University of Calgary

Managing Director at Vulcanovo Cybersecurity

Lead a team of 3 recruiters to delight our internal and external hiring managers.

System Studies and Simulation (S3), Inc.

Recruitment Manager

Executive & Technology Headhunting, Client-delighting

Vectaur

Chief Growth Officer

• Mentor other non-IT recruiters in IT roles.
    • Conduct Intake meetings with internal clients
    • Post positions and search for qualified candidates
    • Introduced Cases as evaluation technique for executive roles.
    • Promoted technical tests for technical candidates.
    • Managed recruitment with Taleo ATS
    • Worked with assigned HR Coordinator for interview scheduling & onboarding tasks.
    • Managed recruiting vendors
    • Placed Sr. Application Specialists, Manager of Application Development, Sr API/Framework Architect, Sr. Java Developer, 3 Sr. Application Developers, Sr. EDM FileNetArchitect

Northern Trust Corporation

Technical Recruiter

• Define and execute IT recruiting program
    • Conduct Intake meetings with internal clients
    • Post positions and search for candidates
    • Evaluate IT candidates and propose interviews
    • Introduced micro-cases as interview questions
    • Introduced technical tests for technical candidates
    • Introducing 3-point feedback system
    • Introduced time-saving efficiencies like self-serve calendars, MS Office Merge-to-E-mail, Signature templates, etc.
    • Managed recruitment/onboarding in SuccessFactors
    • Manage vendors
    • Placed Product Manager, IT Business Applications Manager, IT Client Relationship Manager, QA Automation Engineer and other non-technical roles.

LodgeLink

IT Recruiting Lead

Recruiting:
    • Write and post job openings (LinkedIn, Indeed)
    • Interview and evaluate cybersecurity candidates
Account Management:
    • Prospecting, engaging clients, attending discovery calls with cybersecurity consultants to ascertain the concerns of the client, and mutually develop project statements.
    • Interview potential employees

Vulcanovo Cybersecurity

Managing Director

Sales & Account Management :
    • Target local technology start-up community segment.
    • Meet and present to clients in companies in growth mode (or anticipating growth mode).
Recruiting:
    • Assist Manpower Professional team with IT roles for major enterprise clients
    • Supervise, mentor and support two IT Recruiters.
    • Attend Career Events and Fairs to promote jobs
    • Placed SAP Cutover Plan Manager, Recruited ERP Oracle Cloud Application Manager.

Manpower

Manager, IT Resourcing - Alberta

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING
•	Designed and implemented 360 degree recruitment quality program
•	 Automated portions of recruitment process to minimize errors and increase speed of process.
•	Lead PeopleSoft HRIS re-configuration effort
•	Introduced hiring of non-sponsored visa holders (TN, L2, EAD, etc.) 
•	Participated in Talemetry implementation project

PROCUREMENT
•	Gatekeeper on rates for all new IT contractors submitted by IT staffing agencies.
•	Participated on selection team for strategic sourcing initiative for IT staffing agencies. Graded RFP Responses based on RFP contents. Negotiated the inclusion and exclusion of potential vendors based on pricing and RFP responses.

RECRUITMENT:
•	Governance, Risk, Compliance Analyst, IT Audit Manager, Auditor, Network Team Lead, ITS Business Analyst, several Sr. Application Developer, Java Developer, Sr. Network Specialist, Sr. SQL Server DBA, Airport Real Estate Analyst, IT Life Safety Team Lead, Department Controller, Radio Systems Lead, Sr. BI and Analytics Developer, Sr. BI Developer, Grants/PFC Manager, Sr. IT Enterprise Services Manager, Sr. Integration Developer, Field Service Technician, Sr. Field Service Technician, Compliance Implementation Engineer, Sr. Accounts Payable Specialist, IT Life Safety Team Lead, Development Team Lead, Sr. Application Developer, Assistant Attorney, Field Service Technician, AVP Technology Compliance & Security, AVP Enterprise Systems, AVP Operations Control, AVP Project and Design Management, AVP Program Controls
•	Represent DFW Airport at career fairs
•	Guest speaker at Airport sponsored event (https://northtexaslead.org)

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)

Talent Acquisition Consultant

CLIENT MANAGEMENT:
•	Prospect and engage hiring managers in western Canada's large and medium-sized corporations and municipalities

STAFF/PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
•	Manage recruitment staff, data-entry staff, data-collection staff
•	Project Management: Manage internal software development projects with Applicant Tracking System.

