Mark Palmer

Mark Palmer
817-891-7460 mjpalmer6@verizon.net 1401 Bear Run Keller, TX 76248

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SENIOR RECRUITER

Experienced Recruiter of exempt, non-exempt, technical, and professional personnel. Proven Corporate and Agency full life-cycle recruiting for contract and permanent placements. Ability to strategicaly partner with management and HR teams to achieve hiring goals.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Beryl Company (Contract) - Bedford, Texas 2008
Corporate Recruiter
- Contracted as full life-cycle recruiter to staff managers, marketing individuals and C-level personnel for a new business division. 
- Sourced candidates using web searches, Internet resume databases, networking, employee referrals, cold calls, references and user groups.

 

G-Tech - Irving, Texas 2005 to 2008
Senior Recruiter
- Managed the recruitment process to staff several national accounts including Verizon, Zales, Daimler and Johnson & Johnson. 
- Recruited all levels of professionals, including database administrators, tech support, .net programmers, managers, accountants and sales representatives.
- Performed full life-cycle recruitment including Internet sourcing, interviewing, candidate scheduling, offer creation, negotiation, closing and on-boarding. 
- Identified candidates by using Internet resume databases, including Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, Dice.com; also Linkedin, Google, Facebook and Twitter. 
- Participated in regional career fairs, local networking and in various community groups, including the Chamber of Commerce.
- Qualified candidates through extensive phone and face-to-face interviews, technical tests (Proveit), salary negotiation and background checks.
- Mentored other recruiters on processes and procedures including the applicant tracking system.
- Recipient of "Recruiter of the Month" award for 17 out of 21 months; chosen from 20(+) qualifying recruiters located throughout the U.S.

Midwest Consulting Group - Irving, Texas 2004 to 2005
Technical Staffing Specialist
- Facilitated full life-cycle recruitment of IT professionals for both contract and direct hire placement. Skill sets recruited for included .net, C#, UNIX, SAP, tech writers and database administrators.
- Sourced candidates using web searches, Internet advertising, Internet resume databases, networking, cold calls, references and user groups.
- Performed candidate screening, in-depth interviews, reference checking, testing (Proveit), interview scheduling, salary negotiation and candidate closure.

 

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Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - Southlake, Texas 2001 to 2003
Financial Representative
- Partnered with individuals and business owners to design financial plans.

 

CCI Training - Dallas, Texas 1999 to 2001

Recruiter 
- Recruited instructors and over 100 students to establish branch location.
- Built database of candidates by networking with government agencies, attending job fairs and marketing through print media.

Virtual Solutions - Irving, Texas 1997 to 1999
Corporate Recruiter 
- Sourced and interviewed candidates, negotiated salaries, arranged interviews, extended offers, oversaw completion of hiring paperwork, verified background investigation and drug test completion.
- Sourced candidates using Internet resume databases, networking, employee referrals, cold calls, references and user groups.
- Coordinated and led "Recruiting Day".

 

Interim Technology - Dallas, Texas 1991 to 1997
Recruiter (1992 - 1997)
- Facilitated full life-cycle recruitment of computer professionals for both contract and direct hire placement positions. 
- Performed prospecting, cold calling, candidate screening, in-depth interviews, reference checking, interview scheduling and salary negotiation.

Site Coordinator (1991 - 1992)
Managed training/orientation of 90-120 employees at IBM, TI and Mobil.
- Selected by CEO as part of a national team to facilitate a month long project to restructure processes and rehire employees for Cigna account.
- Placed an average of 12 professionals per month, consistently exceeding my quota.

EDUCATION

BS, Business Administration. Sam Houston State University
AA, Lon Morris College

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Volunteer for Career Focus Group 2009
Recruiter panel for Crossroads Career Transition Workshop 2004/2009
Member D/FW Technical Recruiters Network 2000 - 2009
Attended Shally Steckerl recruiting workshop 2008
Founder and leader of Career Anchor Group 2004 - 2005
V.P. of Marketing for Toastmasters International 2005 - 2006
Presenter for Career Expo Seminars 2003 - 2004
Panel representative at Right Management Consulting 2003 - 2004
Resume consultant for the Star-Telegram/Career Builder Job Fair 2003 - 2004

 

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