1) Aaron Felts is a talent acquisition recruiter and contractor based in Dallas, Texas with over 20 years of experience recruiting IT and telecom professionals.
2) He has a large network of over 29,000 connections on LinkedIn and is certified as a LinkedIn Recruiter Expert.
3) Felts specializes in recruiting for various technical skills including SAP, Oracle, software engineering, and networking with a focus on supply chain functions and has experience working with many applicant tracking systems.
Taboo Topics in Employer Brand: Afterthoughts and ImplicationsKyle Lagunas
When we – as an industry and as practitioners – talk about best practices for employer brand, we tend to dwell on the feel-good side of things: better candidate experience, more brand ambassadors, improved employee engagement. But what if the secret to improving your employer brand actually lies in the practices and processes that we try to avoid, because they feel taboo?
In this exclusive #SmartTalkHR webinar with Kyle Lagunas, Principal Analyst at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, we’ll discuss the implications of making the taboo an afterthought, including:
Organizational Transparency
Relocation Practices
Performance Expectations
Outplacement Resources
He’ll also discuss how you can take proactive steps to improve your employer brand around these processes and events, so make sure to reserve your seat.
Future Focus successfully managed the careers of over 1200 Consultants. These Consultants fall under various IT Technical and Functional categories like ERP, CRM, Web Technologies, Open Systems, and Mainframes, etc. By virtue of being a niche-player in the IT Technical Consulting services business for almost a decade, we are able to attract & retain exceptional quality & volume of technical talent.
Over 12 years in IT Consulting has provided a very stable platform for the organization's metamorphosis from an almost pure-play IT HR service provider to the next level in value services, viz. End User Services.
70% of Candidates Use Mobile Devices to Search for Jobs… Will They Find Yours?Talemetry
View the webinar recording: http://talemetry.com/resources/webinars/70-of-candidates-use-mobile-devices-to-search-for-jobs-will-they-find-yours/
Job seekers are leading the way when it comes to mobile adoption; a recent survey showed 70% of all candidates, including 65% of those already employed, reported using their mobile devices to search for job opportunities, citing convenience and availability as their most common reasons. Employers have struggled to adopt and execute mobile recruiting strategies. Browser incompatibility with recruiting software, difficulty capturing applicant information, and poor candidate experience are just a few of their challenges.
With Talemetry, employers can turn the ATS they already have into a mobile recruiting platform that candidates can really use, making recruiters more effective and efficient to decrease time-to-fill and cost-per-hire.
In this webinar, you will learn how Talemetry can help:
- Create mobile-friendly career sites with consistent brand environment and user experience across devices
- Enable applicants to apply for jobs directly from their mobile devices using their LinkedIn profiles, increasing applicant flow and improving talent pipeline
- Reach more candidates faster in real time
- Provide a scalable platform that integrates with your enterprise applicant tracking system
website: www.talemetry.com
blog: www.talemetrytoday.com
How to Transfer Your Company From an Outsourced Recruiting Model to Direct So...Talemetry
View the webinar recording: http://talemetry.com/resources/webinars/how-to-transform-your-company-from-an-outsourced-recruiting-model-to-direct-sourcing/
In these tough economic times, all organizational costs are being scrutinized, including the cost of recruiting. Unfortunately, the two most widely used methods for finding and attracting talent also happen to be the most costly; recruiting agencies and job advertising.
Many leading organizations have begun to shift away from these traditional, costly methods in favor of a direct sourcing model, where in-house recruiting teams proactively identify top talent, build relationships, and promote open jobs to them. Not only does direct sourcing reduce costs, it is also shown to reduce time-to-hire and increase quality of hire.
This presentation will highlight the key strategies and technologies required to support shifting to a direct sourcing model.
You'll learn:
- The benefits of direct sourcing over the use of traditional recruiting agencies or job advertisements
- The key strategies and technologies required for direct sourcing
- How a talent generation solution like Talemetry can support your direct sourcing initiative
website: www.talemetry.com
blog: www.talemetrytoday.com
Taboo Topics in Employer Brand: Afterthoughts and ImplicationsKyle Lagunas
When we – as an industry and as practitioners – talk about best practices for employer brand, we tend to dwell on the feel-good side of things: better candidate experience, more brand ambassadors, improved employee engagement. But what if the secret to improving your employer brand actually lies in the practices and processes that we try to avoid, because they feel taboo?
