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He takes a candidate\-centered approach, offering resume and career advice and obtaining approval before submitting a candidate’s resume\. Rick has led major recruiting and HR technology initiatives across EmployBridge, Ellucian, Systems & Computer Technology, SunGard Higher Education, and consulting engagements\. At Ellucian, he reduced agency hiring from 10% to under 0\.1%, cut average days open from 80 to 39, increased monthly hiring volume by 20%, and helped save more than $800,000 through vendor\-contract renegotiations and avoided retained\-search fees\. His background also includes HRIS transformation, talent\-management implementations, recruiting process redesign, affirmative\-action compliance, immigration coordination, and executive hiring\. ## Services - Talent Acquisition - Applicant Tracking Systems - Talent Management - Recruiting - Human Resources - Sourcing - HRIS - Management - CRM - Performance Management - Technical Recruiting - Interviews - Leadership - Vendor Management - SDLC - Change Management - Strategic Planning - Business Analysis - Consulting - Benefits Negotiation - Negotiation - Process Improvement - Personnel Management - College Recruiting - Screening - Screening Resumes - Hiring - Strategy - Training - ERP ## Highlights - Leads corporate talent acquisition at EmployBridge, supervises corporate TA partner\(s\), and manages full\-life\-cycle recruiting through executive\-level hiring\. - Brings more than 20 years of agency and corporate recruiting experience\. - At Ellucian, managed and developed a talent acquisition team with up to nine direct reports\. - At Ellucian, reduced agency usage from 10% of hires to less than 0\.1% of hires\. - At Ellucian, reduced average days open from 80 days to 39 days\. - At Ellucian, increased monthly hiring volume by 20% and reduced monthly open requisitions by more than 50%\. - Filled Finance and Accounting and Legal openings internally in 45 days or less after demonstrating that internal recruiters could source high\-quality candidates\. - Led renegotiation of SunGard\-wide job\-board vendor contracts, saving more than $300,000 compared with previous contracts\. - Sourced and filled several vice president positions, saving approximately $500,000 in retained\-search fees\. - Regularly taught behavioral interviewing to managers at Ellucian\. - Led efforts to improve SunGard Higher Education’s affirmative\-action compliance and worked with outside counsel on practical OFCCP approaches\. - Managed full\-cycle recruiting and mentored three junior recruiters as Director of Recruiting at Software Consulting Group\. - Improved hiring and paperwork processes at Software Consulting Group, including offer letters, employment agreements, and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements\. - Built a cohesive HRIS team at SCT from formerly decentralized HR groups and addressed inconsistent employee transactional processes\. - Played key managerial, functional, and technical roles in SCT’s Banner HR reimplementation and in implementations of Executrack, Business Engine, and the SCT learning suite\. - Managed SCT implementations of Banner Web for Employees, Position Control, and Auto Notify\. - Wrote numerous Crystal Reports against Banner HR, Resumix, and HR Soft\. - Designed data models and functional specifications for SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Performance Reporting and Analytics product line, including ODS and EDW\. - Owned R2 Recruiting, a boutique firm delivering contract and contingency full\-cycle recruiting for permanent roles in higher education, HR consulting, and pharmaceutical data services\. - At Main Line Health, filled executive roles including two hospital vice presidents and the President of the Clinical Labs\. - Evaluated ATS options including PeopleSoft eRecruit, developed system\-wide managerial training for its rollout, and created recruiting\-effectiveness metrics\. - Authored and implemented an SCT change\-management blueprint that shifted recruiting emphasis from print advertising to online job boards, resume databases, AIRS sourcing, and internal website branding\. - Served as SCT’s immigration specialist for H1B visas, Alien Certifications, and Canadian Free Trade TN visas\. - Cost\-justified an in\-house full\-time immigration specialist role at SCT, saving nearly $3 million\. ## Experience - **Lead Talent Acquisition Partner at EmployBridge** (2022\-06\-01–present) — Lead Corporate TA Partner supervise Corporate TA Partner\(s\) Full life\-cycle recruiting, including executive level positions\. - **Talent Acquisition Partner at Employbridge** (2021\-02\-01–2022\-06\-01) - **Executive Recruiter at EmployBridge** (2018\-03\-01–2021\-02\-01) — Recruiting and business development in information technology \(IT\)\. - **Principal at R2 Recruiting** (2012\-04\-01–2015\-01\-01) — Owner of boutique recruitment company\. Contract and contingency full life\-cycle recruiting for permanent positions for clients in Higher Education, HR Consulting and Pharmaceutical Data Services with a focus on sourcing candidates for difficult to fill positions via networking and social media\. - **Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Ellucian** (2008\-01\-01–2012\-04\-01) — Manage, develop and maximize productivity of talent acquisition staff \(up to 9 direct reports\), ensuring that all hiring occurs with the appropriate sense of urgency and in support of the core values of the business\. • Responsible for gaining efficiencies through more effective use of the PeopleFluent applicant tracking system\. • Hands on recruiter for Senior Management, Executive and Human