Stacy Donovan Zapar

Note: I am currently on maternity leave. Please email me if you have an urgent or timely request as I am not checking LinkedIn as frequently as I did while working. Thanks!I provide consulting services to HR & Recruiting departments, teaching them how to use social media to fill positions, streamline recruiting efforts and brand themselves as an employer of choice. For lots of LinkedIn / networking / social media recruiting tips, please visit my blog at www.stacyzapar.com

Currently providing social media recruiting consulting and contingency sourcing services to various clients in the San Diego area while out on maternity leave.

Currently providing social media recruiting consulting and contingency sourcing services for various clients in the San Diego area while on maternity leave.

I provide consulting services to HR & Recruiting departments, teaching them how to leverage social media to fill positions, streamline recruiting efforts and brand themselves as an employer of choice. For lots of LinkedIn / networking / social media recruiting tips, please visit my blog at www.stacyzapar.com

I am currently recruiting for multiple software engineering positions in offices across the organization including San Diego, CA, Mountain View, CA, Woodland Hills, CA and Waltham, MA. We are currently hiring Software Engineers (backend / frontend Java) and Quality Engineers (automation, whitebox, etc.) at a variety of seniority levels. If you are interested in a software engineering position at Intuit, please visit http://www.intuitcareers.com and submit your application online. I'll gladly review your application and contact you if there is interest in setting up an interview.Please also be sure to follow me on Twitter for the latest job openings, job search tips, careers advice and company / industry news! @StacyZapar / http://www.twitter.com/stacyzapar

I am currently recruiting for multiple software engineering positions in offices across the organization including San Diego, CA, Mountain View, CA, Woodland Hills, CA and Waltham, MA. We are currently hiring Java, .Net as well as C++ Software Engineers at a variety of seniority levels. If you are interested in a software engineering position at Intuit, please visit www.intuitcareers.com and submit your application online. I'll gladly review your application and contact you if there is interest in setting up an interview.

Utilize Social Media Recruiting techniques to target/hire candidates, increase followers, drive traffic to company careers page, advertise openings, evangelize company culture and broadcast the message of Intuit's Talent Delivery team. Support Product Development / Engineering teams from a candidate generation / sourcing perspective.

Utilize Social Media Recruiting techniques to target/hire candidates, increase followers, drive traffic to company careers page, advertise openings, evangelize company culture and broadcast the message of Intuit's Talent Delivery team. Support Product Development / Engineering teams from a candidate generation / sourcing perspective.

I am currently recruiting for multiple software engineering positions across the organization including San Diego, CA, Mountain View, CA, Woodland Hills, CA and Waltham, MA. We are currently hiring Java, Dot Net as well as C++ Software Engineers at a variety of seniority levels. If you are interested in a software engineering position at Intuit, please visit www.intuitcareers.com and submit your application online. I'll gladly review your application and contact you if there is interest in setting up an interview.

Executive positions filled include:♦ Vice President, Worldwide Tax♦ Vice President, Worldwide Technical Support♦ Vice President, Software-as-a-Service / Security-as-a-Service / SaaS / Hosted♦ Sr. Director, Corporate Marketing♦ Sr. Director, Technical Readiness & Training♦ Director, International Tax Planning & Compliance♦ Director, Email Security ♦ Director, Technical Support ♦ Director, Technical Support Operations

Corporate positions filled include:♦ Manager, Tax Accounting & SEC Reporting♦ Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)♦ Manager, Marketing♦ Manager, Accounting♦ Public Relations Manager♦ Staff Attorney♦ Staff Accountant♦ Accounts Payable Specialist ♦ Recruiting Coordinator♦ Territory Account Manager♦ Sales Engineer♦ Inside Sales Engineer♦ Financial Analyst ♦ Recruiting Associate

International positions filled include:♦ Vice President, Software-as-a-Service / Security-as-a-Service / SaaS / Hosted (UK)♦ Director, Email Security Software Development (China)♦ Territory Account Manager (Canada)♦ Territory Account Manager (Denmark)♦ Sales Engineer (Canada)♦ Sales Engineer (Chile)♦ Inside Sales Representative (Sweden)♦ Sales Administrator (Brazil)♦ Technical Support Analyst (UK)

