Recruiter/Sourcer with more than 10 years of success in identification and placement of difficult to find talent. This experience covers multiple industries.

1. MICHAEL A. NICKOLS, M.ED
708/275-5388
Theman.nickols@gmail.com
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
 10 years of full cycle recruiting/talent acquisition providing candidates from middle to senior
management in Engineering, Finance, Sales, Legal, Investment, Accounting, Audit, IT, Technical, Human
Resources,Operations, Manufacturing, Marketing, Supply Chain and Insurance industry professionals
 10 years placement of difficult to fill legal, financial, IT, telecom, engineering, sales executives,
marketing, and manufacturing positions
 10 years of experience in direct sourcing, policy, government compliance, diversity, affirmative action,
employee relations, talent management, coaching, counseling, advisory, client relations and human
resources management
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 PROJECT STAFFING FOCUS. High volume executive, financial, engineering, and technical
placement with an average staffing load of up to 50+ requisitions. Annual placement of up to 200+
difficult to fill geographically dispersed positions filled remotely. Budget responsibilities up to $30
million annually.
 STAFFING ASSIGNMENTS. RegionalAssistant V.P. Sales,Regional V.P. Sales,Training Director,
Marketing Director, Recruiting Director, Investment Specialist, Compliance Director, Director of
Operations, Manager-Operations,Field Sales Director, Regional Director Middle Market, Audit Senior
Manager,Audit Director, Assistant V.P. Audit, Director Communications, Sr. Actuarial Manager,Sr.
Counsel, Portfolio Relationship Manager, R& D Manager,Chief Technology Officer, Help Desk
Administrator, System Administrator, Web Designer, Desktop Administrator, Software Technology
Engineer, Director Technology, System & Data Analyst, Security Administrator, Sr. Chemist, Color
Scientist, IT Audit Managers, Iseries Team Lead,Test Lead, Storage Administrator, Industry Solutions
Architect, Tape Operator,Telecommunications Network Engineer, Senior Security/SAP Basic
Administrator, Unix Program Manager,Linus Engineer, Business Intelligence Analyst, Sr. SAN
Engineer, Sales Engineer, Mechanical Engineers, and HP/Unix Administrator.
 ACHIEVEMENTS. Managed 95% of assigned open jobs requiring cold calling during the past 5 years.
Frequently applauded by senior managers for accomplishments in identifying qualified candidates to
fill difficult to find for positions. Average time to fill under 45 days.
 RECRUITING/STAFFING. Provided recruitment services for insurance, manufacturing, retail,
telecommunications, financial, not for profit, government, aerospace,and technology industries for
companies including Comcast Business, Bosch, MetLife, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase,EMC,
Microsoft, 180 Connect/Ironwood Communications, BP,Komatsu, Acxiom, Honeywell (United Oil
Products), General Board of Pension/UMC, Avery Dennison, Vought Aircraft, Arlington Resources,etc.
Supplied a diverse candidate pool for full cycle recruitment of candidates to fill positions from entry level
through senior management.
 TECHNOLOGY. Familiarity with MyRecruit/SAP, Ceridian, PeopleFluent(PeopleClick), ProveIT,
VirtualEdge, MaxHire, BrassRing, eRecruit(PeopleSoft), TalentHook and other applicant tracking
systems that may or may not be used for affirmative action and OFCCP compliance.
EXPERIENCE
Comcast Business West 12/2014 – 12/2015
DIVISION SOURCING RECRUITER (Contract)
 Managed recruitment and sourced candidates using direct sourcing, internet, networking, and referralfor
difficult to fill Sales, Financial, Executive, Engineering, and Marketing positions.
Bosch
DIVISIONAL RECRUITER (Contract) 3/2012 – 12/2014
(Bosch Packaging Technology, Bosch ThermoTechnology, Bosch Diesel Systems, Bosch Gasoline Systems,
Bosch Software Innovations)
 Managed severalregional hiring campaigns along with sourced candidates for other regions.

2.  Exceeded annual hiring goal for 2013 and 2014 along with maintained an average time to fill of 40 days.
Sourced, recruited, and managed partner relationships (client, external vendors). Filled positions in
Finance, Engineering, R&D Logistics, Quality, Operations, Sales, IT, Management, Manufacturing,
Customer Service and Field Service. Assisted/Coached other team members on how to fill difficult
positions.
RANDSTAD 10/2005 – 1/2012
(Contract Assignments)
SENIOR RECRUITER/SENIORTECHNICAL RECRUITER
 Sourced candidates using direct sourcing, internet, networking, and referralfor difficult to fill IT, Sales,
Financial, Executive, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, and Technical openings for MetLife, Vought
(Triumph)Aircraft, BP,Acxiom, Komatsu, Honeywell(United Oil Products), JPMC,EMC, Deutsche
Bank and Ironwood Communications.
 Performed as the key contact for hiring managers and managed the recruitment process through hire for
mid-level to executive.
Executive Recruiter – MetLife 1/2010 – 1/2012
 Placement of Infrastructure positions within our financial services firms nationwide. These positions
included Recruiting Director, Marketing Director, Training Director, Sales Director, Investment
Specialist, Managing Associate, Managing Director, Managing Partner,Manager-Operations, and
Director Operations. FINRA licensing was required for some of these positions.
Technical Recruiter – Acxiom, Komatsu, JPMC, Honeywell,and EMC 5/2009 – 12/2009
 Full Life Cycle Recruitment for all levels of IT positions. These included: Help Desk Administrator,
System Administrator, Web Designer, Desktop Administrator, Software Technology Engineer, Director
Technology, System & Data Analyst, Security Administrator, Iseries Team Lead, Test Lead,Storage
Administrator, Industry Solutions Architect, Tape Operator, Telecommunications Network Engineer,
Senior Security/SAP Basic Administrator, Unix Program Manager,Linus Engineer, Business Intelligence
Analyst, Sr. SAN Engineer, Sales Engineer, Mechanical Engineers, and HP/Unix Administrator.
Sr. Technical Recruiter – Vought Aircraft (Triumph Aerostructures) 1/2008 – 4/2009
 Sourced and Recruited for Engineers, Managers,and managed third party vendor relationships.
Executive Recruiter – MetLife 12/2006 – 4/2008
 Executive level recruiting within financial and insurance industries. Recruitment included Director,
Assistant Vice President, and Vice President level candidates. Other recruitment has included Regional
Director Middle Market,Audit Senior Manager, Audit Director, Assistant V.P. Audit, Sr. Counsel.
Technical Recruiter- Avery Dennison 2/2007 – 6/2007
 Full Life Cycle Recruitment for Process Engineer, Color Scientist/Engineer, Sr. Chemist/Chemist,
Coating Operator, Buyer Planner, Financial Analyst, Maintenance Technician, Master Production
Scheduler, Strategic Account Director, EHS/Safety Engineering Lead,Project Management, Black Belt
Engineer (Six Sigma), Manager Internal Communications and R&D Manager.
Senior Recruiter – Clients: Ironwood Communications & Deutsche Bank 10/2005 – 11/2006
 Full life cycle recruitment for finance and telecom positions.
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh, Masters in Counseling
Slippery Rock University, Bachelors in Education
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
MS Windows, Excel, Access,PowerPoint, Visio, MyRecruit, Wanted Analytics, Ceridian,
PeopleFluent(PeopleClick), BrassRing, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Avature, eRecruit(PeopleSoft), iCIMs,
VirtualEdge, LinkedIn, Internet Savvy