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Building teams for startups within web3/blockchain, B2B SaaS, and AI 🚀SWEs, Infrastructure Engineers, Systems Engineers, and AEs.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Achieved a 90% offer acceptance rate and grew the Extend team by 22 people in 9 months.Restructured and implemented engineering interviewing process improvements.Built trusted relationships with hiring managers and key stakeholders on various teams to advise them on best hiring practices.Managed the full-cycle recruiting process from kick-off meetings to offer and closing candidates for all product engineering roles, as well as a few business/operations roles.Prepared interview panels for all interviews as well as the development of interview criteria.Coordinated and scheduled all interviews from end-to-end and managed the code challenge review process.Partnered with leadership and hiring managers to strategize workforce planning, define hiring needs, advise on compensation, and improve workflows.Developed healthy candidate pipelines with steady streams of high-quality individuals to best identify potential Extenders through direct applicants, passive outreach, referrals, and strategic partnerships with hiring managers. Sourced 100+ candidates and conducted 30+ interviews weekly.Engaged with passive candidates through compelling outreach messages to to achieve a 20% conversion rate for initial interviews.Created attractive and well-written job descriptions to advertise the culture and opportunities at Extend.Led weekly meetings with hiring managers to clearly articulate and share recruiting metrics, data/trends, candidate quality/performance, and pipeline reviews.Collaborated across the People Team organization to provide essential support for HR projects related to compensation planning, performance reviews, employee data audits, etc.Partnered with key stakeholders to create, implement, and execute new people programs.Built a tool to aggregate all historical compensation data comprehensively to identify opportunities for raises, discrepancies with salary bands, and compensation planning.

Partnered with technical leadership to understand the teams’ hiring needs and develop best practices for the technical recruitment function.Provided support as a talent advisor to leadership.Managed the full-cycle recruiting process.Built robust candidate pipelines for the engineering and product teams by sourcing active and passive candidates from various channels.Evangelized and implemented new candidate outreach strategies and messaging cadence techniques.Developed new messaging for candidate outreach.Promoted the employee referral program and engaged with inbound candidates.Created internal tracking documentation for pipeline data for all technical roles.Tracked recruitment metrics and pipeline data to provide updates to all internal stakeholders. Worked cross-functionally to schedule interviews and gather interview feedback.Implemented an interactive offer tool to provide candidates a more knowledgeable offer experience to empower their decision-making (Complete).Represented Owl at virtual recruiting events.Collaborated with the People + Culture team members to develop employee growth and retention initiatives.Recruitment Tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Workable, Hired, Hiretual, EZHire (formerly ContactOut), Cord, Complete, CoderpadRoles: Senior/Lead Software Engineers, Senior Site Reliability Engineers, Senior/Lead Principal Product Managers, Senior UX/Product Designers

Greater New York City Area

(rebranded to Jobility)Laid off due to COVID-19.Resurrected the State accounts channel of business for Samiti after years of inactivity and was the primary Account Manager for all State accounts.Reactivated Samiti’s status as a vendor for various State and MSP programs (AR, DE, CO, CT, GA, IA, MD, MN, NC, NH, OR, SC, VA). Translated raw data provided by clients/MSPs to create job requisitions and ingested new job requisitions to our internal ATS (JobDiva).Managed a team of full desk recruiters and collaborated with the Delivery Team Lead to translate and distribute job requisition details and relevant client expectations.Conducted 1:1's with recruiters to provide advice and feedback on performance.Analyzed recruitment data and communicated areas of improved performance, successes, failures, and opportunities to the Delivery Team.Provided oversight to candidate selection and final review of candidates internally submitted to our ATS prior to external submission to client accounts.Created State program training resources for the Recruitment Team and led training sessions.Created documentation for the Recruitment Team, such as templates for interview questions, right-to-represent forms, etc.Created and maintained various matrices and spreadsheets of data regarding all State recruitment operations.Presented recruitment performance date to leadership.Reviewed solicitation requests for State RFPs to determine contract and/or project viability.Wrote proposals and created bid responses to State-related RFPs (5 proposals).Reviewed Master Service Agreements to determine limitations, rules for engagement, MSP fees, and other terms and conditions defined by the contracts.Assisted with recruitment and candidate interview coordination for State accounts as needed.Recruitment Tools: JobDiva, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Dice, MonsterRoles: All types and levels of IT/technical professionals; Web Development to IT Analyst

