I am a people person, I like talking with people to understand their objectives and their strategies. I enjoy recruiting for this very reason. Looking back, my favorite thing to do as a young child was to call someone, anyone, and ask them if their refrigerator was running...thank goodness caller ID had not been invented then as I am sure my parents would not have approved.
For most of my career I have worked with software professionals although I have stepped outside of this realm from time to time to include hardware and firmware folks, R&D and management types among others.
I have worked both as a full time employee and as a contractor. I have been an in-house recruiter as well as a recruiter for large staffing vendors. Now, I have started my own company focusing on software development engineers who are interested in improving the process of development methodologies.
Crystal Richardson:
More than 10 years experience hiring for large U.S. initiatives such as National Industrial Competitiveness, Near Earth Asteroid and Lunar Mapping, United States Uranium Enrichment and Governmental Facilities Computer Security.
Private sector recruiting experience includes fortune 500 companies such as Cisco Systems Inc., ADP Inc., Tektronix Inc., Xerox and Intel Corporation just to name a few. I have interviewed several 1000's of IT professionals across all technologies serving my clients expertly while employing industry best practices.
Experienced building recruiting department infrastructures, policies / procedures, selection of tools and marketing venues most appropriate to meet the goals and hiring strategies for clients. Performed all functions required to establish market presence, held responsibilities for the entire recruiting life-cycle, including sourcing, salary negotiations, corporate and Federal job file audits, offer letters and background checks while exceeding in all internal, State and Federal compliance and reporting measures.
Functional specialty has largely remained in the Software Development arena to include Agile development methodologies as a focus but also includes Hardware Engineering, Research and Development, Systems Architecture, Network Security and Administration and Program Management. Solid understanding of EEO compliance, INS / Immigration procedures, competitive salary analysis and geographic comparisons, Human Resource Benefits and Administration.
Excels with an intuitive understanding of functional requirements, in-depth technical interviewing skills coupled with exceptional interpersonal communication skills and analysis. Experienced in performing in Agile environments including practicing Scrum and using burndown/velocity tools.