Volora Bridget Howell
483 Mountain View Avenue
Orange, New Jersey 07050
volora@gmail.com
877-406-6436

I have over 22 years experience

Willing to work Onsite or virtually
Knowledge of USA employment and EEO laws.
Specialize in recruiting and sourcing in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications industries. Providing services nationally for both clients and candidates, cultivating strong relationships within this community. Provided on-site/off-site recruitment service on hourly fee basis; also performed executive retained searches.

Airs Trained Source Point
Trained at Sourcecon 2007
Trained in Broadlook Technologies
Trained ZoomInfo

Professional Associations:
Member Cisco Alumni
Member: CISSP Association
Linkedin Lion Member-directly linked 3300 members
http://www.linkedin.com/in/volorahowell
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Independent Contractor
SUMMARY
Over 22 successful years in HR, specializing in domestic and international Sourcing and full lifecycle Recruiting… finding passive and non-passive candidates. .
Experienced in planning, developing, implementing and participating in comprehensive recruiting programs. Management and training of recruiters and HR staff. Broad knowledge of Technology Placement. Successful experience includes, but is not limited to Sourcing and Recruiting all levels and disciplines of professionals within Information Technology, Financial Services, and Professional Services.
Strong background with Internet sourcing and recruiting to include techniques taught by AIRS trained professionals, the leading firm on Internet Recruitment Strategies. Competent with Flipping, X-ray, advanced Boolean searches, etc. Experienced with Kenexa, I-GRASP, Restrac, Webferret, Resumix, Copernic, and JobDiva. Recruiter and others.
Independent Recruiter – 1985 to Present

Qualifications:
Researcher, Name generator, Candidate development.
Interviewed and screened candidates, with a 90%-100% placement rate.
Experienced in developing job descriptions and creating profiles.
Conducted job fairs, seminars, training, and benefits orientation for employers.
Criminal check, credit check and testing candidates from colleges and universities as well as technical training institutions.
Recruited for the following positions: Technology, Quality Assurance, Biostatistics and Biometrics, Communications, Public Relations, IT, Sales and Marketing.
Technology Clients: Verizon Business, AdOne, Microsoft, CNBC, Schoolnet, ADP, Comcast, Price Waterhouse, Goldman Sachs

Technology Life Science Clients: Vertis Communications,RTI International, Cardinal Health, Baxter Healthcare, Organon Pharmaceutical, Memory Pharmaceuticals, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Acorda Therapeutics, Pharmacia, Novartis, ImClone Systems ,and HBO.

Verizon Business
Sr. Telecommunications
Recruiter for USA
Recruiting personnel for the Verizon Business Premier Account.
Direct Sourcing: Account Managers, Sales Managers, Sales Engineers, Manager of Sales
Engineers for USA, Recruiting personnel for Japanese Vertical Accounts.
Oracle Financial Developers, Architects; Oracle 9i/10g, Oracle Forms 6i, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL
Sales Recruiter
Vertis Communications Printing Manufacturer- Baltimore, Maryland February 2007- June 2007
Sales Reps, Business Managers, Sales Managers

Pharma-Search Inc.
RTI- International- Research Triangle Park, NC May 2006- December 2006
Identified candidates from government agencies, from the state and national
Agencies such as: Brookhaven
Sr. Oracle Apps developer,,CDC, Battelle, Argonne Labs, Brookhaven National Laboratory, National Renewable Labs,
Oakridge National Labs, Pacific National Labs and Idaho National Labs,
RTI's water resources and water quality research assisted federal, state, and local governments as well as international clients identify and assess point and nonpoint pollutant loadings to watersheds and target pollution control resources effectively. . RTI's research in air, water, and land resources extends across the following areas of environmental and natural resource planning. Identified the following for this department:
Water Resource Managers (Civic Engineers PhD’s candidates)
Water Resource Scientist Engineers - (Master’s in Environmental or Engineering Senior Water Resource Scientist (PhD in Ecology)

Education:
Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA
Master’s degree - Business Administration
Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science - Journalism/Public Relations, June 1977
Grahm Junior College, Boston, MA
Associates - Broadcast Journalism, June 1975