More specifically, I have landed at a small, but growing company known as SVTC Technologies.
Usually, I don’t blog so specifically about any one company that I have been hired into, but I have to admit, this has been an exciting ride that gets more interesting and rewarding each day.
I had gone from doing pure sourcing at my last gig, where most of my activity was mundane and repetitious to a place where each day brings me different priorities with the oneness on me to drive and manage the staffing activity.
Case in point, at my previous gig, my contact with hiring managers was limited to occasional queries I get through email. These are usually based on some outstanding activity revolving around an interview I am working on scheduling, or sometimes some detail on a search I am conducting. There had always seemed to be a buffer between me and the hiring manager (namely, that buffer being the HR business partner that I worked with) where all my instructions, guidance and feedback would be filtered. At times, I felt like a robot or machine that you feed DOS commands to that pops out calls to candidates or on occasion, resumes. At this gig, I was subject to everyone else’s instructions and expectations, with little say in how to manage my own actions and work flow.
Currently, my daily routine consists of candidate sourcing and pipeline building, interview scheduling, routing of resumes, helping to determine the hiring manager’s needs, planning staffing strategy, and negotiating with third party vendors (agencies and online tools) regarding rates, terms and pricing. Here, I function as a subject matter expert for staffing, where I am given that balance of accountability and trust that seemed to be lacking in my last assignment. Here I feel like I truly own my work and can mange my own work flow as I see fit.
This is exhilarating! It is a catharsis that I look forward to coming to work every day and feel that my efforts are being valued.
A little bit about the company I am working for:
SVTC Technologies is, for lack of a better term, what I call a “technical incubator.” This company, based in San Jose, CA and Austin, TX provides resources to help clients to develop working their technical concepts and processes with the intent of furthering them towards maturity. SVTC offers fab space, tool usage, 20+ years of engineering expertise, and even a library of tested “recipes” for proven concepts to help customers attain their development goals.
What is truly compelling about this business model is that this firm is adaptable to each customer’s needs and is not heavily reliant on any particular client or market niche. As the business conditions change and technology adapts and changes, so does SVTC.
Oh, and by the way, we’re hiring! If interested in learning about our open positions, please visit our careers page at:
Or, please contact me at work at:
Steve Navarro
SVTC Technologies, LLC
HR Staffing Specialist
Steve's Blog (for Jobseekers & those hiring) 
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