Current Resume 10-01-11

1. Dallas, Texas 75230
469-441-1065 (Cell)
afelts@hotmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwfelts
Aaron Felts
17 year Social Media savvy IT and Telecom Recruiter. Experienced in Corporate, Talent
Acquisition Specialist and Agency Staff Augmentation roles. Proficient in using Linkedin,
referral-based networking, cold calling and other online & traditional recruiting techniques to
hire top IT, Telecom, ERP & RF talent. Currently: 19,500 1st Tier Linkedin.com connections.
Selected Accomplishments:
 Recognized as having one of the largest Linkedin networks in the DFW Metroplex.
Have repeatedly used Linkedin and Social Media to find unique skillsets.
 Extremely successful advertising for top talent on Linkedin.com.
 In-depth experience of SAP and other ERP Recruiting (over 9 years working for a
dedicated SAP Practice (at TRG, two different stints).
 Trained and familiar with using Taleo as an ATS.
 Good experience and knowledge of Telecommunications and Radio Frequency
Engineer recruiting (CCIE, CCNP, CCNA, WiMax, CDMA, LTE, GSM), etc.
 Trained and mentored recruiting staff on recruiting with Social Media (RHI & Glow).
 At all below positions; performed 1) resume rewrites, 2) in-depth one-on-one candidate
preparation for phone and F2F interviews, 3) salary/compensation negotiation, 4)
reference checks, 4) research new skillsets to identify hunting grounds, and all other
traditional recruiting and Talent Acquisition duties.
Specialties
Strategic Recruiting • RFP (Request for Personnel) Documentation Package Development • Top
Grading Internal Interview Process • Behavioral Internal Interview Process • Advanced Cold
Calling • Market Research • Salary Negotiations • Job Description Development • Passive
Candidate Networking • Hiring Manager Business Partnering/Coaching • Resume
Analysis/Revamping • HR Process Improvement • Retention/Career Advisement
Dell Corporation
Contract Corporate Recruiter July 2011-September 2011
Successfully recruited Cisco, Junipet and Brocade Pre/Post Sales Engineers and
Account Executives.
Trained with and utilized Taleo as the Applicant Tracking system.
Trained on Non-Solicitation Legal agreements.
Glow Networks Richardson, Texas
Corporate Recruiter/Online Talent Acquisition Specialist March 2011 – July 2011
 Successfully recruited exclusively for Cisco Networking Engineers and Radio Frequency
Engineers for Telecom Carriers and Telecom OEM’s. The certifications for Cisco sought
were CCIE, CCNP, and CCNA (all with a Routing & Switching or Service Provider
Specialty). The technologies sought for RF were CDMA, LTE, GSM, WiMax, etc.

