Michelle Starkey Email & Phone Number

Irvine, California, United States

**November 1, 2022 - Part of Google Cloud Wide Organizational Restructure.• Led and Managed a nationally distributed team of Technical and Leadership Recruiters.• Trained and up-skilled 36 Recruiters on the Engineering Manager profile and hiring processes, transitioned 8 Engineering Manager recruiters to their new teams across Google Cloud, and independently transitioned into leading the L6-L7 Site Reliability Engineering and Site Reliability Manager Recruiting team.• Responsible for the delivery of L6-L7 Individual Contributor SRE and SRM Hiring Goals in North America.• Interfaced with the Chief of Staffs, VPs of Engineering, DEI Project Managers, People Partners, and Global SRE Recruiting and Sourcing Leads to ensure close partnerships regarding various hiring initiatives.• Co-created and executed Job Requisition Alignment Training to Recruiting and Sourcing Points of Contact - Effectively unpooled the hiring process in the SRE space to provide more strategic partnerships across Staffing and SRE Hiring Managers.

Irvine, California, United States

**Interviewed for and accepted a role leading the Engineering Manager Recruiting Team.• Led and Managed a nationally distributed team of Engineering Management Recruiters.• Responsible for meeting the teams’ quarterly Engineering Manager Hiring Goals across North America. Exceeded hiring goals by 125-140% QoQ.• Hired, onboarded, and trained 4 additional technical recruiters on the Engineering Manager Recruiting Team.• Became the Engineering Manager Hiring Committee Group Program Manager - Trained and onboarded 5 Hiring Committee Facilitators, reduced backlog of unreviewed candidates, and transitioned quorum to align with other job families.• Partnered closely with Engineering Directors, Chief of Staffs, and Global Staffing Managers across North America to execute hiring initiatives and navigate the team through a 2 month Hiring Pause.• Created and implemented hiring strategies to provide the business and recruiters across all PAs visibility into available post-interview candidates - Resulted in hiring 17 Engineering Managers across prioritized roles within 4 weeks after the pause was lifted.

Irvine, California, United States

• Managed the complex, end-to-end Hiring Process for L6-L7 Engineering Managers across all of Google Cloud.• Owned an average of 18-22 Engineering Manager requisitions every quarter and led bi-weekly syncs across Leadership Recruiters and Sourcers in efforts to collaborate efficiently.• Partnered with Senior Managers, Directors, People Partners, and Vice Presidents in Google Cloud to attract and hire top industry leaders.• Collaborated closely with the sourcing team and actively sourced on various platforms to generate a strong and diverse talent pool.• Became a Hiring Committee Facilitator and met with Engineering Directors to discuss 2-4 Engineering Manager candidates for all of Google on a weekly cadence.• Met and exceeded Offer Accept quarterly goals by 150-300%.

Irvine, California, United States

• Managed the end-to-end Recruiting Cycle for all of Blizzard Entertainments’ IT and Security teams.• Absorbed Activision Blizzard’s IT and Global Information Security teams, becoming the sole IT and Security Recruiter across both enterprises.• Partnered closely with all Hiring Managers, Business Leaders, and HRBPs in all hiring initiatives and strategies. • Assisted in designing, implementing, and change management of Eightfold and Workday Recruit as enterprise-wide platforms across Activision, Blizzard, and King. • Led virtual Lean-In Circles and LinkedIn/Resume workshops for our diversity interns.• Adopted responsibilities around New Hire Background Checks and Customized Onboarding for a streamlined process for all new hires during the pandemic. • Mentored, led, and trained recruiters across the Recruiting team.• 56 Full Time Hires in the first half of 2021 across Activision and Blizzard Entertainment.

Irvine, California

• Managed the end-to-end Recruiting Cycle for all of Blizzard Entertainments’ IT and Security teams.• Actively sourced for hard-to-fill requisitions and strategize with Business Leaders in hiring with longevity in mind.• Led the “BlizzHire” initiative for the IT and Security teams to streamline interviewing best practices, partnership, and market data. • Participated in Girls Inc, Girls Who Code, and represented Blizzard at Grace Hopper Celebration. • First Recruiter across ABK to receive the “Well Played” award in recognition for performance, partnership across the business, and projects increasing positive candidate experience & hiring initiatives.• Consistent top performer in hiring over 60 full time employees annually from general engineering positions to difficult to fill positions including, but not limited to: Site Reliability Engineers, Operations Engineers, Senior Security Engineers, Senior Director of Cloud Engineering, Backbone Network Engineers, Program Managers, Cloud Security Architect, Strategic Sourcing Managers, Senior Application Security Engineers, Lead Telecom Engineer, Game Security Engineers, Incident Managers, Product Design Managers, Atlassian Administrators, Linux Engineers, etc.

Playa Vista, Ca

Executive Technical Recruiter || July 2013 - May 2015Irvine, CA• Managed a Full-Desk in building a book of business from scratch with high growth start-ups, enterprise level companies, and networking with every point of contact to thoroughly understand the holistic needs within each individual organization.• Built meaningful relationships with candidates to uncover crucial, intangible qualities desired within the next step in their careers.• Managed a plethora of resources including LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Monster, and the internal database to hunt down rare talent and to ultimately find the right person for the right job.• Maintained close contact with clients to forecast changes in hiring needs, received feedback on every candidate, and understood all the nuances of each open position.• Specialty in recruiting for several roles within the Technology Industry including, but not limited to: Software Engineers, Web Developers, Product/Project Managers, Mobile Developers, UI/UX Designers, Embedded Firmware Engineers, Hardware Engineers, and Director level roles.• Top Recruiter within a team in overall annual billing for 2014.• Highlighted CyberCoders Recruiter in July 2014 for having a “Knack for Matching Rockstar Candidates.”

Anaheim, Ca

• Managed all tiers of the interviewing stages to hire Sales Engineers and Outside Sales Representatives for the Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles markets.• Implemented all Corporate Recruiting Strategies and recognized for “displaying the business acumen of someone with many more years of experience.”• Gained an understanding of the different qualities and management styles each Hiring Manager would harbor to ensure every hire to be set up for success.• Exceeded all expectations of Management by fully staffing the sales force including building an entire team under a newly promoted Manager within the first two months of employment.• Utilized several networking sites such as Careerbuilder, Monster, Indeed, and LinkedIn Recruiter to recruit Top Sales Professionals in the technology industry and build a robust network.

San Clemente, Ca

• Managed sourcing strategies to find the right candidates for the rapidly growing start-up.• Identified and screened potential candidates to present to the Vice President of Sales and the Director of Human Resources.• Built and maintained relationships with multiple campuses to plan and publicize hiring events at upcoming college career fairs.• Utilized the value of the Face-to-Face interactions to gain new recruits for all satellite locations in Southern California.• Maintained job postings on several resources including job boards, alumni websites, and social networking sites.

Anaheim, California

• Presented and sold Cbeyond IT Services and Cloud Infrastructure to small and mid-sized businesses.• Managed set territories to find, qualify, and close Business Owners through Cold-Calling and Tele-Prospecting.• Managed office paperwork for each set appointment, executed PowerPoint presentations with C-Level Executives, and closed each prospective sale.• Maintained professional relationships with business owners and referral partners to maximize client happiness and networking possibilities.• Completed the industry recognized Six Week Training Program, Identified and Closed a deal within the first month of employment, and remained a performer by consistently hitting Monthly Quotas.