MARK WILKERSON
Austin,TX
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Advisor devises strategy and recruitment processes to execute sourcing and recruiting campaigns. Finds and screens candidates and develops corporate policy for talent bench-marking, talent assessment and interviewing policies. Develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high caliber, professional and diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Talent Advisor
Synopsys
04.2022 - Current
- Hired as a Lead Recruiter supporting our Silicon Realization Group, EDA Group, and Go to Market Worldwide Sales and Strategy Organizations.
- Primary roles include R&D Software Engineers, Application Engineers, and Machine Learning and AI R&D Engineers, and Executive Sales Account Managers.
- Managed the end to end recruitment process, from sourcing and screening candidates to coordinating interviews and extending offers.
- Conducted thorough candidate evaluations, including technical assessments and cultural fit interviews.
Principal Talent Advisor
Oracle / Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
05.2010 - 01.2022
- High Volume Principal Level Recruiter supporting Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure Group in North America.
- Hiring Software Engineers and Leaders who are passionate about building large scale distributed systems and cloud solutions.
- Technical focus included Software Development Engineers, SRE’s, Technical Program and Product Managers, and Software Engineering Leaders in the highly competitive cloud market.
- Successful in supporting numerous other business across Oracle to include Linux and Virtualization Engineering, Utilities / Opower and Communications Global Business Units, Health Sciences, Oracle Cancer Cloud, and Flash Storage Systems.
Recruiting Manager
SolarWinds
04.2009 - 05.2010
- Recruiter for a leading Network Management software company based in Austin, Texas.
- Solely responsible for all recruiting efforts for SolarWinds North America and reported directly to the VP of Corporate Infrastructure.
- Responsibilities also included developing a recruiting plan to reduce the agency costs associated with agency usage in Brno, Czech Republic and Cork, Ireland.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Oracle Corporation
03.2006 - 03.2009
- Identify and recruit top information technology professionals in the United States for Oracle’s Server Technology and Corporate Architecture Groups.
- Experience also included working with Oracle’s Retail Global Business Unit (RGBU) and Consulting organizations.
- Helped to drive the hiring process for Oracle Managers, Directors, Vice-Presidents, and other executives.
- The recruiting team is a self-service organization working independently to provide a candidate pool, hiring and interview guidance, process consultation, applicant and employee retention strategies, and negotiation expertise.
- Recruiting strategies and sources include: cold calling, market research lists, strategic advertising, direct sourcing, internal and external networking, technology user groups, web and internet tools, and blog manipulation.
Senior Recruiter
COMSYS
06.2004 - 03.2006
- Initially hired on to work directly with our National Recruiting Center (NRC) based in Houston, Texas
- Daily recruiting efforts consisted of working on strategic requirements that were delegated to the NRC through various COMSYS offices across the U.S
- Strategically partnered with Fortune 100 and 500 customers in the Austin area to recruit technical engineers in a competitive market.
Recruiting Manager
Momentum
03.2003 - 03.2004
- Sole Recruiter for a leading Information Technology professional services organization that provides consulting services for IT architecture development, business process optimization, application development and systems integration for clients ranging from aggressive startups to Fortune 500 powerhouses
- Responsible for all internal recruiting efforts required servicing Momentum's clients
- Additionally, I managed the Affiliate Program, which consists of Momentum’s sub-contractors.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Various
10.1995 - 06.2003
- 1/2001 to 6/2003 - Senior Technical Recruiter with Randstad North America / Austin, TX
- 11/1999 to 1/2001 - Account Manager with Ajilon / Austin, TX
- 8/1997 to 11/1999 - Senior Technical Recruiter with Decison Consultants / Austin, TX
- 10/1995 to 8/1997 - Technical Recruiter with Aerotek / Richardson, TX
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Business Foundations
Skills
- Talent Management
- Recruitment
- Candidate Sourcing
- Training and Mentoring
- Recruitment and retention strategies
- Offer negotiations
- Client relationship management
- Interviewing
- Talent Assessment
Certification
- Internet Recruiting Pro, Social Talent
- Social Talent Black Belt
Timeline
Principal Talent Advisor - Synopsys
04.2022 - Current
Principal Talent Advisor - Oracle / Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
05.2010 - 01.2022
Recruiting Manager - SolarWinds
04.2009 - 05.2010
Senior Technical Recruiter - Oracle Corporation
03.2006 - 03.2009
Senior Recruiter - COMSYS
06.2004 - 03.2006
Recruiting Manager - Momentum
03.2003 - 03.2004
Senior Technical Recruiter - Various
10.1995 - 06.2003
The University of Texas - Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Business Foundations
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