Technical positions filled include:♦ Manager, SaaS Operations♦ Manager, Hosted Performance Engineering ♦ Manager, Software Quality Assurance (QA)♦ Manager, Information Systems♦ Program Manager, Software Engineering♦ Hosted Systems Engineer♦ SaaS Performance Engineer♦ J2EE Software Engineer♦ C++ / Linux Software Engineer♦ C# / .NET Web Developer♦ ASP.NET Programmer Analyst♦ Data Warehousing Analyst♦ SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)♦ Database Engineer / DBE♦ Technical Writer♦ UX Designer♦ Systems Analyst♦ Systems Architect♦ Network Engineer♦ VOIP Network Engineer♦ Project Manager♦ Software QA Engineer♦ UX Design Engineer

Contract Recruiting: Utilized cutting edge Social Media Recruiting techniques as well as traditional sourcing methods to target/hire candidates, increase followers, drive traffic to company careers page, advertise openings, evangelize company culture and broadcast the message of Intuit's Talent Delivery team. Supported Product Development / Engineering teams from a candidate generation / sourcing perspective.

Utilized Social Media Recruiting techniques to target/hire candidates, increase followers, drive traffic to company careers page, advertise openings, evangelize company culture and broadcast the message of Intuit's Talent Delivery team. Supported Product Development / Engineering teams from a candidate generation / sourcing perspective.

Executive / Professional / Technical Recruiting: Full lifecycle recruiter, primarily responsible for filling niche, confidential and/or hard-to-fill positions, often internationally or at the executive level. Partnered directly with top-level executives (CEO, President, EVP's, SVP's, etc.) for their hiring needs across the organization. Avid user of social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) rather than relying on online job boards, resume databases or staffing agencies. Mentored and trained fellow recruiting team members on interviewing best practices, social networking and internet search techniques. Member of applicant tracking system implementation / integration team for HodesIQ and Jobvite.Contributions / Achievements: Filled dozens of positions throughout North/South America, Europe and Asia with self-sourced candidates (no agencies). Successfully sourced, cold-called and hired candidates via LinkedIn to fill key positions in Engineering, Technical Support, IT, Sales, Marketing, Legal and Finance. Served as senior member of fast-paced recruiting team during period of high-growth for the company, which tripled in size during my tenure. Grew personal LinkedIn network to 30,000 first-level connections in less than three years. Promoted twice in three years.

Attended school full-time (pursuing California Single Subject Teaching Credential) while continuing to do contract recruiting on the side. Named as Student Teacher of the Year Nominee from my teaching block.

Contract Recruiting at Qualcomm, Peregrine Systems (now Hewlett-Packard / HP Software), Epic Cycle Interactive, Digitaria (Interactive Agency) and other tech companies. Qualcomm / Sr. Technical Recruiter (2003 - 2004): Sole IT recruiter at Qualcomm, dedicated to the Corporate IT organization under CIO Norm Fjeldheim as well as the QCT-IT department. Supported 30+ hiring managers simultaneously to fill positions across North America. Eliminated all agencies. First contract recruiter to be offered a full-time position with the company in more than two years.Peregrine / Sr. Recruiter (2004): Contracted at Peregrine Systems during a challenging turnaround period of regrowth and rebranding just prior to the acquisition by HP. Sole full-time recruiter for entire company, filling positions across all departments. Initial three-month contract extended multiple times due to performance.

Epic Cycle Interactive (2004-2005): Part-time technical sourcing contract while attending school full-time.Peregrine / Sr. Recruiter (2004): Contracted onsite full-time at Peregrine Systems during a challenging turnaround period of regrowth and rebranding just prior to the acquisition by HP. Sole full-time recruiter for entire company, filling positions across all departments. Initial three-month contract extended multiple times due to performance.Qualcomm / Sr. Technical Recruiter (2003 - 2004): Full-time onsite recruiting as sole IT recruiter at Qualcomm, dedicated to the Corporate IT organization under CIO Norm Fjeldheim as well as the QCT-IT department under Tom Fisher. Supported 30+ hiring managers simultaneously to fill positions across North America. Eliminated all agencies. First contract recruiter to be offered a full-time position with the company in more than two years.

Contracted onsite full-time at Peregrine Systems during a challenging turnaround period of regrowth and rebranding just prior to the acquisition by HP. Sole full-time recruiter for entire company, filling positions across all departments. Initial three-month contract extended multiple times due to performance.

Full-time onsite recruiting as sole IT recruiter at Qualcomm, dedicated to the Corporate IT organization under CIO Norm Fjeldheim as well as the QCT-IT department under Tom Fisher. Supported 30+ hiring managers simultaneously to fill positions across North America. Eliminated all agencies. First contract recruiter to be offered a full-time position with the company in more than two years.

