Venessa Francis-Stipe

Managed mission-critical Full Life Cycle Technical Recruiting efforts for various DoD and Intel contracts. Responsible for managing all recruiting activities in the Proposal Department’s SharePoint database. Tasked with sourcing, prescreening and recruiting professionals with a variety of technical expertise and top-secret clearances for government contracts and corporate. The Major Technical Recruiting Areas include Cyber Security Analyst and Engineering, Maritime, System Engineers (Test, EA, Req, QA), Software Engineers (Developers and Programmers) Configuration Managers, Web Developers, Program/Project Managers, DBAs, System Administrators and Network Engineers (Operations and Security). Identified, manage and maintain Applicant Tracking Database. Ability to establish trust and confidence by maintaining a high level of credibility, integrity, and skilled communications with managers, staff and potential employees. Schedule meetings with Senior Management as needed to discuss current contract support and identify future needs/opportunities. Exceptional client support skills. Established trust in the ability to provided talent support as needed. Instrumental in the company’s growth both in personnel (recruiting) and in back-office Operations. Experienced providing quick responses to Data Calls and Requests for Proposals (RFP).

As the Sr. Technical Recruiter, I provided full life cycle recruiting for government contracts and in-house staff. Recruited exempt/non-exempt, technical/non-technical qualified professionals with Secret, TS and TS/SCI CI and Full Scope Polygraph clearances granted by DOD or DOJ. Successfully recruited for the following skillsets; Program/Project Managers, Sr. Network Engineers, Sr. Systems Engineer/Citrix, Active Directory/Exchange, System Administrator, Web Developers/508 Specialist, Help Desk/LAN Support, Help Desk Managers, Quality Assurance Specialist, Oracle Developers, Java Developers, Oracle DBA's, Technical Lead, Director of Operations, Director Business Development, Contracts Administrators, Sr. Accountants, etc. Also, I recruited for proposal support to include reformatting resumes per government standard. Maintained close relationships with managers to ensure positions were filled in a timely manner as well as needs assessment and refinement of position specifications. Attend job fairs, college recruiting, and State Department trade shows. Assist the Director of Business Development with advertising and marketing, layout and design for a tradeshow booth, tri-fold brochures, tradeshow banner, etc.

Was responsible for full life-cycle recruiting of IT Professionals, Entry Level, and Management personnel to include: Sourcing and screening of selected candidates, scheduled face to face interviews, negotiated salary, extended offers, checked references, and draft offer letters. Advised hiring managers on the selection of top candidates. Conduct compensation analysis for hiring created job descriptions, and salary scales. Utilized job fairs, Internet, trade journals, newspapers ad, and college career fairs in recruitment effort resulting in a steady flow of resumes from a variety of sources. Post requisitions on job boards such as Dice.com, Monster, CareerBuilder, Washington Post, and HotJobs. Prepared weekly reports of submitted and new hire candidates.