Sarah Davidson 🔐 Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Full Cycle Technical Recruiter currently hiring for the Azure Hardware and Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Platform (HLS S&P) organizations. Please check out our Career's page and APPLY directly to the role to be considered: https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/home.html

Irvine, Ca, Us

•Spearheaded the end-to-end recruitment processes as the primary internal recruiter, overseeing various positions from individual contributors to C-level executives, instrumental in driving successful hiring initiatives for a medical device start-up. •Implemented a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for recruiting overview, introducing a foundational hiring process guideline covering requisition drafting, candidate selection, and offer acceptance to internal stakeholders, resulting in a substantial reduction of time-to-fill from over 6 months to under 2 months.•Directed the internship program, proactively curated targeted career fairs, and developed a comprehensive 12-week internship overview to successfully attract and foster early-career talent.

Redmond, Washington, Us

(Impacted by Microsoft’s Layoffs)•Consistently oversaw and managed 25+ requisitions at one time providing full cycle recruiting from opening up the requisitions through recruiter intakes with client partners to closing candidate offers and ensuring candidate onboarded successfully.• Utilized data and partnered closely with the finance team to ensure offer packages were up to market and wouldn’t lead to team compression issues.•Verbally closed and hired 174 Offer Accept candidates, resulting in 50% of my hires being underrepresented minorities into Microsoft for the Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineer (CHIE), Cloud Supply Chain & Provisioning (CSCP), Data Centers (CO+I), and Hardware Strategy Planning (HSP) team.• Received the first ever CHIE partnership award in recognition of exceptional support and recruiter partnership from clients as well as presented the Hardware Silicon and Infrastructure GTA team award and recognition for May 2022.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Oversaw a portfolio of 26+ active requisitions within the Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineer (CHIE) team, evaluating hundreds of resumes resumes weekly, employed adept sourcing strategies to engage both passive and receptive candidates, fostering valuable connections which resulted in the securing of 7 accepted offers within the first month of training.• Led team charades to 25+ fellow colleagues to foster team bonding and culture.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Strategically sourced for the Pipeline Team (Senior Software Engineers, Software Engineers, PMs, Data Scientists, etc.) using LinkedIn Recruiter and iCims to send out 350+ reach outs (Emails, Phone calls, and Referrals) weekly while managing a consistent pipeline of 60+ candidates.• Obtained 11 Offer Extends in the first 3 months of ramp up due to strong partnerships with Recruiters and Hiring Managers and candidate communication.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Screened and sourced through 500+ resumes a week to fill in various Finance roles, utilizing boolean searches and analyzing the job requisition to find the best talent• Partnered closely with TOPS (University/Campus) Recruiters to fill MBA roles within Google and received 4+ Offer Accepts in the first two months of ramp up• Managed a daily pipeline of 100+ applicants while building relationships with cross-functional teams to create an amazing candidate experience• Received Employee of the Month in December for quick ramp up and strong team contribution

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Communicated professionally and built strong relationships with various stakeholders within the hiring process such as Recruiters, Candidates, Interviewers, and Hiring Managers to expand Google’s team• Coordinated and scheduled around 40+ tailored interviewers daily to provide each candidate with a positive candidate experience, along with supporting each interview to ensure a smooth transition • Consistently hit metrics and schedule over 200 sessions weekly• Selected in first three months of ramp up to manage the AmWest Staffing Cal to aid fellow colleagues in booking rooms and supporting last minute requests due to strong communication and management skills• Received 3 kudos in the first 3 months of training as a result of going above and beyond to each of my candidates

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Hosted 20+ candidates weekly to provide a unique and superior candidate experience during their duration onsite at Google• Scheduled over 12 weekly initial phone screens ranging from entry level to leadership candidates while simultaneously ensuring onsite interviews ran smoothly • Managed my zone and created own schedule to ensure efficient use of time allocated to hosting candidates

San Francisco, California, Us

• Strategized various events that would target Santa Cruz community which resulted in being the #1 marketing team in the whole Country in May• Developed strategic partnerships and outreached to new customers by handing out promotional items such as hats, glasses, coupons, and stickers