Greater New York City Area

(via Clear Talent, later acquired by Patreon)Lead Technical Recruiter for one client account: Earnest Research.Full-cycle recruitment as a direct-hire agency recruiter.Provided onsite client support; 60-80% time spent onsite at Earnest Research HQ in Manhattan.Determined an ideal candidate profile for technical talent at Earnest Research.Translated raw data from hiring managers and internal recruitment teams to develop job requisitions for Earnest Research.Sourced approximately 100 candidates weekly. Interviewed approximately 20 candidates weekly; 2 candidate submissions to the client daily.Placed 3 Senior- and Lead- level engineers.Created Boolean Search training collateral and led a sourcing training session.Assisted in developing and documenting the recruitment processes at Earnest Research.Developed streamlined recruitment practices using a multi-tool sourcing environment.Achieved performance metrics and hiring targets for Earnest Research.Completed all required hiring efforts prior to projected timeline, thereby providing a successful conclusion for the Client account and an end to my contract.Recruitment Tools: Lever, Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, EZHire (formerly ContactOut), HiretualRoles: Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer

Greater New York City Area

Filled apartments by matchmaking individuals together.Achieved monthly quota of at least 6 rooms filled per month.Generated leads and sourced new clients by posting ads to real estate platforms and housing services, as well as social media such as Facebook.Scheduled phone calls and viewing appointments to qualify and interview potential clients; approximately 6-8 appointments per day.Collaborated with other sales team members to fill apartments.Compiled and processed all necessary paperwork including, but not limited to, hard credit checks, tax returns, proof of employment, etc.Negotiated lease terms with landlords and clients to best suit the needs of both parties.Coordinated lease renewals, lease signings, and key drops.Assisted with all other move-in tasks as requested by clients.

San Francisco Bay Area

(acquired by elevee)Built book of business from scratch (50%) and tended to legacy clients (50%).Sourced new leads via referrals, LinkedIn, on the street, meetups, etc.Scheduled appointments and office fittings for executives and startups.Styled, measured, and outfitted men in custom Trumaker brand menswear.Generated sales of $10,000 per month.

(acquired by SumUp)Built and managed candidate pipelines for the sales and engineering teams, with some support for product and design.Collaborated with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and educate on sourcing pain points, create solutions, and work towards achieving the hiring quota. Learned the 15 sales markets and their affiliated territories to understand local hiring climate, audience, and culture. Utilized my persistent, hunter mentality and various recruiting tools to source and schedule at least 4 sales and 2 technical candidates weekly. Co-organized FiveStars' flagship events series to generate brand awareness, recruitment opportunities, workshops for the community, as well as support local groups. Developed partnerships with Meetup groups and/or their regional chapters to provide a venue for hosting opportunities.Attended, or facilitated at HQ, at least 1 meetup or networking opportunity related to my requisitions and sourcing targets each week.

San Francisco Bay Area

Championed the Greenhouse (ATS) implementation efforts, including data retrieval from Jobvite and its subsequent management.Collaborated cross-functionally in order to develop, streamline, and evangelize new or updated processes and workflows; promoted efficiency and established recruiting best practices (People Operations, Sales, IT, Finance).Pioneered data reporting solutions for increased accuracy and reliability. Delivered weekly updates on the company's global recruiting data and managed its integrity in relation to the Recruiting, People Operations, and Finance departments.Worked with the Legal and HR teams to review and amend employment agreements.Wrote various internal recruitment playbooks to best provide insight and instruction for all things Greenhouse.Implemented RolePoint, an employee referral platform, and assisted with the update of our employee referral bonus program.Oversaw the vendor integrations and created documentation for HireRight, Codility, and DocuSign, as it pertained to Greenhouse.Acted as the liaison for App Annie between vendors.Assisted with recruitment and provided support as needed (scheduling candidates, conducting interviews, providing feedback to/from hiring managers).

San Francisco Bay Area

(acquired by YouTube Music)Led full cycle recruiting at BandPage from sourcing prospects, to resume screening, scheduling, and offer decision process, with an emphasis on candidate experience.Developed and nurtured both new and existing relationships with external recruiting agencies, independent consultants, and vendors by acting as the liaison and gatekeeper.Negotiated contract terms with new recruiting firms and updated the contracts of existing agencies with new terms.Collaborated with hiring managers to develop and optimize the recruiting/interviewing process by identifying criteria, job specifications, creating job descriptions, and developing an interview roadmap.Onboarded new hires in coordination with the IT and Legal teams.Led the adoption and implementation of various tools (such as HackerRank, The Muse, HIRED) to attract talent and streamline the hiring process.Built talent pipelines, referral generation, and sourcing campaigns with a minimal budget.Created and maintained the internal BandPage recruiting playbook.Created BandPage recruiting documentation for external recruiting agencies.Researched and implemented sourcing/recruiting/interview processes and methodologies (such as Boolean search strings, performance-based hiring practices, mobile recruiting) by attending meet-ups, webinars, conferences, reading books, visiting blogs, and listening to audiobooks/podcasts.Planned and organized social and team-building events for the whole company.