Aaron Felts Royal Lane and Central Expressway 

Dallas, Texas 75230 469-441-1065 

afelts@hotmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwfelts 

 Talent Acquisition Recruiter - Contractor  

  Certified Linkedin Recruiter Expert (Issued by Linkedin University)  Currently 29,200+ 1st Tier Linkedin connections   Proficient using ATS systems including Taleo, HRSmart, PC Recruiter (PCR),

RTS, etc.  20+ years’ experience as a Social Media savvy IT and Telecom Recruiter   Comfortable recruiting professionals who are currently at the “C” level    

Specialize in both Behavioral Based Interview process and passive candidate networking  Have worked with proprietary software and am flexible with the learning of new software 

Expertise in mid-level technical “hands-on” professional recruiting for IT Proficient in using Linkedin, referral-based networking, “cold calling” and other

online and traditional recruiting techniques   Focus on SAP Supply Chain (functionality of Enterprise Resource Planning –

(ERP) Recruiting    Capable of researching individuals’ hidden skillsets and industry tends to identify “hunting” grounds for future requirements 

 Computer Skills 

 PC Recruiter, Taleo, HRSmart, RTS, PeopleSoft, MaxHire, and other Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), MS Office Suite  

Corporate Contract and Agency Recruiting Experience   CDI 03/2014 – 11/2014 Sr. Recruiter ERP Serving as a dedicated IBM IT Recruiter on the Contract side.  Hired primarily to recruit SAP and  other ERP talent) Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, etc.    SAP skills recruited have included (specifically at this job):  ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS, BI/BW, Business Objects, CRM, CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM,  GTM, GTS, HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, MM, NetWeaver, PM, Portal, PP, QA, HANA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM, SD,  Security, and Solution Manager.  

Also have recruited for a high number of Oracle DBA jobs and a collection of Cisco, Microsoft, and Java  Related technology jobs as needed.  Consistently maintained 12+ assigned jobs at any one time.  Salinas and Associates, Addison, Texas06/2013 – 03/2014 Recruit IT, Telecom and Healthcare professionals.   

Utilize Linkedin Recruiter extensively to recruit active and passive candidates.  Recruit Cisco Networking Professionals, SAP Functional Analysts 

 Kenexa (an IBM Company), Frisco, Texas03/2013 – 05/2013  Contract Corporate IT Recruiter 

Proactively recruited Senior IT Professionals using Taleo ATS   Filled 20+ senior jobs nationwide for the United Health Group division in 3 months.  Skills recruited for included Cisco, Java, NET, SAP Supply Chain, Pega, Ruby on Rails, etc. 

 Buchanan Technologies, Grand Prairie, Texas             12/2012 – 03/2013 Contract Corporate IT Recruiter 

Recruited IT professionals across a broad spectrum of skillsets (Microsoft Developers, SAP Professionals, Cisco Network Engineers and Oracle Applications Functional Analysts 

 Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas             07/2012 – 10/2012 Contract Corporate IT and Healthcare Recruiter 

Proactive Sourcer for IT, HIM, and other Healthcare professionals  Served on a mission critical project to reduce backload of unreviewed applications from 30,000 to less than 1,000    

 NEC America, Irving, Texas                        10/2011 – 03/2012 Contract Corporate IT and Telecom Recruiter 

Recruited Cisco Network and Telecom Engineers, C-Level, Microsoft and other IT professionals, sourced  and placed CCIE’s (R&S, Security, Voice)    Utilized  “LinkedIn Recruiter” and networking to acquire top-notch talent  Trained on and utilized HR Smart as the Applicant Tracking System   

 Dell Corporation, Plano, Texas              07/2011 – 10/2011 Contract Corporate IT Recruiter 

Proactively recruited Cisco, Juniper and Brocade Pre/Post Sales Engineers, Account Executives and C-Level Talent.  Responsible for evaluating Sales production of candidates vs. quotas.  Responsible on a team of 4 for placing 25 Sales and Pre/Post Sales professionals into a newly acquired company by Dell Corporation.in 3 months.   Prepared “Candidate Bios” for each candidate which detailed their Sales experience, billing numbers and production numbers.   Trained with and utilized Taleo as the Applicant Tracking System   

