Aaron Felts Resume February 2015
- 1. Aaron Felts Royal Lane and Central Expressway Dallas, Texas 75230 469-441-1065 afelts@hotmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwfelts Talent Acquisition Recruiter - Contractor Certified Linkedin Recruiter Expert (Issued by Linkedin University) Currently 29,200+ 1st Tier Linkedin connections Proficient using ATS systems including Taleo, HRSmart, PC Recruiter (PCR), RTS, etc. 20+ years experience as a Social Media savvy IT and Telecom Recruiter Comfortable recruiting professionals who are currently at the C level Specialize in both Behavioral Based Interview process and passive candidate networking Have worked with proprietary software and am flexible with the learning of new software Expertise in mid-level technical hands-on professional recruiting for IT Proficient in using Linkedin, referral-based networking, cold calling and other online and traditional recruiting techniques Focus on SAP Supply Chain (functionality of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Recruiting Capable of researching individuals hidden skillsets and industry tends to identify hunting grounds for future requirements Computer Skills PC Recruiter, Taleo, HRSmart, RTS, PeopleSoft, MaxHire, and other Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), MS Office Suite Corporate Contract and Agency Recruiting Experience CDI 03/2014 11/2014 Sr. Recruiter ERP Serving as a dedicated IBM IT Recruiter on the Contract side. Hired primarily to recruit SAP and other ERP talent) Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, etc. SAP skills recruited have included (specifically at this job): ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS, BI/BW, Business Objects, CRM, CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM, GTM, GTS, HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, MM, NetWeaver, PM, Portal, PP, QA, HANA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM, SD, Security, and Solution Manager.
- 2. Also have recruited for a high number of Oracle DBA jobs and a collection of Cisco, Microsoft, and Java Related technology jobs as needed. Consistently maintained 12+ assigned jobs at any one time. Salinas and Associates, Addison, Texas06/2013 03/2014 Recruit IT, Telecom and Healthcare professionals. Utilize Linkedin Recruiter extensively to recruit active and passive candidates. Recruit Cisco Networking Professionals, SAP Functional Analysts Kenexa (an IBM Company), Frisco, Texas03/2013 05/2013 Contract Corporate IT Recruiter Proactively recruited Senior IT Professionals using Taleo ATS Filled 20+ senior jobs nationwide for the United Health Group division in 3 months. Skills recruited for included Cisco, Java, NET, SAP Supply Chain, Pega, Ruby on Rails, etc. Buchanan Technologies, Grand Prairie, Texas 12/2012 03/2013 Contract Corporate IT Recruiter Recruited IT professionals across a broad spectrum of skillsets (Microsoft Developers, SAP Professionals, Cisco Network Engineers and Oracle Applications Functional Analysts Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas 07/2012 10/2012 Contract Corporate IT and Healthcare Recruiter Proactive Sourcer for IT, HIM, and other Healthcare professionals Served on a mission critical project to reduce backload of unreviewed applications from 30,000 to less than 1,000 NEC America, Irving, Texas 10/2011 03/2012 Contract Corporate IT and Telecom Recruiter Recruited Cisco Network and Telecom Engineers, C-Level, Microsoft and other IT professionals, sourced and placed CCIEs (R&S, Security, Voice) Utilized LinkedIn Recruiter and networking to acquire top-notch talent Trained on and utilized HR Smart as the Applicant Tracking System Dell Corporation, Plano, Texas 07/2011 10/2011 Contract Corporate IT Recruiter Proactively recruited Cisco, Juniper and Brocade Pre/Post Sales Engineers, Account Executives and C-Level Talent. Responsible for evaluating Sales production of candidates vs. quotas. Responsible on a team of 4 for placing 25 Sales and Pre/Post Sales professionals into a newly acquired company by Dell Corporation.in 3 months. Prepared Candidate Bios for each candidate which detailed their Sales experience, billing numbers and production numbers. Trained with and utilized Taleo as the Applicant Tracking System
- 3. Trained on Non-Solicitation Legal Agreements and Diversity Guidelines Staffing Experience: Glow Networks, Richardson, Texas 03/2011 07/2011 Contract Corporate IT and Telecom Recruiter Proactively developed one-on-one relationships with internal customers and collaborated with 10+ internal hiring managers, 6 facilities and over 30 open requisitions at any given time Recruited Cisco Networking Engineers and RF Engineers Rescued a top-tier 11-year client relationship, which was threatened with dissolution and downgraded to 2nd Tier Vendor status, to a 1st Tier Vendor status Accomplished Requests for Personnel (RFP) internal hiring documentation package development for new hires and transfer of staff from one department to another Closed the largest deal in company history (a CCIE for internal placement which will produce over $200K net profit in the following 2 years) Robert Half International 01/2010 08/2010 IT Recruiter Recruited IT, C-Level (CIO, CFO, COO) 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 Supply Chain), Developers, & DBAs Performed some submittals on Account Temps and Office Temps job orders as well 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 Recruiter / Account Executive 09/2008 08/2009 Three Pillar Corp, Bedford, Texas Full-desk recruiting and New Business Development for contract and direct professionals Generated 7 IT, Engineering (Manufacturing, Civil and Pipeline Engineers), Accounting / Finance, Office Temps, and Healthcare clients to include job orders and submittals utilizing cold-calling techniques Submitted over 200 candidates resulting in 50+ sendouts resulting in 10+ perm deals and 7 contract deals with a markup average of 25% Technical Resource Group 05/1998 09/2008 IT Recruiter/Account Manager Utilized all online recruiting and advertising tools Created position descriptions to target desired audience for TRGs clients Managed company-wide resume responses from ads
- 4. Averaged 3+ deals per month and once placed 7 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; C-Level (CIO, CFO, COO), SAP, Oracle, Cognos, QA Testers, SAN Storage, PeopleSoft, CRM, BI, DW, 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 Rewarded with two paid vacations to Lake Tahoe for consistently exceeding production goals 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 Certified LinkedIn Recruiter Expert (issued by Linkedin University) Education: Bachelor of Science, Political Science/History, East Texas State University 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