James Alvarez Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona Area

As a Sr. Recruiting Team Lead, I serve as a coach, guiding a team of recruiters to adapt to an ever-changing business landscape. I leverage data and foster business partnerships to develop effective recruiting strategies. I embrace collaborative efforts, and I actively share and seek innovative solutions with Amazon's talent acquisition team. • Lead three teams consisting of 18 individual contributors and 3 team leads, supporting 4 Amazon businesses (Ring, Blink, Key, Kuiper) to deliver on priority business requisitions.• Coach teams to ensure that teams are developing capabilities and recruiting skills.• Create unique recruiting strategies based on business operational planning, that are implemented by recruiting teams and scale with business growth.• Work with senior leadership to discuss business needs and build business side recruiting strategies.• Utilize data to understand and drive strategic recruiting solutions and measure health of recruiting teams.• Effectively communicate with all organizational levels, from executives to team members, to strategically drive and successfully implement key recruiting initiatives.• Work with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and influenced teams to deliver on project deadlines. • Write SOPs to streamline recruiting processes.• Promote business lines brands to internal external candidates.• Managed and scaled relationships with third party agencies.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

At Verra Mobility I was a Sr. Corporate Recruiter, that was responsible for all recruiting initiatives and delivery across two business lines. I developed strategic recruiting programs from the ground up for candidate experience, campus hiring, and internships. Highlights:• Full-life cycle recruiting; sourcing, screening, interviewing, negotiating, and closing offers for positions up to the executive level; as well as hired for technology, marketing, sales, executive positions.• Sourced passive and active candidates candidates from LinkedIn Recruiter, Employee Referrals, Indeed, college career fairs, and networking events.• Worked cross-functionally with compensation, HR, finance, talent acquisition, and hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies and processes.• Developed WBRs, MBRs, QBRs, and ad-hoc reports on key HR/Talent Acquisition metrics (EEO, OFFCP, DEI).• Created Hiring Manager Tool-Kit, to provide direction on conducting panel and regular interviews, SLAs on interview feedback, in order to move candidates quickly and have a strong candidate experience.• Built from the ground up the candidate experience program, campus hiring, and internship programs.

Tempe, Az

I was the senior recruiter supporting multiple business units, hiring positions ranging from entry-level up to VP. I was heavily focused on building internal and external relationships to support the recruiting needs of the business. Highlights:• Performed full-life cycle recruiting for active and passive candidates: sourcing, screening, negotiations, closing offers.• Managed a pipeline of 50+ requisitions for the Technology Solutions division, which encompassed requisitions for technology, channel sales, marketing, accounting & finance, and executive positions.• Interfaced with business leaders to ascertain business needs and strategically source candidates.• Created and led candidate experience project for multiple locations across the nation.• Performed campus recruiting, and participated in networking events to source new candidates and build brand recognition.• Developed internal equity, OFFCP compliance, and other ad-hoc reports.• Managed relationships between staffing agencies and the company, and identified areas for cost savings by finding contracts that were outside of company's negotiated markup.• Worked cross-functionally with compensation, HR, and business stakeholders, to implement and drive new recruiting processes.• Participated in college career fairs and networking events throughout the metro area to source new candidates and build brand recognition.

Tempe, Az

In this role, I performed full life cycle recruiting for all positions ranging from entry-level to VP. I was also tasked with large high-volume class hiring and building an engagement pipeline. I also provided local HR functions such as employee onboarding, I-9 verifications, and employee relations. Highlights:• Performed full-life cycle recruiting for high-volume hiring: sourcing, screening, negotiations, and closing offers for customer service, marketing, and leadership positions. • Created Excel workbooks with automated VBA scripts for real-time updates to pipeline candidates, resulting in 5 hours per week saved in manual reporting.• Performed high-volume hiring for up to 25 candidates monthly, as well as specialty positions up to VP level.• Worked with senior leadership on headcount planning, and implementing nationwide recruiting strategies. • Acted as interim HR Business Partner and provided guidance on employee relations issues.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Highlights:• Performed full life cycle recruiting: (Sourcing, Screening, Pay Rate Negotiations, Contractual and Full Time offers).• Specialized in recruitment of IT, Engineering, and Manufacturing professionals through effective communication, and partnering with clients and third party resources.• Participated and arranged training sessions with LinkedIn and other job boards to keep up to date with latest sourcing strategies.• Served as a “go-to” resource for co-workers for questions on software development, and business intelligence positions.

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