Ed Long

As the Director of Recruiting at Veritas Group, I have over 28 years of experience in talent acquisition for Fortune 500 companies, emerging businesses, and nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. My mission is to build and maintain proactive partnerships with all client groups, understand their business needs and challenges, and offer solutions and tools that enable them to hire the best talent for their goals.

I have a proven track record of developing and implementing effective recruitment strategies, sourcing and evaluating candidates, guiding and directing the interview, offer, and hiring process, and assisting clients with the complete onboarding process. I have also mentored and supervised other recruiters, trained top producers, and negotiated compensation packages. I am an expert in direct and indirect recruiting, diversity recruitment, social media recruiting, permanent and contract recruiting, talent assessment, and labor and employment law. I excel in fast-paced, multi-task, and technically challenging environments, and I am always eager to learn and grow.

Director of Recruiting for a Dallas-based firm for 21 Years

Talent Acquisition for Fortune 500 companies, emerging businesses, and nonprofit organizations throughout the United States.

-Build and maintain proactive partnerships with all client groups in order to understand their business, be aware of their staffing needs and issues, and offer ideas, solutions and tools. 
-Develop recruitment strategies for open positions in partnership with 
Department heads. 
-Develop candidate slates to present to Hiring Managers and work as liaison between candidates, Hiring Managers and HR partners through full cycle recruiting process.
-Guide and direct the interview, offer & hiring process. 
-Assists Clients with the complete Onboarding process 
-Build a network of contacts and pipeline of talent for future opportunities. 
-Direct follow up on all associate referrals to identify qualified candidates.
-Hire, train and lead team membersTalent Acquisition for fortune 500 companies, emerging businesses and nonprofit organizations through out the United States. -Build and maintain proactive partnerships with all client groups in order to understand their business, be aware of their staffing needs and issues, and offer ideas, solutions and tools. -Develop recruitment strategies for open positions in partnership with Department heads. -Develop candidate slates to present to Hiring Managers and work as liaison between candidates, Hiring Managers and HR partners through full cycle recruiting process. -Guide and direct the interview, offer & hiring process. -Assists Clients with the complete Onboarding process -Build a network of contacts and pipeline of talent for future opportunities. -Direct follow up on all associate referrals to identify qualified candidates. -Hire, train and lead team members…see more

Talent Acquisition Manager

11 years of experience with a Houston-based executive search firm

• Mentored and supervised other Recruiters.
• Traditional recruiting efforts and Internet resources.
• Extensive phone contact with clients.
• Marketing strategies for new and established business.
• Interaction with all levels of management on a one on one basis.
• Effectively negotiate the proper compensation packages.
• Negotiate all appropriate fees required to begin the placement process.
• Hands-on training of other Consultants while maintaining personal production.
• Provide complete information to clients for sound and educated decisions
• Applicant Tracking System use and conversion to new platform

Texas Tech University

Bachelor of Science