
Timeline
About me
Recruiting Professional/Manager/JROTC Instructor
Education

Us army cadet command
2019 - 2019Certification army jrotc/rotc instructor courseInstructor qualification to teach JROTC curriculum subjects that include CTE, Leadership, Citizenship, Military History, and life skills.

New horizons computer learning
2015 - 2015Certificate of completion it securityCompTIA Network +, Security +, Linux +, and CASP training.Cisco CCENT, CCNA TrainingVM ware TrainingCertified Ethical Hacker Training

Rice aviation (houston community college systems)
1985 - 1987A & p license aviaiton maintenance 3.0Activities and Societies: FAA Certificate A & P License is current

Excelsior college
1999 - 2000Bachelor of science (bs) liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
Experience

U.s. army
Jun 1993 - Oct 1996Recruiter• Achieved coveted “Recruiter Ring” award in an unprecedented 3 year period in the difficult Clear Lake area and awarded the “Top New recruiter” and the “Top” recruiter for several quarters. • Lee Dubois certified trainer who trained over 100 personnel in the Houston region and received numerous commendations for exceeding quarterly goals. • Accomplished any mission despite any adverse external condition. Accomplished 75% of the office’s upper mental category goals. • Skilled energetic trainer who fosters a strong will to succeed among those who were trained. Mentored several new employees to consistently be top producers for the company.• Exceeded annual goals by marketing, identifying strengths and weakness in recruiting techniques, targeting most effective markets, targeted area canvas to obtain new applicants, developing clients through networking, and new strategies to exceed monthly performance. • Sales techniques, closing, marketing, prospecting, interviewing, area canvassing, job fairs, evaluating, networking, college recruitment, presentations, microsoft applications (excel, powerpoint, word, outlook), training and development. Show less

Us army
Oct 1996 - Aug 2000Military intelligence operations manager• Created Korean Language library from scratch by providing over 2 million dollars in training support, acquired Language reading materials for over 15 Languages,12 Listening devices and equipment that improved language proficiency by 100%. • Trained and developed training plans for several projects that included weapons qualifications, communication equipment training, and career management development programs that improved employee morale and retention rate by 50%. • Special projects supervisor for the 500 employee organization by creating, developing and implementing new plans to improve employee efficiency in job performance, military skills and overall career enhancement.• Trained supervisors in military intelligence reporting, encryption, translation, combat tactics, security operations, convoy operations, project management, communication network, and top secret operations. • Communications equipment, intelligence equipment, encryption techniques, morse code, foreign language translation, transcription, observation techniques, concealment techniques, working in secure networks, intelligence reporting and analysis. Show less

Texas army national guard recruiting and retention
Aug 2000 - Aug 2013• Increased production of struggling performers by 40% utilizing proven prospecting methods, teaching closing technics, improving time management skills, showing networking techniques, and identifying market saturation areas.• Team oriented, mission driven, divergent thinker with over 500 hours of fortune 500 recruiting and sales management training eager to problem solve challenging projects. • Trained in Executive management, Human behavior management, Career counseling, and Career management for a world wide organization.• Trained Area Managers in marketing, identifying strengths and weakness in recruiting techniques, target markets, area canvas, developing clients through networking, and strategies in achieving annual goals. • Sales techniques, closing, marketing, interviewing, managing, evaluating,job fairs, microsoft applications (excel, powerpoint, word, outlook), background investigations.• Presentations, briefings, networking, community outreach, platform instruction, time management, training and development, platform instruction.• Established standards monitored and evaluated assigned recruiters and supervisors to increase production up to 50 percent on struggling recruiting areas. • Increased production in targeted areas by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of personnel and competitors to allow several recruiting teams to achieve Top 5 percent of all recruiting teams in the state.• Regained up to 15 percent market share by realigning assigned recruiters and supervisors to market areas lacking production while visiting with all companies to attain 100% of regions retention goals.• Provided administrative guidance and technical support to over 300 assigned employees to streamline effectiveness of administrative results.• Trained Area Managers in marketing, identifying strengths and weakness in recruiting techniques, target markets, area canvas, developing clients through networking, and strategies in achieving annual goals. Show less • Performed training for over 200 employees concerning recruiting operations, enlistment packet preparation, and shipping to training operations that increase packet proficiency by 30 percent. • Managed operation standards, monitored and evaluated guidance counselor’s effectiveness for packet preparation, school reservation procedures, I-9 verification, and customer service skills. • Streamlined enlistment operations to increase enlistment rate from 8 per day to 15 per day.• Awarded Top Military Entrance Processing Station for the state 3 times.• Provided poignant recommendations to Recruiting Area Managers to achieve assigned recruiting goals.• Trained Area Managers in packet preparation, recruiter trends, uncovering disqualifications, researching training seats via Keystone system, submitting exception to policy medical waivers, and increasing Military Entrance Processing station success.• Packet review, reserving training seats for all applicants, conduct medical, moral, and mental screening to ensure job descriptions qualifications are met, microsoft applications (excel, powerpoint, word, outlook), training and development. Show less • Conducted area canvassing and telephone prospecting to find prospects, referrals and leads to successfully achieve yearly goals. • Pre-qualified referrals, prospects, leads and current members to determine eligibility for enlistment.• Maintained a 3 to 1 closing ratio and above a 95 percent enlistment shipping rate above the Army National Guard standard of 90 percent.• Accomplished a 100 percent retain rate as company Retention Supervisor.• Exceeded annual goals by marketing, identifying strengths and weakness in recruiting techniques, targeting most effective markets, targeted area canvas to obtain new applicants, developing clients through networking, and new strategies to exceed monthly performance. • Sales techniques, closing, marketing, prospecting, interviewing, area canvassing, job fairs, evaluating, networking, college recruitment, presentations, microsoft applications (excel, powerpoint, word, outlook), training and development. Show less
Houston Area Manager/Talent Acquisition
Apr 2006 - Aug 2013Senior Military Guidance Counselor/Background investigations
Aug 2004 - Oct 2006Technical Recruiter/Military Intelligence Manager
Aug 2000 - Sept 2004

