Chris Downes
1165 Milwaukee Street
Denver, CO 80206
303-330-9807
ckdownes@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE:
Highly motivated recruiting professional who is committed to making significant contributions to ensure client satisfaction and overall company growth

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

1	Experienced recruiting and management professional with a proven history of success in enhancing productivity and motivating employees.
2	Proven track record in understanding, analyzing, and solving challenging and complex problems, complemented by strong interpersonal skills.
3	Able to understand and recognize opportunities in the marketplace while staying focused on anticipated results and profitability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Volt Technical Resources                                                           March 2010 – Present
Delivery Manager

1	Responsible for mentoring a staff of seven and providing on-going training and support for new recruiters and serve as a resource for learning and technical policies and procedures.
2	Drove the hiring process in a high volume / time sensitive environment, working directly with the hiring managers for all of Volt’s clients and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments. 
3	Specialized in Software Engineers/Architects, Database Developers/Administrators, Network/Systems Engineers, Web Developers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Product/Project Managers, and Business Analyst. 
4	Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies.
5	Utilizing a consultative sourcing, assessment, and selection approach that addresses client’s needs in a cost effective manner. 

VACO, LLC                                                                                September 2008 – March 2009
Recruiter

1	Utilize cold calling, job boards, networking events, and referrals to identify strong candidates in accounting and finance
2	Ensure that candidates are “A- Players”, identify their strengths and areas for growth, and uncover important personality traits indicative of success in the workplace
3	Cold call prospective companies to skill-market interviewed candidates
4	Build trusting, collaborative partnerships with clients by listening to their needs/goals and by asking effective questions to help offer solutions regarding personnel challenges
5	Make superior matches for clients and candidates by aligning candidates and clients goals of the company
6	Coordinate, manage, and coach candidates in contract/consulting positions with clients 

RxPro Health                                                                              December 2007 – September 2008
Director of Sourcing/Recruiting
Call Center Director

1	Performance reviews for all staff
2	Motivate and managed staff of 10 sourcing specialist to prescreen pharmacy candidates and provide day to day supervision and leadership to staff
3	Responsible for recruiting, hiring, and training of new employee’s in addition to ongoing development of existing employee

4	Create and maintain a productive sales culture and facilitated cross selling activities for all divisions
5	Review monthly sales activities for all direct reports and formalize business directives to increase gross margin for temporary and permanent departments
6	Provide quality customer service to both clients and pharmacy candidates
7	Develop and grow a client base by selling services for temporary, project, and/or fulltime staffing solutions
8	Using a consultative approach, recommend and provide staffing solutions to clients; meet with candidates for client meetings as necessary
9	Scheduling of staff

RSI Medical Staffing                                                                  February 2007 – December 2007 
Recruiter

1	Recruited respiratory therapists from across the United States for temporary and permanent positions
2	This included cold calling candidates and consulting with clients to ensure the phone interviews and face to face interviews went according to their specifications
3	Setting and confirming flight, hotel, and car rentals for candidate's going to the interviews
4	Making sure the candidates had the experience, certifications, and licenses they were required to have to work in the state indicated 

Martin Fletcher & Associates                                                    June 2006 – January 2007                                
Recruiter
1	
Recruiting allied health care professional's from across the United States for job openings This included cold calling candidates and consulting with clients to ensure the phone interviews and face to face interviews went according to their specifications
2	Setting and confirming flight, hotel, and car rentals for candidate's going to the interviews
3	Making sure the candidates had the experience, certifications, and licenses they were required to have to work in the state indicated

Don Pablo’s                            				  March 1996 – June 2006
Assistant General Manager
Training/Audit Manager 

1	Trained regional management candidates in corporate operation policy and procedures 
2	Responsible for all HR/Training audits
3	Once their 10 week training was complete candidates would be sent to other regional locations to perform the roll of assistant managers
4	Conduct interviews of all new employees
5	Supervise customer service employee training programs
6	Perform scheduling of employees to meet staffing requirements