STEVE MICHAELS 
3403 Candlewisp Drive
Spring, TX 77388
 [Send email to request phone number] 51.9184 home office
832.563.9349 mobile
s_michaels@comcast.net

SUMMARY:

I am a Principal Recruiter and Internet Research Manager, as well as an AIRS
Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR), NAPS Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) and
Corporate Internet Recruitment Trainer. 

I have 20 years of domestic and international recruiting / research experience,
which encompasses Engineering (primarily Oil, Gas & Chemicals), Information
Technology (includes Telecom / Wireless, ERP, CRM, B2B and e-Commerce), Software
Sales (ERP, CRM) and Finance. My 20 years experience includes 8 years as a Senior
Recruiter / Vice President for The Leslie Corporation (TLC), which provided
personnel focused on Oil, Gas and Chemical industries, primarily to the Middle
East. 

Clients I have provided services to include Dresser Rand, Universal Ensco, Inc.,
Crosstex, Mariner Health Care, Atlantic Methanol Production, Futurestep a Korn /
Ferry company (VP of HR, VP of Infrastructure & Operations), SAP America (ERP,
CRM, Global Solutions, B2B, e-Commerce, Sales, Marketing), JD Edwards (ERP),
Coca-Cola (SAP implementation), Manugistics (ERP), i2 Technologies (ERP),
SoftGuide International (SAP HR Consulting Firm), Magnus Consulting (SAP
Consulting Firm), Siebel Systems (CRM), Unisys, and Telecom / Wireless companies
such as Ericsson, MCI, BellSouth, GTE, BTNA, and Nortel. TLC clients I worked
domestically with included Texaco, Mobil Chemical, Conoco, Exxon, Shell,
Phillips, and Chevron (also Gulf). TLC international clients I worked with
included Qatar General Petroleum Company, QatarGas, Samarac, Aramco, Pemref,
SWCC, SCECO, SPIMCO, SAFI Diary, and Al-Hejalain Consulting.

I am seeking a permanent, fulltime position in the Metro Houston area. I am also
immediately available for Recruiting and/or Research consulting assignments,
working on a 1099 or W2. I am open to any onsite consulting assignment in Metro
Houston, as well as any nationwide virtual assignment.

EXPERIENCE

CONSULTING SERVICES
12/2005 to Present - STAFF SOLVERS UNLIMITED (SSU) - Spring, TX
PRINCIPAL RECRUITER / CONSULTANT 
* Re-opened own Recruitment Consulting business
* Develop alliance partners to split contingency and contract placements
* Secure new clients needing contract and/or permanent employee positions
staffed
* Staffing projects listed below were for permanent, fulltime employee status
positions

SSU PROJECTS

GUIDEWIRE SOLUTIONS - Founded in 2001 and profitable since the first year,
Guidewire is the leading provider of Enterprise Application Software to the
multi-billion dollar property, casualty and workers' compensation insurance
industry. Current clients include industry leaders CNA Insurance, Geico and Amica
Mutual Insurance Organization just to name a few. 

This assignment includes staffing fulltime staff, and the positions include,
Senior Functional Consultants, Project 
Managers, Solution Architects, Senior Solution Architects, on the
functional-side, as well as Technical Java Architects at 
all levels on the technical-side.

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC - One of the largest banking and financial services
organizations in the world, with over 218,000 employees in 76 countries.  They
are one of the United States' largest issuers of private label and
general-purpose credit cards.  This assignment included recruiting fulltime staff
with Marketing and Financial experience, primarily within the banking/financial
industries.  HSBC desired candidates with MBAs from the top 25 ranked colleges
and universities in the United States.  
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FULLTIME CORPORATE POSITION
05/2005 to 12/2005 - CONTROL DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL - Houston, TX
Control Dynamics International is a full service control system engineering
company specializing in industrial automation.
STAFFING MANAGER
* Responsible for staffing all internal positions at CDI, which included Systems
Integrators and Systems Engineers working primarily with PLC, DCS and HMI
* Responsible for developing relationships with new clients and staffing
external positions, primarily within the oil, gas and petrochemical engineering
industries, as well as select IT clients
* Responsible for supervising activities by the recruitment staff
* Responsible for P&L  
* Provided Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies (AIRS) training to
subordinates
* Positions, both internal and external, that were being staffed included,
Systems Engineers, Systems Integrators, 
Pipeline Engineers, Pipeline Program Managers, Draftsmen, GIS Specialists,
Manufacturing Engineers, Electrical 
Engineers (Pipeline & Refinery), multiple refinery engineering positions (i.e.,
Process, Safety, Rotating Equipment, etc.), and various IT positions, which
include multiple SAP positions nationwide, Oracle DBA's, CRM (Siebel), etc.
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CONSULTING SERVICES
1/2001 to 05/2005 - STAFF SOLVERS UNLIMITED (SSU) - Spring, TX
PRINCIPAL RECRUITER / CONSULTANT / OWNER
* Began my own Recruitment Consulting business
* Developed alliance partners to split contingency and contract placements
* Staffing projects listed below were for permanent, fulltime employee status
positions