National guard job connection education program - houston
Sept 2013 - Apr 2015Training & development specialist/veterans outreach counselor/full cycle recruiting• Job placement assistance to National Guardsman, Reservist, Veterans and their spouses by enhancing participants’ abilities to obtain and retain meaningful employment.• Providing resume review, application assistance, mock interviews, education options, special classes. • Thorough assessment of skills, knowledge, abilities and relevant experience. • Job connection with potential employers through company recruiters, HR managers, Talent Acquisition coordinators, and Hiring Managers. • Assist participants identify aptitudes and abilities honed in the military, arrive at a plan for transferring them to a civilian job setting, and assist program participants in understanding and mastering key job-search resources and services for optimal job placement. • Full cycle recruiting operations by organizing, coordinating, inviting employers, and veteran outreach program representative to Job Connection Education Program participant's through hiring events.• Networking and connecting with employer's recruiting representatives to our participants by attending luncheons, conducting presentations to National Guard members, Reservist, and Veteran organizations. • Develop partnerships with state and local agencies, such as Workforce Commissions, Job Centers, and Community Colleges, as a complementary resource that helps participants seek and secure gainful employment.• Inform Guardsman, Reservists, Veterans, and their spouses of veteran outreach resources that can provide financial, employment, and social assistance.• Resume writing, resume reviews, one on one counseling, mock interviews, employer outreach, and business to business networking, linked in workshops.• Technical recruiting, IT recruiting, Oil and Gas, Construction, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail, and Aviation Show less

Osca occupational safety councils of america
Apr 2015 - Jun 2016Recruiting manager/military outreach• Developed, designed, and maintained the recruitment process in the organization (including its description, recruitment measurement definitions, regular measurement reporting, taking proper actions to close gaps)• Designed the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source• Explored the market best practices in the recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices in the organization• Built a quality relationship with the owners, contractors, business managers, veteran service organization representatives, and veterans within the petro-chemical industry.• Monitored and constantly reduces the costs of the recruitment process while maintaining employer personnel needs.• Set the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization.• Conducted job interviews for the recruiter job positions, and safety positions. • Monitored the labor legislation and implements required changes to keep the process compliant• Managed and developed the team of HR Recruiters.• Acted as a single point of contact for managers regarding recruitment topics.• Designed training recruitment for HR Recruiters and line managers.• Recruitment Management, Business planning, Time card Management, Recruiter evaluations, Recruiter Training and Development, Business Negotiations, Presentations, Networking Show less