Resources positions\. • Managed background checking process • responsible for adjudication of all background checks\. • Reduced agency usage from 10% of hires to less than \.1 percent of hires • o Convinced the Finance and Accounting and Legal groups that internal recruitment staff could find high quality candidates instead of using outside agencies and then filled their openings in 45 days or less\. • Reduced average days open from 80 days to 39 • Increased monthly hiring volume by 20%\. • Reduced the number of monthly open requisitions by more than 50% • Managed all vendor relationships • o Took lead r - **Senior Business Analyst at SunGard Higher Education** (2005\-01\-01–2008\-01\-01) — Design data models and functional specifications for Banner Performance Reporting and Analytics product line, including the Operational Data Store \(ODS\) and Electronic Data Warehouse \(EDW\) - **Recruitment Consultant at Independent Consultant** (2003\-05\-01–2005\-01\-01) — Worked continuously in engagements for three clients • Conducted extensive evaluation of available ATS options, including PeopleSoft eRecruit • Designed and conducted system wide managerial training as part of roll\-out of eRecruit • Worked with team members as well to develop effective new sourcing strategies to meet recruiting needs • Created new metrics to measure recruiting department effectiveness - **Sr\. Director, HRIS and HR Services at Systems & Computer Technology \(SCT\)** (2001\-06\-01–2003\-05\-01) — Provided leadership, knowledge and direction to HRIS and centralized transaction teams responsible for HR Services and record compliance\. • Ensured the accurate collection, control, processing, and maintenance of confidential employee record data\. - **Director, Human Resource Information Systems \(HRIS\) at Systems & Computer Technology \(SCT\)** (1999\-07\-01–2001\-06\-01) — Built cohesive new team out of formerly decentralized HR groups, taking control over previously inaccurate and inconsistent employee transactional processes • Primary HR liaison with Corporate IT\. • Collaborated with IT, to recommend and implement new programs to process data more efficiently, solving HR problems through the use of technology\. • Reengineered business processes and HRIS systems\. • Played key managerial, functional and technical role in reimplementation of Banner HR system, and implementation of Executrack \(HR Soft\) Talent Management system, Business Engine, and SCT learning suite\. • Project Manager for the implementation of Banner Web for Employees, Position Control and Auto Notify, a database triggered system designed to notify managers and/or employees when critical items are due or have been completed\. • Wrote significant number of crystal reports against the Banner HR system, Resumix, and HR Soft\. - **Recruiting Program Manager at Systems & Computer Technology \(SCT\)** (1997\-03\-01–1999\-06\-01) — Authored and implemented an organizational change management blueprint to drastically deemphasize print ads in favor of internet job board postings and resume databases, search engine sourcing methodologies \(AIRS\), and internal web site enhancements and branding\. • Estimated costs for all SCT relocations and gained approval from divisional representatives\. • SCT’s immigration specialist\. • Cost justified the creation of a full\-time immigration specialist position, bringing legal work in\-house and saving SCT nearly three million dollars\. - **Director, Recruiting at Software Consulting Group** (1995\-10\-01–1997\-03\-01) — Created recruitment and sourcing strategies\. • Worked with executives to ensure implementation across organization\. • Managed and mentored three junior recruiters\. • Improved company hiring/paperwork process, including revision of Offer Letters, Employment Agreements, and Confidentiality and Non Disclosure agreements\. • Conducted all new employee orientation\. • Assisted with benefits design and implementation\. ## Education - BA, Political Science — State University of New York College at Oswego - MBA, Business Administration — West Chester University of Pennsylvania - Huntington High School ## FAQ ### What does Rick do at EmployBridge? Rick is a Lead Talent Acquisition Partner at EmployBridge\. He leads corporate talent acquisition, supervises corporate TA partner\(s\), and conducts full\-life\-cycle recruiting, including executive\-level positions\. ### What are Rick’s core professional strengths? Rick has worked as an agency or corporate recruiter for more than 20 years\. His experience includes talent acquisition leadership, executive recruiting, technical recruiting, sourcing, HRIS, talent management, recruiting operations, vendor management, and process improvement\. ### How does Rick work with candidates? Rick takes time to get to know candidates, provides advice on resumes and careers, and does not send a resume without the candidate’s prior approval\. ### What other roles has Rick held at EmployBridge? At EmployBridge, Rick has also served as a Talent Acquisition Partner and as an Executive Recruiter\. As an Executive Recruiter, he handled recruiting and business development in information technology\. ### What did Rick accomplish at Ellucian? As Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Ellucian, Rick managed, developed, and maximized the productivity of a talent acquisition team with up to nine direct reports\. He recruited hands\-on for senior management, executive, and human resources roles improved use of the PeopleFluent applicant tracking system managed vendor relationships managed and adjudicated background checks and regularly taught behavioral interviewing to managers\. ### What recruiting results