May 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Richmond, Virginia Area

• G.L. Wood Consulting is your specialist for IT talent recruitment and placement services. I specialize in recruitment for IT Managed Services/Solution Providers and small to mid-market companies. It is my focus to identify the best candidate for the roles you are looking fill.
• If you have an immediate need, please contact me via our website below and thank you in advance for the opportunity to work together!

Dec 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Norfolk, Virginia Area

• I am excited to be a part of PRA Group, Inc.
• PRA Group (Nasdaq: PRAA), a global leader in acquiring defaulted receivables, returns capital to global banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers in North America and Europe. PRA Group companies collaborate with customers to help them resolve their debt and also provide a broad range of revenue and recovery services to business and government clients.
• PRA has been recognized as one of Fortune's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies for the past three years and one of Forbes' Best Small Companies in America for eight consecutive years since 2007.

Mar 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Richmond, Virginia Area

• I am focusing on PERM placements for the East Coast Region.

Dec 2011 – Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Richmond, Virginia Area

• Randstad US is the second largest staffing organization in the world.
• Randstad offers a comprehensive range of HR services to our clients. We provide temporary, temporary to hire, direct hire and outsourced placement services for local and global customers and fulfill all aspects of commercial and professional staffing within Accounting & Finance, Office & Administration, Engineering, Healthcare, IT, Legal, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing & Logistics. Other offerings include payrolling, managed services, recruitment process outsourcing and HR consulting solutions.
• Randstad provides skills assessments, career counseling, training, health coverage and 401(k) to eligible internal and external employees. With its 4,800 employment experts, Randstad puts an average of 125,000 people to work in the U.S. each week, through its network of more than 1,000 branches and client-dedicated locations.
• The areas of responsibilities/skills for the Technical Recruiter include:
• ■Review. Successfully review job descriptions in to understand the needs of the hiring manager as well to ask questions that’ll help you identify the right candidate(s). This is by far the most important skill a technical recruiter needs.
• ■Understand technology, technical roles and technical skills. Learn and evaluate your technical skills
• ■Identify. Sourcing and uncovering candidates
• ■Screen. Ascertaining the competence of candidates against a technical job description
• ■Interview. Meeting candidates in person, telephone, or video conference etc to assess their qualifications
• ■Following up. Keep your candidates in the loop. This goes a long way to build your credibility and keep your candidates either coming back to you or sending referrals to you. Read my article on following up with candidates and also why candidates are rude to their recruiters
• ■Present. Showing or offering candidate resume to hiring managers to scrutinize or consider

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

• Spherion® provides integrated solutions to meet the evolving staffing needs and priorities of companies from administrative/clerical, light industrial and contact center talent to seasoned professionals in accounting and finance, technology, engineering and manufacturing, legal, sales and marketing and human resources.
• Technical Recruiter for one of the largest IT staffing offices within Spherion which generates nearly 40 million in revenue per year.
• Recruit for technical consultants on both a contractual and permanent basis.
• Full life cycle recruiting of candidates from searches within users groups, national job boards, and consultant referrals.
• Specialize in multiple financial and government accounts such as the International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, International Finance Corporation, The Board of Governors, and Fannie Mae.
• Currently have 50 consultants on board and am tracking 60 by fiscal year end 2007.
• Consistently place 4-5 new consultants on billing per month.
• Considered one of the branches top recruiters with the unique ability to multi-task and recruit on multiple skill sets at a time and for multiple companies. Skill sets include all technical from PC Technicians and Help Desk Analysts to Senior Software Engineers and Project Managers.
• Work with Account Executive closely and often help in the sales effort.
• Very interactive with all the clients and am given additional responsibilities from my Account Executive and Management.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr

Feb 2010 – Jan 2011 · 11 mos

Jan 2006 – Mar 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos