1. Janis Hawkridge
Irvine, CA 92604
Cell: 949 400 7889
E-mail: janis.hawkridge@hotmail.com
Full life cycle technical recruiter available for corporate or contract position
Accomplishments
• Was hired to source and fill 85 positions within 3 months for a new project. Requirements filled
successfully and in addition developed a candidate pipeline of 1800
• Company had critical project situation which involved sourcing and qualifying technical and
scientific consultants for immediate start. Successful in recruiting 90 qualified staff for the
project within 5 days
• Fastest direct hire of mid-level technical professional was 4 hours from receipt of resume
through interview, reference check and written offer acceptance
• Improved time to fill ratios
• Development of HR and Recruitment processes and best practices for small and start-up
companies
• As a technical staffing agency account manager, established new industry business development
and recruiting and successfully closed long term contract of $4 million annually with a 34%
markup
Experience
1/2000 – present Corporate Technical Recruiter on a contract basis
A partial list of positions filled is below.
Full lifecycle recruiter for both high volume and niche market positions locally and nationally.
Requirements filled range from mid-level professionals to VP level. Contracts lasted up to 2.5 years.
Two positions led to full time national corporate recruiter positions.
Work includes sourcing for top tier and critical skills candidates through creative research,
referrals, Linked In and other social networking tools, trade associations, Internet, string searches, job
boards and job fairs. Develop candidate pipelines.
Team with hiring managers and HR to assess needs and requirements and develop recruitment
strategies; best practices; develop behavioral assessments for prescreening and interviewing.
Develop selection criteria; assess internal and external applicants for skills, abilities, experience,
diversity and fit.
Drive hiring process to successful completion: provide assessments on candidates for evaluation;
schedule and follow up on interviews; guide decision-making process with management; extend offers
and counter offers; check references, initiate background checks and drug screening; follow up on visas
and relocation.
Establish relationships with candidates from start of selection process until start date and
onboarding. Support HR with recruiting metrics and timely notification of hires.

2. Train and supervise recruiting staff. Manage outside vendors. Manage and supervise small
teams.
Familiar with regulatory compliance, OFCCP, ISO 13485, ISO 9000/9xxx, 6-Sigma, EEOC,
AA, ADA, visa legislation, employment laws, payroll, benefits.
Industries: dental operations, nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical services, software development,
IT, medical device development, engineering, environmental consulting and financial services.
Companies: Pacific Dental Services (operations management), Herbalife (nutritional supplements:
IT/scientific/operations/international marketing/finance), ICF International (environmental
engineering/scientists/Office of Head Start senior administrators/Center for Disease Control
Manager/Broadband business development), Source Refrigeration (supermarket refrigeration/analysts),
Southern California Edison (IT/utilities), PSC Biotech (pharmaceutical engineering consultancy),
Verizon Wireless (telecommunications retail and technical support), Sony (IT), Paciolan (now
Ticketmaster – IT/software development), Abbott Vascular (medical device development), Avail
Medical Products (now Flextronics - medical device development), IndyMac Bank (mortgage banking –
HR), Verisign (data encryption software), 3Ware (SAN), Latitude Communications (now Cisco Systems
– e-conferencing software), SonicIsland (streaming media development), DXL USA (mass flow
controller development), Pacific Miniatures (plastics products) and Futurelink (cloud computing
provider/IT).
1998-1999 Recruiter, Logical Computer Services, San Juan Capistrano CA
Account management and recruiting of technical temporary, contract and full-time IT staff for
Southern California area. Managed consultants on assignment, advised and guided managers on hiring
decisions.
1997-1998 Recruiter. Adecco Technical Services, Irvine, CA
Recruiting of technical temporary, contract and full-time IT staff for Southern California area.
Managed consultants on assignment, advised and guided managers on hiring decisions. Qualified and
managed outside vendors, updated records and systems. Analyzed employment and independent
consultant status eligibility to Federal guidelines.
Professional Certifications and Training
DDI Targeted Selection behavioral interviewing certification
AIRS certification
OFCCP training
Dale Carnegie sales training
Computer Skills
MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel); Lotus Notes; Intranets; Internet; various databases; various HRIS
and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) including Taleo, SAP E-Recruit, Resumix, Brass Ring,
Peoplesoft, SmartSearch, HRsmart; ACT and other sales and CRM systems, ADP and proprietary
payroll systems
Publications
San Jose Mercury News: How to Hunt for a Headhunter; Contract Employment: The Career of the
Future. Various how-to books, user manuals and medical dictionary published in U.S. and overseas.