2.  Singlehandedly and successfully rescued a top-tier 11 year client relationship, which was
threatened with dissolution and had been downgraded to 2nd Tier Vendor status, to a
restoration of 1st Tier Vendor status in less than 3 months.
 Repeatedly did heavy RFP (Request for Personnel) internal hiring documentation package
development for new hires and for transfer of staff employees from one department to
another internal department at Glow.
 Closed the largest deal in the whole company (a CCIE for internal placement at Glow which
will produce over $200,000 net profit for Glow in the next 2 years.
 Very Successful in the negotiation process with a .037% decline rate on offers extended
 Successfully developed one-on-one relationships with internal customers and managed over
10 internal hiring managers, 6 facilities and over 70 open requisitions at any given time.
 Created a successful united interview function between facilities.
TXU, Dallas, Texas October 2010 - November 2010
Corporate Recruiter (contract)
 Recruited IT professionals specializing in SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Utility
Call Center competencies for TXU’s Energy Future Holdings.
 Partnered with Senior Management for the gathering of requirements, job description finalization,
and salary grading for all new IT staffing needs.
 Managed all internal and external online job postings pertaining to IT.
 Monitored and tracked all diversity recruiting in compliance with EEOC regulations.
 Facilitated the conversion of on-site contractors to TXU employee status.
Robert Half International (RHI), Plano, Texas Jan. 2010 – Aug. 2010 (office closed)
Corporate Recruiter
 Recruited IT and other professionals for VMS-based recruiting within RHI’s Major Accounts
Division. Concentrated on QA Testers, SAN Storage professionals, technical and functional
ERP (Oracle & SAP), Developers, & DBA’s. Performed some submittals on Account Temps
and Office Temps job orders as well.
 Successfully identified candidates through Social Media, Google, Referral-based, and traditional
online recruiting techniques.
 Generated and passed along 25+ leads on new clients/job orders resulting in many new listings.
 Conducted ongoing LinkedIn Training to existing and new staff.
 Recognized with a spontaneous compensation bonus for outstanding recruiting efforts.
Three Pillar Corp, Bedford, Texas Sept. 2008 - August 2009
Recruiter / Account Executive
 Performed full-desk Recruiting and New Business Development responsibilities for both
contract and fulltime employment opportunities.
 Successfully generated seven new clients of IT, Engineering (Manufacturing, Civil and Pipeline
Engineers), Accounting/Finance, and Office Temps job orders and submittals through effective
cold-calling techniques.
 Submitted over 200 candidates to different job orders resulting in 50+ sendouts resulting in 10+
perm deals and 7 contract deals with a markup average of 25%.
 Used Social Media, Advertising, and other online resources to identify IT, Finance, Accounting,
and Healthcare/Medical professionals.
Technical Resource Group (TRG), Dallas, Texas May 2005 – Sept. 2008
Senior Technical Recruiter / Online Resources Specialist

3.  Utilized all online recruiting and advertising tools. Created position descriptions to target
desired audience for TRG’s clients. Managed company-wide resume responses from ads.
 Averaged 3+ deals per month and once placed 6 candidates in a month. Averaged 16+ recruits
monthly with 50+ submittals with an average of 15 onsite interviews per month.
 Worked on national and local hiring needs for multiple consulting jobs; SAP, Oracle, Cognos,
QA Testers, SAN Storage, PeopleSoft, CRM, BI, DW, Ecommerce (SUN, Netdynamics,
Webmethods, Java).
 SAP orders worked on included; ABAP, AFS, APO, BASIS, BI/BW, BusinessObjects, CRM,
CS/SM, EH&S, EWM, FICO, FSCM, GTM, GTS, HCM/HR, IM, PI/XI, IPC, ISA, LES, MDM,
MI, MM, NetWeaver, PY, PLM, PM, Portal, PP, QA, QM, RF/RFID, SCM, SD, Security,
Solution Manager, SOX, SRM, TM, TPM, TPVS, TR, VC, WD, WFM, WM & Workflow
 Honored 11 times as The Recruiter of the Month. Rewarded with two paid vacations to Lake
Tahoe for consistently exceeding production goals.
Midwest Consulting Group (MCG), Dallas, Texas
April 2004 - May 2005
Technical Recruiter
 Performed high volume recruiting for identifying IT professionals for MCG’s client base.
 Successfully generated the top three of the branch’s largest ever commission sales.
Technical Resource Group (TRG), Dallas, Texas May 1998 - April 2004
Technical Recruiter
 Recruiting efforts concentrated on professionals such as Application Developers, Web
Developer/Designers, Database Developers, Database Administrators, Business Intelligence,
Quality Assurance, and Network Infrastructure Specialists.
Other skills I have recruited for in my career include but are not limited to: Java, J2EE, Cognos, C+
+, C#/.NET, Sharepoint, Biztalk, Datastage ETL / PX Architects/Developers, Unix (AIX, Sun, HP,
Linux, etc.), Ab Initio, Microstrategy, Quality Stage, Informatica, Data Warehouse
Architects/Developers, DBAs, Oracle Apps, PeopleSoft Financials and HRMS, Kronos, Maximo,
Mercury Suite, and more.
Education: B.S., Political Science/History, East Texas State University, 1990
Certification: HR Introduction Certificate, Collin County Community College, 2011
Certified ToastMaster (CTM), Oration Plus ToastMaster’s Club 2005
DFW ToastMaster’s Area 25 Rookie of the Year 2005