Michael Ruiz Email & Phone Number

- Recruiting for a Workday Implementation Partner

Belfast, Gb

• Lead a team of two that recruits Workday consultants for North America for every business unit including HCM, Financials, Engagement Management, Integration, Sales, Customer Success, Change Management, Extend, and Smart (Kainos’ automation testing platform specific to Workday).• Lead a team of two, including a Senior Workday Recruiter and Recruitment Coordinator, that support recruiting for the largest revenue producing geography among the Kainos Workday practice globally. • Our team supported the recruitment of over 225 team members from the USA, Canada, and Poland from August 2020 - March 2023. I personally placed 150 of those team members. • Support the full life-cycle recruitment of Workday professionals by working with candidates from initial contact and screening, interview preparation and debrief, and offer delivery and negotiation.• Create strategies to find candidates across the Workday ecosystem through LinkedIn by creating differentiated personal recruitment branding, messaging, and visibility.• Posted daily Workday Tips of the Day on LinkedIn for just over 90% of the days of this calendar year to bring value to the overall Workday ecosystem. Those posts garnered an average of over 5,000 views with over 75 likes with a total of over 1.65 million views and 25,000 likes for 2020.• Started the Workday Recruiter Podcast in 2020 and had 30 guests. Those 30 guests averaged over 130 listens per episode for a total listenership of 3,900 plays.

Dublin 2, Ie

Support the full life-cycle recruitment of Workday certified professionals.Work with candidates from initial contact and screening, interview preparation and debrief, and offer delivery and negotiation.Work with several Workday certified candidates across the Workday partner ecosystem including KPMG, PwC, IBM, Collaborative Solutions, Mercer, Sierra-Cedar, Deloitte, Alight Solutions, Alchemy, DXC, CrossCountry Consulting, Huron, Navigator Management Partners, OneSource Virtual, and TopBloc.Primarily support the recruitment of Senior Manager, Manager, and Associate Manager level candidates within the Workday practice.Create strategies to find best in class candidates across the Workday ecosystem through LinkedIn.Created strategies to differentiate personal recruitment branding, messaging, and visibility through LinkedIn.Currently have close to 850 Workday connections on LinkedIn in the United States and close to 1000 in total worldwide. Started the Workday Tip of the Day on social media to increase a sense of community across Workday as well as bring value to all employees across the Workday partner ecosystem through advice, strategies, and best practices. #workdaytipoftheday

Reading, Ma, Us

Lead a team of up to 4 recruiters primarily supporting the recruitment of functional, ERP, and CRM resources for our clients.Lead a team of recruiters with varying levels of experience from 0-5 years experience in IT staffing.Lead a team of up to 4 recruiters make 30 placements over the course of 6 months.Responsible for creating strategies to attract qualified candidates across the functional, ERP, and CRM space across the team.Responsible for team priorities across multiple clients and multiple industries.Work with Account Executives to create best strategies and solutions for candidates offers and acceptances.

Reading, Ma, Us

Perform full life-cycle recruiting from initial candidate contact to candidate placement for multiple clients that ranged in size from 100 employees to Fortune 100 companies.Specialize in the recruitment of Workday candidates from Workday Functional Consultants, Workday Project Managers, Workday Business Analysts, Workday Lead Developers, and Workday Developers.Placed Workday resources with end clients such as Lowe’s, McKesson, Equifax, SunTrust, IHG, Inspire Brands, and Veritiv at locations across the United States.Supported other clients with their Workday recruitment needs including Duke Energy, Nissan, Axis Insurance, and New York University.Specialize in the recruitment of Salesforce candidates from Salesforce Administrators, Salesforce Developers, Salesforce Business Analysts, Salesforce Project Managers, CRM Managers, and Salesforce Technical Leads.Placed Salesforce resources with end clients such as Equifax, Delta, SunTrust, and McKesson among others all over the United States.Supported other clients with their Salesforce recruitment needs including Capital One, LexisNexis, RentPath, and Turner.Navigate all candidates through the entire interview process by preparing and debriefing candidates before and after interviews, respectively.Placed between 27-33 candidates at end clients from the 2013 - 2018 calendar year.Submit between 35-45 unique candidates to clients every month.Placed between 4-5 IT leadership, director, and managerial candidates every year at Fortune 500 companies.Deliver and negotiate all candidate offers as well as confirm acceptance to the end client.Developed and created job ad strategy as well as sourced candidates through multiple job seeker platforms including Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, Indeed, and LinkedIn.Experience working with eRecruit, Bullhorn, and MaxHire applicant tracking systems.

Perform full life-cycle recruiting from initial candidate contact to candidate placement for multiple clients that ranged in size from 100 employees to Fortune 100 companies.Specialize in the recruitment of Workday candidates from Workday Functional Consultants, Workday Project Managers, Workday Business Analysts, Workday Lead Developers, and Workday Developers.Placed Workday resources with end clients such as Lowe’s, McKesson, Equifax, SunTrust, IHG, Inspire Brands, and Veritiv at locations across the United States.Supported other clients with their Workday recruitment needs including Duke Energy, Nissan, Axis Insurance, and New York University.Specialize in the recruitment of Salesforce candidates from Salesforce Administrators, Salesforce Developers, Salesforce Business Analysts, Salesforce Project Managers, CRM Managers, and Salesforce Technical Leads.Placed Salesforce resources with end clients such as Equifax, Delta, SunTrust, and McKesson among others all over the United States.Supported other clients with their Salesforce recruitment needs including Capital One, LexisNexis, RentPath, and Turner.Navigate all candidates through the entire interview process by preparing and debriefing candidates before and after interviews, respectively.Placed between 27-33 candidates at end clients from the 2013 - 2018 calendar year.Submit between 35-45 unique candidates to clients every month.Placed between 4-5 IT leadership, director, and managerial candidates every year at Fortune 500 companies.Deliver and negotiate all candidate offers as well as confirm acceptance to the end client.Developed and created job ad strategy as well as sourced candidates through multiple job seeker platforms including Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, Indeed, and LinkedIn.Experience working with eRecruit, Bullhorn, and MaxHire applicant tracking systems.

Responsible for qualifying and identifying IT candidates for company clients. Responsible for working with IT candidates through every step of the candidate experience including initial candidate contact and screening, resume formatting and editing, candidate representation to end clients, interview preparation and debrief, and delivery and negotiation of offer.Responsible for creating search strategies to find candidates on Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, LinkedIn, and Indeed.Responsible for creating job search advertisements within Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, and LinkedIn.Worked within several Applicant Tracking Systems to maintain candidate pipelines across several IT skill-sets, including eRecruit, Maxhire, and Bullhorn. Worked with several clients to support their IT hiring needs across functional, infrastructure, and application development teams.Worked directly with hiring managers and account managers to create an effective recruitment approach and strategy.Mainly supported recruiting efforts for functional, infrastructure, Workday, and Salesforce positions.Made placements in the following infrastructure, application development, and functional skill-sets: UX Designer, Desktop Support Specialist, Help Desk Specialist, Network Engineer, Windows Engineer, .NET Developer, QA Tester, Project Manager, Business Analyst, and Program Manager.Created, developed, and lead a monthly training program for junior recruiters that grew from 8 team members in 2013 to over 30 team members in 2016 that focused on knowledge transfer concerning both technical knowledge and process improvement.