Aaron W Felts 2011
- 1. Dallas, Texas 75230 469-441-1065 (Cell) afelts@hotmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwfelts Aaron Felts Summary: 17 year Social Media savvy Recruiter experienced in Linkedin, Boolean and traditional recruiting techniques to acquire IT and other professionals. Currently have 11, 200 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 for unusual skillsets for submittal.  Closed the three largest deals for a branch office for a 1 year period (at MCG).  In-depth experience of SAP and other ERP Recruiting 9 (over 9 years working for a dedicated SAP Practice (at TRG, two different stints).  Currently attending CCCC for a HR Certificate due to obtained in April 2011.  Trained and mentored new recruiting staff on recruiting with Social Media (RHI).  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. 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 TXU’s 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 RHI’s Major Accounts Division. Concentrated on technical and functional ERP (Oracle & SAP), Developers, & DBA’s. 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
- 2.  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  Utilized all online recruiting and advertising tools. Created position descriptions to target desired audience for TRG’s 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, SAP, 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 MCG’s client base.  Successfully generated the top three of the branch’s 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 ToastMaster’s Club 2005 DFW ToastMaster’s Area 25 Rookie of the Year 2005