Executive / Professional / Technical Recruiting: Led recruiting efforts and built two new key organizations from scratch (Corporate Strategy and Customer Relationship Management). Successfully staffed both groups from the ground up, attracting top talent from elite strategy consulting companies such as McKinsey, BCG and Bain. Previously served as sole IT Recruiter for Gateway North America, successfully partnering with 50+ hiring managers to develop effective recruiting strategies and meet hiring goals. Contributions / Achievements: Filled 20+ top-tier MBA positions in six months, ranging from Analyst to Director-level. Filled 125 IT positions in less than a year without the use of staffing agencies. By hiring local candidates and avoiding use of agencies, saved Gateway’s IT organization $2.1M in budgeted relocation and agency fees. Recognized as High Potential Employee and rated Significantly Above Target for each annual review. Received two management-level performance recognition stock option grants and promoted twice in three years.

Technical Recruiting / Leadership: Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates in fast-paced, aggressive staffing agency environment. Served as liaison between corporate management and Virginia recruiting team, responsible for interviewing, training and mentoring new recruiting team members. Launched brand new office location from scratch, served as Project Lead for various recruiting process improvement projects and developed, pitched and implemented new recruiter compensation plan. Contributions / Achievements: Received annual Comitatus Optimus “Best of the Best” Award for Outstanding Performance. Achieved 124% of goal for first year and recognized as one of only two recruiters company-wide (out of 20+) to qualify for Sales Incentive Trip. Broke company recruiting record (hiring 13 consultants in one month) and all-time new recruiter record (reaching first quarterly goal within first month). Promoted twice in two years.

Technical Recruiting / Leadership: Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates in fast-paced, aggressive staffing agency environment. Served as liaison between corporate management and Virginia recruiting team, responsible for interviewing, training and mentoring new recruiting team members. Launched brand new office location from scratch, served as Project Lead for various recruiting process improvement projects and developed, pitched and implemented new recruiter compensation plan. Contributions / Achievements: Received annual Comitatus Optimus “Best of the Best” Award for Outstanding Performance. Achieved 124% of goal for first year and recognized as one of only two recruiters company-wide (out of 20+) to qualify for Sales Incentive Trip. Broke company recruiting record (hiring 13 consultants in one month) and all-time new recruiter record (reaching first quarterly goal within first month). Promoted twice in two years.

Technical Recruiting / Leadership: Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates in fast-paced, aggressive staffing agency environment. Served as liaison between corporate management and Virginia recruiting team, responsible for interviewing, training and mentoring new recruiting team members. Launched brand new office location from scratch, served as Project Lead for various recruiting process improvement projects and developed, pitched and implemented new recruiter compensation plan. Contributions / Achievements: Received annual Comitatus Optimus “Best of the Best” Award for Outstanding Performance. Achieved 124% of goal for first year and recognized as one of only two recruiters company-wide (out of 20+) to qualify for Sales Incentive Trip. Broke company recruiting record (hiring 13 consultants in one month) and all-time new recruiter record (reaching first quarterly goal within first month). Promoted twice in two years.

At Modis (formerly Computer Consulting Group), led team of recruiters across all Virginia territories (Richmond, Virginia Beach/Norfolk and Roanoke). Promoted twice within two years, ranked 2nd among 16 total recruiters company-wide and received annual Comitatus Optimus "Best of the Best" award for outstanding achievement.

Two-year stint as a Contract Recruiter at a variety of companies including Qualcomm, Hewlett-Packard (then Peregrine Systems) and other tech companies. Contracted for six months at Peregrine Systems during a turnaround period of regrowth and rebranding just prior to the acquisition by HP. Initial three-month contract extended multiple times due to performance.

Two-year stint as a Contract Technical Recruiter at Qualcomm, Hewlett-Packard (then Peregrine Systems) and other tech companies. Spent nine months at Qualcomm as a Sr. Technical Recruiter dedicated to the Corporate IT department under CIO Norm Fjeldheim as well as the QCT-IT team. First contract recruiter to be offered a full-time position with the company in more than two years.

Technical and corporate recruiting for Pyxis subsidiary of Cardinal Health, successfully eliminating the previously rampant use of staffing agencies to fill positions. Primarily recruited for technical positions in the Information Technology (IT) and Research & Development (R&D) departments, but also assisted with openings in Marketing, Finance and other corporate areas.

♦ C/C++ Programming♦ Principles of Database Design♦ Introduction to Programming Concepts and Methods♦ Business Computing Fundamentals ♦ Information Systems Evaluation and Management Issues

♦ Cum Laude♦ Chi Omega Sorority♦ Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society♦ Dean's List♦ Honor Roll

Full-year French immersion program. Lived with a Parisian family on the Left Bank while nannying and attending university full-time.