Joseph Cain Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, Us

-Winner of the GOAT Award 2023

Seattle, Wa, Us

-Promoted to L7 Principal Recruiter - Technical-Solving technical recruiting problems globally for one of the largest companies in the world-First Principal Sourcing Recruiter in Amazon Consumer, Asia and Europe-Designed an Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning tool that reads resumes and LinkedIn profiles and short lists qualified candidates-Project mentor for a major recruiting program in Asia-Subject matter expert on hiring senior and industry level engineers, principal level Technical Program Managers, and software development managers of managers at scale -Design global recruiting solutions in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Design a centralized recruiting team that fills hundreds of industry and senior level software engineer talent a year-Designed the most successful centralized diversity software engineer hiring product at Amazon-Collaborate with senior managers and directors on developing and leading hundreds of recruiters- Designed and built content for a globally scaled training program aimed at preparing nontech recruiters to be tech recruiters-Collected and analyzed data on Amazon recruiting roles globally and made recommendations on standardizing roles-Conceptualized and built a program that standardized the hiring bar for software development engineers by leading dozens of bar raisers in the creation of resources-Member of Amazon's Bar Raiser community

Seattle, Wa, Us

• As of 2019, leads a team of 50+ recruiters hiring industry and senior engineers- Created the Regional Model – conceptualized a model to build a bench of Sourcing SMEs for 7 different markets. This creates a constant pipeline of talent by building strong market intelligence and relationships in the areas they own. - Diversity as a focus – Joseph has helped create a unique Diversity Event offering: candidates are invited for one day of fireside chats, tours of the offices, etc. followed by a day of interviewing. This approach has yielded more than twice the average onsite: and accept rate that is significantly above Amazon’s average.- Joseph builds technical phone screens for Recruiters that are used across all of Amazon.- Recruiter Academy Program – Conceptualized, designed and executed now on its 5th iteration. The RAP is a successful initiative that trains non-recruiters to be high delivery recruiters in a matter of weeks.- Hire and Develop the Best – Joseph has formally and informally mentored hundreds of Amazonians- Conceptualized, designed and led the creation of a market intelligence tool that will show all of the companies we have previously hired engineers from in specific geographic areas. - Led his team to hire hundreds of software engineers with year over year growth every year.- Joseph has also been formally recognized for creating screening tools for recruiters, assessments and socializing them across Amazon; developing RAP and training hundreds of recruiters across Amazon; Collaboration for bringing teams across Amazon together, and for challenging the status quo and driving the creation of products to provide better results and customer experiences. - Recognized as events and hiring blitz SME across Amazon.• Two time winner of Amazon's Courage Award for Challenging the Status Quo• Winner of Amazon's Learn and Be Curious Award for 2016, for training, mentoring and developing dozens of recruiters

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Winner of Amazon's Collaboration Award for 2016• Winner of Amazon's Ownership Award for 2015• Domestic technical hiring events SME for Amazon's consumer organization - expertise in strategy, planning and executing high volume, successful technical personnel recruiting events• Consistently exceeds recruiting metrics goals and regularly partners with hiring managers.• Developed screening tools and processes which have been proven effective and adopted by teams across Amazon for technical positions.• Strong technical literacy.• Authored software systems design interview prep guide which was added to the corporate recruiting toolkit and is used across Amazon.• Leads recruiting events nationally and internationally for top Software Engineer talent.• Current holds the record for most Software Development Engineers sourced, recruited and hired on an event for the Retail Team for North America.• Recruiting and technology SME for the team.• Leads the media and consumer events teams on highest number of hires for 2015.• Training the team on technology and recruiting.• Invented screening processes that have increased hire conversion rates by as much as 200%.• 98% close rate on candidates sourced.• Organized technical trainings for the consumer events team with our internal clients and used learnings to develop an interview prep guide used by all of Amazon

Chattanooga, Tennessee, Us

• Filled dozens of positions in just a few months including technical positions such as Senior .Net Developers and CISSP IT Security Professionals• Audited compensation systems and performed data analysis on call center to optimize staffing• Utilized social media for recruiting and employer branding• Performed all Human Resources functions including payroll, benefits administration, employee relations and advocacy and staff planning• Saved the company tens of thousands of dollars in recruiting fees in just a few months without running any ads or subscribing to any job boards

Chattanooga, Tn, Us

• Highest number of professional placements among corporate recruiting team for 2012o Reduced the number of staffing vendors from 10 to 3• Filled digital marketing, technical, financial and administrative positions• Strong understanding of social media recruiting including several placements with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Reddit• Technical recruiting includes Java, .Net, Project Management, DBAs, CISSP, network engineers, technology leaders and much more• Digital marketing recruiting includes PPC Specialists, SEO Specialists, digital marketing analysts, social media professionals, creative professionals, affiliate marketers, marketing directors and front end web developers (PHP, Ruby, Drupal, etc.)

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

• #2 Recruiter in the entire country for Direct Hire Fees for 2010 ($300k)• Mentored and developed junior recruiters in recruiting, communication and technical areas• Recruited for a variety of technical positions including programmers, tech support, server and network professionals, database administrators, IT managers and much more• Used strong technical understanding to interview candidates and assess their skills• Lead weekly training classes in the Tennessee branch to teach the rest of the staff about technology and how to technically screen candidates• Expert with the use of social networking tools to identify candidates and opportunities such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Reddit• Consistently the top performing recruiter in the Tennessee branch including exceeding placement goals by as much as 1000%• Worked directly with clients (ranging from small companies to Fortune 500 companies) in account management support, ensuring they receive service excellence and staffing needs were met• Experience representing Modis to the general public and at technology and recruiting events• Industry experience includes financial, insurance, transportation, professional and more

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Sold Over $13 Million in Revenue in Staffing and Recruiting Services and On-Premise Solutions• Trained, mentored and managed professionals in a variety of roles• Manage Multiple Branches and On-Premise Solutions• Experienced Recruiter and Human Resource Generalist• Quickly promoted from Customer Service Representative, to Branch Manager, to Area Manager based on performance and rapid growth of my branch• Overall Performer of the Year 2006- was sent on a Caribbean Cruise as a prize • Responsible for all facets of running a branch including: operations, marketing and development• Business Development Associate of the Year 2005• Directly Manage dozens of Spherion associates and indirectly managed hundreds of flexible employees• Staffed dozens of clerical/IT and industrial clients including Help desk, technical, and IT positions

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Admin And Psychology (Double Major)

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