Transferred to USC School of Business

Technician Recruiter

June 1997 - December 1997, Contract

· Involved with the staffing of Engineering and IT professionals for new Ford/Freightliner division

· Conducted on and off site interviews involving extensive out of state travel

· Worked with recruiting firms negotiating and structuring contracts

· Co-designed advertising campaign through advertising agencies, newspapers, and the Internet

· Composed candidate reports and discussed prospects with hiring managers

· Researched and complied with FLSA, ADA, AA, and other conditions of employment law

CDI (Primary contracting firm for Intel in Oregon)

September 1996 - June 1997

· Reviewed technical resumes and phone screened potential candidates

· Conducted in person interviews and "teched-out" candidates in order to qualify potential contractors

· Edited and revised recruiting process documentation and measurement for CDI and Intel benchmarks

· Enhanced and updated CDI website to reflect current openings

· Formed recruiting alliances with local colleges through workshops and speaking engagements

· Gained knowledge and complied with unemployment and workers compensation issues

· Worked to communicate, clarify, and resolve issues between Intel managers and contracted employees

· Created Boolean queries is SCO Unix database in searches for qualified candidates

Intel through CDI,

March 1996-July 1996, Contract

· Built Intel Client prototype computer systems from specified component sets for testing

· Stressed and debugged systems analyzing MS Test and QA Partner test results

· Escalated hardware, software, and interoperability conflicts to the appropriate Engineers

· Classified severity of bugs and documented steps to reproduce bugs in PVCS Tracker database

· Performed user interface testing on Client GUI and verified shrink wrap software functionality and interoperability with different OS software and hardware configurations

· Researched and tracked system defects, errors, and anomalies with PVCS Tracker database entering qualitative description for review by appropriate system engineers

· Regression tested previous bugs during black box testing sessions and reported errors in PVCS Tracker database for review by team members for each software build

· Authored technical presentation reports concerning specific component functionality and interoperability to be circulated among project team