Isabel Sarkis Email & Phone Number

San Jose, CA, US

New York, NY, US

• Full lifecycle recruiting recruiting for engineering roles ranging from Engineering Manager, to Lead DevOps, to Senior Backend Engineer.
• Conduct initial phone screens to assess candidate qualifications, experience, and culture fit.
• Deep understanding of data-driven recruiting strategies to support business growth to continuously optimize hiring processes.
• Ability to align recruiting strategies with overall business goals, ensuring top-tier talent acquisition to drive company success.
• Drive and facilitate the full interview and offer process with the hiring manager to ensure quality of selection and timeliness of the hire
• Provide interview feedback to all candidates and periodically train hiring managers on interview best practices, as well as ensure a positive interview experience.

San Diego, CA, US

• (Reason for leaving - Fixed term contract to completion)
• Full lifecycle recruiting partnered with core engineering to fill Machine Learning and Program Manager roles.
• Sourced, screened, negotiated salaries, and closed candidates.
• Utilized sourcing tools such as Teamable and Linkedin Recruiter.
• Built strong relationships with hiring managers with weekly calls and daily check-ins.
• Scheduled debriefs post interviews and negotiated salary with candidates.

San Jose, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - Reduction in Force)
• Played a critical role in scaling Ro(ku’s growth, within the Finance, Accounting, Revenue team, by providing full-life cycle recruiting (sourcing, identifying, evaluating, and closing), partnering with 20 hiring.
• Participated in sourcing blitzes with our DEI team for the open roles to ensure proper DEI representation.
• Collaborated and supported Hiring Managers around role definition, pipeline calibration, interview preparedness, and decision making, as well as post-interview debriefs.
• Utilized creative sourcing strategies to engage with passive candidates for niche technical roles using HireTual.
• Conducted thorough phone screens to evaluate candidates' experience and motivations.

Cupertino, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - Fixed term contract to completion)
• Full lifecycle recruiting work in a fast-paced environment and acted as a consultant throughout the hiring process.
• Partnered with 2 organizations recruiting various technical roles.
• Worked closely with HRBPs, Finance, and Compensation through offer stage to ensure offer meets competitive market demands.
• Met weekly with hiring managers to discuss role, strategic planning with respect to sourcing, and resume review as well as post-interview debriefs.
• Negotiated offers and successfully close candidates, at all levels.

Sunnyvale, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - requisitions froze)
• Full lifecycle, end-to-end recruiting, including sourcing for passive candidates, supporting the Wayfinder project that is responsible for creating software for autonomous aircrafts.
• Managed 10 evergreen (ongoing) requisitions for roles such as Sr. Deep Learning, Simulation, Systems Engineer, Product Architect and Infrastructure roles.
• Utilized LinkedIn Recruiter and HireTual for passive outreach, including DEI candidates for open positions.
• Partnered closely with the hiring managers to discuss their roles with weekly meetings.
• Organized, and facilitated, post-interview debriefs.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• (Reason for leaving - global requisition freeze; contract ended)
• Full lifecycle recruiter supporting Autonomous Vehicle division within NVIDIA, consistently hiring a minimum of 4-5 Engineers/month.
• Owned and drove 45+ requisitions at any given time.
• Built and managed collaborative partnerships with the hiring managers, weekly meetings to review hiring priorities, key candidates in process, as well as innovative approaches to sourcing.
• Built a pipeline to identify, attract, and present exceptional candidates ranging from Director level to Software Security experts, Systems Software, Functional Safety Engineers, as well as QA Engineers,
• Built strong relationships with candidates, negotiating complex offers in a competitive market, and ensured a great candidate experience.

New York, NY, US

• (Reason for leaving - fixed term contract to completion)
• Sr. Recruiter responsible for hiring in Palo Alto, Phoenix, Tempe, and Ft. Lauderdale within American Express Technologies (AET).
• An advocate for both the candidate and internal client, establishing regular touch points and diligent follow through with interview feedback from both sides.
• Supported over 50 requisitions that range from Director of Engineering to Junior Engineer.
• Project managed all aspects involved in the full-lifecycle recruiting process through close collaboration with the recruiting coordinators and sourcing teams.
• Position skillsets included various levels of experience in Java (Core Java, Front-End, Full Stack, Back-End), Big Data (Hadoop), Testing (automated, manual), UI/UX, Mobile Engineering (Android/iOS), Pega (Business.

