Athar Q. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Advised founders on scaling headcount, optimizing the Levels platform, and conducting competitive SWOT analysis. Developed a Recruiting Analytics Dashboard to track time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source of hire, pipeline metrics, and conversion rates, resulting in streamlined hiring processes and improved candidate quality.Led recruiting efforts across U.S..

San Francisco Bay Area

Supported the founding recruiter in scaling efforts by handling key sourcing, phone screening, and implementation tasks to streamline recruitment processes. Divided my time across phone screens (30%), candidate sourcing (30%), and process implementations (30%), ensuring efficiency across these critical stages.Collaborated on developing and refining.

New York, United States

• Led a 4-member team at Paxos, driving a 55% increase in successful hires for Staff/Senior Software Engineers within 10 months.
• Collaborated closely with Hiring Managers, orchestrating 20-30 interviews weekly/ instrumental in securing top talent for the Security/Microservices/ Banking/ Platform/ UI/ Messaging/ Data Team.
• Partnered with the CPO to develop an inclusive compensation strategy, actively negotiating equitable packages based on candidate/market feedback to optimize acceptance rates.
• Propelled a 71% engagement surge through strategic updates to the Benefits Page and innovative Monthly Fire-side Chats, fostering deeper connections between candidates and Paxos
• Soley Crafted the interview process for Front-End Engineers (IC6/IC5), conducting intake meetings, refining job description in Greenhouse, and coordinating third-party resources for enhanced evaluations.
• Compiled and presented comprehensive talent insights to Hiring Managers, utilizing Greenhouse/Gem/Seekout/LinkedIn, enabling informed decisions regarding market dynamics and strategic hiring.

Greater Seattle Area

• 1. Led Product Design and Product Management Recruiting Initiatives
• Partnered with Founders to recruit and onboard a Head of Product Design, 2 Principal Product Designers, and 1 Product Manager.
• Streamlined hiring processes to align with company goals, ensuring top-tier talent acquisition for critical roles. 2. Transitioned to Engineering and Technical Program Management Recruiting
• Managed a portfolio of 25-30 open job requisitions, sourcing 400-500 candidates weekly through targeted outreach.
• Achieved a consistent closure rate of 3-4 hires per month, exceeding recruitment targets and delivering high-quality talent. 3. Mentored and Enhanced Recruitment Teams
• Trained and mentored 2 Recruiters in advanced LinkedIn sourcing techniques, improving team sourcing efficiency by 30%.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Collaborated with Data Science/Data Engineering teams, managing 5-10 job reqs across 3-4 hiring managers. Conducted trend analysis on layoffs, emerging companies, and compensation standards using Lever(ATS), organizing.
• Focused on Full-Cycle Underrepresented/ Diversity candidate recruitment, contacting 300-400 candidates weekly after hiring manager approval. Orchestrated opportunity calls, campaigns, interviews ( initial/onsite), and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Acted as a Recruiting Advisor to help Hire Early Engineers/Product/ until AtoB Hired their first Recruiter

Menlo Park, California, United States

• Reach out to an average of 100-150 candidates (Senior Software Engineers) per week via Linkedin, internal database ( FBR) & GitHub averaging 5-8 prescreens per week and prepping candidates for tech screen. I would.
• Lead Sourcing Sessions to groups of 30 – 50 teaching how to find best candidates, time management, and deep dive sourcing from Trading Competitions, Boolean Strings, and unorthodox methods. This resulted in experienced.
• Worked CX with recruiters to help sell candidates to Engineer Managers during debrief/ CR sessions by finding teams relevant to candidate’s experience, find references willing to vouch for candidate, and ensure all.

Greater Chicago Area

• After building a passion for networking/helping people find jobs, worked with Co-Founder to build our staffing agency targeting contract Business Analyst/Engineer Roles. Worked with clients like Chase/ Bank of America/.
• Hired a team of 4 sourcers and 2 account managers to run/operate day to day needs of the business and grow our cliental/ pool of candidates. After 2 years resulted in revenue of $100k+

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance, General

High School Degree