AIRS (Advanced Internet Recruiting)

Essex Community College

U.S. Air Force Vet  -  Lead Technical Recruiter - DoD Programs & Proposals @Stellar Innovations & Solutions, Inc.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Stellar Innovations & Solutions, Inc. (SIS) is a DoD Federal defense contractor headquartered in Dayton, Ohio., minutes from Wright-Patterson AFB. SIS is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Disadvantaged Business and a registered ISO 9001:2008 corporation.SIS provides Professional Services & Information Technology Support to various Military & Federal client’s and is fast emerging as an innovator with a record of success in transforming customers' business operations.

Stellar Innovations & Solutions, Inc.

Lead Technical Recruiter - DoD Programs & Proposals

ACET, Inc. is an established technology company providing integrated products and solutions for Government Defense, Intelligence, and other Federal Agencies. ACET’s Intelligence Solutions serve as a pivotal player in the DoD, Federal Intelligence, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) communities. •	Lead Technical Recruiter for ACET's Intelligence & DoD Proposal divisions, which involves full-life cycle recruiting for clearances ranging from Secret through TS/SCI w/agency FSP for classified Military & Government programs.•	Recruited & hired TS/SCI w/FSP cleared Watch Operators for a classified Intelligence program.•	Successfully lead the recruiting effort to staff an OCONUS Navy Aircraft Maintenance program requiring Secret clearances.•	Successfully lead the recruiting effort to staff a classified Air Force ISSO program, which required initial hiring of 46 TS/SCI cleared personnel at 24 CONUS locations. Personally recruited & hired 38 of the 46 FTE's.•	Awarded ACET “Employee of the Month” - November 2019.“Due to his exceptional efforts of not only recruiting, but contacting the customers in the field to understand their requirements and working to identify those key staff to recruit, Mac McGuirk is our November Employee of the Month.  I can definitely attest to Mac staying late at the office and talking on the phone with several candidates over the month.  He has a can do attitude and did whatever it took to ensure we filled our ISSO task order slots with well qualified candidates.  Please congratulate Mac for doing such a great job and helping ACET to be successful during the most difficult part of every project, the transition period”.  Michael Seldes, PMP  -  Chief Operations Officer

Adams Communication & Engineering Technology (ACET, Inc.)

Lead Technical Recruiter – INTEL & DoD Proposal Divisions

Self-employed

Online Marketer

Vision Technology Services, is an IT Division of publicly traded BG Staffing, Inc., recognized as a leading provider of IT talent and project management services to companies throughout the mid-Atlantic region and selected markets across the country. •	High volume, fast-paced, full life-cycle IT contract & C2H recruiting for a wide variety of commercial, federal & state/local government clients such as T. Rowe Price, Leidos (formerly Lockheed Martin), Legg Mason, Becton Dickinson, McCormick & Co., ECS Federal, Baltimore County Government, State of Maryland, and many others.•	Routinely recruited for 35 - 60 requirements at any given time for a wide variety of clients.•	Utilized IQNavigator VMS for T. Rowe Price contract & candidate management, and Erecruit ATS to manage in-house candidates & contract requirements.•	Conducted candidate & resume searches on CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice, Indeed and in-house ATS for potential candidates. Posted select requirements on Indeed.•	Sourced a wide variety & diversity of IT candidates for current, upcoming & future contract requirements, built a queue of potential consultants.•	Reviewed candidate resumes, conducted initial telephone screens & in-person interviews via in-house & Skype to determine candidate suitability against contract requirements.•	Utilized Derrico for 3rd party technical assessments, and select current consultants for telephone technical screens.•	Forwarded candidate resumes via Erecruit to Account Managers, with a recommendation to forward to their clients.•	Kept candidates apprised of the status of their candidacy.•	Conducted reference checks, extended verbal offers, scheduled new-hire orientation.•	Worked with a variety of sub-contract partners to streamline the hiring & sponsoring of visa candidates; H1B, EAD-OPT, EAD-GC, G4, etc.

Vision Technology Services

IT Technical Recruiter

After a RIF at SAIC & downturn in the economy in 2010, pursued self employment opportunities in marketing & advertising while awaiting a rebound in the economy & return to the recruiting industry.

