Hello everyone!

Although I'm not new to blogging, I am new to this site so I thought I'd take a minute and introduce myself.

Who am I?
I am not a developer or coder, although I have coded. I'm not a web guru, although I have built web sites. I'm not a network administrator, although I have been in the past. Who am I? A freakin' cool IT staffing professional. Now before you *roll eyes*, sigh and say, "oh great another head hunter".. please give me a minute to change the stigma that goes with my profession ...

My dad is a C++ application developer who still codes all day, every day. Although he had some challenges helping me with my VB homework in college (*appreciative nod*, thanks for tryin' Dad), he is extremely talented and thanks to his constant ramblings about all things high tech, he is who I have to thank for my passion in the industry (and science fiction) and addiction to all things nerdy. Although coding was fun, I fell into network administration by accident as I worked my way through college in small firms and I just worked my way up from there.

About three years ago, I walked into a large IT staffing firm looking for work. After about a month of constant phone calls trying to convince me, I accepted their offer to come and work for them. I figured why not? What did I have to lose? And at least I could give it a shot to see if I could. I never expected to love it. And I've been doing it ever since.

Now, why am I cool?
First, I have a background in IT.  I get it. I know what you do,  I appreciate what you do and I respect you for doing it. And I love it. 'nuff said.

Secondly.. circling back to the part where my dad got me involved in everything nerdy... well, he wasn't the only one. I have a very close personal friend to thank for my gaming addiction. In addition to Wii, I play a couple of different MMO’s at the moment; I've found that I can only financially support about 2 at a time.   I have my house wirelessly networked with my desktop, laptop, Tivo, Wii and plasma TV and I'm the only one living there! I even convinced my dad to let me log in on his home network so I can game while over there for dinner. Sad but true.

And lastly, I'm funny. Well, most of the time….

So, why am I here?
To meet new people!! My best clients and candidates are sometimes ones I met through a friend. In my current position, I'm client facing 100% of the time so generally, I'm looking to help any companies with staffing ranging from projects to full-time positions (in the Phoenix area). If you are looking for work, I can help you there too! My partners here are exceptional recruiters!

So please feel free to contact me anytime, for any reason. I don't mind questions! I'll occasionally post interesting articles about hiring trends, how to get more response for your resume and what's shakin’ in the economy.

I'm on Twitter (twinklebug13), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/765/a69), etc..  Seek and ye shall find.
That’s enough for now.
Peace out.