Shawn Allen

Port Charlotte, FL
Home Phone: 941-286-5932
Email: Shawn_Allen252001@yahoo.com

Senior Recruiter

QUALIFICAITION SUMMARY

Over 7 years of IT technical recruiting experience. Capable of bringing creativity

and results wherever engaged. Earned a reputation for establishing a trust
relationship with candidates, maintaining a strong client interaction, building an
effective HR team interface and creating a rapport with associate recruiters and
client hiring managers. Ability to flawlessly direct and expedite the hiring
process for all concerned.

SKILLS

 US National Recruiting
 Full Desk Recruiting
 Sourcing Process for Candidates (Active & Passive)
 Patient Listener, Self Motivator and Excellent Team Player
 High Volume Recruiting
 ATS Experience
 RPO Experience
 Client Development
 Time Sensitive Recruiting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Capital Markets Placement

Contract Recruiter October 2010 to Present

Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed

candidates for assigned requisitions.

Contract recruiter supporting the following industries;

 IT Technology
 Financial Services
 Government/DOD
 Media/Digital
Client’s Supported: JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Deutsche
Bank, Barclays Capital, REI Systems, TV Guide online, NBC Universal, BET,
Appnexus, Acumen Solutions, IEEE, Shutterfly, Shutterstock, and Conde Nast

TalentEze
Sr. Technical Recruiter Jan 2009 to Sept 2010

Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed

candidates for assigned requisitions.

Contract recruiter supporting the following industries;

 IT Technology
 Financial Services
 Healthcare
 Government/DOD
 Engineering
 Manufacturing
 Energy

Clients Supported: AT&T, Bayer, Pratt & Whitney, Harris Corporation, Hamilton
Sundstrand, ITT, Wells Fargo, Dollar General, Wilber Smith, Wal-Mart, Apex
Systems, Genentech, Royal Cruise Lines

Application Engineering Group

Sr. Technical Recruiter Sept 2008 to Jan 2009

Contract recruiter supporting AEG open req’s. In less than 3 weeks, delivered
an average client submittal rate of 2.17 submittals per day; fully qualified
candidates.

 Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed

candidates for assigned requisitions.
 Gather detailed job specification, including salary range, delineated
experience levels in multiple areas of IT technology.
 Generated sales leads via Internet (data mining) and networking.
 Highly skilled at sourcing and recruiting both active and passive candidates
through networking, referrals, internal databases, networking events, and job
boards.
 Drove the hiring process in a high-volume / time-sensitive environment,
working directly with hiring managers for all of AEG’s clients as well as
managing candidates through the process to have them placed on
assignments.
 Exceptionally skillful at negotiating and influencing salaries and rates to meet
client needs.
 Strong ability to qualify, screen, and schedule interviews for candidates.
 Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain strong
rapport with candidates and clients quickly and effectively.
 Intense motivation and drive to achieve the top ranks of recruiting success.
 Strong leadership capabilities, such as the power to advise, mentor,
influence, support, and motivate others.
 Negotiated salaries, checked references, presented verbal offers of
employment to selected candidates.

Client’s Supported: Anheuser Busch/Inbev, Washington University, Brown

Shoe Corporation, Solutia, Enterprise Rental, Sigma, BJC (Barnes Jewish
Hospital)

TRG Inc.
Sr. Technical Recruiter Nov 2006 to Oct 2007

Senior lead recruiter supporting multiple clients and recruiting engagements.

 Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed

candidates for assigned requisitions.
 Multiple skill set recruiting knowledge and experience
 Responsible for the complete cycle of recruiting, including building pipeline of
candidates, prescreening, interviewing, and selection process
 Developed and established new corporate clients
 Generated sales leads via Internet (data mining) and networking.
 Negotiated salaries, checked references, presented verbal offers of
employment to selected candidates.

Allenetics Executive Search

Sr. Technical Recruiter June 2002 to Nov 2006

Team lead supporting Computer Sciences Corp. multiple business verticals.

 Team lead responsibilities; 3 junior recruiters

 Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated and closed
candidates for assigned requisitions.
 Responsible for mentoring and providing on-going training and support for
new recruiters and serve as a resource for learning and navigating AES
Employee Redeployment and SmartStaffing processes for our clients.
 Generated sales leads via Internet (data mining) and networking.
 Negotiated salaries, checked references, presented verbal offers of
employment to selected candidates.
 EDUCATION

High School Diploma

Continuing/ongoing education 2005- Present