RECRUITMENT:
•	Recruit independent consultants for clients’ IT requirements
•	Placed the following skill-sets: Agresso ERP consultants, OpenText Content Server (LiveLink) Architect, many IT Support and network engineers, Supply Chain specialist, many Genesys specialists, Oracle Financials Supply Chain specialist, SharePoint Architect, PeopleSoft specialists, SAP specialists, Risk Management specialist, etc.

TECHNICAL:
•	Set up and conduct daily work on Linux desktop
•	Administer Linux web server, hosting core Applicant Tracking System
•	Build/use database queries, reports (MS Access on Windows via VirtualBox virtualization) from MySQL via MySQL Connector.
•	Construct and maintain new versions of company website.
•	Excel spreadsheet programming (compare lists, guess E-mail addresses, list management)

Chief Customer Officer

•	Placed 40 IT consultants, including Sr. Project Managers, Business Analysts (LiveLink, Oil & Gas, HSSE, Active Directory, telecom, financials), Architects (IT infrastructure, GIS solutions, SharePoint, Enterprise Content Management, Telecom, JD Edwards), Help Desk/Service desk, Maximo (Asset Management) specialists, Great Plains (Financials) specialists, Developers (JD Edwards, Oracle PL/SQL, .NET, Java), Integration (TIBCO) specialists, Infrastructure Specialists (Active Directory, Network engineers), SAP functional specialists.
•	Administered country-wide applicant tracking system (HireDesk): configuration, training, etc.

Metafore

Senior Technical Recruiter

RECRUITMENT 
● Gathered detailed requirements from Hiring Managers. 
● Redesigned and systematized Recruitment practices across the company (7 offices)
● Recruited technical and non-technical roles for four business Practices
● Identified many ‘very-hard-to-find' qualified candidates. 
● Sold candidates on value proposition of the company.

SELECTION 
● Redesigned Selection process to include various tests to assist decision-makers. Tests included Software Developer Test, Project Management Test, and validation of certifications.
● Introduced the use of a Recruiting Matrix to improve the effectiveness of HR team's hiring.

SOCIAL MEDIA + WEB TOOLS
● Introduced the use of Google Analytics to collect traffic statistics, allowing company-wide HR team to evaluate the value of job posting venues. 
● Introduced Social Media recruiting techniques to company-wide HR team (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook).

Online Business Systems

Human Resources Manager

Skills: Technical Recruiting · Customer Experience · Payroll Management

Chief Customer Service Officer

● Hired (full cycle) for all departments. Conducted needs-analysis, wrote job descriptions, posted on multiple websites, pre-screened, interviewed, negotiated employment terms, tracked applicants on system. 
● Maintained relationships with a variety of functional managers and team-leads throughout hiring process. 
● Provided support and coaching to CEO, VP's and Managers on all HR related issues. 
● Managed human resources administration staff, delegated & followed-up. 
● Charged with reducing turnover. Conducted review of all departments. Interviewed employees, heard grievances, consulted with appropriate management on next-step strategies. Documented issues & resolutions. Very successful in quietly resolving issues for a number of key employees. 
● Initiated weekly Lunch 'n Learns sessions. Company management donated refreshments. 
● Researched pre-employment personality testing for all positions. 
● Implemented company-wide sexual harassment policy. 
● Implemented applicant-response system to determine most effective advertising venues. 
● Led executive team through company-wide salary review to bring salaries in line with market, as part of turnover reduction plan. 
● Gave 60 minute workshop on Interviewing skills to management team. 
● Reported directly to CEO.

Hitachi ID Systems

● Legal:  Developed and maintained all contracts. 
● Compensation: Developed and administered employee compensation & bonus plans 
● Staff Management: Hired and layed-off (when necessary) all internal staff.
● Recruitment: Used multiple-hurdle approach of phone-screen, interview, reference checking, and final client interviews. 
● Client Management: Negotiated new positions with senior managers in client organizations such as: TransCanada Pipelines, CP Rail, Computing Devices Canada, Fujitsu Consulting, Trimac, TransAlta Utilities, IBM Canada, Newspaper Technologies Inc., Bennett Technology Group, others. 
● Training: Trained employees on all aspects of recruitment process.
● Payroll:  Managed payroll, kept books for 4 of the 9 years (Simply Accounting)

Allan Jones