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I get many calls from third party recruiters and some directly from Hiring Managers or internal HR...all from posting my resume on job boards and LinkedIn. Most
by jackson23 10y ago
I get many calls from third party recruiters and some directly from Hiring Managers or internal HR...all from posting my resume on job boards and LinkedIn. Most of the third party recruiters are unfortunately worthless and from New Jersey...I have no idea why, I live in Portland, OR. I am a Sr. SharePoint Consultant/Architect/Admin/Dev with over 20 years of IT experience and 8+ years of SharePoint experience. I now run my own consulting company and utilize the job boards only to get corp-to-corp or direct contracts with companies. Of the many of thousands of third party recruiters only two have really stood out to me. I am not otherwise affiliated with them or their companies (though I have worked with them):
Lisa Matar, founder and owner of Collaborative Vision http://cvhires.com http://cvhires.com, a boutique third party recruiting firm based in Portland, OR has fostered a positive relationship with me and with the companies that she works with. I had a question about a corp-to-corp SharePoint migration contract I learned of from a different recruiting company. Lisa reached out to the CTO of a large Healthcare company most of us have heard of within minutes and provided the information I needed. While the role was cancelled due to a long story, I was blown away by her execution. She is also very competent with current technologies, though she is not a developer or admin. Lisa really understood my background and experience and has proactively pinged me about positions and sometimes for my feedback. She is also very willing to place consultants corp-to-corp if the end client allows it. Thank you Lisa, you are the best.
Another recruiter is Susan Schmidt at InfoGroup Northwest with offices in Portland and other cities. Susan called me, I aced the interview same day, got the ball rolling, let me sign the paperwork electronically, and had me in a client-paid-for hotel room in a different city the same day, working the next day on a contract (it was kind of urgent for the company and me at the time). Unfortunately my recent experiences with InfoGroup have been negative...no feedback, no pings, I'm just a wet bag of meat that has potential to put money in their hands from my work. Chris R, the owner of InfoGroup is a very impressive woman and has a great business sense, which means shrewd in her case. I hope IGNW gets it back together, because they have coordinated several corp-to-corp contracts for me that I would not have otherwise known about and are mostly great to work with.
Does anyone know of any other recruiters in Portland that are open to finding corp-to-corp opportunities?