SSU PROJECTS

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING to MARINER HEALTH CARE - Houston, TX
* Cash Posting Specialists - Staffed
* Delivery Specialists - Staffed
* Senior Network Engineer - Staffed
* Billing Specialists - Staffed
* Collections Specialists - Staffed

SSU DIRECT CLIENT - 
ATLANTIC METHANOL PRODUCTION COMPANY - Equatorial Guinea, West Africa 
* Fire & Safety Supervisor / Training Coordinator - Staffed
* Housing Maintenance Supervisor - Staffed 
* Human Resources Manager Consultant - Staffed
* HSE Manager - Staffed

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING to FUTURESTEP, INC. - (02/02-11/20/02)
(A subsidiary of Korn / Ferry)
* Positions assigned to staff were as follows:
VP of Human Resources, VP of Infrastructure & Operations, Global Solutions
Manager / Oil & Gas, Global Solutions Manager / Food, Senior SAP Business Systems
Integration Analyst, SAP Project Manager, Process Engineers 
(Automotive), Project Engineer (Automotive), Director of Product Management -
Electron Microscopy, Senior Recruiting Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Business
Development Managers, Strategic Accounts Sales Director - MSN/Japan

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING to LEE AND PIERSON ASSOCIATES, LLC - Mt. Laurel, NJ
(Sub-contracting to SAP America - 05/01-07/01)
Senior Technical Recruiter & Research Consultant
(Atlanta-based, Telecommuting)
* Provided competitor research and candidate sourcing services for SAP America,
within the ERP, CRM and Global Solutions area

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING to ERICSSON, INC. - Richardson, TX
SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER & RESEARCH CONSULTANT
(Atlanta-based, Telecommuting - 01/01-04/01)
Hired to recruit, and also to develop a Research Department for Ericsson
Staffing. The Department is a key asset to the Recruiting Department. The
Research Department uses all Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies (AIRS),
networking skills, cold calling and other research techniques to locate passive
and active candidates, which are then passed on to the Recruiters for review.
Once the recruiters select candidates they want to pursue, the Research
Department contacts these candidates for pre-screening and forwards the results
to the recruiters, who in turn prepare the candidates to present to hiring
managers.
* Positions included, Mobile Internet Architects, Technical Solutions Managers
and Engineers, Configuration Managers, Account Managers / New Business
Development, Field Application Engineers, Product Managers, Security 
Administrators, Software Engineers, Network Engineers, SAP Process Specialists,
and Mangers of Wireless Project Management

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FULLTIME, PERMANENT POSITIONS PRIOR TO SSU

1/2000 to 12/2000 - VENTURE SEARCH PARTNERS - Atlanta, GA
(a wholly owned subsidiary of R. D. RAAB & COMPANY, which is listed below)
SENIOR RECRUITER / RESEARCH MANAGER / INTERNET TRAINER
VSP is the Executive HR Consulting and Retained Search Division of RDR, focused
primarily on the IT industry. VSP / RDR felt the need to develop an Internet
Research Division, and it has been my sole responsibility for that development.
* Responsible for sourcing all candidates needed for all projects. This sourcing
includes utilizing Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies (AIRS), as well as
posting positions, in order to locate the quality passive candidates highly
desired by our clients
* Responsible for ensuring all candidates forwarded to our Account Managers are
highly qualified in their respective disciplines
* Responsible for managing Research Associates
* Responsible for creating spreadsheet reports per account regarding E-Research
sourcing activities. These reports are then a part of Master Reports presented to
our clients
* Responsible for consulting with the Account Managers regarding the companies
to target to get the quality professionals our client seeks
* Responsible for editing and amending Client Requisition Profiles prior to
posting them to fee paid and free sites
* Responsible for Data Mining, which includes becoming a member of forums,
discussion groups, communities which focus on the IT disciplines we primarily
focus on; in particular the Software Industry (sales, pre-sales, application
development, etc.)
* Account Manager to multiple client accounts, from the project kick-off to
final staffing of requested personnel