Mountain View, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - fixed term contract to completion)
• Full life-cycle recruiting – source passive and active candidates, screen, negotiate offers, and close.
• Requisitions included Cloud Engineers, Mobile (iOS and Android), Server Engineers, Software Development Engineers, Visual Designers, QA/Release Engineers
• Successfully hired 15 full-time employees within first 3 months
• Worked with local, and remote, hiring managers to set up priorities within the requisition list and fill positions in a timely manner.
• Sourcing methodologies include Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Jobvite candidates.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• (Reason for leaving - reduction in force)
• Worked directly with the VP of Engineering and Chief of Staff to strategically track all progress, as well as align with the hiring manager to understand job requirements, as well as resume review.
• Wrote detailed offer packets to submit to Hiring and Executive Committee (interview feedback, job description, resume, compensation proposal/justification, role justification and candidate justification)
• Facilitated interview process with hiring managers – including a post-interview debrief with the interview panel.
• Transfered international and domestic internal candidates.
• Partnered with HRBP to track appropriate priorities for the Business Unit.

Glendale, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - Fixed term contract to completion)
• Full life-cycle recruiting - source, screen, interview candidates, and set up for interviews with the hiring managers, as well as extend offers and close candidates.
• Partnered with hiring managers to align priorities, understand job/candidate requirements and set expectations.
• Worked closely with HRBPs, Finance, and Compensation through offer stage to ensure offer meets competitive market demands.
• Generated qualified candidate pools through creative sourcing technique.
• Ongoing research of competitive landscape and market insight/trends to remain current and relevant in technology expertise.

Cupertino, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - fixed term contract to completion)
• Lead all recruiting effort for Shazam US operations.
• Managed full life-cycle recruiting process for technical and non-technical roles.
• Filled all open jobs from Director level to interns: engineering, marketing, product management, sales, operations, UI/UX designers to list a few.
• Collaborated with my client groups to understand their hiring needs and goals, as well as come up with a hiring plan and process, including refining job descriptions and putting together an interview panel.
• Called, screened, and qualified candidates and assist them through the recruitment process.

San Francisco, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - fixed term contract to completion)
• Identified top technical talent for Zynga’s Universal Hiring model to present to the hiring teams.
• Qualified engineers from Junior Software Engineers to Sr. Directors.
• Conducted all pre-screen interviews to prospective candidates make sure they were qualified and interested in confidential positions within Zynga Engineering
• Sourced via LinkedIn, as well as other channels, including Twitter.
• Developed a passive candidate pipeline, many through candidate referrals, networking, and recruiting events.

San Francisco, California, US

• (Reason for leaving - fixed term contract to completion)
• Recruited for Desk.com (a Salesforce.com Company) to hire for all positions: Ruby Engineers, Infrastructure Systems Engineers, UI/UX Engineers, Tech Support Engineers, Q/A Engineers, Email Marketing Managers, Customer.
• Managed the entire recruiting process: sourced, identified, qualified, and screened candidates; as well as extended offers and reference checks.
• Built strong relationships with the hiring managers; reviewed job descriptions and developed recruiting strategies.
• Managed the scheduling for all interviews between candidates and hiring managers.
• Worked with internal Finance Business Manager and Compensation teams to determine offers and ensure they are competitive.

Mountain View, CA, US

• (Reason for leaving - fixed term contract to completion)
• Recruited/sourced passive candidates for complex positions within multiple organizations at Google.
• Aided several regions, including North America, EMEA, UK, South America, Africa, and APAC.
• Targeted Executive Level candidates with niche expertise in dark fiber, network infrastructure, collocation, content distribution, transport, power management and site selection, IPv6, among others.
• Cold called and sourced passive candidates via networking, referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Boolean search strings to generate interest in Google.
• Conducted all pre-screen interviews to prospective candidates make sure they were qualified and interested in confidential positions within Network Operations.