Alex Benson Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Own full life cycle recruiting for GTM and creative roles at Square in the US + internationally - Partially supported a number of other teams at Square including marketing analytics, growth marketing, people, general business intentionally (UK, Dublin, Canada, Australia and Japan) - Recruited during times of rapid headcount (specific teams and the company) growth at Square- Part of talent team that hired 1900+ people across 54 unique geographies (compared to 34 in 2019) in 2020, 1400 people in 2019 and 1047 people in 2018- Works across a wide, dynamic lead pipeline consisting of inbound applicants, sourced passiveapplicants and referrals to find outstanding candidates- Currently maintaining a close rate of 87%+ across all roles- Installed improved interview process and procedures across all assigned roles- Aided in crafting and creating Square's fledgling employer branding efforts which included being a key member of a task force that re-designed Square's Career's Page.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Owned full life cycle recruiting for all sales, marketing and ops roles at Sprout- Consistently managed the hiring process for multiple positions and multiple head counts- Helped bring new interviewing and hiring processes for all sales roles- Worked with wide, dynamic lead pipeline consisting of inbound applicants, sourced passiveapplicants and referrals to find exceptional candidates- Built out new sales teams in matter of weeks. Taking head counts from 0-2 to 6-8. New teams included: Account Management and Sales Development- Helped Sprout push rapid growth in 2015. Head count grew 10% in just January 2015- Provided onboarding support for new hires for up to 90+ days after start, including some training, and 1:1 check-ins

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Collaborated with University Marketing Office to create, launch and manage new peer to peer campaign involving student bloggers designed to increase traffic to social media channels, and foster interaction with current and prospective students- Reviewed over 800 applications for admission and scholarship consideration annually- Helped yield the largest freshman classes in school’s history. Total class goal was 2100 students for Fall 2014, brought in roughly 2400- Represented the university at 10-12 college fairs seasonally, 20-25 high school visits, public speaking engagements other related recruitment events

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

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