Contract Recruiter with 23 Years of full cycle recruitment. Responsible for vendor management, visa processing, requirement definition, career fairs and internship programs. Technical competency programs include Tech Check, Brain Bench, eSkill and Kenexa’s ProveIt. Applicant tracking systems include Skillset, Go4, Hire Systems, EZ Access, Oracle, Webhire, WAND, Sonic, XyFind, Maxhire, Trovix, Taleo, iRecruitment, Kenexa/BrassRing and Avature. Disciplines include Information Systems, Sales, Call Center, Finance, Engineering (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing and civil), Clerical, Light industrial and Management. Industries Include: Automotive, Finance/Banking, Insurance, Credit, e-Commerce/Web Based, Telecommunications, Hospitality, Lead Generation, Aerospace, Defense, Software and Manufacturing.

Senior IT Recruiter @ Full cycle IT Recruiting From October 2015 to Present (3 months) IT Recruiter (Contract) @ Full cycle IT recruiting From June 2014 to October 2015 (1 year 5 months) IT Recruiter (Contract) @ Full Cycle IT Recruiting From July 2013 to June 2014 (1 year) IT Recruiter (Contract) @ Full cycle IT recruiting. From January 2013 to July 2013 (7 months) Recruiter @ LowerMyBills.com/FreeCreditReport.com/PriceGrabber.com Lead Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Full cycle recruiting for 3 separate business units of Experian Interactive. These are in LA, Orange County and Denver. Supported business groups and IT where the development environments include LAMP, Java/Oracle and Microsoft .Net/SQL. Provide comp and availability analysis for different geographic markets. Designed, developed and maintained reporting and metrics tracking used by recruiting organization across business units. Present weekly updates and reporting to executive management. Manage req load and distribution to other recruiters. Processed visa issues when necessary. From November 2009 to September 2012 (2 years 11 months) Recruiter (Contract) @ iRise produces a visualization application used by business analysts and project managers. Brought in on a 2 month contract to expand Java based development team. Contract extended repeatedly as role was expanded to include QA, consulting practice and business groups. Additional duties included the development of current and future recruiting strategies, vendor management, requirement definition and visa processing. From May 2009 to November 2009 (7 months) Sr Recruiter (Contract) @ Powerwave develops and manufactures hardware for cellular network infrastructures. This includes antennas, repeaters, filters, power amplifiers and base stations. Full cycle recruiting to identify candidates for management, engineering, finance and manufacturing for electro-mechanical telecommunications devices. Additional duties include vendor management, requirement definition, career fairs and visa processing. From August 2008 to February 2009 (7 months) Sr Recruiter @ A division of Experian, LowerMyBills is an internet based organization that generates leads for the mortgage, insurance, credit card and education industries. Full cycle recruiting to identify qualified candidates for information systems in a multi-terabyte web based environment. Technologies include Solaris, Linux, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, Java, .Net and Informatica. Additional recruiting activities performed for Marketing, Product and Creative groups. Additional duties include Visa processing, career fair and college recruiting, hosting user groups and some vendor management. From May 2007 to June 2008 (1 year 2 months) Sr Recruiter (Contract) @ On site at British Telecom as an Information Systems and Finance Recruiter, assigned to an integration project as a result of the acquisition of Infonet by British Telecom. Positions include applications development, project management, financial analysis, network security and network infrastructure development and maintenance. Developed and maintained documentation used to track project resource allocation and budget. From January 2005 to May 2007 (2 years 5 months) Sr Recruiter (Contract) @ Managed Services Program – Define information systems and finance requirements for distribution to primary and secondary resources. Vendor management. Review all candidates to assess technical proficiencies against requirements. Interview and forward qualified candidates to management. Facilitate interviewing, hiring, background checks and drug screens. Requirements included information systems, finance and administrative. From September 2003 to December 2004 (1 year 4 months) Sr Recruiter (Contract) @ Placement of both contract and permanent employees to include Sales, Collections, Accounting and Finance and a small amount of IT. Supported recruiting efforts for offices in Los Angeles and Dallas. Developed recruiting strategies and campaigns and developed on-boarding process. From June 2002 to September 2003 (1 year 4 months) Sr Recruiter @ Corporate Recruiter/Sr. Project Leader – Full cycle recruiting to support the staffing needs of the Auto Club. Source, identify and interview qualified candidates for both contract and direct positions in information systems, administrative, management, technical and call-center disciplines. Conduct salary survey and analysis for review by management. Built Access databases and Excel forms for vendor and internal performance tracking. Advise management on legislation affecting labor law. Work with Training and Development on programs dedicated to re-skilling employees. Maintain relationships with managers to insure satisfaction. Vendor management. From December 1999 to May 2002 (2 years 6 months) Sr Recruiter (Contract) @ Sr Recruiter Assigned to Y2K Project – Support the staffing needs of the IT in a mainframe, midrange and PC environment. Source, identify and interview qualified candidates for technical administrative and management positions on a national level. Supported staffing for Toyota Motor Credit, Information Systems, HR and the Call Center. Advise Managers on market rates and trends. Advise management and Human Resources on recruiting strategies. Interface with as many as forty nine agencies for contract requirements. Environment includes: MVS, AS/400, UNIX and PC platforms. From October 1997 to December 1999 (2 years 3 months) IT Recruiter @ Placement of both contract and permanent employees to include Programmers, Analysts, Administrators, Architects and Technicians Platforms include Mainframe, Midrange, Client/Server and Network. Recruiting effort concentrated predominantly on contract assignments for Business Application, Programmer/Analysts. Additionally responsible for all advertisements in newspapers and periodicals as well as administration of email and internet applications. From March 1995 to May 1997 (2 years 3 months) Technical Recruiter @ Placement of contract employees in the environments of Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense. Disciplines included Programmers, Engineers, Designers, Draftsmen, Technicians, Assemblers and administrative/clerical positions. Scope of work also included Contract negotiations, safety training, site survey and all associated Federal and legal paperwork. From August 1993 to March 1995 (1 year 8 months) Technical Recruiter @ Placement of contract employees in Aerospace and Defense environments. Projects were limited almost entirely to Scientific Programmers on defense contracts. Scope of work also included all contract negotiations, processing of all Federal and legal paperwork and payroll processing. From August 1992 to August 1993 (1 year 1 month)

Troy Thomas is skilled in: Technical Recruiting, Applicant Tracking Systems, College Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Web Development, Contract Negotiation, Sourcing, Internet Recruiting, Call Center, Cognos, Contract Recruitment, Recruiting, Benefits Negotiation, Vendor Management, SEO