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Coral Springs, FL, US

Pleasanton, California, US

• Increased headcount by 3x in less than two years and through a successful Series B funding round.
• Led the talent acquisition efforts across all departments, including Engineering, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Science/Engineering, Risk Engineering, Cybersecurity, Threat Intelligence.
• Collaborate with hiring managers and department heads to understand hiring needs and develop talent acquisition strategies that align with business objectives.
• Source, identify, and attract exceptional candidates through various channels such as job boards, social media, networking events, and employee referrals.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including job posting, scheduling candidate interviews, resume screening, conducting interviews, reference checks, and extending job offers.
• Led team of domestic and international recruiters.

Plantation, Florida, US

• Lead all HR functions for boutique digital marketing agency.
• Revise and implement employee handbook.
• Talent acquisition for all sales, customer service, and marketing positions.
• Partner with Sales in client pitches and client service.

Boca Raton, FL, US

• Collaborate with hiring managers and department heads to understand hiring needs and develop talent acquisition strategies that align with business objectives.
• Source, identify, and attract exceptional candidates through various channels such as job boards, social media, networking events, and employee referrals.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including job posting, scheduling candidate interviews, resume screening, conducting interviews, reference checks, and extending job offers.
• Build and maintain a strong candidate pipeline for current and future openings.
• Develop and execute innovative and creative sourcing techniques to uncover passive candidates.
• Act as a brand ambassador, effectively representing the company's values, culture, and opportunities to potential candidates.

Plantation, Florida, US

• Leader of Corporate Recruiting & Social Media Strategy with Everise, a multi-national outsourced call center company with over 9,000 employees.
• Manage site recruiting efforts in the US and Latin America. Each team has a Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruiters, Screeners, and Coordinators. In conjunction with site leadership, we develop strategies that ensure.
• Lead recruitment efforts for all Manager and above level positions in the US and Latin America.
• Lead for all Talent Acquisition technology selection. Successfully completed RFP for Applicant Tracking System (ATS), Candidate Relationship Management (CRM), Video Interviewing, Texting, Background Screening.
• Work with recruitment advertising agency to negotiate local market advertising needs.
• Develop and manage global recruitment advertising budget and contracts. Negotiate all online media partnerships including job boards, social media, and job aggregator.

• Help companies use social media resources to increase their online exposure.
• From Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Quora, Pinterest, Blogs and properly developed website we increase a companies Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Optimization (SMO).
• Create and manage Pay Per Click campaigns on Google, Facebook, and Instagram.

Irvine, CA, US

• Charged with revamping Recruiting strategy to incorporate more Social Media resources vs. traditional media.
• Provided cost savings by reducing dependence on job boards and print media and installing a full SEO Careers Page.
• Successfully negotiated with vendors to reduce costs while not reducing available resources.
• Created proactive methods and measurements of recruiting campaign while reducing time to fill each position.
• Recruit for all Corporate based positions.

Scottsdale, AZ, US

Responsible for recruitment of a national, locally-focus online job board. Recruited for Sales, Sales Management, IT positions in the US and Canada. Started Social Recruitment Campaign in Nov. 2006 allowing us to "Be Where the Candidates Are". Established relationships with target candidate audience on a one to one basis while being the face of.

Roswell, GA, US

• Recruiting & Employee Relations Specialist for national provider of emergency room & military base medical support.
• Centralize recruitment campaign and install recruiting metrics.
• Implement global Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

West Palm Beach, FL, US

• Recruiting & Employee Relations Specialist for largest Senior Living campus in state of Florida.
• Partner with largest departments to eliminate OT and Agency utilization by creating a proactive recruitment campaign.
• Developed a Per Diem to FT program with Nursing Department to allow for seamless hiring process for all staff.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Recruitment of all personnel for largest family support agency serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
• Developed position tracking and requisition tracking systems.
• Point person for HRIS integration with Accounting software.
• Developed HR metrics for monthly Board of Directors meeting allowing for creation of AAP.