Shawn C. Turner
Muskogee,OK
Summary
A seasoned professional in technical recruitment and talent acquisition, I excel in sourcing strategies and leadership, evidenced by propelling a TEKsystems team to the top vendor position for AT&T/SBC. With a track record in the Technical and Federal Cleared Space, my expertise in LinkedIn/AIRS recruiting and superb leadership skills have significantly impacted hiring success rates, demonstrating a unique blend of technical and interpersonal prowess.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner
Silverfox Records
Muskogee, OK
04.2015 - Current
- Set up a successful online music store after having to deal with family illness, the death of my mother and sister, and the pandemic outbreak.
- Negotiated vendor contracts, built relationships, and managed inventory.
- Set up accounts through online auction houses and genre-specific sites (e.g. Discogs), becoming top-rated seller with perfect feedback.
- Generated over $300k in revenue.
- Market saturation and costs due to inflation have made this endeavor no longer viable.
Technical Sourcer/Recruiter
EMC/Pivotal Software
06.2013 - 08.2014
- Remote role, utilizing home office.
- Targeted recruitment efforts towards filling cleared roles in the Federal Government's Big Data sector.
- Sourced top-tier Machine Learning Ph.D. candidates.
- Interviewed job applicants to obtain information on work history, education or job skills.
- Updated and maintained candidate records in the recruitment database.
- Monitored industry trends related to sourcing techniques and best practices; made recommendations accordingly.
- Managed candidate activity within Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
- Searched for qualified job candidates using computer databases, media advertisements or employee referrals.
- Tracked and analyzed recruitment metrics to identify areas for improvement.
- Utilized various sourcing methods including social media, job boards, and networking events.
- Developed and implemented innovative recruiting strategies to attract diverse talent.
- Trained and mentored newer recruiters in successful strategies for interviewing and qualifying candidates.
Sr. Technical Recruiter
ENGILITY, Inc.
Chantilly, VA
08.2012 - 05.2013
- Company Overview: Formerly TASC, Inc
- Sole technical recruiting responsibility for Federal Civilian Programs (FAA, NASA, Veteran's Administration)
- Hired over 40 full-time employees in roles ranging from Systems Engineers, Software Developers, Sharepoint Administrators, Cost Analysts, Human Factors Engineers, IV&V Engineers, Test Engineers, Enterprise Architects and more
- Formerly TASC, Inc
Technical Sourcing Blackbelt (Contract Role)
Palantir Technologies
Palo Alto, CA
04.2012 - 08.2012
- Hired to assist sourcing for cleared professionals to go onsite to their East Coast Cleared customer portfolio
- Worked 6 days a week, using advanced sourcing techniques to identify candidates for these positions
Sr. Technical Recruiter/Sourcing Lead/Social Media Lead
L-3 Communications, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
10.2008 - 04.2012
- In this role, I was responsible for the following:
- Oversaw specialty sourcing efforts, coordinating both internal staff and a national team of six external sourcers.
- Social Media Engagement (setup the company Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Group, etc
- Served as a technological authority within L-3.
- Recommended purchasing decisions based on thorough evaluation of tools.
- Recruitment Innovation: This is all recruiting training from a Recruiter Bootcamp, to a weekly e-mail titled 'Shawn's Corner' with an AIRS 'tip of the week', to best practices our team should be doing
- Streamlined event logistics for successful talent acquisition efforts.
- Article/Training Assistance: Provided a clearance cheat sheet to AIRS for cleared sourcing training, and will soon contribute articles to online blogs.
- Previously, I was the Lead Recruiter for L-3's main FAA programs nationally: ITSS, ARC-IT, ATO, and IACRA.
- Led internet recruiting efforts with valuable resources and strategies.
- Met FAA-ITSS contract requirement of 28 days to fill from 2008-2010 while supporting contract (over 200 positions each year)
- Highest placement and offer to accept ratio for division
- Led transition of contract wins for ATO and AFCERT contracts
- Sourcing lead for TETRA contract win, producing over 2000 TS/SCI FSP candidates in 1 ½ month timeframe
- Led, developed, and created the Employee Referral Program refresh, and led efforts on the development of a Recruiter Bootcamp Training Plan.
- Built relationships with local talent pool through LinkedIn and local Professional Organizations
- Full life-cycle of IT recruiting for positions in the following locations DC/MD/VA/NJ/IL/CA/TX/OK/AK and more
- Received several employee recognition awards for work performed
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Synectics, Inc.
Chicago, IL
06.2008 - 09.2008
- Recruiter for several local accounts to including: Office Max, McDonalds, Integrys, AON, Kraft, Exelon, AT&T, Motorola, Nuveen Investments
- After joining the company had over 7 hires and dozens of interviews
Sr. Dedicated Program Recruiter
TEKsystems, Inc.
Downers Grove, IL
04.2005 - 05.2008
- National Dedicated Program Recruiter for the AT&T/SBC account
- Provided Full Life Cycle recruitment of technical, network, consulting and professional candidates; including candidates that required a TS/SCI clearance for the Pentagon
- Lead team of 4 sourcers in India
- Helped take team from #32 on Vendor List to #1 in less than 6 months (team of only 4 recruiters)
- Responsible for sourcing/screening/interviewing highly skilled technical professionals in all categories in Information Technology, Managerial/Professional, Consulting and Telecommunications
- Positions/Skills recruited for include: J2EE, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, Business Objects, Datastage, SAS, ETL, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Remedy Developers, CCNA/CCNP/CCVP/CCSP/CCIE Certified Engineers, NOC Engineers, C++ Developers, and UNIX Administrators
- Generated over 125 starts for the program and over a million dollars in spread revenue
- Extremely skilled and creating search strings and finding candidates in places few others look
Staffing Manager/Technical Recruiter
Xyant Technology, Inc.
