Richard Smith 
Talent Acquisition Partner 
Jericho, NY 11753 rich11753@gmail.com - 516.526.2244

Summary:  
• Hands on experience in Technical Recruiting.
• Expert on-Target Sourcing, High Volume Recruiting providing Pre-Qualified candidates
• Provide full lifecycle technical recruitment, human resources, C2C, C2H, vendor contracts, 
diversity recruiting, VMO, including Salary negotiation, Behavioral Interviewing, Training, Sourcing of hard-to-find skills, Coaching/Influencing, Campus Recruiting

• Top Secret/Active Security Clearance, Department of Defense Networks Security Recruiting

Education & Certifications
• Bachelors Degree, Computer Science, Long Island University - Greenvale, NY
• AIRS, LinkedIn, OFCCP, FLSA, Affirmative Action, Regulatory Compliance Certified

Professional Experience

Capgemini - America - New York, NY     Jan 2016 - Present
Technical Talent Acquisition Recruiting Leader
Capgemini is headquartered in Paris, France in 40 countries with 180,000 people worldwide.

Hired to provide an ongoing supply of qualified technical candidates to join Capgemini as Perm Employee to work as our consultants on client site.
•  Delivered all facets of full life-cycle, executive recruiting for client areas across our three major business lines: (1) Asset Management, (2) Institutional Financial Services, (3) Retail Financial Services.
• Surpassed Organization goal hiring achievements through talent acquisition in sub region including time to fill, cost per hire and middle level management acquisition.
• Met and exceeded weekly and monthly on-boarding hiring (new starts) goals.
• Reduces vendor recruiting costs by $27000 in 8 months of employment.
• Following strict OFCCP, FLSA, Affirmative Action regulations
• Partnering with HR leadership and Business/Line management to plan and implement cost-effective sourcing and recruiting strategies that identify and deliver top talent to designated businesses focused on recruiting performance.
•  Source and attract high quality talent; build networks to find qualified passive candidates and develop a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need; collect market intelligence on talent supply, competitor trends, etc.
• Managed ATS system (TALEO) screening qualified applicants.
• Drove sourcing with hiring managers regarding hiring and on-boarding process; providing a high level of customer service to hiring managers through quick responsiveness

NTT America Inc.                             Nov 2014 – Jan 2016
Client - Goldman Sachs
Technical Talent Acquisition Recruiting Leader
Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry having 57,000 professionals more than 35 countries with corporate headquarters in Tokyo.

Hired to rovide an ongoing supply of qualified technical candidates to who can join NTT DATA as w2 employee to work on client site.
• Met and exceeded weekly and monthly on-boarding hiring (new starts) goals.
• Managed all aspects of client and candidate recruiting processes.
• Following strict OFCCP, FLSA, Affirmative Action regulations
• Extensive staffing, corporate diversity/inclusion, sourcing, pipeline development, candidate and client care, offer negotiation(s), training, and new employee on-boarding
• Hands on with HRIS systems, SAP and Success Factors, MS Office and Navigator
• Provided Enterprise Networks and SAP recruiting, all levels - SP BI, BW, ABAP, MM,
• Maximized use of ATS (applicant tracking tools) to track candidates
• Developed strategies to continually improve client services and business relationships
• Implemented processes to improve recruiting policies, procedures, and practices.
Manage all aspects of new candidate engagement including sourcing, interviewing, offer extension, on-boarding processes and related new hire support.
• AIRS techniques to identify new candidates and professional network leads.

Roles Filled/Placed: Core Java, Hibernate, J2EE, ASP.NET, ETL, Angular.JS, C++, CISSP, CCIE, Sales Managers, Business Analyst, PMO, PHP, DHTML, SAP BI, BW, ABAP, MM, PP, SD

EPAM Systems, Inc.                    February 2014 – November 2014
Technical Talent Acquisition Manager
EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM), European IT service in the United States, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Belarus, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland.

• Direct reports of 6 Executive Technical Recruiting employees /freelancers
• Responsible for leading end-to-end full lifecycle search including sourcing strategy, talent assessment and offer negotiation.
• Created new cost saving relationships with outside search firms to reduce costs.
• Created working relationship with senior executives and HR Business Partners

CGI Group                      March 2011 – Jan 2014
Client - Deutsche Bank
Technical Recruiting Lead
Leading IT services provider in 40 countries, hired to provide an ongoing supply of technical candidates to join CGI as w2 employee working on client site.