In this exclusive #SmartTalkHR webinar with Kyle Lagunas, Principal Analyst at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, we’ll discuss the implications of making the taboo an afterthought, including:
Organizational Transparency
Relocation Practices
Performance Expectations
Outplacement Resources
He’ll also discuss how you can take proactive steps to improve your employer brand around these processes and events, so make sure to reserve your seat.
Future Focus successfully managed the careers of over 1200 Consultants. These Consultants fall under various IT Technical and Functional categories like ERP, CRM, Web Technologies, Open Systems, and Mainframes, etc. By virtue of being a niche-player in the IT Technical Consulting services business for almost a decade, we are able to attract & retain exceptional quality & volume of technical talent.
Over 12 years in IT Consulting has provided a very stable platform for the organization's metamorphosis from an almost pure-play IT HR service provider to the next level in value services, viz. End User Services.
70% of Candidates Use Mobile Devices to Search for Jobs… Will They Find Yours?Talemetry
View the webinar recording: http://talemetry.com/resources/webinars/70-of-candidates-use-mobile-devices-to-search-for-jobs-will-they-find-yours/
Job seekers are leading the way when it comes to mobile adoption; a recent survey showed 70% of all candidates, including 65% of those already employed, reported using their mobile devices to search for job opportunities, citing convenience and availability as their most common reasons. Employers have struggled to adopt and execute mobile recruiting strategies. Browser incompatibility with recruiting software, difficulty capturing applicant information, and poor candidate experience are just a few of their challenges.
With Talemetry, employers can turn the ATS they already have into a mobile recruiting platform that candidates can really use, making recruiters more effective and efficient to decrease time-to-fill and cost-per-hire.
In this webinar, you will learn how Talemetry can help:
- Create mobile-friendly career sites with consistent brand environment and user experience across devices
- Enable applicants to apply for jobs directly from their mobile devices using their LinkedIn profiles, increasing applicant flow and improving talent pipeline
- Reach more candidates faster in real time
- Provide a scalable platform that integrates with your enterprise applicant tracking system
website: www.talemetry.com
blog: www.talemetrytoday.com
How to Transfer Your Company From an Outsourced Recruiting Model to Direct So...Talemetry
View the webinar recording: http://talemetry.com/resources/webinars/how-to-transform-your-company-from-an-outsourced-recruiting-model-to-direct-sourcing/
In these tough economic times, all organizational costs are being scrutinized, including the cost of recruiting. Unfortunately, the two most widely used methods for finding and attracting talent also happen to be the most costly; recruiting agencies and job advertising.
Many leading organizations have begun to shift away from these traditional, costly methods in favor of a direct sourcing model, where in-house recruiting teams proactively identify top talent, build relationships, and promote open jobs to them. Not only does direct sourcing reduce costs, it is also shown to reduce time-to-hire and increase quality of hire.
This presentation will highlight the key strategies and technologies required to support shifting to a direct sourcing model.
You'll learn:
- The benefits of direct sourcing over the use of traditional recruiting agencies or job advertisements
- The key strategies and technologies required for direct sourcing
- How a talent generation solution like Talemetry can support your direct sourcing initiative
website: www.talemetry.com
blog: www.talemetrytoday.com
• Holding 5+yrs experience as Talent Acquisition experience in IT & somehow Non IT Recruitment.
• Hands-on with Dice, LinkedIn, Monster, Naukri, Google Search, Indeed, Boolean search
Deep Sidhu - US IT STAFFING - Recruitment Manager / Recruitment lead / Recrui...Deepinderjit Sidhu
US IT STAFFING - Recruitment Manager / Recruitment lead / IT Recruiter / US Technical Recruiter / Technical resource specalist (US STaffing and Consulting - Chandigarh)
Sourcing through Google Search Engine, X Ray search, Peeling back Search, Portals & different Tech groups, Linkedin,Face book (Using Intel tech for Facebook search) , Twitter ..etc
Unconventional sourcing methodologies:
GitHub & StackOverflow in tech roles | Quora for senior roles.|
Organized various tech talks & Hackathons.
