Ben Knauer Email & Phone Number

Reston, Virginia, Us

- Own full-cycle efforts for up to 24 high-volume technical / non-technical requisitions simultaneously. - Hired 40 interns and 15 full-time new grads, achieving a 91.66% offer acceptance rate in 2024. - Source and hire quality candidates using Workday ATS, achieving a 24.34 day average role closing time. - Lead national security sector intern recruiting, advising talent acquisition vice president on recruiting decisions and holding quarterly briefings for 109 managers to inform on recruiting processes.- Scheduled 133 interviews in 2024, ensuring exceptional candidate experience with timely communication. - Leverage Handshake campaigns and boolean segments to source prospective applicants, achieving 64.9% message-open rate on one campaign, increasing applicant pool by 366% and closing the role in 2 weeks. - Produce large-scale intern programming including lunch and learn sessions with executives for 231 interns.- Direct partnerships with on-campus student organizations to plan and execute strategic recruiting events. - Craft robust on-campus recruiting strategy, planning and executing wide-reaching events, including end-to-end planning for a two-day career fair yielding 364 prospective applicants and 4 hires to date.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Led high-volume, full-cycle efforts for US software engineering roles. Used LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean Search, Greenhouse and Untapped for sourcing to hire 6 interns and 7 new grads during partial hiring freeze in Q3 2022.- Created strong pipelines through strong employer branding efforts and strategic campus partnerships with student organizations at large universities and HSIs, leading on-campus / virtual events generating 176 leads in 2 months. - Steered employer branding efforts using Handshake for diversity-focused career fairs to recruit top intern talent. - Led full-cycle recruiting efforts in Mexico, established partnerships with 4 universities and 3 coding bootcamps; led 4 workshops, generating 193 leads, hiring 5 interns and 3 new grads for backend and mobile roles in Q1 2023. - Sourced quality candidates, achieving an 84.38% hiring review pass rate across all pipelines in the 2022-23 cycle.- Built strong candidate relationships, resulting in a 64.7% intern offer acceptance rate and 77.78% for new grads.- Trained and onboarded 4 new rotational recruiters, conducting 23 teaching sessions, covering sourcing strategy and candidate engagement practices to ensure the success of team members new to university recruiting. - Planned intern engineering hiring review, securing buy-in each quarter from 27 managers to make hiring decisions.- Managed employee relations, onboarding and human resources cases for internal and external stakeholders. - Directed flagship intern recruiting HSI/HBCU-focused interview prep program in 2022, organizing and executing 9 webinars (with 4402 total attendees), 47 mock interviews, resulting in 4 participants signing 2023 offers.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Executed full-cycle efforts for software (SWE) / hardware (HW) engineering and business roles.- Closed top talent, achieving a 53.03% offer acceptance rate and hiring 35 interns in the 2021-22 cycle. - Led pilot vehicle service technician apprenticeship program, using Indeed to hire 2 auto mechanic apprentices.- Hired 67.65% of allotted headcount in fewer than 3 months, over achieved hiring goal for 2021 Q4 by 15%. - Sourced quality SWE candidates, achieving an 68.18% hiring review pass rate across all pipelines in 2021 Q4. - Established partnerships AccessComputing and the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, among other organizations, to expand Lyft’s on-campus presence, connecting with 240 students, generating 153 new SWE and HW intern applications over 2 months.- Pivoted processes when needed, shifting firmware interview process resulting in an interview pass rate increase of 12% and candidate pool increase of 56%. Role was filled 3 weeks after the new interview was implemented.- Solved Byteboard / Greenhouse integration malfunction, saving 2.2 hours of work time per recruiter over 1 month. - Partnered with HelixCases to execute a 567-participant hackathon leading and 2 internship information sessions. - Hired business-impacting talent, with 90.32% of interns hired in 21-22 cycle approved for a 2023 return offer.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Facilitated an outstanding candidate experience with fast, accurate scheduling and timely communication. - Supported up to 8 high-volume recruiters at once, aiding in engineering, leadership, finance, operations and intern hiring across 6 global offices. - Managed high-volume pipelines, scheduling 26.64 interviews per week, on average.- Cultivated a great interviewer experience, achieving a 94.32% interviewer acceptance rate. - Trained new Recruiting Coordinators, helping them perform independently within 1 week of being hired. - Mentored and advised Recruiting Coordinators on best practices. - Built a strong pipeline while sourcing software engineering intern candidates, achieving a 1:12 candidates sourced to offer accepted ratio in 2021 Q1.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Managed high-volume recruiting logistics in the San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, London and Munich offices.- Converted from contract to full-time employment in February 2020. - Ensured efficiency of pipelines for 6 full-cycle software engineering and business recruiters, scheduling upwards of 34 interviews per week in peak season.- Achieved a 94 percent interviewer acceptance rate in 2020 Q1 and a 91% acceptance rate overall.- Increased machine learning interviewer pool by 7 percent in 1 month to even interview workload. - Decreased interviewer declines by 32 percent and saved an average of 3 hours of coordination time per week during peak recruiting season. - Led Jira adaptation and Greenhouse template revamp projects to build uniform communication and tracking systems for a 20-person team.- Utilized Jumpstart to source software engineering candidates for conferences. - Planned a webinar and built a Google Site to best prepare interns and managers for a fully-remote internship.

Eugene, Or, Us

- Worked closely with player personnel and coaching staff, completing detailed projects with strict deadlines. - Coordinated and facilitated logistics of recruiting visits. - Helped secure the #6 ranked class for the 2018-2019 recruiting cycle, according to ESPN.

Eugene, Or, Us

Promoted from Service Center Assistant to Lead September 2017. In the role, I . . . - Oversaw operations of a help desk and mail room serving over 300 students daily.- Audited employee responsibilities, ensuring tasks complete accurately to maintain processes. - Initiated process improvements in order to increase center effectiveness.- Mentored a staff of 24 student employees, escalating staff performance feedback to management. - Planned and led four days of training activities for all employees each September.Started as a Housing Service Center Assistant in September 2015. In the role, I . . . - Served as point person for all housing-related inquiries during academic year and summer orientation.- Organized housing accommodations for athletes, coaches, event staff and spectators during the 2016 U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.

Ashburn, Va, Us

- Served as a liaison between players and the marketing department. - Built relationships with members of Commanders Salute and Women of Washington fan clubs. - Acted as the initial contact for all VIP external clients visiting training camp. - Coordinated success of training camp promotional events from set up through execution.- Supported and acclimated fans during pilot of newly introduced NFL mobile ticket system.

Eugene, Or, Us

- Led gameday ticket sales and will call operations for the Chicago Cubs Short Season A affiliate during the 2015 Northwest League season.- Worked stadium entry gates for home games, ensuring adherence with stadium policies while delivering a friendly and hospitable experience.