Aaron Felts 2011
- 1. Dallas, Texas 75230 469-441-1065 (Cell) afelts@hotmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwfelts Aaron Felts 17 year Social Media savvy IT and Telecom Recruiter. Experienced in Corporate, Talent Acquisition Specialist and Agency Staff Augmentation roles. Proficient in using Linkedin, referral-based networking, cold calling and other online & traditional recruiting techniques to hire top IT, Telecom, ERP & RF talent. Currently: 19,500 1st Tier Linkedin.com connections. Selected Accomplishments: Recognized as having one of the largest Linkedin networks in the DFW Metroplex. Have repeatedly used Linkedin and Social Media to find unique skillsets. Extremely successful advertising for top talent on Linkedin.com. In-depth experience of SAP and other ERP Recruiting (over 9 years working for a dedicated SAP Practice (at TRG, two different stints). Trained and familiar with using Taleo as an ATS. Good experience and knowledge of Telecommunications and Radio Frequency Engineer recruiting (CCIE, CCNP, CCNA, WiMax, CDMA, LTE, GSM), etc. Trained and mentored recruiting staff on recruiting with Social Media (RHI & Glow). At all below positions; performed 1) resume rewrites, 2) in-depth one-on-one candidate preparation for phone and F2F interviews, 3) salary/compensation negotiation, 4) reference checks, 4) research new skillsets to identify hunting grounds, and all other traditional recruiting and Talent Acquisition duties. Specialties Strategic Recruiting RFP (Request for Personnel) Documentation Package Development Top Grading Internal Interview Process Behavioral Internal Interview Process Advanced Cold Calling Market Research Salary Negotiations Job Description Development Passive Candidate Networking Hiring Manager Business Partnering/Coaching Resume Analysis/Revamping HR Process Improvement Retention/Career Advisement Dell Corporation Contract Corporate Recruiter July 2011-September 2011 Successfully recruited Cisco, Junipet and Brocade Pre/Post Sales Engineers and Account Executives. Trained with and utilized Taleo as the Applicant Tracking system. Trained on Non-Solicitation Legal agreements. Glow Networks Richardson, Texas Corporate Recruiter/Online Talent Acquisition Specialist March 2011 July 2011 Successfully recruited exclusively for Cisco Networking Engineers and Radio Frequency Engineers for Telecom Carriers and Telecom OEMs. The certifications for Cisco sought were CCIE, CCNP, and CCNA (all with a Routing & Switching or Service Provider Specialty). The technologies sought for RF were CDMA, LTE, GSM, WiMax, etc.
- 2. Singlehandedly and successfully rescued a top-tier 11 year client relationship, which was threatened with dissolution and had been downgraded to 2nd Tier Vendor status, to a restoration of 1st Tier Vendor status in less than 3 months. Repeatedly did heavy RFP (Request for Personnel) internal hiring documentation package development for new hires and for transfer of staff employees from one department to another internal department at Glow. Closed the largest deal in the whole company (a CCIE for internal placement at Glow which will produce over $200,000 net profit for Glow in the next 2 years. Very Successful in the negotiation process with a .037% decline rate on offers extended Successfully developed one-on-one relationships with internal customers and managed over 10 internal hiring managers, 6 facilities and over 70 open requisitions at any given time. Created a successful united interview function between facilities. TXU, Dallas, Texas October 2010 - November 2010 Corporate Recruiter (contract) Recruited IT professionals specializing in SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Utility Call Center competencies for TXUs Energy Future Holdings. Partnered with Senior Management for the gathering of requirements, job description finalization, and salary grading for all new IT staffing needs. Managed all internal and external online job postings pertaining to IT. Monitored and tracked all diversity recruiting in compliance with EEOC regulations. Facilitated the conversion of on-site contractors to TXU employee status. Robert Half International (RHI), Plano, Texas Jan. 2010 Aug. 2010 (office closed) Corporate Recruiter Recruited IT and other professionals for VMS-based recruiting within RHIs Major Accounts Division. Concentrated on QA Testers, SAN Storage professionals, technical and functional ERP (Oracle & SAP), Developers, & DBAs. Performed some submittals on Account Temps and Office Temps job orders as well. Successfully identified candidates through Social Media, Google, Referral-based, and traditional online recruiting techniques. Generated and passed along 25+ leads on new clients/job orders resulting in many new listings. Conducted ongoing LinkedIn Training to existing and new staff. Recognized with a spontaneous compensation bonus for outstanding recruiting efforts. Three Pillar Corp, Bedford, Texas Sept. 2008 - August 2009 Recruiter / Account Executive Performed full-desk Recruiting and New Business Development responsibilities for both contract and fulltime employment opportunities. Successfully generated seven new clients of IT, Engineering (Manufacturing, Civil and Pipeline Engineers), Accounting/Finance, and Office Temps job orders and submittals through effective cold-calling techniques. Submitted over 200 candidates to different job orders resulting in 50+ sendouts resulting in 10+ perm deals and 7 contract deals with a markup average of 25%. Used Social Media, Advertising, and other online resources to identify IT, Finance, Accounting, and Healthcare/Medical professionals. Technical Resource Group (TRG), Dallas, Texas May 2005 Sept. 2008 Senior Technical Recruiter / Online Resources Specialist
- 3. Utilized all online recruiting and advertising tools. Created position descriptions to target desired audience for TRGs clients. Managed company-wide resume responses from ads. Averaged 3+ deals per month and once placed 6 candidates in a month. Averaged 16+ recruits monthly with 50+ submittals with an average of 15 onsite interviews per month. Worked on national and local hiring needs for multiple consulting jobs; SAP, Oracle, Cognos, QA Testers, SAN Storage, PeopleSoft, CRM, BI, DW, Ecommerce (SUN, Netdynamics, Webmethods, Java). SAP orders worked on included; ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS, BI/BW, BusinessObjects, CRM, CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM, GTM, GTS, HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, IPC, ISA, LES, MDM, MI, MM, NetWeaver, PY, PLM, PM, Portal, PP, QA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM, SD, Security, Solution Manager, SOX, SRM, TM, TPM, TPVS, TR, VC, WD, WFM, WM & Workflow Honored 11 times as The Recruiter of the Month. Rewarded with two paid vacations to Lake Tahoe for consistently exceeding production goals. Midwest Consulting Group (MCG), Dallas, Texas April 2004 - May 2005 Technical Recruiter Performed high volume recruiting for identifying IT professionals for MCGs client base. Successfully generated the top three of the branchs largest ever commission sales. Technical Resource Group (TRG), Dallas, Texas May 1998 - April 2004 Technical Recruiter Recruiting efforts concentrated on professionals such as Application Developers, Web Developer/Designers, Database Developers, Database Administrators, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, and Network Infrastructure Specialists. Other skills I have recruited for in my career include but are not limited to: Java, J2EE, Cognos, C+ +, C#/.NET, Sharepoint, Biztalk, Datastage ETL / PX Architects/Developers, Unix (AIX, Sun, HP, Linux, etc.), Ab Initio, Microstrategy, Quality Stage, Informatica, Data Warehouse Architects/Developers, DBAs, Oracle Apps, PeopleSoft Financials and HRMS, Kronos, Maximo, Mercury Suite, and more. Education: B.S., Political Science/History, East Texas State University, 1990 Certification: HR Introduction Certificate, Collin County Community College, 2011 Certified ToastMaster (CTM), Oration Plus ToastMasters Club 2005 DFW ToastMasters Area 25 Rookie of the Year 2005