Technical Recruiter

Location: Chicago, IL or Milwaukee, WI
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Arrangement: Full-Time Salaried Employee

The Technical Recruiter is responsible for recruiting and retaining full-time and contract technical personnel for our offerings in business intelligence, remote services, and other commercial services. This position collaborates with other SilverTrain leaders to ensure successful projects and staffing engagements.

Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to:
· Market SilverTrain to potential candidates and consultants and promote the SilverTrain name.
· Recruit for permanent positions and project staff relating to IT, Business Intelligence, Remote Services, and other commercial services opportunities on a national basis.
· Maintain recruiting/candidate pipeline reports and attend team meetings to provide recruiting update.
· Work closely and coordinate with HR Manager and Sales team to fulfill resource requirements.
· Create job descriptions for full-time and contract staff.
· Successfully fulfill multiple job orders with a strong sense of urgency.
· Effectively source and qualify technical candidates through a variety of sources including an in-house database, networking, referrals, direct recruiting, Internet recruiting, and vendor relationships.
· Continuously build candidate pipeline and maintain strong, long-term relationships with candidates, consultants, and vendors.
· Prescreen, qualify, present opportunity to candidates, and conduct technical interviews.
· Negotiate rate and/or salary with candidates (with assistance).
· Negotiate rates with vendors (with assistants) and address vendor issues.
· Edit candidate resume as needed, check references, present, and finalize offer with HR Manager.

Position Requirements:
· Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
· Excellent knowledge of and understanding of IT terminology with a solid understanding of IT concepts, terms, and ideas will be essential to success in this position.
· Extension experience recruiting IT technical personnel; specifically Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse and Remote Services which includes Business Objects, Cognos, Technical Architects, Business Intelligence Project Managers, VPN Technicians (amount others).
· Excellent knowledge of the national market from a sales and recruiting perspective.
· Highly experienced in evaluation techniques and a proven record of recruiting success.
· Excellent skills in Internet recruiting (Monster, Dice and other job boards).
· Strong network within the IT community.
· Effective at locating and identifying candidates to be added to the database for use at a later date.
· Strong knowledge of recruiting policy, procedures, and databases.
· Knowledge of recruiting/placement law and practices.
· Knowledge of compensation practices.
· Ability to multi-task is essential.
· Diplomatic communication and negotiation skills.
· Exceptional organizational skills are essential.
· Entrepreneurial attitude.
· Sales background helpful.

Company: SilverTrain
Contact: Jenni Dell'Agnese
Email: jenni.dellagnese@silvertraininc.com