Norman, OK
09.2004 - 02.2005
- Staffing Manager for major RBOC account (SBC Communications)
- Recruited for several key contract or contract to hire positions for this national account
- Skill sets for the positions included: Vignette, VXML, Genesys, Project Managers, Oracle DBAs, Java Developers, Coldfusion Developers, CCIE Network Engineers, Avaya IP Telephony, AVVID, ATG Dynamo, Openview NNM, Cisco Wireless (WiFi) Engineers, QA engineers, Business Analysts, Process Analysts, Siebel consultants, Peoplesoft Consultants, .Net, Remedy Developers, SAS, Business Objects, ETL, EDW, GIS, and Unix Admins
- Competing with over 32 other vendors for same positions
- After joining the company, moved company from 16th to # 8 based on production (resume submittals, interview ratio, etc.)
Benefits Premium Funding Analyst
Administaff, Inc.
Kingwood, TX
12.2002 - 06.2004
- Responsible for payment, reconciliation and organization of medical vendors including: United Healthcare (Medical & Dental), PacifiCare, Kaiser, United Healthcare-Maryland Small Business, Tufts, VSP, EAP, Flex Spending Account, and Cigna Voluntary (Life, Disability, LTD/STD)
- Total premium responsible for averaged about $17.7 million per month
- Recruited for several key contract or contract to hire positions for this national account
- Setup several MS Access Databases to reconcile vendor premium amounts
- Developed queries to pull necessary discrepancy information
- Also designed MS Excel spreadsheets to recap detailed payment information
- Worked closely with IT and other departments to pro-actively fix glitches in internal database that I discovered, causing file transmission errors to diminish
- Worked closely with vendor contacts to get accounts cleaned up and discrepancy level to a minimum
Special Project Benefits Specialist
Administaff, Inc.
Kingwood, TX
12.2001 - 12.2002
- Assigned to work with benefits team during open enrollment period
- Contacted members about changes (dependents, plan, etc.) and assisted with issues (coverage denied, etc.)
- Assigned to COBRA specialist team working to assist members with COBRA issues ranging from emergency enrollments to locating payments during transition to new TPA
- Sole corporate representative for Maryland Small Business clients
- Responsible for setting up client with policy number, sending COC's, assisting with coverage issues
- Main interface between insurance provider and client
- Worked with legal department to compile report of unpaid claims due to legal action against prior insurance provider
Senior Technical Recruiter
H.R. Functions, Inc.
Houston, TX
04.2000 - 11.2001
- Onsite at Marathon Oil Houston TX: Lead Recruiter for Talent Acquisition Project to help with de-merger from USX Corporation
- Responsible for positions including Geologist, Geophysicist, Petrophysicist, Subsea Engineer, Commercial Rep, E-Procurement Rep, Division Order Analyst, Auditor, IT Integrator, Derivatives Accountants, SEC Accountants, and much more
- Had over 7 hires in a short period of time
- Onsite at Nokia Broadband Systems Petaluma, CA: Responsible for leading and mentoring two other recruiters on broadband technologies, understanding technical resumes and the industry
- Successful in hiring a marketing manager, two manufacturing engineers, a new product introduction manager, a tech writer, a technical trainer, and a quality manager
- Onsite at Nokia's US HQ Irving TX: Responsible for positions in Nokia's E-Commerce/E-Business arena, Engineering Groups and their Research Center
- Had over 11 direct hires including Manager of Operations, Research Engineers (PhD's only), Process Applications Manager, Java Software Engineers, Call Center Manager, and Unix/Oracle DBA's
Education
B.A. - Political Science, Communications
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK05.1998
Skills
- Hiring and retention strategies
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Records management
- Salary negotiation
- Industry networking
- LinkedIn recruiting
- Candidate sourcing
- Talent acquisition
- Career counseling
- Job description creation
- Talent assessment
- Applicant tracking systems
- Phone interviewing
- Candidate pipeline development
- Cold calling
- Social media recruitment
- Recruiting strategy development
- Superb leadership skills
- Technical communication
- Job board posting
- Offer negotiations
- Recruiter training
- Boolean search
- Technical sourcing
Certification
- LinkedIn Certified Recruiter Expert
- AIRS Professional Recruiter Certification (May 31, 2013)
- AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter (June 1, 2013)
- AIRS Certified Social Sourcing Recruiter (June 7, 2013)
- AIRS Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter (June 9, 2013)
- AIRS Elite Certified Recruitment Expert (June 22, 2013)
Timeline
Owner
Silverfox Records
04.2015 - Current
Technical Sourcer/Recruiter
EMC/Pivotal Software
06.2013 - 08.2014
Sr. Technical Recruiter
ENGILITY, Inc.
08.2012 - 05.2013
Technical Sourcing Blackbelt (Contract Role)
Palantir Technologies
04.2012 - 08.2012
Sr. Technical Recruiter/Sourcing Lead/Social Media Lead
L-3 Communications, Inc.
10.2008 - 04.2012
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Synectics, Inc.
06.2008 - 09.2008
Sr. Dedicated Program Recruiter
TEKsystems, Inc.
04.2005 - 05.2008
Staffing Manager/Technical Recruiter
Xyant Technology, Inc.
09.2004 - 02.2005
Benefits Premium Funding Analyst
Administaff, Inc.
12.2002 - 06.2004
Special Project Benefits Specialist
Administaff, Inc.
12.2001 - 12.2002
Senior Technical Recruiter
H.R. Functions, Inc.
04.2000 - 11.2001
B.A. - Political Science, Communications
University of Oklahoma
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