Michael Holland

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•Research, document, and compare recruiting tools, agencies, job boards, social networks, SEO, SEM, and other recruiting technologies•Managed a quarter of a million dollar budget for recruiting tools•Analyse recruiting sourcing strategies and present options for improvement of job seeker quantity, quality and diversity.•Develop outreach strategies for military/veteran, diversity and disabled job seekers•Present customized sourcing solutions to hiring managers, directors and recruiters•Responsible for contract setup and negotiation for recruiting tools and technologies, and agencies.•Developed and maintained database to track vendor research, ranking, contact information, and events.•Compose monthly newsletter articles about sourcing technologies, recruiting process tip and spotlight articles for award winners.•Source, Recruit key talent for recruiting team as well as create sourcing strategies for key positions/projects.

Provide recruiting operations technical program leadership in support of the 30+ person, high-volume recruiting function of this Fortune 200 corporation.•Implement technical solutions to meet the business requirements of union, professional, college, MBA and Executive recruiting teams•Develop technical requirements and configuration proposals for Taleo's Applicant Tracking System (ATS) •Manage the implementation of system updates, optimizations and configuration changes •Research, recommend, manage, and measure all technical recruiting tools including but not limited to Taleo, Monster.com, Broadlook, AIRS, Smashfly, Dice.com, Infogist and LinkedIn•Develop and maintain MS Access and web-based solutions to maintain recruiting-related content such as job seeker correspondences, job description templates, prescreening questions, employment testing, candidate self-scheduling•Analyze the recruitment lifecycle and determine metrics to measure performance of recruiters, sourcers, hiring mangers and candidates•Document detailed hiring process and system configurations using Microsoft Visio•Create and present ATS training materials for recruiters and managers•Develop user acceptance testing (UAT) scripts for each ATS release-

Provide recruiting operations technical program leadership in support of the 30+ person, high-volume recruiting function of this Fortune 200 corporation.•Implement technical solutions to meet the business requirements of union, professional, college, MBA and Executive recruiting teams•Develop technical requirements and configuration proposals for Taleo's Applicant Tracking System (ATS) •Manage the implementation of system updates, optimizations and configuration changes •Research, recommend, manage, and measure all technical recruiting tools including but not limited to Taleo, Monster.com, Broadlook, AIRS, Smashfly, Dice.com, Infogist and LinkedIn•Develop and maintain MS Access and web-based solutions to maintain recruiting-related content such as job seeker correspondences, job description templates, prescreening questions, employment testing, candidate self-scheduling•Analyze the recruitment lifecycle and determine metrics to measure performance of recruiters, sourcers, hiring mangers and candidates•Document detailed hiring process and system configurations using Microsoft Visio•Create and present ATS training materials for recruiters and managers•Develop user acceptance testing (UAT) scripts for each ATS release-

•Source candidates using open web search (Boolean), social networking, blogs, user groups, and sourcing tools such as Infogist.•Cold Call, screen and evaluate job seekers against job qualifications, present qualified, screened and interested candidates to recruiters•Created Boolean job seeker search training and presented to recruiting team

Key member of a large sourcing team at Google, searching for Software Engineers, System Administrators, Network Engineers and Project Managers from mid to senior experience level.* Proficient in International sourcing from countries such as Ukraine, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Russia, Poland etc.* Expert in advanced domestic sourcing strategies. * Expert at Boolean Search Strings for many search engines. Teach others how to refine results.* Utilize social networking tools such as Facebook, Doostang, Hi5, xing, eacademy, Ryze, Visual Path, Zoominfo, Myspace, Plaxo, Bebo, Friendster, Orkut and Linkedin with over 1175 connections.* Experience sourcing from blogs, user groups, forums, trade shows, career fairs and open houses, as well as paid and unpaid job boards.* Screen resumes and pre-qualify candidates by conducting technical interviews.* Consistently, provides solid candidates to meet the Google sourcing metrics.

Completed Intensive six week training course related to the Sourcing/Recruiting Industry. * Attained in depth knowledge of technology; including industry relevance and usage. This provides an advantageous foundation for sourcing more qualified candidates.* Studied and practiced the screening, profiling, interviewing and presale of candidates.* Learned where to find resource portals and associations for future educational training and networking.* Practiced observing and determining the Motivational and Behavioral patterns in candidates for profiling, presale and interviewing.* Sourced, Profiled and critiqued actual candidates for active positions. * Proficient in Boolean search strings, Job Boards, Social Networking Sites, User Groups/Forums, US patent Searches, and Google Groups.

IT Manger: Provide desktop, server and application support for 10 servers 110 desktops/laptops, 71 applications. Document and plan existing and future networks. Support 11 staffed locations and 20 non staffed locations including Gasboy II and III systems. Support security systems, all Internet account management, procurement and deployment. Handled all backup media and developed fepartment procedures.

IT Manger: Provide desktop, server and application support for 10 servers 110 desktops/laptops, 71 applications. Document and plan existing and future networks. Support 11 staffed locations and 20 non staffed locations including Gasboy II and III systems. Support security systems, all Internet account management, procurement and deployment. Handled all backup media and developed fepartment procedures.

Hired by Resources Connection to contract at Ramos Oil company, Inc. Hired as full time in less than 30 days.

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Data Recovery OperationsNetwork operations Web StandardsYear 2000 ProjectServer FactoryCA Unicenter Deployment TeamChange Control