Recruiting. Staffing. Consulting.

Tina Cochrane works closely with her clients, personally managing their hiring growth as well as directing a team of specialized recruiters in the professional, technology, business, sales, and life sciences industries.
Prior to joining HireNetworks in May of 2005, Cochrane spent five years in various roles from recruiting to account management in the staffing industry. She started out as a recruiter and quickly made the transition into sales and account management. During this time, she worked with companies such as IBM, Perot Systems, NCR, and RTI. "Tina has consistently performed for HireNetworks. She listens well to the needs of the clients and delivers the best of breed in candidates while still managing a growing pipeline of accounts.
Tina is a recruiting professional with extensive experience in technical staff augmentation. Her recruiting expertise has spanned, large corporate enterprises, small early stage emerging technology companies, and government entities. These roles have enabled her to gain the knowledge needed to successfully recruit at all levels within the technology roles from the CTO down through the ranks. Her skills bring a wide range of understanding to the table, but most of all a knack for matching skills with company culture to fit corporate needs. She is adept at partnering with the clients and understanding the basics of their technological needs.
The approach that she takes combines her skills as a farmer and a hunter while utilizing a reliable network of talented professionals that she can rely on to get it done. Her contribution to various non-profit organizations in and out of the technology industry demonstrates her commitment to "give back" to the community. She serves on several committees including the Workforce Knowledge Committee with NCTA and the Programs Committee for the Chix in Business Association.
With a Master's degree in Child Development and Family Relations, Cochrane spent three years serving children and families in the non-profit arena with the Down East Partnership for Children where she was the Cooperative Play Program Coordinator. In this role, she worked with families and educational organizations to create developmentally appropriate learning environments for children. Smart Start was launched in 1993 in North Carolina to assure that every child in the state arrived at school healthy and ready to succeed. At the time, the state was at the bottom of many national rankings related to the health and well-being of children. State leaders recognized that change could only come through investment in the earliest years and that the public schools could never be successful in their job without assuring that children were starting school at a much higher level of readiness. Since its inception more than a decade ago, many changes have occurred as a result of Smart Start and the state's investment in early childhood.
Cochrane is married with three children and resides in Durham, NC.