Hired to provide an ongoing supply of qualified technical candidates to who can join NTT DATA as w2 employee to work on client site.
• Point of contact managing client interaction, collecting new job requirements from the on-site project managers while adding Job#s into ATS, then start direct recruiting and disseminating the new jobs to our Approved Vendors in order to accept resumes.
• Supporting 30+ job openings screened all candidates submitted from vendor's created shortlisted, scheduled interviews and provided offers letters to accepted candidates.
• Preformed SKYPE interviews, reference checks & work verifications
• Cold called candidates directly to ensure ongoing technical candidate pipeline using research, social networking, outplacement services and online job database information.
• Following strict OFCCP, FLSA, Affirmative Action regulations
• Created pipeline of qualified candidates and provided recruiting metrics reports
• Qualified each candidate to determine whether their capabilities match job
• Partnered with hiring managers and extended job offers.

Role Filled/Source: .NET, C#, J2EE, J2ME, CCIE, CISSP, MCSE, VoIP, Infrastructure, Help Desk, Client Services, Service Phone Support Product Marketing, Pre-Sales

Sapient Global Markets June 2010 – January 2011
Technical Recruiter / Candidate Sourcing / HR Generalist
• Led the recruiting efforts supporting Digital Media E-commerce
• Engaged with project leaders and provide a steady flow of qualified candidates
• Creating new jobs # in ATS, then disseminate the new jobs to the Approved Vendors.
• Reviewed and screened all candidates submitted from vendors, shortlisted then scheduled interviews and provided offers letters to accepted candidates.
• Preformed SKYPE interviews, reference checks & work verifications
• Cold called candidates directly to ensure ongoing technical candidate pipeline using research, social networking, outplacement services and online job database information.
• Created pipeline of qualified candidates for future jobs, tracked candidates and provided recruiting metrics reports, weekly, monthly, quarterly.
• Sourced, recruited, and pre-screened candidates and then submitted candidates to job requisitions.

COMSYS / Manpower Systems              May 2006 – May 2010
Technical Lead Recruiter
State Government, Albany
Top Secret/Active Security Clearance & Networks Security Recruiting

• Support New York State: Department of Defense, DOT, DOE, OCFS, DCJS, DMV, OMH
• Partnered with on-site account managers providing them with qualified candidates
• Supporting 30+ job openings and provide ongoing technical candidate pipeline using research, social networking, outplacement services and online job database information.
• Sourced, qualified, submitted to job, documented in ATS, interviews & extended offers.
• Following strict OFCCP, FLSA, Affirmative Action regulations
• Managed background checks process, drug screening, required reference checks
• Conducted technical testing and screening for candidates on Prove-IT and Pre-Visor
• Utilized Internet searches, database searches, referrals, third party sub-contracting, college level recruiting, headhunting practices and cold calling to source candidates.
• Extensively utilized user groups + Internet search engines, and posted advertisements.

Roles Filled/Placed: Top Secret/Active / Network Security Clearance Java, ASP.NET, C++, CISSP, CCIE, Product Marketing, Pre-Sales, Implementation Bank Managers, Bank Tellers and Enterprise Software Sales Engineers

Concepts in Staffing Agency                  February 2003 - March 2006
Technical Recruiter - Bank of America 
Providing ongoing supply of qualified technical candidates to join CISNY as w2 employee working on client site.
• Developed partnerships with new clients, offering full recruiting services
• Outgoing sales calls and traveled to client sites in order to get new job orders.
• Provided clients with qualified candidates for immediate interview.
• Qualified candidates then submitted for interviews, while documenting in ATS
• Provided background checks, drug screening; completed reference checks
• Filled requirements in all areas of IT and established strong business relationships
• Utilized Internet job search engines, created job-posting advertisements
• Conducted thorough technical screening and reference checks for selected candidates.
• Scheduled with Clients/Account managers for final interviews for short-listed.
• Negotiated with third party vendors on rate and contract related issues.

Roles Filled/Placed: Java, J2EE developers and Cisco Infrastructure CCNA CCIE, CISSP, MCSE, VOIP, Call Center, Infrastructure Networking.