Duane Hughes

Sr. Talent Consultant
HumanIT Resources

Privately Held; Human Resources industry

November 2010 – Present (10 months)

Intrinsically involved in partnering with each client (Senior Leaders/Decision makers) to build their business and to coordinate recruitment of talented professional candidates that meet approved headcount requirements. Our process involves identifying, recruiting and screening potential candidates for best fit, then manage the process through offer, negotiation to acceptance. As a HITR Consultant, my clients are offered broad marketplace / competitive intelligence, strategies, plans and architecture which is derived from the sourcing and recruiting efforts of each project.



Contract Recruiter
Self-employed


February 2008 – Present (3 years 7 months)

I develop and maintain multiple channels and networks to build a diverse and reliable applicant sourcing pool. I design and implement innovative recruiting plans for my assigned customer positions utilizing the industries talent acquisition guidelines. Every candidate I identify is
evaluated based on employment factors such as job experience, education and training, skills, knowledge and abilities. Additionally, I conduct behavioral based interviews via the telephone or face-to-face. I maintain and track job and candidate data for compliance with EEO and other related employment laws and regulations. I coordinate and negotiate employment offers. I can facilitate the on-boarding process for all new hires selected. Overall, I develop and maintain a positive working relationships with all my customers.


Talent Acquisition Consultant
LG Electronics
August 2010 – October 2010 (3 months)

Recruitment of positions in San Diego, San Jose and other remote locations.


Talent Recruiter (Contractor)
Petco
February 2010 – June 2010 (5 months)

Developed and maintained a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified management leaders and talented individual contributors.
Leverage online recruiting resources, social networks and in-house ATS to identify and recruit the very best candidates.
Created and fostered relationships with colleges and diverse professional organizations to attract and recruit alumni and diversity candidates.
Identified qualified resumes that met the appropriate skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements.
Prescreened candidates, created and presented prescreening questions to hiring managers for collaboration of assessing candidate skills.
Managed and coordinated all communication with candidates.
Interviewed all candidates presented with hiring managers using face-to-face behavioral-based interviewing methodologies.
Overall, managed the full cycle recruitment of candidates to the final onboarding process.


Staffing Advisor
Sempra Energy - Contractor
December 2008 – December 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Full cycle recruitment for core employment of various positions such as, Project Managers, Program Managers, Sr Financial Analysts, Sr, Energy Administrators, Energy Contracts Originators, Billing Accounts Specialists, Sr. Infrastructure Technology Managers, Sr Infratechnologists, Sr Engineer, Smart Meter Stakeholders Manager, Data Technicians. Managed the daily recruitment process, i.e. candidates, scheduling interviews, meeting with hiring managers and the on-boarding process. Sourced candidates through various networks, job fairs and associations. Developed strategic outline to recruit and meet AAP guidelines of the organization.


Sr. Recruiter
Tapestry Solutions, Inc
January 2008 – May 2008 (5 months)

As the Sr. Recruiter I support and direct the recruitment and hiring employment for the San Diego corporate location. My generel responsibilities include requisition generation, resumes screening, sourcing, interviewing, and identifing quality talented applicants for the organization.


Corporate Recruiter
Anacomp, Inc
October 2007 – February 2008 (5 months)

Experienced full life cycle contract recruiter, specilizing in recruitment sourcing and placement support of multiple buisiness lines such as IT, Operations, Sales, Finance.


Contract Recruiter
Encore Capital Group
June 2007 – September 2007 (4 months)

Corporate Recruiter, specialized placement of executivies in finance engineering, IT, operations, marketing and sales.


Manager, Seasonal Recruitment
Provide Comerce
January 2007 – June 2007 (6 months)

Manager, Seasonal Recruitment at Provide Commerce , I am over seeing all seasonal staffing. I maintain daily a complex staffing matrix, for the Directors and other Senior Managers. Provide high volume full-cycle recruitment consulting with responsibility for several open positions with multiple departments and hiring managers. Recruited Customers Service, Manufacturing, QA Engineers, Systems Engineers and IS & IT.


Executive Recruiter
Roth Staffing Services
2004 – 2006 (2 years)


Account Executive / Staffing Specialist
Ameriquest Mortgage (Chula Vista)
2002 – 2003 (1 year)



Sr. Consultant Edit
InvestorReach
January 2000 – May 2002 (2 years 5 months)

Sr Consultant working with a variety of clients on the manufacturing, and operational distribution and servicing areas within the financial services industry. While at InvestorReach we worked with clients ranging in size from $700 million to $700 billion in assets. Our primary focus was helping them increase their assets under management.


SVP, Investor Services Edit
Nicholas Applegate
1992 – 2000 (8 years)