TARGET

A seasoned permanent placement recruiter with over eight years of experience, I built my own recruiting company from the ground up. Although the venture was successful for over two years, the economic downturn has prompted me to considerer one of the following options:

• Partnership with a larger recruiting company that integrates or absorbs my company and client/candidate databases, while utilizing my talents, skills and work experience.
• Position with a recruiting firm specialized in advertising agency work-As many of my candidate's skills can translate into an agency production environment.
• Senior-level position in a large/national recruiting firm specializing in advertisement, promotions, marketing, graphic design, fine arts, printing or digital prepress.
• In-house recruiting position with an advertising, graphic arts, digital prepress or printing company.
• Outright sale of my company, databases and web site to a large/national recruiting firm.

SKILLS

Recruitment & Search Management
More than eight years of experience in permanent-placement recruiting and account management. Proven success with assessing a company's personnel needs and transforming them into long-term placements. Superb at screening, interviewing and qualifying candidates, ensuring a quick, painless search. Sensitive to candidate needs and company time constraints. Expert at achieving a good rapport with candidates, developing trust between all parties and closing the deal in a confidant and secure manner. A knack for cultivating client/company relationships.

Leadership
Proven leader and trainer with a flair for inspiring my employees and co-workers. Operate effectively with little or no supervision. Skilled in all aspects of running a business: delegating tasks, managing employees, implementing companies processes and running the day-to-day operations of a staffing company or department.

Multi-tasking
Perform well under stressful, time-sensitive conditions. Comfortable working independently or as part of a team. Adapt readily to rapidly evolving environments. Possess excellent communication, organizational and administrative skills. Can juggle several projects simultaneously while managing a search's life cycle from initial contact to job offer.

What's in the Suitcase?
Own and operate a network of four Mac computers and software: FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Word, Outlook and Entourage, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Norton Utilities & AntiVirus. Will also bring to the table a database of over 5,500 candidates and my extensive industry contacts at companies specializing in the graphic arts and printing industries.

EXPERIENCE

RESOLUTION Staffing
Founder, Manager & Lead Recruiter
San Francisco, CA / 1998 – present

Built, managed and grew RESOLUTION Staffing, a successful San Francisco recruiting firm specializing in the graphic arts and printing industries. Pursued a solid commitment to locate, hire and retain the very best talent in the industry, while growing my client databases and developing partnerships with prominent companies who we impressed with our outstanding client service. Established reputation as a considerate, confidence-building recruiter with an assertive, professional style. Enjoyed soaring levels of repeat business.

Supported the business and my employees by acting in the positions of Owner, CEO, President, Lead Recruiter, Lead Sales Associate, Manager and Employee Trainer. Performed or supervised all aspects of candidate client acquisition, interviewing and personally assisting candidates with resume review, career counseling and procurement of their desired position.

Supervised daily operations of the office, equipment and staff. Scheduled assignments and led regular motivational meetings to regroup and review orders. Monitored and communicated up-to-the-moment changes in search strategy where necessary, providing for adjustments to accommodate position or candidate changes and regularly researched competitors and up-to-date industry information.

Notable achievements include nearly tripling the company's bank of candidates in less than three years, building a bright, progressive organization in a traditional industry. Created a billing system, all company manuals, scripts and marketing materials. Co-designed all marketing materials and a web site that continues receive thousands of hits per month, many of which result in fill out forms and downloaded resumes.

Clay Forsberg & Associates
Lead Recruiter
Irvine, CA / 1993 – 1998

Managed all candidate recruitment, evaluation and reference checking at this two-person recruiting agency specializing in the graphic arts and printing industries. Established and maintained new company accounts, developing lasting relationships with new clients and proactively assessing their personnel needs. Elevated a candidate database up to 1900 candidates through direct recruit calls keeping in continual contact with many of them. Telecommuted, working autonomously on assignments and continually surpassing company goals and expectations. Acted as the first contact point for the agency, responding to incoming calls, email and postal correspondence. Used a Macintosh computer to keep the agency databases accurate and up-to-date.

Notable achievements include making three solid placements within my initial 45-day training period, learning to cold call under fire, and using tact, grace and charm to turn an upset intercepting manager into a potential client. Created within myself the motivation and solid ability to work as ambitiously at home as I could at an office.

RPI, Inc.
Production Coordinator
Los Angeles, CA / 1991 – 1993

Acted as a hands-on project manager at this digital imaging company, coordinating and delegating production jobs to a staff of nine people. Excelled as a liaison between the company and clients, assisting clients with concerns and inquiries, conveying client needs to creatives, and ensuring both were happy. Collaborated with computer operators to ensure project accuracy and managed final quality control. Estimated job costs, tracked project milestones and collected fees upon completion of various projects.

MORE ABOUT ME

My sales training began as a child-on my tenth Christmas, I found a distinct thrill in buying mistletoe in bulk, tying pieces with red ribbon, and selling them door-to-door at a huge profit. Paper routes were a constant, including sales and collections. At eleven I delivered items on roller skates for a sporting goods shop in Venice Beach. When I turned fourteen, that same company offered me my first office job. From then on I worked full-time every summer doing sales or customer service related positions. Today, I'm an engaging, ambitious, incentive-driven professional. I enjoy many sports related hobbies including competitive bicycle racing.

EDUCATION

El Camino Jr. College
Santa Monica Jr. College
Business Major

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