Patrick Jordan

About Patrick Jordan

Proven and integral talent acquisition partner with demonstrated aptitude to thrive in high-volume requisition or strategic sourcing environments. An impactful leader and talent advisor, with consistent action towards principles of continuous improvement, analytics, and adaptation to high pressure or ambiguous business environments.Thorough understanding of the production lifecycle; advanced knowledge in capabilities required in end-to-end hardware and software research & development, design, build, test, deployment, and sustainment. Complex contract and compensation negotiation, cold calling, gainful networking, wide breadth web-based sourcing tools, AIRS Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR).Highest accountability, process ownership, and exceptional expectation setting, resulting in a “zero surprises” experience for hiring managers and candidates.

Experience

1. Managing Principal & Executive Recruiter

   Design For Excellence Talent, Llc

   May 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Design for Excellence Talent, or DfX Talent, is a talent advisory, professional and executive search partner. We collaborate with leadership within growing organizations, translating the “what” that is needed to maintain trajectory for growth, into the “who” and “where” and it can be found. The organizations with whom we partner and the roles we fill are unique, as is our depth of experience in knowing what best aligns a candidate to a specific need and which competencies can consistently translate to your teams’ success. We also understand the importance of agility to our clients, as requirements can change along the way. Whether the need is to rapidly assemble a team, or looking for that key, strategic hire to bring an org to the next level of excellence, we can help. Across multiple industries, we understand the cross-functional requirements and capabilities needed from the early stages of development, through the production lifecycle, to delivery and sustainment. Whether in industrial manufacturing, hardware and software development, defense & space, cleantech, and biotechnology, we know the right questions that need to be asked - on \"both sides of the table” – establishing specific needs of our client, and deep dive assessments of potential candidates to determine competency and cultural fit into an organization.

Education

• University of San Francisco

  General Education, English Literature

  1998 — 2000

• SAE Expression College

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Sound Production & Music

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Temporary Staffing
• Contract Negotiation
• Recruiting
• Temporary Placement
• Executive Search
• Technical Recruiting
• Jobvite
• Talent Acquisition
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Permanent Staffing
• Medical Staffing
• College Recruiting
• Internet Recruiting
• Requisition Management
• Strategic Hiring
• Sourcing