3. Education
Bachelor of Arts 9/2012 – present
AA degree, Littlehampton, England
Additional Coursework in Writing for Publication at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA; Arts &
Motion Picture Sciences at UC Los Angeles, CA; Computer Science, Finance, Public Speaking & Art at
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Mensa testing (successful) – past member
Placements by Expertise – multiple placements each title
Management
Vice President of Operations, Director of Quality, Director of Marketing Communications, Principal
Scientist, Manager of Quality, Manager of Supplier Quality, Group Leader of Quality, Group Leader of
Supplier Quality, Chief Systems Architect, Manager of Manufacturing, Production Manager, Product
Manager, Director of Human Resources, Manager of Plant Transfers; Engineering Manager; Project
Manager, Implementation Manager, Production Manager, Director of Resource Planning, Senior
Manager, Energy Services, Program Managers Office of Head Start: mass communications, health,
fiscal operations, Early Head Start, instructional design, cultural linguistics, community engagement,
Head Start Center Managers, CDC Team Manager, Manager of Global Mobility, Manager of
Compensation, Senior Manager of Global Sourcing Compliance, Senior Manager of Technical
Operations, Manager of Distributor Data & Analysis, Senior Manager of Material Sourcing, Manager
Internal Audit, Manager Global Licensing & Regulatory, Manager of Event Marketing, Associate
Manager Online Marketing Strategy, Senior Manager of Accounting Operations, Project Manager North
America/Mexico, Program Manager Asia/Pacific, Manager Online Technology, Senior Manager of Tax
Planning, Manager of Oracle Agile Systems, Director of Scientific Affairs (global), Managers of
Scientific Affairs (global regions),
Technical
Quality Assurance – black box, white box, software application, SQA, medical device, Quality
Engineers, Supplier Quality Engineers, Validation Engineers, Global Sourcing compliance,
Mechanical Engineering - CAD/CAM – ruggedizing components, aerospace, refrigeration, operations
Chemical Engineering/Chemistry – optical coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals
Medical Device Engineering – plastics, design, process, quality, validation, manufacturing, extrusion,
ISO 13485, 6-Sigma, kanban
Scientists – polymer, medical device R&D, microbiology, pharmaceuticals
Operations – Oracle Agile Systems, Operational Excellence, 6-Sigma black & green belts, buyers,
Environmental – Energy Services Project Manager (utilities transmission corridor); project coordinator;
Energy Efficiency compliance; Energy Engineers
Refrigeration/HVAC – technicians, foremen, journeyman, electricians
Software Development – Web & Mobile Apps, ERP, Principal & Senior Developers Business
Intelligence, Senior Developers Oracle, .Net Applications, SQL applications, Computer Systems
Validation, Genesys, SAN, Internet, iOS, Android, streaming media, Windows, Unix operating systems
(various flavors), MacIntosh operating system, mainframes, AS400, peripherals development (Kanji,
Braille, printers), globalization, localization

4. Programming – Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java, J2EE, PHP, C, Cobol, AS400, systems, DBAs: Oracle,
Adabas, SQL Server, HMTL5, Ruby, LAMP
Analysis: .Net Applications, systems, business systems, business, data, financial, global sourcing
compliance
Networking – Director of Technical Services, Citrix, NOC engineers & technicians, IT infrastructure,
wireless
Hardware – mass flow controller development, chip development
Testing – hardware, firmware, software
Systems Administration: Unix, AS400, Unisys, Citrix, Mac, Windows
Technical Writers
Sales/Marketing
Sales/Business Development: channel sales, inside sales, outside sales, Technical Account Managers,
Technical Implementation Managers, Technical Sales Consultants, Technical Project Manager
Consultants, marketing, Marketing Communications, Help Desk, Technical Customer Service, Retail
Wireless Sales, Retail Wireless Technical Support, Broadband B2B business development, Copywriter,
Project Manager Creative Services, Brand Managers, Account Managers for Commercial & Industrial
Energy Efficiency
Banking/Finance/Administrative
Field Interviewers/Data Collectors (HUD & other programs), Managers of Accounting, Distributor Data
& Analysis, Internal Audit, Operations, Tax Planning, Financial Analysts, recruiting professionals,
researchers, Human Resources, operations, accounting, finance, administrative assistants, executive
assistants, mortgage professionals