Ruben Rabines

SUMMARY
I am bilingual candidate with 5+ years of strong Recruitment experience. My background includes skills in Talent acquisition, Human Resource, cold calling, prospecting, Internet search and closing skills with the ability to adapt to new technologies and applications proficiently. Strong analytical and problem solving skills

A Team Player - Works well under pressure - Exhibits effective communication skills - Interacts well with diverse cultures

EDUCATION
• B.A. in Computer Science, August 2000
University of Lima, Peru.
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator - MCSA
New Horizons Computer Learning Center, New York
• CompTIA A+ Certified
New Horizons Computer Learning Center, New York
• CompTIA Network+ Certified
New Horizons Computer Learning Center, New York
• CompTIA Security+ Certified
New Horizons Computer Learning Center, New York
• CCNA coursework
New Horizons Computer Learning Center, New York
• Human Resource Training, 2003, 2004
• Studying towards CIR written exam

SKILLS
HR AND RECRUITING SOFTWARE: PeopleSoft, Power Place, Taleo, PeopleClick
PLATFORMS: Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 9x
TOOLS: Microsoft Office Professional Suites including Microsoft Project, Visio, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Photoshop

• Full Cycle Recruitment Staffing Volume
• Team Training & Curriculum Development
• Pre/Post Employment Processes /Candidate Management
• Administer Employee Referral Program
• Employee Relations Coaching/Counsel
• Conduct latest Market Research to access tech trends
• Develop Training for Successful Placement & Career Path Development
• Experience recruiting in IT, Telecom, Retail, Finance, Hospitality, Call center


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CPS - Compuquip Professional Services, Miami, FL 03/2009- Present
Sr. Recruiter
• High Volume, high powered Information Technology Recruiting involving multitudes of technologies (.NET, ADO.NET
AJAX, ASP, ASP.NET, C, C#, C++, Citrix, COBOL, ColdFusion, Crystal, CSS, DataWarehouse, DB2, DTS, ETL, Hibernate, HTML, Informatica, J2EE, J2ME, J2SE, JAVA, JavaScript, Jbuilder, JSP, Linux, Lotus Notes, MySQL, Oracle, Perl, PHP, PL/SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, Springs, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, Struts, Teradata, Unix, VB, VB.NET, VB6, VBA, VBScript, Weblogic, Blackberry enterprise Server, WebSphere, XHTML, XML, etc)
• Develop strong communication channels with possible candidates with the highest sense of urgency
• Source for qualified candidates using database, job boards, networking sites (LinkedIn, Facebook, Meetups, etc), cold calling, e-mail and job fairs, to identify potential candidates on a daily basis.
• Negotiate salary and hourly rates with potential candidates.
• Build relationships with contract employees through different activities, such as lunch meetings to promote referral program.
• Provide exceptional customer service to our clients, candidates, contractors, and internal employees.
• Manage multiple projects on a daily basis.
• Request and check professional references.

Florida Recruiters Group, Miramar, FL 01/2008- Present
Sr. Recruiter
• High Volume, high powered Recruiting involving multitudes of technologies
• Develop strong communication channels with possible candidates with the highest sense of urgency
• Source for qualified candidates using database, cold calling, job boards, networking sites (LinkedIn, Facebook, Meetups, etc), e-mail and job fairs.
• Negotiate salary and hourly rates with potential candidates.


Metro Group Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL 09/2006- 01/2008
Senior/Lead Recruiter
• Led initiative to recruit highly specialized impossible to find resources in the domestic market
• Working in a fast paced environment to set the daily and weekly goals
• Reviewing resumes and checking references of professional and technical applicants in order to fill technical (contract and permanent) and engineering job orders.
• Leading weekly Recruiters meetings to improve on daily problems and advice on new techniques.
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationship with candidates and client managers
• Source for qualified candidates using database, job boards, networking sites (LinkedIn, Facebook, Meetups, etc), cold calling, e-mail and job fairs, to identify potential candidates in a daily basis.
• Researched, documented and proposed new systems to improve recruiting efforts
• Training new recruiters in several recruiting techniques for active and passive cold calling
• Prepare Offer letters to the candidates selected by the client.
• Requesting and checking professional references
• Managing multiple projects in a daily basis.
• Promoted to Senior IT Recruiter/ Lead Recruiter after 1 year
• Also recruiting Customer service position for one mayor client, exceeding the monthly goal 4 times in a row

CVS Corporation, New York, NY 04/2003-08/2006
Corporate Recruiter/HR
• Collaborated with Human Resource Manager to develop strategic staffing plan
• Hiring and separation of general staff and pharmacy staff for all the 13 Region Stores, following all the steps thru the hiring process.
• Conducting performance evaluations, recommending salary increases, providing counseling on disciplinary problems and recommending corrective actions in order to maintain effective staffing and production levels.
• Improved sourcing strategies, create sourcing pools and improve overall time to fill vacancies
• Maintained personnel training profiles and ensure compliance with CVS Corporation employee training policy
• Ensured compliance of various corporate policies and legal standards
• Responsibilities include: daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports
• Help train other managers
• Key team member in the rollout of the new stock process



NEXTA LLC, Hoboken, New Jersey 01/2003-03/2003
Hardware Technician
• Management, support and troubleshooting of a mixed environment with over 50 servers and 110 PC/MAC workstations and laptops.
• Migration from Exchange 2000 to 2003 as well as other MS2000 servers
• Migration from Novell NDS/File/NDPS to Microsoft.
• Deployed Monitoring Solution based on GFI Network Server Monitor and MRTG
• Desktop / Server Deployment / disaster recovery
• Daily AS400 operations, monitoring jobs and print queues.

Banco Latino, Lima, Peru 04/1997 – 12/2001
Help Desk Supervisor
• Technical phone support to the web of clients in desktop and application issues.
• Upgrading and configuring new equipment (routers, switches, PCs) and general IT duties.
• Duties include software and hardware support on many platforms.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of pc’s, servers, laptops and printers.
• Using Active Directory, Dameware, and all the tools and knowledge available to me while documenting every procedure in HP Service Desk
• Responsible for troubleshooting software problems for corporate, enterprise customers operating out of North, Central, and South America, in both English and Spanish.
• Solving complex problems related to Windows and Linux workstations.
• Analysis of various types of application files and how they related to the operating system environment to ensure smooth interactivity between the company’s software and the client’s technological environment.
• Establishing good working relations with clients and distributors
• Testing new desktop products, and helped integrating them into environments such as mail and file servers.
• Generating detailed reports on any issues that would arise, that I would then present to both management and the development teams.