JEFFREY BLOCK
PITTSBURGH PA **239
*********@*****.***
Jeffrey has corporate environment experience and is a results oriented professional with diverse skills. He has recruiting experience in the areas of IT, Manufacturing, Distribution, Collections, Insurance, Software and Government Contracts. He has a good understanding of compensation administration, is well-organized and self-motivated. He has strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
EXPERIENCE
11/2007- 4/ 2010 Nokomis
Recruiting Manager
Management of all recruiting tasks including employment recruiting, interviewing, hiring ,reviewing perspective employee resumes, verification of qualifications, new hire orientation, salary market research, employment market modeling, and miscellaneous related Human Resources tasks
Responsible for managing both Pittsburgh and Toledo offices
Responsible for business development and sub-contract work with companies such as Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Boeing, AAI Corporation
Responsible for interviewing and hiring RF Engineers , FPGA Engineers and EMI EMC Testing Engineers Conformal Antenna Engineers Research Scientist and Physicists
Responsible for verifying top level security clearances
Took a 12 person company to over 30 in less than 18 months time
Negotiate salaries for all employees in both offices
Administer staffing related programs and insure compliance commitments.
Achieving the goal of effective and timely hiring for all positions.
Data collection/tracking tools, negotiating techniques, networking within the industry to fulfill hiring objectives.
03/2006-08/2006 Plan 4 Demands
Director of Recruitment
Management of all Recruiters
Standard implementation of methodology-optization
Head count new hire goals per practice
Recruitment of strategic corporate delivery managers and corporate positions
Supervising, coaching and training the recruitment staff
Optimizing recruitment tools, presentations and methodologies
Hiring /Reviewing /Terminating /promoting recruiters based on performance
QA/Tech out process optimization/standardization
Resume development/update process
Approval of all new hires
Tracking of performance
Budget management
New hire orientation process/notification/assimilation process
07/2004-11/2007 Mind Matrix
Marketing and Sales Manager
Responsible for Sales and Marketing of software products for the Real Estate Industry
Responsible for contacting Agents, Brokers Developers and Home Builders on a daily bases
Responsible for making over 100 calls on a daily bases
Responsible for 10 to 20 weekly on line demo presentations of our soft ware products
Responsible for customer service for our clients
Responsible for net sales of over 80,000 dollars per quarter of new revenues
Worked with Residential, Industrial, and Commercial agents on a daily bases
Responsible for researching and finding new clients to contact
03/2004-06/2004 Direct Response Marketing
Consultant for Marketing Company
Responsible for training of sales personal using the Sander Selling System
Responsible for setting out side appointments for PPG Industries, Lawn Care Companies, Roofing Repair Companies Etc
Note: Assignment was only for 90 days
11/2003-2/2004 Boyden Global Executive Search
Research Director
Responsible for identifying proper candidates for retained searches
Responsible for searching various associations to identify appropriate candidates
Responsible for searching on the net and using tools such as Harris, Eli yon, Hoovers, AESC, Blue Steps to locate appropriate candidates
Responsible for assisting in very high level searches such as Board Members, SR.VP Of Marketing and Sales, General Managers, VP OF Human Resources, CFO and Dean Of Admissions
Responsible for and working with clients with retained fees of 42,000 dollars up to 165,000 dollars
Note: Assignment was only for 90 days
05/2002-08/2003 J.D.Warren a Subsidiary of Benfield Blanch
Recovery Specialist
Responsible for recovery of third party deductibles
Responsible for over 1.2 million dollars in recovery
Responsible for working with both agents and adjusters
Responsible for working with and keeping relationships with major insurance companies such as Farmers, CNA, Scottsdale, ERC, Ward, and Caliber One Travelers
Responsible for contacting between 70 and 80 insured's per day
Responsible for following through and making sure the checks got sent
09/2001-04/2002 Micro bytes
National Sales and Recruiting Manager
Responsible for recruiting and filling positions for new and existing clients
Responsible for the day-to-day Human Resource functions
Responsible for the training of Sales, Recruiting, and Marketing departments
04/2000-07/2001 Computer Enterprises
National Program Manager
Responsible for locating and filling positions with new and existing clients for the CEI US and Indian consultants
Primarily responsible for the emerging technology skills such as ATG, JAVA, WEBLOGIC, BEA, WEBSPHERE and other related skills
Promoted to national program manager in 6 months
In less than 5 months placed over 17 consultants with a billing over 500,000
Consistently placed between 80 and 100 phone calls per day and averaged between 4 to 5 new job orders every week
05/1998-03/2000 Accounts on Call/Executive Search
Executive Recruiter
Responsible for locating and filling positions with new and existing clients with salaries from $30,000 dollars and higher in the financial services arena
Successfully marketed candidates to various corporations both in and out of the Pittsburgh area
Billed over $200,000 in ten months
Was number one in the region for candidates sent out on interviews, recruits and contacts through the second quarter in the region
Superior negotiation skills when working with both the client and the candidate
02/1994-04/1998 Union Labor Life
Licensed Agent/Area Manager
Sold a tax deferred life insurance policy to supplement union members pensions
Was the number one agent in 1998 out of 350 agents across the country
Started as a part-time agent and became a full-time agent after 1997
02/1996-04/1998 George S May International
Business Consultant
Worked to help to turn around distressed businesses all over the country
Analyzed the operation of various businesses by reading tax returns and looking at records of these businesses
Developed a system to help interpret why a business was not profitable
Evaluated and made recommendations to the CFO or President usually in two to three days about how our services could benefit their company
Saved companies thousands of dollars by helping them to implement my recommendations
Traveled 90% of time from East Coast to West Coast
05/1990-10/1995 Combined Insurance
Business Consultant
Licensed agent selling life, health and accident policies as well as Annuities
Promoted to area manager with five agents reporting directly to me
Consistently broke sales records for our region
Accomplished “President's Award” and various other awards
02/1986-08/1989 National Conventioneer
Publishing Coordinator
Worked on 3 to 5 trade shows at one time along with placing 100 or more phone calls per day
Traveled 1 to 3 days per month throughout the country marketing product literature catalogs for over 100 trade shows within the US
Sold over 100 trade shows annually
04/1978-12/1985 Block Poultry
Vice President/Marketing/Sales
Managed a family owned egg and poultry business
Increased sales growth over 700,000 dollars in 14 months
EDUCATION
Ohio University Athens, Ohio
B.S., Business.
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