John Hennessy

About John Hennessy

I would like to introduce myself as an accomplished leader with a record of meeting workforce requirements across IT/technology, financial services, and staffing industries by implementing recruiting strategies and spearheading talent acquisition programs. Throughout my career, I have been successful in driving cultural transformations across the organizations by building/empowering teams as well as leading diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. I am renowned for building recruiting functions from scratch along with a history of establishing and steering a staffing business by spearheading all aspects of sales, marketing, and people development for the company. I earned reputation as a tech-savvy leader with expertise in deploying advanced ATS systems as well as executing business intelligence (BI) and data visualization tools to streamline talent acquisition and drive metrics-based recruiting functions. I am known for devising innovative sourcing strategies and fostering relationships with vendors, partners, and recruiting agencies to identify and onboard executive leaders, senior managers, and highly skilled IT professionals. My career history demonstrates my strategic thinking and problem-solving skills as well as my reputation for proposing data-driven strategies that influence talent acquisition decisions and programs at executive-level. Credentialed Professional: AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter AIRS Certified Diversity RecruiterPlease feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about my work experience.Email: j•••@hennessy.org I’m always interested in making new professional acquaintances!

Experience

1. Senior Executive Recruiter

   DISQO

   Jan 2022 — Present · Glendale, CA, US

   One of my major responsibilities during this role is to fulfill workforce needs of the organization by hiring and onboarding executive leaders, including VP of Engineering, VP of Product Management, and Director of Engineering.Notable Accomplishments Conducted complex searches and networking with target companies (including AWS, Meta/Facebook, Netflix, and Google) to source and recruit high-performing servant leaders. Built engineering team in Helsinki, Finland for metering organization by recruiting high-caliber talent, including managers, team leads, senior software engineers, and platform engineers. Achieved cost savings of more than $100K in placement fees for the organization.

Education

• Saint Mary's College of California

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communications

  1978 — 1982

• Saint Mary's College of California

  Master of Science - MS, International Business

  1985 — 1986

Skills

• Advertising
• Executive Search
• Dreamfactory
• Hris
• Employer Branding
• Human Resources
• Salesforce.com
• Crm
• Employee Training
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Virtualedge
• Sem
• Onboarding
• Staffing Metrics
• Force.com
• College Recruiting
• Coaching
• Employee Benefits
• Marketing
• Employee Relations
• Executive Staffing
• Technical Recruiting
• Recruitment Training
• Recruiting
• Recruitment Advertising
• Informatica
• Employee Referral Programs
• Personnel Management
• Internet Recruiting
• Background
• Interviews
• International
• Talent Management
• Leadership
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Taleo
• Cloud Computing
• Sourcing
• Vendor Management