Sr. Level Mgt & Candidates at Swearingen And Associates
  • President/ Sr. Human Resources Consultant at Swearingen And Associates in the SF Bay Area

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Past
  • Senior Technical Contract Recruiter at Micron Technology
  • Tamara has been featured in a book, called "RECRUITERS ON RECRUITING" by Marcia Stein at "Stein Consulting" Book sold at Amazon
  • Sr. Contract Recruiter at FormFactor, Inc in Livermore, Ca

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Education
  • Terra Linda High School, San Rafael California
  • San Francisco State University, College of Business
  • Memorial Sr. High School Tulsa Oklahoma
Recommended
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Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Staffing and Recruiting

Tamara Swearingen’s Summary

"Seasoned" Senior Executive Recruiter/Senior Sourcer able to work for your company on a Interim or FTE basis whether it is to find people for your company or helping to put process and procedures together or change them. Successful in working with upper management.

I have been worked in the Silicon Valley for 20 years and in over 28 different industries as well as over 20 verticals.

I bring to the table a good "sense of humor" mixed with good business ethics. I like to build strong relationships with candidates and managers in making hires happen mainly at High Technology companies on the cutting edge

I started working in Human Resources working for agencies in SF for at a few places after some years of Retail Management My goal was to continue helping people and utilizing my strong "Customer Service" skills in a different field. A good friend turned me on to HR/Recruiting and felt that I would be successful.

In the end I have very strong experiences in supporting any company whether technical or non-technical reqs helping them to ramp up and fill their headcount. I have also been involved aside from recruiting, helping out in the Training Department, Employee Relations, "New Hire" Orientations and even being part of HR's Task team to spearhead new ideas for the company. Example: Put together an Employee Referral Program, New Manager Training Book, Quick 1 Page Online Benefit Summary Sheet and more...

Tamara Swearingen’s Specialties:

Pharma, Home Healthcare, Biotechnology, Software, Hardware, Information Technology,Engineering, Networking, Aerospace, Healthcare, Telcommunications, Medical Devices, E Business, E Commerce, Host Access, Integration, Solutions, Enterprise, Finance, Accounting, Sales and Marketing, WebLogic/Integration, Semiconductor,
Storage Systems, Network Security, Government and many more Industries.......

Tamara Swearingen’s Experience

  • Senior Independant Consultant

    Confidential

    (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    January 2009 — Present (7 months)

    Building a side business right now while looking for a day time job as a Sr Consultant for an Internet Global Staffing Agency with a very different business model ever seen offering those who want to work from their home office a chance to build a business part time while working a daytime job or do this business on a full time basis depending on the time you want to put into it towards your own "Financial Freedom". .

  • (Onsite/Virtual) Senior Executive/Corporate/Sourcer/Contract Recruiter

    Swearingen and Associates

    (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    November 2008 — Present (9 months)

    Work either onsite or from my home office on various recruiting projects for companies under Swearingen And Associates

  • Mentor to Sr. Level Mgt & Candidates

    Swearingen And Associates

    (Human Resources industry)

    January 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

    Since the dotcom fall..

    I have been an advisor/mentor to hiring managers in various situations. New ways of conducting their business practice to becoming better managers etc.

    I have been an advisor/mentor to all level of candidates from entry level to C Level in various situations. Develop their careers in the right direction to confidence building etc.

  • President/ Sr. Human Resources Consultant

    Swearingen And Associates in the SF Bay Area

    (Human Resources industry)

    July 1989 — Present (20 years 1 month)

    Swearingen And Associates through the 19 years of being around has represented individuals who are seasoned in their fields and want to make a change into a different work environment where all of their skill sets can be utilized and where they can be sure to have a promising career growth.

    We also have worked with various clients during the last 18 years in helping them ramp up with some very "immediate" hiring due to new projects awarded, a new team that needed to be put into place or some complex reqs where the companies needed additional recruiting resources in finding those candidate's quickly.

