Senior Recruiter

Posted on: 2008-04-30

Lisa Bradshaw P.O. Box 766 Bernardsville, NJ 07924 (908) 658-5450 [email protected] Professional Summary Rich career history in providing talent management services and solutions to Fortune 200 companies as well as small businesses. Possess outstanding interpersonal skills with a talent for problem resolution, negotiating, resource management, project management and employee retention. Manage delivery teams, recruiters and administrative support. Recruit various disciplines including: information technology, engineering, human resources, senior and mid-level managers, and other functional positions in diverse industries. Recruit and select both contract and full time direct candidates. Thrive on delivering enhanced value to the corporation, customers and shareholders while inspiring employees to advance professionally. B.A., Communications, Rowan University. Administaff, Florham Park, NJ, 3/06 - 4/08 Senior Recruiter Provided outsourced human resource services to national clients in various and diverse industry sectors. As their corporate recruiter, assisted them with full life cycle recruitment to attract and hire new employees. Recruited primarily professional and degreed candidates. Consulted with the hiring managers to establish a clear understanding of the business need driving the hiring request to establish the best recruiting strategy. Worked collaboratively to define the job specifications and qualifications to enhance the opportunity for a successful hire. Sourced candidates, screened resumes, conducted phone interviews, administered behavioral tests, scheduled interviews and made hire recommendations. Assisted with on boarding to increase retention and new employee satisfaction. Coordinated with the advertising agency representatives to create job postings and selected appropriate job boards to increase candidate traffic and branding. Utilized TalentSphere, an applicant tracking data base, to manage all recruitment activities and documentation. CGI-AMS (formerly DRT Systems/Deloitte & Touche), NJ and TX offices, 12/97 – 12/04 Business Development Director After six years of employment with CGI in Houston, TX, relocated to a newly acquired office in Warren, NJ in October 2003 and charged with developing new business. Created marketing materials to support sales efforts and responded to RFP pursuits. Solicited staffing, consulting and outsourcing services. From December 1997 through September 2003 worked in CGI’s Houston office and sold consulting services. Within five months of employment promoted to major accounts to exclusively sell enterprise-wide information technology services to Hewlett-Packard. Projects positively impacted HP’s revenues, cost-savings, fraud detection and customer satisfaction levels. The account team increased revenues over $8 million during two years and ultimately generated $62 million in revenues during 1998 - 2003. The plan also improved the business opportunity qualification process enabling a timelier and more effective response to HP’s business needs. Negotiated contract extensions to the three years Master Services Agreement. Solicited new business units in HP while maintaining established relationships. Led customer meetings resulting in problem resolution and continued patronage. Conducted ISO 9001 client satisfaction surveys during the life of and upon completion of projects ensuring superior customer satisfaction and smooth operations. Carltech, Inc., Houston, TX, 5/94 – 11/97 Sales & Recruiting Manager, Information Technology Division Accepted a leadership position to manage all sales activities and three recruiters for this newly established information technology division of a multi-discipline personnel firm. Challenged to learn the information technology business while generating new sales, negotiating contracts and placement fees, marketing available resources, and facilitating recruiter training. Generated first year revenues of $1+ million. Grew second year revenues by 42% and achieved third year revenues of $2.3 million all during a sluggish energy market. Created and implemented recruiting procedures that reduced turn-around time to clients and increased job fill ratios. Recruited, interviewed and reference checked candidates to build a qualified pipeline of candidates to expedite client staffing needs. Conducted sales meetings to benchmark activities and results. Reported to general manager of the engineering division. Oxford & Associates, Houston, TX, 12/90 – 5/94 Sales Representative Joined a national staffing personnel firm specializing in contract engineering labor. Hired to develop business and build relationships within a 50 mile radius in Houston. Self-taught on engineering business and technologies. Researched companies and generated all sales leads through outside cold calling and telemarketing. Forecasted sales, negotiated contracts and fees. Developed new accounts in which over 90% of first time clients became repeat customers. Worked with the recruiters and achieved an 82% fill ratio on contract job openings. Supplemented recruiting efforts and sourced, screened, interviewed and reference checked candidates for open positions and to maintain a qualified database. Qualified for Million-Dollar Round Table in 1992.