SUMMARY:

• Twenty - three (23) years’ experience as a senior talent acquisition professional and sourcing specialist identifying and recruiting candidates for large and small companies, start-ups and venture capitals (VC); expertise in information technology (IT), engineering, healthcare, finance, FinTech, hospitality, real estate, aerospace, pharmaceutical C-suite, both nationally and regionally
• Experience as a senior lead recruiter, managed and led virtual teams of up to ten (10) team members while maintaining a 2:1 ratio for interviews to hire
• As a sourcing leader, increased production (warm leads) by 75% through the utilization of Avature ATS, HiringSolved, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, Lusha and phone sourcing
• Trained 250+ hiring managers and peer interviewers on the techniques of behavioral interviews; impacted first-year retention rates from 85% to 97% ( Confidential )
• Single-handedly performs full-cycle recruiting and sourcing of an average of 15 - 50 job requisitions and 5 - 25 hires per month
• Exceeds company averages in all metrics, including time-to-fill, fill rate and total revenue
• Proven history of establishing continued business relationships with hiring managers through building rapport with mid-level to executive candidates throughout all levels of a client’s hiring process

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating systems: Windows 7 & 10 Professional, macOS, macOS High Sierra

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint Access

HRIS: Vurv Express, Avature, BrassRing, Silk Roads, Deploy, ICims, PC Recruiter, Taleo, EZAccess, Resumix, Virtual Edge, Lever, Greenhouse and Breezy HR

Sourcing methods/tools: X-ray, flipping, Boolean, name generation CBO s/GBO s, job boards

Sourcing tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Prophet Pro, Email Hunter, Hound, Hiretual, HiringSolved, SeekOut, Lusha, Hunter, Reddit, GitHub and Stack Overflow, Connectifier

Others: Google Docs, Google Chrome, Thunderbird Email Host

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Senior Technical Recruiter/Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed an average of 25 - 40 requisitions while performing both full-life-cycle recruiting and strategic sourcing for various information technologies (IT) positions , including mobile iOS/Android developers, Java developers, sales, ERP (SAP), Big Data and Hadoop developers, network engineers, DBA’s, security, DevOps engineers, UI/UX designers, cloud architects, .NET developers and IT-based and sales marketing
• Used both traditional and non-traditional sources to include; LinkedIn Recruiter, social media (Twitter), Google/AIRS searches, Craigslist, internal applicant tracking system (ATS) Avature and job boards (Indeed/Zip Recruiter), Reddit, GitHub and Stack Overflow

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Recruitment/Sourcing Specialist RPO

Responsibilities:

• Sourced and recruited qualified candidates for various healthcare opportunities to fulfill client's needs, including RN's, pharmacy techs, dialysis RN’s, clinical nurse specialists, scientists, medical lab technologists, ED nurses and other corporate level positions
• Created innovative sourcing strategies to recruit utilizing social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook), paid and free job boards, as well as sourcing tools (Hound, Prophet Pro, Email Hunter, HiringSolved)
• Reached out to 250+ candidates weekly to pre-screen and submit to recruiters; resulted in a 3:1ratio
• Utilized analytics to track and report progress and success rate of various sourcing strategies
• Scheduled phone interviews and maintained relationships with candidates throughout hiring process

Confidential, San Diego, CA

IT Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Managed an average of 30 - 35 requisitions, performed both full-life-cycle recruiting and deep dive sourcing for IT positions, including mobile iOS/Android developers, Java developers, sales, ERP (SAP), Big Data and Hadoop developers, network engineers, database administrators (DBA), security, DevOps engineers, UI/UX designers, cloud architecture, .Net developers and sales/marketing (IT-based)
• Utilized both traditional and non-traditional resources, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Twitter, Google/AIRS searches, Zip Recruiter, Indeed, Craigslist, Reddit, GitHub and Stack Overflow internal ATS (Avature) and job boards

Confidential, San Diego, CA

RPO Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Single-handedly designed and executed aggressive sourcing strategies via the internet, social media and networking channels; sourced and recruited project managers, IT directors, UNIX administrators, JAVA developers, cloud architects, Big Data, front-end and back-end developers sales and marketing business managers and real estate construction managers
• Established continuous hiring manger relationships while building rapport with entry level to executive candidates through the various levels of the hiring process

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Recruiting/Sourcing Specialist (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Filled positions in B2B medical sales, IT, personal caregivers (licensed and unlicensed) hospitality and sales; specialized placements in social media, healthcare, Big Data, call center, medical and pharmaceutical retail, cyber security, business intelligence (BI), .NET, Hadoop, ERP (SAP),CRM, sales/marketing (all levels, OEM through solutions sales), hospitality, finance/investment banking, automotive, manufacturing, and virtual staffing, both domestically and internationally; client projects included:
• Managing an average of 10 - 50 requisitions while providing high volume sourcing and lead generation for clients, including T. Rowe Prices, BDS, Edward Life Sciences and Assurant Confidential key accounts
• Additionally sourced for diversity candidates for selected positions
• Provided staffing and recruitment for twenty-five (25) top tier clients on hard-to-fill positions in the IT and cloud development space
• Worked with a bitcoin cryptocurrency start-up to fill thirty (30) C-suite and director level positions; sourced candidates from LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards (Indeed, Ladders, Monster), social media (Facebook), Reddit and referral-based networking
• Integrated social media into recruiting strategies; amassed 14K followers on Twitter which resulted in beefing-up first line connections on LinkedIn, incorporated sites (Empire Avenue, Google+, Instagram and clients career page); exposure of job postings increased submittal of on-target applications by 70%
• Referral networking through social media slashed time-to-fill down from 45 days to 27 as well as moved up start dates
• Through tracking efforts of hires of sources utilized, submittals, interviews and hires increased 42%

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Technical Recruiter and Business Development Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked directly with principals and hiring managers to identify and fill hiring requirements using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS (Taleo), job boards (Monster/CareerBuilder), sourced from Insurance Broker Association (IBA) and direct cold calling into competitors
• Placements included medical and insurance B2B sales, pharmaceutical sales, IT (Java, .NET, cloud computing, system integration and customer service management)
• Operated under OFCCP guidelines when using HRIS (Taleo) proprietary system