  • Senior Technical Contract Recruiter

    Micron Technology

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

    February 2008 — November 2008 (10 months)

  • Tamara has been featured in a book, called "RECRUITERS ON RECRUITING" by Marcia Stein

    "Stein Consulting" Book sold at Amazon

    (Human Resources industry)

    January 2008 — November 2008 (11 months)

    "RECRUITERS ON RECRUITING"
    WRITTEN MY MARCIA STEIN FROM SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

    TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF:
    CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE, LOVE AND WORK

    Tamara and 5 other seasoned "Contract Recruiters" in the Silicon Valley as well as 2 "Sourcers: and 2 HIring Managers were all interviewed by Marcia Stein as a way to talk about how we got started in our field, thoughts and ideas to share with others who want to seek out in this field of work and much more...... Please look this book up at Amazon.com and you will hear what we said in this book..

  • Sr. Contract Recruiter

    FormFactor, Inc in Livermore, Ca

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

    February 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 3 months)

    Full service Sr. Contract Recruiter helping various departments with their immediate hiring needs. Intermediate to Senior level positions.

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Lam Research Corporation

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LRCX; Semiconductors industry)

    October 2006 — March 2007 (6 months)

    *1st Time to work at LAM back in 1998 for 1 year/8 months
    * 2nd time back to work at LAM - 6 months
    *SHORT CONTRACT- Work slowed down + Re-Org

    Lam Research Corporation is a major supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the world's semiconductor industry.

  • Sr. Executive Recruiter/President

    Swearingen and Associates

    (Human Resources industry)

    April 1989 — November 2006 (17 years 8 months)

    Through the years we have helped companies ramp up in their hiring, worked on projects and assisted other technical recruiters who had reqs that needed to be filled. Many of these particular reqs were very complexed. Working since 1989 in the Silicon Valley has given us the chance to work with some pretty stellar people!
    Worked on Biotech and Pharma and Corporate HR and Finance

  • Sr. Contract Recruiter

    Extreme Networks in Santa Clara, Ca

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 2 months)

    Networking company

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    LSI Logic in Milpitas, Ca

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

    September 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 2 months)

    Semiconductor company

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    BEA Systems in San Jose, Ca

    (Public Company; Human Resources industry)

    August 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 2 months)

    WebLogic and Integration company

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    NetManage Inc in Cupertino, Ca

    (Human Resources industry)

    January 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 8 months)

    Host Access, Integration Solutions and Enterprise Solutions

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Documentum

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Human Resources industry)

    March 2001 — February 2002 (1 year)

    Supported 5 different groups, worked on HR task teams

  • Sr. Biotech Recruiter/Job Fair Specialist

    Acheve International in Pleasanton, Ca.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

    March 2001 — November 2001 (9 months)

    Recruited Biotech candidates as well as travelled to San Diego, Ca and RTP to meet Biotech HR reps to get them to attend yearly Biotech Job Fairs. We sold a service that was an alternative way of finding "Top Caliber" candidates for Biotech and Microbiology companies in the USA.

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Commerce One in Pleasanton, Ca

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

    1999 — March 2001 (2 years)

    E-Business and E-Commerce company

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Tollbridge Technologies in Santa Clara, Ca.

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    February 2000 — September 2000 (8 months)

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Zhone Technologies in Fremont/Oakland, Ca.

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

    August 1999 — July 2000 (1 year)

  • Sr. Contract Recruiter

    Lam Research Corporation

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

    August 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 8 months)

  • Sr. Contract Recruiter

    IBM in San Jose, Ca

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

    July 1997 — July 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Cirrus Logic

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CRUS; Semiconductors industry)

    December 1996 — July 1997 (8 months)

    I supported three groups at this time for about a 1 1/2 years. They were the Graphics Group, Optical and Storage. I supported about 25 managers during this period of time.

    I was recruited out of the company in June of 1997 to IBM. Things at Cirrus were starting to change at this time with another company wanting to buy Cirrus Logic operating their Corp office now out of Austin, Texas.

  • Sr. Technical Contract Recruiter

    Space Systems Loral

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

    April 1996 — April 1997 (1 year 1 month)

    Full life Cycle recruiter. Handled 3 major groups for the company.

    Worked 2 contracts here all together.

  • Sr Technical Contract Recruiter

    Quantum

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

    October 1995 — April 1996 (7 months)

    Supported 4 groups and did full cycle recruiting for the company, attended job fairs, and built strong working relationships with my managers

  • Contract Technical Recruiter

    Larscom, Inc.

