Thomas Cassidy

Current

• Senior Corporate Recruiter / Staffing Consultant at Freelance / Contract

Past

• Senior Staff Recruiter at Visible World
• Staffing / Resource Manager at The Interpublic Group of Companies
• Corporate Contract Recruiter at Doubleclick

• Corporate Recruiter at Cisco Systems
• Recruiting Manager at Tier Technologies

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Thomas Cassidy’s Summary

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Dynamic, results focused, full life-cycle recruiting professional with extensive experience in high-tech, Internet and media environments, including over 15-years of hands-on proactive recruiting leadership.
Excellence in devising, integrating, and delivering innovative tactical staffing solutions alongside company strategic plans. Proven ability to build relationships with senior executives and hiring managers, on both internal and external management teams, to devise innovative “outside the box” solutions for time-critical resource delivery.

Thomas Cassidy’s Specialties:

Recruiting
Strategic Staffing

Thomas Cassidy’s Experience

• Senior Corporate Recruiter / Staffing Consultant

  Freelance / Contract

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  December 1999 — Present (9 years 8 months)

  Responsible for full life cycle on-site recruiting for the following clients:
  
  • CBS Interactive
  • Avenue A | Razorfish
  • DoubleClick
  • Ripple6
  • Venaca
  • [x+1]
  • Cisco Systems
  • Nortel Networks
  
  Recruiting focused on the following disciplines:
  
  Technology (Program/Project Managers, Software Engineers, QA Analysts/Testers, UI Designers, Support Engineers), Courseware Designers, Creative, Sales, Marketing, Administration, and Legal among others.

• Senior Staff Recruiter

  Visible World

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2006 — September 2007 (1 year)

  Responsible for aggressive and broad recruiting across technology (C++, C#, QA), senior sales, account management, and media creative personnel. Collaborated with hiring managers in establishing an optimal staffing process to ensure hiring goals while minimizing burden on management team.
  • Exceeded company hiring goals by sourcing, screening, interviewing and hiring 40 employees in 9 months
  • Established and executed upon internal recruiting process including: requisition standardization, applicant tracking, job board utilization, and interview processes

• Staffing / Resource Manager

  The Interpublic Group of Companies

  (Online Media industry)

  March 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  Responsible for all technical staffing issues for IPG’s Global Information Services and Shared Services divisions.
  * Managed recruiting team
  * Played major role in the compensation restructuring project
  * Evaluated and selected new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) – iCIMS
  * Conducted senior level executive searches
  * Developed and implemented interview process and procedures

• Corporate Contract Recruiter

  Doubleclick

  (Public Company; DCLK; Internet industry)

  February 2003 — September 2003 (8 months)

  Was responsible for staffing across a number of departments including software engineering, UI, operations, legal, sales and creative. Filled over 45 positions in 8 months without the use of 3rd party agencies.

• Corporate Recruiter

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Recruiting Manager

  Tier Technologies

  (Public Company; TIER; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

  Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting across the firm.
  • Trained, managed, and mentored recruiting staff
  • Developed strong relationships with internal business units
  • Assumed role of resource manager – performing career counseling in addition to facilitating career development programs, training, and engagement assignments
  • Executed development and implementation of effective staffing and outsourcing strategies across the firm
  • Developed and maintained multiple alliances with colleges and universities for recruiting programs
  • Conducted presentations to colleges and universities across the USA
  • Established “boot camp” for new grad training, mentorship programs, and career planning
  • Mentored employees in career development

Additional Information

Thomas Cassidy’s Interests:

Interactive Media, Technology, Photography, Music