Clear creek independent school district
Jul 2016 - now• Developed strong partnership with community leaders, School District Administrators, JROTC Instructors, ROTC Instructors, government, state and local agencies to conduct JROTC after school activities while maintaining a “presence” in the community for volunteerism• Collaborated with Universities, Community Colleges, primary and secondary schools to provide support to their major events such as Veterans Day Ceremonies, State Championships, Marathons, School Proms, graduations, and University Student Conferred “inductions”• Maintained records for over 100 cadets per year utilizing a JROTC Unit Management system (JUMS) that recorded the cadet’s awards, physical fitness scores, promotions, volunteer hours, training received, competition team participation, clothing inventory, behavioral assessment, other school activities, GPA, assessment tests, SAT, ACT, graduation plans.• Created, planned, and executed over 120 hours of classroom lessons and activities through the school district’s “its learning” application system which allows students to review lessons, understand the daily activities, timelines of major projects, and take examinations• Provide JROTC students with appropriate learning experiences designed to develop and enhance their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth.• Coached cadets to create and maintain “Operation orders”, training schedules, logistic monthly inventories, and after-school activities practice schedules while preparing teams to compete in local and state competitions.• Ordered JROTC supplies, Office supplies, and after-school activity equipment worth over One million dollars. • Primary liaison for community outreach, school collaboration activities, and competition team events. • Maintained the highest designation of Honor Unit with Distinction ranking in the last two JPA (JROTC Program Accreditation) inspections• Taught Resume writing to over one hundred students per year Show less • Leadership Development Corps Instructor - 108 hour Core Curriculum instruction. Lesson Planning, Mentoring, Coaching, and Career Development. Advise community service projects, and service learning development. Organization and Planning, Marketing, Business Management, Logistics, and Financial planning. Platform instruction, Small Group Instruction, Forecasting, and Leadership development. • Health and Fitness, CPR/First Aid/AED, Financial Planning, Preparation for College, Understanding the job market, Resume writing, Military History, U.S. History, Use and effects of Drugs, Alcohol, and substances, Geography and Earth Science, • Coach, train, and evaluate High School and Intermediate School students in various activities that include: Archery, Air Rifle, Armed Drill, Unarmed Drill, Color Guard, Honor Guard, Physical fitness, Ranger swim, Orienteering, and traditional sports while developing leadership execution and analysis.• Educate cadets on whole life concept of leadership. Mentor students to understand human behavioral concepts, theory of multiple intelligence learning process, human habits, effective communication through understanding the 5 barriers of communication and the 9 effective communication skills. Show less
JROTC Army Instructor
Jul 2017 - nowSenior Army Instructor
Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
Licenses & Certifications

Japanese linguist
Us army, defense language institute
Korean linguist
Us army, defense language institute
Life coach
Life coachFeb 2015
Eeo
Us army
Jrotc instructor certification
Us armyJun 2016
Small group instructor
Us army
Logistics course certification
Us armyApr 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONTop Area Manager for the state State of Texas Recruiting Battalion Oct 2010 Selected as one of Top 5 producing Area Managers in the State. Selected as one of five Regional Managers in the state.
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONSenior executive course Department of the Army schools Jun 2010 Exceptional Team building skills within the senior leadership group. Superior performance ratings in presentation skills, leaderships abilities, and tactical and strategic operations.
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONTop Recruiter State of Texas Dec 2006 Top Master Badge of the quarter for multiple quarters from 2006 through 2007.
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONTop Guidance Counselor of the Quarter State of Texas Recruiting Battalion Dec 2005 Voted as Top Guidance Counselor in 2005 1st Quarter.
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONSuperior performance award (Top 5) Department of Army Feb 1998 Korean Language Course Superior performance award, Voice Interception and Encryption superior supervisor trainer award. Recognized for training superior performance military intelligence teams and outstanding intelligence operation teams.
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONTop Recruiter U.S. Army Houston Recruiting Battalion Sep 1994 Top New Recruiter Award 1994, Top Recruiter of the quarter for numerous quarters in 1994 through 1996. Achieved coveted "Recruiter Ring" award.
- Awarded to Thomas Sotsuda - LIONHonor graduate Department of the Army School Jun 1988 Honor graduate (Number 2 in class rankings), Primary Leadership Training Commandant's list (Top 10 percent graduate). Basic Supervisor leadership Course Commandant's list (Top 10 percent graduate).
Volunteer Experience
Veteran Service Representative
Issued by Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR)
Associated with Thomas Sotsuda - LIONhome building
Issued by Extreme home makeover Kemah on Feb 2010
Associated with Thomas Sotsuda - LIONVolunteer
Issued by Clear Lake High School on Aug 2008
Associated with Thomas Sotsuda - LIONMilitary Outreach
Issued by Employment Support of the Guard and Reserve on Oct 2015
Associated with Thomas Sotsuda - LIONLegionnaire
Issued by American Legion Auxiliary Post 490 on Jun 2014
Associated with Thomas Sotsuda - LIONvolunteer toy setup & toy wrapping
Issued by Operation Homefront on Dec 2011
Associated with Thomas Sotsuda - LION
Languages
- jaJapanese
- koKorean
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