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; LARS; Telecommunications industry)

    February 1995 — October 1995 (9 months)

    Hired on to help ramp up with hires for the company. I was the only recruiter there and therefore supported the hiring managers in all areas of Marketing, Sales, Engineering, IT, Corp HR, Product Marketing and Project Management and more...

  • Contract Recruiter

    Hewlett Packard

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry)

    February 1994 — February 1995 (1 year 1 month)

    I recruited and supported various areas and many managers at HP during this assignment and then also supported a RFT recruiter with her over flow of reqs too. I had well over 80 reqs at any given time to fill! Great company and learned a lot. Supported sales, finance, R & D, marketing and some engineering.

  • Sr Technical Contract Recruiter/Lead

    Argo Systems/The Boeing Company

    (Aviation & Aerospace industry)

    May 1992 — February 1994 (1 year 10 months)

    Full cycle recruiter- worked on engineer reqs as well as non technical reqs for 6 different groups Recruited to Hire process.

Tamara Swearingen’s Education

  • Terra Linda High School, San Rafael California

    1972 — 1975

  • San Francisco State University, College of Business

    No Degree/ 25+ years of Hands On Work Exp to be equivalent to a Masters Degree ,

    EDUCATION CERTIFICATES: SF/ DOWNTOWN COLLEGE/UNIV.OF SF:

    BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES BUSINESS RELATIONS
    HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COURSES
    WOMEN IN GENERAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
    CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
    WOMEN IN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
    LABOR LAW COURSES- ADA, ADEA, EEO, FMLA AND OSHA
    CURRENTLY STUDYING FOR CERTIFICATION- SPHR
    EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT SKILLS

  • Memorial Sr. High School Tulsa Oklahoma

Additional Information

Tamara Swearingen’s Groups:

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Original Founder for the 680 Tri-Valley Recruiter Dinners
MEMBER OF 11 HR Global Online Recruiter Forums/Network Forums
MEMBER OF WITI - 8 years
MEMBER OF Silicon VALLEY HR Women- 10 years
PAST MEMBER OF HRCA- 7 years
MEMBER OF SOCAL Recruiters- 6 years
MEMBER OF SHRM- 8 years
+ The following associations listed below:

  •    CareerLink Network
  •    CyberSleuths
  •    Executive Suite
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
  •    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
  •    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
  •    Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
  •    Overachievers Club
  •    Semiconductor Professional's Group
  •    Technical Recruitment
  •    ERE.net
  •    Wireless Jobs
  •    Professional and Amateur Mentoring Group
  •    Sourcers Guild
  •    NetworkingPros
  •    Indeed.com
  •    Recruiting Professionals Network
  •    Craigslist Group
  •    Global group
  •    TalentBar: HR and Recruiter Network
  •    Global Recruiters
  •    THE GLOBAL SOURCING COUNCIL (GSC)
  •    Financial Planner Alliance
  •    CruiterTalk.com {LIRN}
  •    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
  •    Innovative Recruitment Forum
  •    FastTrack 100 (6,500+ members!)
  •    Premium Headhunting Network
  •    Recruiter-Talk
  •    Startup Specialists
  •    Onsite Recruitment Network
  •    Recruitment Process Outsourcing
  •    Virtual Recruiter
  •    Openreq.com (Recruiters & Staffing Professionals)
  •    Silicon Valley Venture Community
  •    WednesdayNetwork of Silicon Valley
  •    Silicon Valley Startups
  •    TopLinked Recruiting Professionals
  •    Contract Recruiters Worldwide
  •    RPO-Recruiters
  •    Contract Recruiter Providers
  •    Contract Recruiter Listings
  •    Loyalty Management Magazine
  •    Nulinked.com (A Community of Open Networkers)
  •    Top Recommended People
  •    BA Recruiter
  •    The Work from Home Network

Tamara Swearingen’s Honors:

-"CONSULTANT OF THE MONTH" AWARDS
3 TIMES IN ONE YEAR AND THEN 4 THE NEXT YEAR FOR MOST HIRES

-"CUSTOMER SERVICE" AWARD FROM HIRING MANAGERS
4 TIMES FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES THROUGH THE YEARS

-"RECOGNITION AWARDS" FROM HR MGT AT VARIOUS COMPANIES

WON WEEKEND TRIPS TO BONUSES FOR GOING BEYOND THE CALL WITH CUSTOMERS OR CANDIDATES

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