Work extensively through TopCoder, CodeChef & FPOJ..Etc
Used various chrome extensions for finding the candidates & contacts. Also use various websites to find contacts like Source talent.com .
1. Aaron Felts
Royal Lane and Central Expressway
Dallas, Texas 75230
469-441-1065
afelts@hotmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwfelts
Talent Acquisition Recruiter - Contractor
Certified Linkedin Recruiter Expert (Issued by Linkedin University)
Currently 29,200+ 1st
Tier Linkedin connections
Proficient using ATS systems including Taleo, HRSmart, PC Recruiter (PCR),
RTS, etc.
20+ years’ experience as a Social Media savvy IT and Telecom Recruiter
Comfortable recruiting professionals who are currently at the “C” level
Specialize in both Behavioral Based Interview process and passive candidate
networking
Have worked with proprietary software and am flexible with the learning of new
software
Expertise in mid-level technical “hands-on” professional recruiting for IT
Proficient in using Linkedin, referral-based networking, “cold calling” and other
online and traditional recruiting techniques
Focus on SAP Supply Chain (functionality of Enterprise Resource Planning –
(ERP) Recruiting
Capable of researching individuals’ hidden skillsets and industry tends to identify
“hunting” grounds for future requirements
Computer Skills
PC Recruiter, Taleo, HRSmart, RTS, PeopleSoft, MaxHire, and other Applicant Tracking Systems
(ATS), MS Office Suite
Corporate Contract and Agency Recruiting Experience
CDI 03/2014 – 11/2014
Sr. Recruiter ERP
Serving as a dedicated IBM IT Recruiter on the Contract side. Hired primarily to recruit SAP and
other ERP talent) Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, etc.
SAP skills recruited have included (specifically at this job):
ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS, BI/BW, Business Objects, CRM, CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM,
GTM, GTS, HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, MM, NetWeaver, PM, Portal, PP, QA, HANA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM,
SD,
Security, and Solution Manager.
2. Also have recruited for a high number of Oracle DBA jobs and a collection of Cisco, Microsoft, and
Java
Related technology jobs as needed.
Consistently maintained 12+ assigned jobs at any one time.
Salinas and Associates, Addison, Texas06/2013 – 03/2014
Recruit IT, Telecom and Healthcare professionals.
Utilize Linkedin Recruiter extensively to recruit active and passive candidates.
Recruit Cisco Networking Professionals, SAP Functional Analysts
Kenexa (an IBM Company), Frisco, Texas03/2013 – 05/2013
Contract Corporate IT Recruiter
Proactively recruited Senior IT Professionals using Taleo ATS
Filled 20+ senior jobs nationwide for the United Health Group division in 3
months. Skills recruited for included Cisco, Java, NET, SAP Supply Chain, Pega, Ruby on
Rails, etc.
Buchanan Technologies, Grand Prairie, Texas 12/2012 – 03/2013
Contract Corporate IT Recruiter
Recruited IT professionals across a broad spectrum of skillsets (Microsoft
Developers, SAP Professionals, Cisco Network Engineers and Oracle Applications
Functional Analysts
Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas 07/2012 – 10/2012
Contract Corporate IT and Healthcare Recruiter
Proactive Sourcer for IT, HIM, and other Healthcare professionals
Served on a mission critical project to reduce backload of unreviewed applications
from 30,000 to less than 1,000
NEC America, Irving, Texas 10/2011 – 03/2012
Contract Corporate IT and Telecom Recruiter
Recruited Cisco Network and Telecom Engineers, C-Level, Microsoft and other IT
professionals, sourced and placed CCIE’s (R&S, Security, Voice)
Utilized “LinkedIn Recruiter” and networking to acquire top-notch talent
Trained on and utilized HR Smart as the Applicant Tracking System
Dell Corporation, Plano, Texas 07/2011 – 10/2011
Contract Corporate IT Recruiter
Proactively recruited Cisco, Juniper and Brocade Pre/Post Sales Engineers, Account
Executives and C-Level Talent. Responsible for evaluating Sales production of candidates
vs. quotas.
Responsible on a team of 4 for placing 25 Sales and Pre/Post Sales professionals into
a newly acquired company by Dell Corporation.in 3 months.
Prepared “Candidate Bios” for each candidate which detailed their Sales experience,
billing numbers and production numbers.
