James Gonsler

Experience

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  Sirco

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  Technical Recruiter

  I was responsible for locating qualified I.T. professionals, interview and place them into local positions on contract or contract to hire.

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  American SCI/Ajilon

  Mar 1994 - Feb 1998

  Senior Technical Recruiter

  Sourced qualified candidates to contract for I.T., and automotive systems engineering for O.E.M. companies like Ford, Daimler Chrysler and General Motors and large area tier one companies. Utilized advertisements, trade fairs, database searches, employee referrals and cold call methods to attract candidates.Most frequent openings consisted of the following: Unix Administrators, Systems Analysts, Programmers, Technical Writers and Software Engineers.Performed follow-up debriefing and reference checks before client interviews, and responsible for closing candidates on all job offers.Desktop: MS Office (Word, Excel, MS Outlook). Show less

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  Phoenix Consulting, Inc.

  May 1998 - Apr 2002

  Marketing and Recruiting Manager

  Responsible for developing new clients in the information technology industry and maintaining existing ones. Performed presentations to clients, explaining costs and benefits of using data processing contract and direct placement services.Wrote and placed internet and newspaper advertisements to attract applicants.Utilized database, internet searches along with referrals and cold calling to generate qualified candidates.Scheduled and conducted interviews to screen and qualify selected candidates for client interviews.Desktop: MS Office (Word, Excel, MS Outlook) Show less

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  University of Phoenix

  Oct 2002 - Jan 2006

  Business Development Specialist

  Prospect, build and nurture relationships with human resource representatives in area corporations including; manufacturing, healthcare, retail and governmental organizations to convince them of the need for undergraduate and graduate degrees in their work force.

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  Custom Business Solutions

  Sept 2007 - Aug 2008

  Recruiter

  Sourcing experienced financial and accounting candidates using Recruitmax Textron database, CareerBuilder, Monster.com and networking activities.Conduct phone screen interviews on candidates to determine if a face-to-face interview is necessary. Establish networking connections with organizations like Commercial Finance Association, and the Turnaround Management Association.

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  Northwestern Technological Institute

  Feb 2009 - Jun 2010

  Admissions Advisor

  Responsible for contacting leads of interested students received from advertising sources such as TV, radio, internet, Yellow Pages, newspaper and student referrals.Responsible for interviewing, presenting Northwestern Tech and enrolling students into our vocational school for Heating and cooling tradesDesktop: MS Office 2003 (Outlook, Word, Excel).

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  Talascend

  Jan 2011 - Nov 2011

  Technical Recruiter

  Technical Recruiter (Engineering)Performed full-cycle recruiting activities to fill contract and direct designer, engineer, and some I.T. positions.Responsible for sourcing both new and existing candidates, performing pre-screening, information gathering and documenting, relationship building, and negotiating the closing terms of job offer acceptances and recording all new starts. Used the following recruiting tools to locate qualified candidates: Web-based Internal Database, job board searches or postings to CareerBuilder, Monster, and Michworks, use of social media like Linked-In, and Twitter, employee referrals, cold calling and area Career Fairs.Consistently averaged a total of 1-2 placements per month, 16 to date.Desktop: MS Office 2007 (Outlook, Word, Excel), Bull Horn Web DB Show less

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  BFY Stores

  Jan 2012 - now

  Self Employed