Trained on Non-Solicitation Legal Agreements and Diversity Guidelines  

Staffing Experience:  Glow Networks, Richardson, Texas                      03/2011 – 07/2011 Contract Corporate IT and Telecom Recruiter           Proactively developed one-on-one relationships with internal customers and collaborated with 10+ internal hiring managers, 6 facilities and over 30 open requisitions at any given time  

Recruited Cisco Networking Engineers and RF Engineers    “Rescued” a top-tier 11-year client relationship, which was threatened with dissolution and 

      downgraded to 2nd Tier Vendor status, to a 1st Tier Vendor status   Accomplished Requests for Personnel (RFP) internal hiring documentation package development for new hires and transfer of staff from one department to another   Closed the largest deal in company history (a CCIE for internal placement which will produce over $200K net profit in the following 2 years)   

 Robert Half International              01/2010 – 08/2010 IT Recruiter                    

Recruited IT, C-Level (CIO, CFO, COO) and other professionals for VMS-based recruiting within RHI’s Major Accounts Division Concentrated on QA Testers, SAN Storage professionals, technical and functional ERP (Oracle & SAP Supply Chain), Developers, & DBA’s  Performed some submittals on Account Temps and Office Temps job orders as well    Identified candidates through Social Media, Google, Referral-based, and traditional  

online recruiting techniques  Generated and passed along 25+ leads on new clients/job orders resulting in many new listings  Conducted ongoing LinkedIn Training to existing and new staff   

 Recruiter / Account Executive 09/2008 – 08/2009 Three Pillar Corp, Bedford, Texas                                                           

“Full-desk” recruiting and New Business Development for contract and direct professionals     Generated 7 IT, Engineering (Manufacturing, Civil and Pipeline Engineers), Accounting / Finance,  Office Temps, and Healthcare clients to include job orders and submittals utilizing  cold-calling techniques  Submitted over 200 candidates resulting in 50+ sendouts resulting in 10+ “perm” deals and 7 contract deals with a markup average of 25%   

 Technical Resource Group                           05/1998 – 09/2008 IT Recruiter/Account Manager 

Utilized all online recruiting and advertising tools Created position descriptions to target desired audience for TRG’s clients Managed company-wide resume responses from ads     Averaged 3+ deals per month and once placed 7 candidates in a month  Averaged 16+ recruits monthly with 50+ submittals with an average of 15 onsite interviews per month   

Worked on national and local hiring needs for multiple consulting jobs; C-Level (CIO, CFO, COO), SAP, Oracle, Cognos, QA Testers, SAN Storage,  PeopleSoft, CRM, BI, DW, Java)  SAP orders worked on included;  ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS, BI/BW,  BusinessObjects, CRM, CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM, GTM, GTS, HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, IPC, ISA, LES, MDM, MI, MM, NetWeaver, PY, PLM, PM, Portal, PP, QA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM, SD, Security, Solution Manager, SOX, SRM, TM, TPM, TPVS, TR, VC, WD, WFM, WM & Workflow 

Rewarded with two paid vacations to Lake Tahoe for consistently exceeding production goals   

Recruiting efforts concentrated on professionals such as Application Developers, Web Developer/Designers, Database Developers, Database Administrators, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, and Network Infrastructure Specialists 

 Other skills I have recruited for in my career include but are not limited to:  Java, J2EE, Cognos, C++, C#/NET, Sharepoint, Biztalk, Datastage ETL / PX Architects/Developers, Unix (AIX, Sun, HP, Linux, etc), Ab Initio, Microstrategy, Quality Stage, Informatica, Data Warehouse Architects/Developers, DBAs, Oracle Apps, PeopleSoft Financials and HRMS, Kronos, Maximo, Mercury Suite, and more  

Certified LinkedIn Recruiter Expert (issued by Linkedin University)    Education: Bachelor of Science, Political Science/History, East Texas State University Certification:  HR Introduction Certificate, Collin County Community College, 2011                         Certified ToastMaster (CTM), Oration Plus ToastMaster’s Club 2005                         DFW ToastMaster’s Area 25 Rookie of the Year 2005