Recruiter Spotlight: Jason Rodrigues Focuses on Speed and Accuracy

Rodrigues won the coveted honor "Rookie of the Year" in 2012 and hasn't slowed down a beat!

He's one of the best in the business in recruiting for any type of job worldwide, though his specialty is in the world of technology. It's his strong sense of matching great people that helps him succeed day in and day out.

"He correctly sensed a perfect fit for me on the first shot, and helped me land a job at an excellent company," one finance manager wrote in a LinkedIn recommendation for Rodrigues.

He's also great at forming strong bonds with his top candidates.

"Simply put, Jason is the hardest working, most knowledgeable, pleasant and professional person I have worked with in a very, very long time," another IT professional said in another LinkedIn recommendation.

"Anytime, day or night, I could call Jason on his personal cell phone and ask for advice or his opinion and he would happily attend to me as though I was the only one working with him."

Jason, tell us about an exciting challenge you faced recently?

Up until this point in my career, I had placed nearly every technical background, but since this was going to be my first foray into the land of Cognos, I was very excited to take the challenge head on. 

Since my personal brand of recruiting is centered around speed, I wanted to impress my client by getting them at least three quality candidates within a few hours after taking the job order. Unfortunately, Cognos is not the kind of technology background that produces a matching candidate in such a short time frame.  Simply put, there seems to be far more open Cognos jobs than there are candidates to fill them.

So, how did you overcome this challenge?

My next bet was to open my search to all of California.  I soon realized that the salary ranges in Northern California largely exceeded any of the ranges in Southern California and that most of the candidates weren’t interested in sacrificing income at the expense of never-ending sunshine.  At this point in my search, I knew that the only way I’d fill this job is to take my search nationwide.

Utilizing CyberCoders’ industry leading nationwide database of more than 13 million candidates, our LinkedIn Recruiter access, and our massive advertising budget, I was able to locate an outstanding candidate that wanted to relocate to Southern California from his home in Colorado.

With CyberCoders’ unique software and search tools, I was able to ensure that the candidate had a better than exact background for the job and that my client would be impressed with the submittal.

After one in-person interview my client agreed that he was perfect and they offered him the job.

He’s now happily employed and enjoying his beautiful new residence in sunny SoCal!

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