Octavio O. Duarte, Mba Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

Tempe, AZ, US

• Lead strategic initiatives to improve alumni recruiting process, ensure streamlined experiences for both employers and students.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Employer Engagement, Alumni Relations, and faculty to enhance corporate partnerships and alumni affinity.
• Develop targeted communication strategies, addressing alumni interest at both industry-specific and individual levels, resulting in sustainable alumni engagements.
• Spearhead the planning of alumni-focused events, such as panels, mock interviews, and networking sessions, while tracking outcomes and metrics.
• Continue to stay informed on employment trends and industry development, providing valuable insights to align career services with market demands and student needs.

Tempe, AZ, US

• Designed and delivered career development courses and workshops, integrating current market trends, career paths, and industry best practices to enhance student engagement and career readiness.
• Provided individual and group career coaching to MBA students, offering personalized guidance on career-decision making and interview preparation to help build lifelong career skills.
• Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders, including employers, alumni, and business community leaders, to create partnerships that improved students’ market competitiveness and employment outcomes.
• Managed and assessed career services data, including employment outcomes and job market research, to inform program development.

Tempe, AZ, US

• Employ a variety of curricular delivery strategies to foster student learning, stimulate class discussions and encourage active learning in all students.
• Maintain proper class-related records, and promptly assess student coursework and apprise students of progress.
• Provide instruction that incorporates current teaching methodologies, technologies, and other trends that reflect advances in specific areas of discipline associated with individual teaching assignment.
• Design and implement course curriculum and, structure, deliver comprehensive lesson plans, and lectures in both an online and ground campus modality.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Supported Faculty Affairs Deans in recruitments of senior leadership positions, and strategic initiatives.
• Managed and developed team members to become proficient in daily duties to meet recruitment metrics.
• Worked collaboratively with cross-functional deans and directors documenting, revising, and conceptualizing internal and campus-wide policies, and SOPs.
• Researched and contributed to internal sourcing data and monitored search metrics reporting.
• Tracked recruitment advertisements and responsible for outreach expenditures.
• Created dashboards, and special reports related to recruitment in order to provide timely updates to the dean of the college.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Responsible for full cycle recruitment and on-boarding activities, with a focus on faculty and executive leadership positions.
• Provided an operational and tactical approach to supporting faculty joint-recruitments from intake to on-boarding.
• Worked in close collaboration with multiple stakeholders including staff, faculty, physicians, and medical center senior leaders.
• Advised and collaborated with senior management regarding faculty and executive recruitment's, budgetary compliance, candidate diversity, and recruitment strategies.
• Engaged with candidates throughout the recruitment process by coordinating and scheduling multiple and concurrent visit days, travel arrangements and other essential visit day logistics.

San Jose, CA, US

• Partnered with both PayPal Global Operations and PayPal Corporate: hiring individual Contributors to Managers across Customer Service, Collections, Fraud, Technology, Merchant and Risk for Internal and External.
• Recruited over 30 employees each month for multiple national locations.
• Utilized online recruiting services, WorkDay, and social media to source and screen potential candidates for the proper role.
• Lead the restructure and creation of multiple departments interview guides.
• Created and delivered internal interview and resume trainings to meet goals and objectives of strategic initiatives.
• Collaborated with internal stakeholders and talent acquisition committees on social media and recruitment strategies to leverage networks, increase engagement, and create brand awareness.

Los Angeles, CA, US

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Phoenix, AZ, US

• Managed full recruitment life cycle for all Sales, IT, Operations, Customer Service and Executive Leadership roles.
• Redefined aspects of sourcing and onboarding to attract and retain a higher caliber of candidates.
• Exceeded hiring goal by 110% in first year and decreased overall turnover by 5% year over year.
• Established and maintained strong working relationships with hiring managers, directors, Vice President and President, ensuring direct communication regarding staffing needs.
• Utilized Applicant Pool, and LinkedIn Recruiter to track applicants through the selection phase and company onboarding for Arizona and Las Vegas Offices.
• Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with local & statewide technical schools and Universities to receive talent alerts prior to graduation.

Englewood, CO, US

• Developed and established innovative talent acquisition strategies utilizing social networking.
• Utilized Taleo to source and screen potential candidates for the appropriate role.
• Managed high volume full recruitment life cycle for multiple vendors within the organization.
• Delivered public presentations at universities, technical schools, community events, and job fairs to bring organizational awareness and recruit talent to career opportunities.
• Planned, coordinated, managed, and participated in business development outreach programs to identify, attract, and interact with candidates to establish and nurture talent pipelines.
• Developed recruitment strategies including job posting optimization, job board procurement, and employment marketing.

Englewood, CO, US

• Directed a team of 20 sales consultants in consistently surpassing key performance metrics.
• Platinum club honoree for top performing sales Manger in Quarter 3.
• Met financial objectives by forecasting requirements, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Spearheaded implementation of leadership development program for lead consultants.
• Responsible for meeting human resource objectives by recruiting, orienting, training, coaching, monitoring, and assessing employees.
• Achieved 130% increase in all major key performance indicators within first three months.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Managed and collaborated with staff to develop a strategic approach for delivery of admissions and financial pertinent information as well as a world–class educational experience.
• Developed and maintained positive relationships with the community and business partners to increase campus awareness in accordance with campus recruitment goals and objectives.
• Evaluated operations to identify ways to streamline efficiency across the organization and make timely recommendations to the University.
• Proactively generated innovative methods for analyzing and collecting student success data.
• Administered training activities to maximize service quality and the efficiency and productivity of the department.
• Additional responsibilities included: participated in the talent acquisition process, initiated/managed multidisciplinary projects, data analysis, and continuous coaching and mentoring of team members.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Facilitated regular admissions meetings to analyze department metrics, utilizing feedback to make continuous quality improvements to increase student admissions and onboarding process.
• Managed cross-functional teams to initiate, develop, and launch internal/external marketing materials utilized for student recruitment by the department and university.
• Developed project plans that specified admissions and retention goals, staffing needs, identification of performance gaps, and the allocation of available resources to support complex projects.
• Successful 15% increase of year-over-year student retention resulting in sustainable measured growth.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Doctor Of Management In Organizational Leadership

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Criminal Justice