CAREER SUMMARY:

• Senior Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Partner with hands - on full cycle corporate and contract recruiting experience on-site at FinTech / Mobile / SAAS / consumer software, RFID / telecom / networking / semiconductor hardware and professional services / solutions companies
• Create and manage recruiting strategies and plans, staffing processes, and college, intern and employee referral recruiting programs - leveraging these programs to reduce cost per hire at start ups and small to mid-sized companies
• Execute projects including: salary range/compensation leveling, staffing and EEO reports and organizing recruiting events and career fairs
• Develop productive working relationships and partnerships with Executives, Hiring Managers and HR teams to effectively meet staffing goals
• Self-starter, collaborative team member, quick learner with excellent communication, negotiation, problem solving and organizational skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS / TOOLS:

Taleo, PeopleFluent with WorkDay, Trovix, Pereless Systems, SilkRoad OpenHire, iCIMS, Virtual Edge | MS Office LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean web searches, StackOverflow, Indeed & other resume sites, ATS databases and job boards

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, SF Bay Area, CA

Senior Recruiter / Account Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage accounts - working with executives and hiring managers to write job descriptions and determine best fits (technically and culturally)
• Perform full cycle recruiting - sourcing, recruiting and screening software engineering, SQA and non-technical candidates for clients

Confidential, San Francisco/Larkspur/Petaluma, CA

Corporate Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Led and managed staffing process and partnered with executive team, hiring managers and HR to fill key iOS, Android, Java and DevOps/Linux engineering, Product Manager, Scrum Master and Project Manager positions for Mobile Division offices - sole Mobile recruiter
• Reduced cost per hire by only using agencies for 2 out of 50+ hires by leveraging employee referral, intern/college recruiting programs and events as well as directly sourcing candidates
• Acted as onsite HR Manager during HRBP’s LOA and vacations - handled employee emergencies, immigration and on-boarding

Confidential, San Jose/ Los Angeles, CA

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with HR Manager and executive team members to fill key positions (Research Scientists, Research Engineers, Java/Hadoop Engineers and Graphic Designer) in a SaaS / cloud environment - sole recruiter for my sites

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Managed staffing process and partnered with CTO and Directors to fill key Big Data/Java and UX Architect, Java Developer, and Business Analyst positions for their Big Data product team and consulting services projects - sole recruiter at my site reporting to CTO and Director

Confidential, Silicon Valley, CA

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Led and managed staffing process and partnered with CEO to fill key positions (Software Engineers, QA, Product Marketing UI and Office Manager/Admin) for start-up company using social media for predictive insights - was sole recruiter for short term recruiting project

Confidential, SF Bay area, CA

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with HR and hiring managers, sourced/recruited for technical candidates and filled a broad range of positions for high tech clients

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Managed staffing process, partnered with VP, and supervised agency recruiters to fill key Java Solutions Architect and Drupal Engineer positions - was sole recruiter for my group during short term project

Confidential, San Jose/Los Angeles/Boston

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with HR Manager and executive team members to fill key VP, Director and senior level Java/Hadoop Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Sales and IT positions in a SaaS / cloud environment - sole recruiter for my groups

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Filled recruiter role during employee’s LOA to keep pipeline filled and technical and marketing candidate flow going to clients

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Sr. Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Managed staffing process and partnered with HR and hiring managers to grow their teams for Software and QA Engineers/Manager, Technical Marketing Engineers, Program Manager, Field Service Engineers, Inside Sales Representatives, Systems Engineers, Applications Engineers, Paralegal, Facilities and IT positions in the Western Region for the Networks and Applications, Sales and Global Services divisions - sole recruiter for these divisions during short term project - grew company by 15 hires

Confidential

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with HR and hiring managers, sourced/recruited for technical candidates and filled a broad range of positions for high tech clients
• Managed staffing process and partnered with hiring managers to recruit for key positions (VP Online Customer Acquisition/ Conversion, Director of Business Development, Director of Program Management, User Experience Director, Director of Product Marketing, Product Marketing & Product Managers, Studio Marketing Manager, Sr Video and MPEG SW Engineers and HR Manager)
• Handled all on-site HR responsibilities including: compensation/salary revisions, immigration, on-boarding and terminations