Aid and International Development Forum 2012 Washington D.C

Building partnerships for relief and development

Patrick Shields

Patrick Shields

Founder and Executive Director

Global Recruitment Specialists

Patrick Shields, Executive Director and founded Global Recruitment Specialists in 1993.  Mr. Shields is an accomplished recruiter and manager with demonstrated operational ability to administer human resources services to decentralized worldwide offices. He has recognized expertise in high volume, multinational, hands-on recruiting and staffing services. Patrick has been the Manager of Recruitment & Staffing with CARE International in New York, the Director of Admissions of Saint Joseph's College in Brooklyn New York, and a Recruiter with the Peace Corps in New York City.

Patrick is also the Director of GlobalResume.com a job search and résumé/CV training service. He has presented workshops for both Graduate and Undergraduate Students at: Yale (Yale School of Public Health, Yale Center for International & Area Studies, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies), Johns Hopkins University - The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies,  Harvard, JFK School,  Georgetown - School of Foreign Service,  Monterey Institute - International Studies,  Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs,  The New School - Melano School of International Studies,  City College - School of International Studies.