• Lead workshops to 30 members from Resume Building, Shark Tank, and Land Your Dream Job to aid members in the process of building professional careers for each individual • Externally reached out to 6 other Women in Business organizations to collaborate future opportunities together, following in the responses from Davis Women in Business, Stanford Women in Business, and Santa Clara Women in Business• Conducted weekly Exec board meeting to brainstorm potential events to provide members; calculated the financial budget and planned the event schedules

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

• Greeted & ensured all participants, 200+ daily entering facility were valid members• Tracked $100+ in cashier was correct and accountable by counting and notifying lead when change was needed• Assisted in the selling of various items such as lockers, refreshments, equipment, and keeping the facility clean

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

• One of the top 5% participants who was successful in the program of 250+ members, while being the only LinkedIn Learning Ambassador at UC Santa Cruz with a student population of 19,000+• Promoted LinkedIn learning to my LinkedIn network of 1000+, by creating engaging content and videos, and coordinated with Econ Department to put on “Building Your Brand” workshop to both undergraduate and master students• Initiated the #ilovelearning challenge, recruiting fellow ambassadors state wide resulting in a 10% increase in the uptake of the platform in under two months

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

• Utilized social media and search optimization tools to enhance internal marketing and outreach; clients included Yewwapparal, Sellhound, and others• Created Humans of Gesher Group campaign to promote fellow members as a recruitment tactic for prospective members, earning around 50-100 likes per post

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Utilized leadership and strategy skills, publicized Amazon Student Prime; enhanced brand awareness and educated about benefits to increase membership through student sign ups • Designed and submitted weekly marketing activity reports through Brandscopic including media and survey examples achieving a quota of 300+ students weekly• Collaborated with Delta Sigma Pi, a business fraternity, to represent Prime Student at a large networking event with 10+ companies such as Google, Adobe, Deloitte, with over 100+ students• Marketed at UCSC Fall Festival with presence at a booth; interacted with over 500+ students; gave out promotional items and discounts to advertise Prime Student• Used social media, craft creative and informative messages resulting in over 1,000+ views weekly• Made Classroom marketing announcements to engage a large, 400+ captive audience

• Lead tabling events at massive UCSC fall festival, engaging with over 700+ students resulting in 350+ interested prospects to attend and participate in our weekly events• Created detailed schedule and sent out daily reminders for over 70+ chapter members to secure attendance at each event, resulting around 50-80 prospects per event• Coordinated with fellow organizations, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Pi for recruiting events with an average of 300+ participants per event in 6 events

• Coordinated scavenger hunt for over 100+ members ensuring event ran smoothly by monitoring and keeping in touch with each team• Executed a game night to bond each sister and further boost womanhood• Planned a secret valentine gift exchange event for 100+ members using Microsoft Excel to generate pairings

Dublin, Ca, Us

• Assisted in running a $6.8 million-dollar store by understanding processes to reduce shrink, keeping customer wait time under 4 minutes through strong front-end control• Visited and conducted another store assessment and analyzed Individual Development Plan, SET growth trends, and leadership effectiveness by walkthroughs and multiple manager and employee interviews; presented findings to corporate including a SET dashboard • Lead daily morning shipments of 100+ cases, achieving efficiency in saving step goals; assisted in weekly markdown of 300+ items• Assisted in opening of a new Ross Store in Santa Rosa; led orientation for 12 new hires on creating a TRUE environment and strong customer service

• Aided in creating an effective social media advertising campaign in Facebook and Instagram; maximized Instagram effectiveness and followers through hashtag research to target and retain ideal audiences and posting pictures daily, in a short period of time gained 100+ followers; expanded Facebook following by 1,000 views with innovative, short introductory films capturing and showcasing the various dishes • Assisted in cost controls by generating a spreadsheet to evaluate margins in food costs vs. sale price• Implemented new personnel file system for over 250+ employees; conducted audit for current data and created spreadsheet to simplify tracking, monitoring and updating employee data

• Collaborated with organizations to plan cross cultural events• Promoted CSA during UCSC major fall event (OPERS Fall Festival) and generated over 300+ new sign ups, engaging with over 3,500 students• Conducted weekly meetings and presented cultural and language enrichment

• Specialized in providing high end customer service by creating a comfortable environment that ensures customer loyalty.• Trained & supervised the new employees so they were fully qualified to give their best customer service.• Produced coffee drinks, managed the computerized cash register, stocked the inventory, and kept the cafe in a hygienic manner.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business Management In Economics, Honors

Business Management Economics