5/1997 to 1/2000 - R. D. RAAB & COMPANY - Atlanta, GA
SENIOR RECRUITER / CORPORATE INTERNET TRAINER
* Prior to moving to VSP, assigned as Project Manager to Siebel Systems'
subsidiary Sales.com, to recruit Web Architects, Web Developers, SQA Engineers
and Engineering Managers, who are experienced in OO, C++, HTML, JAVA, Perl,
Probe, Oracle, and NT. Also staffing Network Architects with experience in WAN /
LAN
* Assigned to the UNISYS/WWENTS account to recruit Senior / Lead System
Architects, Enterprise Architects, Integration Architects, Project Directors,
University IT Center Managers, Project Managers, and ORACLE DBAs.  These
positions require experience within the Client / Server, OO, CORBA, C++, VC++,
VB, NT, UNIX and Rational Rose environment
* Recruited Corporate Instructors in the areas of Manufacturing, Distribution,
Financials and HR/Payroll, for J. D. Edwards
* Primary responsibility prior to the aforementioned I had been recruiting SAP
R3 Functional Consultants, Softguide International (SAP HR Consulting Firm), The
Coca-Cola Company (Project Infinity), SAP America and Magnus Management
Consultants (SAP Consulting Firm)
* Also recruited Software Sales professionals for SAP America, JD Edwards, i2
Technologies, Siebel, etc.
* Additional responsibilities include Training Coordinator for the Atlanta HR
Consulting Staff, as well as being the Corporate-wide Internet Trainer for 5
offices. The Internet training entails Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies 
(AIRS)
* Previous Project Manager & Senior Consulting Projects Available on Request

3/1997 to 5/1997 - MIS RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Roswell, GA
RECRUITING MANAGER / SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER
(Reason for leaving: Recruited on-line by R. D. RAAB & COMPANY, which made an
offer too lucrative to overlook)
* Responsible for refining management tools, training junior recruiters and
developing a methodology that best fits the direction the company was heading
* Responsible for recruiting permanent Staff Consultants and contract personnel,
working primarily with Client/Servers, UNIX, Graphical User Interface (GUI),
embedded real-time systems, ORACLE 6.0 AND 7.0, Informix 4GL, SYBASE, 
Powerbuilder 3.0 to 4.0, C/C++, Windows, Motif, UIM/X, Rational Rose,
OOD/OOP/OOA, Paradigm Plus, SAP, Peoplesoft, VAX/C, RPG/400, DEC/VAX/COBOL, etc
* Also worked major accounts for clients needing candidates with IDMS, DB2, IMS,
CICS and COBOL, due to the Year 2000 projects that were beginning to develop
* Responsible for making "offers of employment" to candidates requested by the
clients


9/1995 to 3/1997 - TRECOM BUSINESS SYSTEMS - Atlanta, GA
SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER
Trecom Business Systems was acquired by Amdahl Corporation in 1996 and merged
with DMR International to become DMR Trecom and is now DMR Consulting. This
company is international software consulting firm. All employees are hired as
Staff Consultants.
* Primarily recruited all experience levels of client/server software engineers,
LAN/WAN professionals, database administrators, etc., focused on the
telecommunications industry
* Clients included BellSouth, GTE, MCI, Sprint, AT&T and BTNA

8/1988 to 8/1995 - THE LESLIE CORPORATION (TLC) - Houston, TX
Vice President / Senior Recruiter
(At the time of employment, TLC was the largest supplier of U.S. and Canadian
personnel to the Middle East in the world.)
* Started as an entry-level recruiter for the contract division of TLC,
recruiting IT contractors (i.e., mainframe: COBOL, DB2, IMS; client/server:
SYBASE, ORACLE, INFORMIX; LAN/WAN, etc.), and moved into a senior position 3
years later. Promoted to Vice President in 1993.
* Primarily responsible for managing nine accounts in Saudi Arabia and two in
Qatar
* Recruited professional engineers (i.e., process, chemical, civil, electrical,
petroleum, industrial, mechanical), as well as IT personnel for the various
clients

Major Accomplishment
* Traveled to Qatar in 1994, and secured exclusive recruiting contracts with
Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC) and QatarGas. These 2 recruiting
contracts made TLC the sole recruiting firm in the U.S. supplying U.S. and 
Canadian personnel to the 2 firms, on one of the largest projects in modern
times

* Middle East Account Manager Assignments Available on Request

5/1971 to 7/1988 - Various Entertainment Venues - Various Cities
ENTERTAINER / SONGWRITER / PRODUCER
* Professional Entertainer / Songwriter / Recording Artist / Managing Director
of Points West & Red Rose Music Publishing Companies / Managing Director of
Gilley's Recording Studio

CERTIFICATIONS:

02/2000 - AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter
05/1999 - National Association of Personnel Society (NAPS) Certified Personnel
Consultant (CPC) - Certified on all 
EEOC recruitment laws

TRAINING
"After All...You're The Supervisor" - ADP Total Source
"The Art of Interviewing" - AIRS
ERP Solutions Seminar
Franklin-Covey Time Management

References Available Upon Request