did Rick deliver at Ellucian? At Ellucian, Rick reduced agency usage from 10% of hires to less than 0\.1% of hires\. He persuaded Finance and Accounting and Legal teams to rely on internal recruiting and filled their openings in 45 days or less\. He also reduced average days open from 80 to 39, increased monthly hiring volume by 20%, and reduced monthly open requisitions by more than 50%\. ### How did Rick improve recruiting costs and branding at Ellucian? Rick led renegotiation of SunGard\-wide job\-board vendor contracts, producing more than $300,000 in savings compared with prior contracts\. He filled several vice president roles, saving approximately $500,000 in retained\-search fees, and worked with marketing, SunGard Corporate, and external vendors to align recruiting and company branding across job postings and job\-board profiles\. ### What affirmative\-action and compliance work did Rick lead? Rick took a lead role in improving SunGard Higher Education’s affirmative\-action efforts\. He worked with outside counsel to develop practical approaches to compliance with OFCCP regulations\. ### What did Rick do at Software Consulting Group? He created recruitment and sourcing strategies with executives, managed and mentored three junior recruiters, improved hiring and paperwork processes, revised offer letters, employment agreements, and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, conducted new\-employee orientation, and assisted with benefits design and implementation\. ### What did Rick do as Director of HRIS at Systems & Computer Technology? As Director of Human Resource Information Systems at Systems & Computer Technology, Rick built a cohesive team from formerly decentralized HR groups and addressed inaccurate and inconsistent employee transaction processes\. He was the primary HR liaison to Corporate IT and partnered with IT to implement technology that processed data more efficiently and solved HR problems\. ### Which HRIS and technology projects did Rick lead at SCT? At SCT, Rick reengineered business processes and HRIS systems\. He played managerial, functional, and technical roles in reimplementing Banner HR and implementing Executrack \(HR Soft\) Talent Management, Business Engine, and the SCT learning suite\. He also managed implementations of Banner Web for Employees, Position Control, and Auto Notify, and wrote numerous Crystal Reports against Banner HR, Resumix, and HR Soft\. ### What did Rick accomplish as Senior Director of HRIS and HR Services at SCT? As Senior Director of HRIS and HR Services at SCT, Rick led HRIS and centralized transaction teams responsible for HR services and record compliance\. He also ensured accurate collection, control, processing, and maintenance of confidential employee records\. ### What was Rick’s role at SunGard Higher Education? As a Senior Business Analyst at SunGard Higher Education, Rick designed data models and functional specifications for the Banner Performance Reporting and Analytics product line, including the Operational Data Store and Electronic Data Warehouse\. ### What was R2 Recruiting? Rick was the owner and Principal of R2 Recruiting, a boutique recruitment company\. He delivered contract and contingency full\-cycle recruiting for permanent roles in higher education, HR consulting, and pharmaceutical data services, with emphasis on networking and social\-media sourcing for difficult\-to\-fill positions\. ### What did Rick do as an independent recruitment consultant? As an independent Recruitment Consultant, Rick worked continuously on engagements for three clients\. At Main Line Health, he conducted full\-cycle executive and managerial recruiting and filled several executive roles, including two hospital vice presidents and the President of the Clinical Labs\. ### What recruiting\-systems work did Rick perform as a consultant? During his consulting work, Rick evaluated applicant tracking system options, including PeopleSoft eRecruit designed and delivered system\-wide managerial training for the eRecruit rollout helped develop sourcing strategies and created metrics to measure recruiting\-department effectiveness\. ### What did Rick accomplish as Recruiting Program Manager at SCT? As Recruiting Program Manager at SCT, Rick conducted full\-cycle recruiting and authored and implemented an organizational change\-management blueprint that shifted emphasis from print advertising to internet job boards, resume databases, AIRS search\-engine sourcing methods, and internal website enhancements and branding\. ### What is Rick’s educational background? Rick holds an MBA in Business Administration from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Political Science from the State University of New York College at Oswego\. He also attended Huntington High School\. ### What skills does Rick list? Rick’s listed capabilities include talent acquisition, applicant tracking systems, talent management, recruiting, human resources, sourcing, HRIS, management, CRM, performance management, technical recruiting, interviewing, leadership, vendor management, SDLC, change management, strategic planning, business analysis, consulting, benefits negotiation, negotiation, process improvement, personnel management, college recruiting, screening, hiring, training, ERP, employee benefits, temporary and permanent placement, PeopleSoft, temporary staffing, staffing services, analysis, affirmative action, situational leadership, internet recruiting, networking, contract recruitment, full\-life\-cycle recruiting, customer relationship management, human resources information systems, and professional services\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/rickrabinowitz