Trained with and utilized Taleo as the Applicant Tracking System
3. Trained on Non-Solicitation Legal Agreements and Diversity Guidelines
Staffing Experience:
Glow Networks, Richardson, Texas 03/2011 – 07/2011
Contract Corporate IT and Telecom Recruiter
Proactively developed one-on-one relationships with internal customers and
collaborated with 10+ internal hiring managers, 6 facilities and over 30 open requisitions
at any given time
Recruited Cisco Networking Engineers and RF Engineers
“Rescued” a top-tier 11-year client relationship, which was threatened with dissolution and
downgraded to 2nd
Tier Vendor status, to a 1st
Tier Vendor status
Accomplished Requests for Personnel (RFP) internal hiring documentation package
development for new hires and transfer of staff from one department to another
Closed the largest deal in company history (a CCIE for internal placement which
will produce over $200K net profit in the following 2 years)
Robert Half International 01/2010 – 08/2010
IT Recruiter
Recruited IT, C-Level (CIO, CFO, COO) and other professionals for VMS-based
recruiting within RHI’s Major Accounts Division Concentrated on QA Testers, SAN
Storage professionals, technical and functional ERP (Oracle & SAP Supply Chain),
Developers, & DBA’s Performed some submittals on Account Temps and Office Temps
job orders as well
Identified candidates through Social Media, Google, Referral-based, and traditional
online recruiting techniques
Generated and passed along 25+ leads on new clients/job orders resulting in many new
listings
Conducted ongoing LinkedIn Training to existing and new staff
Recruiter / Account Executive 09/2008 – 08/2009
Three Pillar Corp, Bedford, Texas
“Full-desk” recruiting and New Business Development for contract and direct
professionals
Generated 7 IT, Engineering (Manufacturing, Civil and Pipeline Engineers),
Accounting / Finance, Office Temps, and Healthcare clients to include job orders and
submittals utilizing cold-calling techniques
Submitted over 200 candidates resulting in 50+ sendouts resulting in 10+ “perm”
deals and 7 contract deals with a markup average of 25%
Technical Resource Group 05/1998 – 09/2008
IT Recruiter/Account Manager
Utilized all online recruiting and advertising tools Created position descriptions to
target desired audience for TRG’s clients Managed company-wide resume responses from
ads
4. Averaged 3+ deals per month and once placed 7 candidates in a month Averaged
16+ recruits monthly with 50+ submittals with an average of 15 onsite interviews per
month
Worked on national and local hiring needs for multiple consulting jobs; C-Level
(CIO, CFO, COO), SAP, Oracle, Cognos, QA Testers, SAN Storage, PeopleSoft, CRM, BI,
DW, Java)
SAP orders worked on included; ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS,
BI/BW, BusinessObjects, CRM, CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM, GTM, GTS,
HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, IPC, ISA, LES, MDM, MI, MM, NetWeaver, PY, PLM, PM, Portal,
PP, QA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM, SD, Security, Solution Manager, SOX, SRM, TM, TPM,
TPVS, TR, VC, WD, WFM, WM & Workflow
Rewarded with two paid vacations to Lake Tahoe for consistently exceeding
production goals
Recruiting efforts concentrated on professionals such as Application Developers,
Web Developer/Designers, Database Developers, Database Administrators, Business
Intelligence, Quality Assurance, and Network Infrastructure Specialists
Other skills I have recruited for in my career include but are not limited to: Java, J2EE, Cognos,
C++, C#/NET, Sharepoint, Biztalk, Datastage ETL / PX Architects/Developers, Unix (AIX, Sun,
HP, Linux, etc), Ab Initio, Microstrategy, Quality Stage, Informatica, Data Warehouse
Architects/Developers, DBAs, Oracle Apps, PeopleSoft Financials and HRMS, Kronos, Maximo,
Mercury Suite, and more
Certified LinkedIn Recruiter Expert (issued by Linkedin University)
Education: Bachelor of Science, Political Science/History, East Texas State University
Certification: HR Introduction Certificate, Collin County Community College, 2011
Certified ToastMaster (CTM), Oration Plus ToastMaster’s Club 2005
DFW ToastMaster’s Area 25 Rookie of the Year 2005