Kathy Mason Email and Phone Number

Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm focused on advancing the human experience through the built environment. Our team is engineered for impact™, helping clients achieve critical goals, advancing our team members through growth and opportunity, and operating at the center of important global issues, including sustainability and decarbonization. We are a top firm as ranked by Engineering News-Record and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and we have appeared for the past eleven years on the Inc. 5000 list of North America’s fastest-growing private companies.

*Sourced, screened and prepped software engineering candidates with two - five years experience.*Chosen as Change Champion for Early in Career Sourcing team, disseminating new projects and tools and educating staff.*Prioritized hiring of diverse engineering talent by identifying sources, planning outreach and tracking candidate communication.*Contributed to the Job Expectations Refresh, a high-priority project for the People Analytics team. Researched and presented job skills and descriptions, and competitor overviews on Android and Production Engineers.*Analyzed and compiled data for Q1 2021 and Q1 2022 pipeline, including number of outreach attempts, prescreens, technical and full-loop interviews and offers, per state.*Audited Grace Hopper Conference candidates in Applicant Tracking System for University Talent Scouts. Uploaded resumes and tagged candidates for pipeline visibility.*Collaborated with PhD Sourcers and Recruiters to research and contact authors invited to the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.

*Selected as part of a special project team for Director of Recruiting.*Secured candidates for Scaled Programs and Experiences, which included Recruiters, Sourcers, Program Managers. Prescreened and prepared applicants for interviews.*Partnered with Global Recruiting Operations and Program Manager on Hiring Manager intake meetings, candidate review and job market insights.*Offer extended goal exceeded by 350% with 100% of offers accepted.

*Full-cycle recruiting of all interns (Software and Quality Engineering, Site Reliability, Product [Management, Marketing, Strategy], Sales Development, Marketing, Communications, Security, Web, Partners, Demand Generation) and New Grads (Software Engineering and Product).*Create Strategic University Recruiting campus plan. *Track ROI (applicants, offers, accepted offers, conversion to full time hires) for top-ranked schools, set up partnerships with Employer Relations staff and conduct outreach for potential campus collaboration.*Plan, schedule and host all campus recruiting events (in-person and virtual), including Employer Info Sessions, Career Fairs, Coffee Chats, treks, workshops, hackathons and interviews.*Advise Engineering leaders on interview plans and hiring recommendations.*Design Diversity & Inclusion hiring plan with D&I Program Manager and Employee Resource Groups.

*Implemented Diversity and Inclusion initiative for campus hiring, targeting nationwide college populations and clubs.*Recruited and hired Masters’ level graduates for Shield Emerging Leaders, Bachelors’ degree candidates for Management Trainee’ Program and internships.*Recruited for VP and Sr. Director of Digital Experience, set interview panels, created case study questions, arranged total compensation packages.*Negotiated and managed vendor contracts (Monster, CareerBuilder, Yello and GradLeaders).*Monitored and responded to social media reviews (Glassdoor).

*Assist employees affected by a reduction in force in finding new internal positions by offering career counseling, resume reviews and feedback on interviews. *Analyze data on the reduction in force, identify employees actively pursuing opportunities and summarize findings into reports for management.*Oversee recruiting efforts for Senior Director of Platform Services resulting in a majority of the job requisitions being filled within four weeks. *Partner with candidates in the offer process, negotiate salary and signing bonuses and ensure a seamless transition to new positions.

*Contract consultant for new recruiting company, specializing in Product Managers, Software Engineers and UI/UX. *Utilized Boolean X-ray for LinkedIn and Google specific candidate searches. *Modeled proper phone interview technique for new employees.*Participated in intake calls with potential and current clients to establish hiring timelines and key items for sourcing potential candidates.

*Recruited and placed in permanent fulltime positions some of the top technical talent in the Bay Area, including Systems/Network Engineers and Administrators, Product/Project/Program Managers, Business Systems Analysts, Desktop Support, Business Intelligence and Software Engineers and Director/AVP of IT. *Partnered with Human Resources, Hiring Managers and C-Level Executives on all levels of the hiring process, from job descriptions to interviews to verbal and written offers and job acceptance.*Guided East Bay staff to all-time high in placement fees for July 2015 and year-over-year growth. *Conducted regional weekly training to Bay Area locations on candidate and client control, marketing calls, role-plays and best practices.

*Led Bay Area schools to first budgetary success since FY12 (March 2014). *Staffed, coached and trained Admissions Advisors for San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Seaside. *Presented weekly and quarterly trainings on sales techniques, communications and compliance. *Observed and provided feedback for Admissions Advisors in phone and interviewing techniques. *Oversaw School Directors, Registrars and Admissions staff in student file reviews meetings.

*Increased enrollments 1024% within six months. *Responsible for staffing increases of 80% to meet expanded business needs. *Partner with Instructional Development team to create Enrollment Advisor training plan. *Create metrics reporting tool to ensure proper conversion tracking.

*Recruited hired and trained sales team of 13 Educational Recruiters and Community Relations Specialist. *Motivated employees to meet sales conversion standards. *Planned and oversaw Recruitment special events. *Increased December 2012 starts to 110% and March 2012 starts to 133% over prior year. *Mentored Recruiters in proprietary client management software. *Led accreditation review process as acting Campus President in 2012.

*Launched training program for Admissions, Marketing and Admissions Operational Support Departments. *Authored lesson plans and constructed activities for three-week New Hire Training program. *Recommended coaching initiatives to Chief Operating Officer and Director of Development. *Developed Tours and Pre-Admissions Department, including operating procedures, scheduling and revitalization. *Implemented hiring plan to triple staff.