Bill Bishop631 Landerwood Lane, Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 (216) 254-0336

billbishopsales@gmail.com

Business Development – Sales – Talent Acquisition – Staffing

Over 20 years of talent acquisition and progressive sales experience in full cycle recruiting, business development, human resources, staffing, and coaching while successfully training others in sales, recruiting, and management. Highly competitive, self motivated, passionate, persuasive and articulate, with excellent written and verbal communication skills and a strong ability to achieve results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JJ DeLong & Associates, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio Privately held staffing firm that specializes in the staffing of professional, office and manufacturing personnel to Northeast Ohio employers with annual sales revenue of approximately $6 million.Sr. Sales Executive/Recruiter 2003 - Present

Prospect and develop new business by identifying new leads, managing prospects and delivering sales proposals/presentations to key decision makers and hiring managers totaling over $1 million in consistent sales revenue.

Top producer in office/clerical/admin staffing business. Recruit and source for professional and management candidates in Call

Center, Sales, Administrative, Accounting & Finance, Medical Billing & Coding, IT, Engineering, and Manufacturing environments through internet job boards, social media and referrals.

Manage and maintain entire life cycle of current accounts by serving as main contact point to existing clients.

Develop marketing strategies and create job postings to attract top talent on all major and local job boards and social media platforms.

Proficient in BullhornATS, Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, ZipRecruiter.com, and LinkedIn.

The Bishop Group, Ltd., Lakewood, Ohio A start-up business specializing in the staffing of professional and office/clerical personnel to Northeast Ohio businesses reaching annual sales revenue of approximately $2 million.Director of Business Development & Recruiting

1999 – 2003 Created and designed all marketing and promotional material used to

develop new business. Responsible for developing and implementing new applicant tracking

software used to grow sales. Successfully recruited and trained sales team of four that increased sales

400% in two years. Responsible for managing all sales activity of the team while developing

and maintaining a full cycle recruiting desk with an annual sales revenue of $700k.

Bill Bishop Sales, Management, HR

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JJ DeLong & Associates, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio Sales Coordinator

1997 – 1999 Responsible for coordinating all sales activity of a team of six Account

Executives/Recruiters to achieve top performance levels while developing and maintaining a full cycle recruiting desk.

Trained, coached and motivated sales force thus increasing sales revenue 125% annually.

Created monthly, quarterly and annual sales promotions to generate new business.

Account Executive/Recruiter 1994 – 1997

Responsible for new business development via prospecting and cold calling.

Successfully recruited for all levels of temporary manufacturing personnel with weekly in excess of 1,000 billable hours per week.

EDUCATIONBaldwin – Wallace College, 1990 - 1992

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1992 - 1994B.A. – Communication Studies