Bio

Josh has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, 10+ years of IT, Government, and Recruiting experience. Recently Josh has been working at Kforce Inc. as a Senior Recruiter where he is responsible for full lifecycle recruiting for federal and commercial clients in the government, technology, and financial markets.

Education & Certifications

Bachelors Degree in Business Administration - Franklin University

PHR (Professional in Human Resources) Certification Pending – Exam Scheduled on 06/21/10

Webmasters Certification

Recent Employer

Kforce, INC. 2006 - Present

  • First in Class to reach 1 Million dollars in Career to Date Gross Profit
  • Career to Date Revenue Earned for the firm: $5,589,423.70 (02/03/10)
  • 2009 – Tier 2 Revenue Ranked #1 out of 118 associates, Gold Winner
  • 2008 – Tier 2 Revenue Ranked #14 out of 174 associates, Bronze Winner
  • 2007 – Tier 1 Revenue Ranked #17 out of 88 associates, Bronze Winner
  • Member of Top Performers Advisor Board
  • Winner of Performance Incentive Trip to Naples, FL for 2009
  • Collaborate with clients at all levels of management and Human Resources to design, develop, communicate and implement an integrated recruiting strategy, with an emphasis on talent pipeline development
  • Charged with performing full life cycle recruiting (discovery, sourcing, assessment, negotiation, hiring, orientation, supervising, training, and firing)
  • Manage up to 35 positions at any given time
  • Continuously updated management on the metrics/ratios bi-weekly or as needed and tracked deliverables and SLA’s via Project Calendar
  • Successfully placed over 300 candidates career-to-date into various departments
  • Posting advertisements for new employees in newspapers, on the internet or in trade specific magazines
  • Conducting new associate orientations as necessary and socializing new associates into the organization
  • Maintain a 92% candidate submission ratio to client in less than 24 hours of job order received
  • Responsible for curriculum development and delivery; including PowerPoint presentations
  • Working with employers and employees in training and in-service presentations as required
  • Disseminate if candidates are FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) Exempt or Non-Exempt
  • Mitigate firm unemployment through attending court appeals, processing benefit claims, requests for information, conducting exit interviews, and preparing refusal to work forms
  • Coordinate all record keeping with regards to workman's compensation, health and medical insurance, and other state and government regulations is completed as required
  • Coordinate 7-Panel and 10-Panel Drug Screens and Background Checks
  • Employ H1-B, H-4, F-1, L-1, TN-1, TN-2, J-1, E-3 Visa candidates
  • Coordinate transfer of a F-1 Visa on OPT/CPT to H1-B if educational requirements are met
  • File for H1 Visas using Visa Request Forms and collecting candidates I-797, I-94, diplomas, degrees, transcripts, and two recent pay stubs
  • Coordinate Green Card Process Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Advertisement, Labor Certification, I-140, EAD Card I-45)
  • Recruitment/Sourcing methods include job boards (Careerbuilder, Monster, Dice, Hot Jobs, Cleared Connections, Clearance Jobs), Social Networking (Plaxo, LinkedIN, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), Blogging (Bloglines, BlogScope, Technorati, Engadget, Wordpress), Networking (Project Management Institution, .NET User Group, Java User Group, career fairs, job fairs, Association of Proposal Management Professionals, Contract Management Association) cold calling, Boolean text-based searching, and data mining of applicant tracking systems (RecruitMax)

    • Contact Information

    Cell: 937-416-3456 | Email: jtkitche@gmail.com | Address: 4178 Fox Fern Ct - Beavercreek, OH - 45432