Sam Mathews Email & Phone Number

New Jersey, United States

• Responsible for full cycle recruiting: sourcing, screening and hiring top technology talent forpositions ranging in scope from help desk to Architect Level and Senior Project Managers in IT and Non IT Industry.• Searched for qualified candidates on Monster, Dice, Indeed, Tech Fetch, Ladders and also on local database by applying appropriate search strings.• Very strong with networking and relationship building.• Strong Negotiation and Closure skills. Recorded applicant information accurately into company database to maintain accurate information relating to each individual and status of their submittals.• Reformat candidate resumes and tailor summary information to enhance readability and to ensure candidates have the best possible opportunity of being selected for interview.• Responsible for posting new positions to internal web-based database as well as other online database services (i.e. Monster, Dice,Ladders)• Ensuring the candidates join at the client place on the committed date• Maintain daily & weekly status lists of all activities through MS Excel.

• Responsible for full recruitment cycle for Visa’s technology functions and hired candidates for various roles (Full stack, Backend and frontend developers, Data Engineers and lead architects, RN’s and Customer Service executives and Non- IT candidates) across different levels through innovative sourcing strategies.• Good knowledge and experience in regional hiring practices including immigration and JobsBank postings.• Stakeholder management - Continual engagement with key stakeholders, weekly touchpoints and reports providing clear visibility of hiring status.

• Strategize on and building pipelines of qualified candidates from a variety of sources, including Social Media networking, internet searches, online databases, user groups, blogs and employee referrals.• Worked on Pivotal, Niche skills like - Machine Learning/AI, Distributed Computing, Big Data and Scalability, UX Design & Research engineers.• Foster and cultivate relationships with key candidates and develop large-scale talent pools to deliver upon both immediate short-term and strategic long-term needs.• Stays abreast of market trends and track competitive practices.

• Sourcing well qualified resumes through various channels including Linkedin, job boards, scheduled hiring events and effectively leveraging databases created and maintained by events like tech meetups, and Big Thinkers.• Worked to build, develop and implement recruitment plans for Yahoo! Cloud platform groups, Yahoo! Ads and Yahoo! Search and handled end-to-end recruitment for the aforesaid teams.• Developing market intelligence on Internet Start ups and available talent Pool, with focus on required skill sets needed for Yahoo!

• Communicate with customers who have escalated issues to determine beneficial resolution and ensure timely follow-up to verify that complaints have been addressed and satisfied.• Collaborate with colleagues to determine areas for improvement, review departmental performance, and develop ideas for better service to customers.