CLAIRE M. COLLINS

Catholic Charities Refugee Foster- San Jose, Ca

Outreach Coordinator 2013- 2025

.Outreach and education: Promoting the program through community events and speaking engagements to increase awareness

. Support and Retention utilizing demographic and motivational data to support current foster parents

. Partnership Building : Collaborating with faith- based community and government organizations

2010- 2013

Provide resources for newly arriving refugees

Support three refugee resettlement houses

Speak to faith based organizations to support refugees through education, housing , jobs.

Develop service plans to include: Financial, medical, vocational and provide additional resources.

• Coordinated outreach campaigns to engage community stakeholders and enhance program visibility.
• Developed and maintained relationships with local organizations to support collaborative initiatives.
• Organized events and workshops, increasing community participation and awareness of services offered.
• Implemented communication strategies across social media platforms to promote outreach efforts effectively.Catholic Charities Refugee Foster- San Jose, Ca

Outreach Coordinator 2013- 2025

.Outreach and education: Promoting the program through community events and speaking engagements to increase awareness

. Support and Retention utilizing demographic and motivational data to support current foster parents

. Partnership Building : Collaborating with faith- based community and government organizations

2010- 2013

Provide resources for newly arriving refugees

Support three refugee resettlement houses

Speak to faith based organizations to support refugees through education, housing , jobs.

Develop service plans to include: Financial, medical, vocational and provide additional resources.

• Developed outreach programs to engage community members and promote services.

• Sole recruiter for Pinnacle Systems and support to Avid Technology and Digidesign
• Recruited for all business units to include: engineering, operations, legal, finance, technical support, sales, marketing and manufacturing
• Successfully staffed engineering teams under critical timelines
• Worked with executive team on director level and confidential requirements
• Created a positive and professional experience for all applicants in the recruiting process

• Application System Management Group
• Software Quality & Testing
• Sourced and recruited programmers, analysts, testers, managers, project managers web developers
• HealthConnect Project
• Designed recruitment strategies to meet hiring goals for product specialists, trainers, site support specialists and analysts
• Successfully placed over 134 employees in one year.

• Recruit perspective clients for career consulting services

• Consult with individuals on career transition and assist in job search campaign
• Facilitate classes in resume writing, interviewing, networking, and marketing.
• Provide support to clients during notifications of layoffs/downsizing.

• Created and implemented staffing plans for four business units at Sun.
• Successfully sourced, recruited, negotiated and closed candidates and exceeded monthly hire goals
• Presented and implemented major corporate programs such as diversity, performance management, focal review process, and redeployment.
• Recruited interns and new college grads and established relationships with targeted universities.

• Developed partnerships with client’s primarily emerging growth and E-commerce to provide staffing services.
• Recruited all levels of engineers from vice president, director, staff, programmer, and network support.
• Worked with clients to establish metrics and tracking systems for the hiring process.

• Established centers in Oakland, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Santa Rosa to provide technical and accounting staffing services.
• Negotiated contracts for on-site management programs with Acuson, Airtouch Communications, and other major accounts
• Hired and managed a team of recruiters, sales personnel, and client partnership managers
• Prepared budgets and was responsible for P&L’s for the division.

• Director of technical services operation for San Francisco region.
• Established recruiting programs at 3Com, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Quantum, Lifescan and other major accounts.
• Hired technical account managers to work onsite at above clients and negotiated contracts with associate vendors.
• Interfaced with all levels of management on major projects.