Self Employed

Contract to Permanent Employee. Started with SM Consulting, Inc., which was later acquired by SAIC.•	High volume, full life-cycle, fast paced recruiting for assigned clients, projects, & internal corporate staffing for a full service, Microsoft Gold IT Consulting Firm (staff augmentation, managed services & application development). •	Primary clients included Constellation Energy Group (now Excelon), Carefirst BXBS, Verizon, Fannie Mae.•	Instrumental in making a key high level hire (Sr. Applications Architect) that led to the award of a multimillion dollar managed services contract with Constellation Energy Group (now Excelon).•	Utilized MindScope & Recruitmax applicant tracking systems (ATS) to manage candidates & position requirements.•	Conducted database searches for potential candidates, reviewed candidate resumes, forwarded resumes to hiring managers & kept candidates apprised of hiring status. Utilized Beeline Vendor Management System with Carefirst BXBS (Blue Cross Blue Shield) to manage new consulting requirements & candidate submittals.•	Sourced a wide variety & diversity of candidates for current, upcoming & future position requirements, built a queue of potential consultants.•	Posted position vacancies internally & externally on a variety of job boards (CareerBuilder, Monster, Dice, etc.)•	Conducted phone screens & in person interviews to determine candidate suitability against position requirements.•	Administered & scheduled BrainBench online technical skills testing as well as internal technical assessments.•	Made hiring recommendations to managers based on interview & technical test results, conducted reference checks & managed the complete verbal / written offer process.•	Assisted SMC’s Federal division in recruiting cleared separating military members (Secret - TS/SCI w/Poly) for Intel / Military contracts.

SAIC

Sr. Corporate Technical Recruiter

Contract to Permanent Employee•	Recruited & hired 250+ employees with a candidate offer acceptance rate of 95.5%. •	Functioned as the Lead Recruiter & responsible for fast paced, high volume, full life-cycle recruiting for assigned corporate clients including the Digex Operations Group (Firewalls, System Security Operations, UNIX / NT Build Team, Backups & Distribution, Implementations, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Process Engineering & Training, Physical Security, Logistics / Warehousing, Facilities / Maintenance) & Technical Sales (Central & West Coast). •	Interfaced with Corporate Executives up to & including CEO level, supported 1-Sr. Vice President, 2-Vice Presidents, & over 20 Regional Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers & made hiring recommendations.•	Worked with VP’s, Directors & Managers to determine hiring needs & headcount, developed sourcing strategies, opened requisitions, sourced candidates, conducted candidate screening & interviews & arranged candidate travel when required, ensured EEOC / Affirmative Action compliance, generated offer letters, conducted reference checks & arranged for new hire orientation. •	Attended frequent divisional meetings & produced weekly reports & metrics for various Executives.•	Responsible for up to 100 openings at a time. Sourced candidates through Internet Recruiting, Job / Career Fairs, Technical Expo’s, Networking, Advertisements & Referrals.•	Acted as HR Liaison between WorldCom & Digex for joint hiring initiatives, ensured that all hiring paperwork was accurate, complete & EEOC / Affirmative Action compliant. •	Staffed new Technical Sales Offices from scratch in Central & West Coast States. Assisted with International staffing of new Data Centers in Asia & Europe. •	Acted as Lead on an HR team project to define & document the entire HR hiring process from start to finish. Made process recommendations to improve speed & efficiency of the hiring process.•	Handled  various HR Generalist activities.

Digex, Inc.

Contract Consultant The TMS Division manufactured Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to track vehicle fleets.•	Recruited & hired approximately 200 employees with a candidate offer acceptance rate of 87%. •	Functioned as Lead Recruiter & responsible for fast paced, high volume, full life-cycle recruiting for assigned corporate clients in the TMS Division. Interfaced & consulted with Engineering Managers & Directors, Director of Finance & the Vice President of TMS to determine hiring needs, headcount & made hiring recommendations.•	Interfaced & made hiring recommendations to the Executive Vice President of ESSG during upper Management level hiring situations. •	Attended frequent divisional meetings & produced weekly reports / metrics & monthly TMS hiring activity reports.•	Assisted management with requisition creation, opened new requisitions, developed sourcing strategies, sourced candidates via Internet, Networking, Direct, Agencies, Ad’s, Open Houses, Job / Career Fairs, College Recruiting, Employee Referrals, etc. Created newspaper ad’s & interfaced with ad agencies.•	Scheduled & conducted phone screens & in person candidate interviews (including travel arrangements for out-of-state candidates) to determine candidate suitability against position requirements & posted interview follow up. •	Ensured EEOC / Affirmative Action compliance, handled offer negotiations & pre-employment paperwork, conducted reference checks, verbal & written offer preparation & extension, candidate closing, scheduled start date & new hire orientation.•	Assisted in planning / preparation of division-wide open houses (with total planning / attendance responsibility for TMS career fairs & college recruiting trips).•	Spent several weeks on temporary assignment to Orbital’s Greenbelt facility, to assist Engineering Management in the hiring of Incumbents for a NASA Contract at Goddard Space Flight Center. •	Supervised 1 contract recruiter & trained/mentored an entry-level recruiter.

Mike McGuirk

Mike McGuirk