Gretchen McCarthy

About Gretchen McCarthy

Our mission is Uniting Professionals To Achieve Success Through Lasting Personal Relationships℠.I specialize in uniting professionals in technology roles with innovative companies while creating lasting personal relationships with candidates and customers. As a Strategic Relationship Director, I provide expertise to organizations to help secure top IT talent, including DevOps Engineers, Full Stack Engineers / Developers, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Cloud Data Engineers, Java.NET, Data Scientists and Analysts, Infrastructure Specialists, Project Managers, Business Analysts, ERP Professionals, etc.

Experience

1. Strategic Delivery Director Talent Partner Talent Acquisition

   Kforce Inc

   Jun 2017 — Present · NJ, US

   Kforce is a professional staffing and solutions firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions in the skill areas of technology, finance & accounting, and health information management. • Responsible for recruiting technology professionals for contract and permanent opportunities in the NY/NJ metro area. Tech Stack includes but not limited to Ruby, Python, JavaScript and libraries, Java (Full Stack, Back-End, Middle and Front) DevOps-AWS, Azure, GCP Cloud; SAP, SDET, Automation, Infrastructure, ETL (Informatica, Snowflake, DataStage, etc.), BI, Project Managers, Business Systems Analysts, etc.• Assist in development of new recruiting standards and policies.• Interview prospective recruiting and sales associates.• Mentor and assist new and existing associates on becoming familiar with internal database, corporate policies and procedures, etc.• Was responsible for managing and motivating a small team of recruiters to make sure client requirements are covered.• Assist management responding to RFP’s by providing competitive pricing information• Recruit IT Professionals capable of meeting current and future contract needs. • Source experienced candidates utilizing Internet searches and postings, internal database searches, social media sites, and networking with existing candidates.• Attended several in-house training sessions on how to use social media to search for and attract IT talent. • Establish relationships with associates, candidates and vendors.• Coordinate and arrange interviews between candidates and clients.• Conduct overview of company benefits, reference checks and negotiate compensation with candidates.• Generate job leads and referrals by networking with current candidates.• Rewrite resumes to effectively market candidates.• Interact with account managers and clients to identify hiring needs and clarify job requirements.• Revise job descriptions to effectively source for qualified candidates

Education

• Monmouth University

  BS, Business Administration

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Industrial Sector
• Staffing Industry
• Management
• Full-Cycle Recruiting
• Technical Recruiting
• Sdlc
• Benefits Negotiation
• Interviewing
• Staffing Services
• Human Resources
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Screening Resumes
• Recruiting
• Internet Recruiting
• Inspiration
• Contract Recruitment
• Salary Negotiation
• Staff Augmentation
• Interviews
• Full-Life Cycle Recruiting
• Permanent Placement
• Sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Temporary Placement
• Talent Management
• Screening
• Hiring
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)