career profile

 

executive recruitment: expertise in corporate recruitment of ctos, cfos, vps, coos in the engineering, marketing, finance, customer service, sales, and it industries, in the us and abroad. thorough focus on the full-cycle recruitment process to maintain a high level of candidate flow. perform market analysis of target companies to better focus recruiting efforts. collaborate with clients to specify recruiting needs and to define best methods for acquiring necessary personnel. process interviewees and select key hires during formative stages. facilitate job fairs and college recruitment programs.

 

human resources: review and evaluate applicant qualifications or eligibility for specific positions according to established guidelines and designated criteria. screen and refer applicants to hiring personnel in the organization, making hiring recommendations when appropriate. select candidates and complete behavior-based interviews. maintain current knowledge of equal employment opportunity (eeo), affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the americans with disabilities act (ada).

 

leadership: directed the success of 2 contract recruiters and 1 recruiting administrator. interfaced with executives such as vp of hr, r & d, finance, and operations staff. establish and maintain relationships with hiring managers to stay abreast of current and future hiring and business needs.

 

written/verbal communication: draft important reports demonstrating departmental candidate flow. restructure staffing programs; draft job descriptions and execute sourcing activities. relayed empirical evidence of successful recruiting efforts during weekly executive staffing meetings.

professional experience

senior corporate recruiter, harmonic, inc., sunnyvale, ca, 2007 c present

senior corporate recruiter, opvista, inc., milpitas, ca, 2006 c 2007

senior recruiter, maxtor/mmc technology, san jose, ca, 2005 c 2006

senior recruiter contract consultant, portal software, inc., san jose, ca, 2004 - 2005

staffing specialist, ncs pearson/fpmi, san jose, ca, 2002 c 2004

staffing manager, chameleon systems, san jose, ca, 2000 c 2001

senior staffing specialist, network appliance, sunnyvale, ca, 2000 c 2000

senior staffing specialist, lucent technologies/octel messaging division, milpitas, ca, 1997 c 1999

senior staffing specialist, cirrus logic, fremont, ca, 1994 c 1997

 

select accomplishments

 

         significantly impacted employee pool by boosting internal staff from 85 to 130 employees.

         delivered valuable input with relation to a $103.4mm contract to drive the hiring process for the federalization of u.s. airports within budget and time constraints.

         launched recruitment program resulting in 104 new employees hired in a volatile job market; reduced cost per hire by 30%.

         led efforts in employee retention and securing turnover rate of >10%.

 

additional contract recruiter assignments:

cisco systems; lifescan, spectrian; intuit, and synopsys,

education

 

sphr certificate, university of california extension, santa cruz; managing with the law certificate

 

affiliations:

         women in technology (wit); society of women engineers; society of human resources management (shrm)