Founder of The Talent Agency (formerly Tenfold), a boutique recruitment consultancy specializing in executive search, recruiter training, sourcing-as-a-service and consulting for top employers. We help clients build world-class talent acquisition teams, develop top of funnel strategies and execute on initiatives to meet and exceed hiring goals. Specialities include proactive sourcing, talent attraction, targeted outreach, candidate engagement, relationship-based recruiting, candidate experience, recruitment process optimization and more. Our happy clients include Netflix, Amazon, General Motors, Zappos, TripAdvisor, Restoration Hardware, Virgin America, Meetup / WeWork, Petco, Wayfair, Booking.com, Walmart, Allstate, ADP, Best Buy, Buffalo Wild Wings, Blizzard, University of Notre Dame, Rubio's, FedEx, UCLA, numerous startups and many more.Feel free to contact us at hello@thetalentagency.io or visit us at http://thetalentagency.io.

Full-time consultant hired to lead TripAdvisor's global employer brand strategy and provide training and consulting in the following areas: ♦ employer brand ♦ social recruiting♦ sourcing♦ talent attraction♦ candidate experience♦ employee engagement♦ brand ambassador programLaunched / rebranded six social channels (including the first-ever employer branding Facebook group!) under the "Go TripAdvisor" brand. Personally trained all 25+ recruiters located in offices around the globe, including the US, UK, Singapore and Japan. Taught recruiters employer branding, social recruiting and sourcing skills on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and other social channels. Implemented content management program, including Life at TripAdvisor employee storytelling blog. #GoTripAdvisor

Full-time consultant hired to design, develop & roll out the Zappos Insider program, a proactive recruitment model that focuses on candidate engagement, relationship-based recruiting, pipelining talent and eliminated job postings for most openings. Employer Branding:♦ Designed, developed and rolled out employer brand strategy from scratch♦ Set up social infrastructure from scratch, launching Inside Zappos social presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ and LinkedIn groups (all within a 6 week period)♦ Developed and rolled out Social VIP rotational program for distribution of social recruiting community management♦ Developed and implemented innovative employer branding strategies including biweekly Twitter chats, team-specific Google Hangouts, exclusive Insider-online events, monthly career workshops (job search, networking, interviewing, etc.), weekly recruiter blogs and more♦ Developed and implemented Candidate Experience process improvement strategies Recruiting & Sourcing:♦ Designed and rolled out new Zappos Insider program♦ Launched new "no job postings"​ careers site (jobs.zappos.com)♦ Rolled out Ascendify CRM and new proactive talent pipeline strategy♦ Trained Recruiting team on new proactive sourcing model and exploratory interview techniquesAchievements:♦ Launched all @InsideZappos social channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+) from the ground up, all within a 6 week period♦ Launched brand new careers page, new CRM and new recruiting model within first 2 months♦ Increased sourced candidates by 800% ♦ Decreased bounce rate on careers page from 80% to less than 40%♦ Increased unique "applicants"​ by 4 times versus prelaunch♦ Ranked #1 (out of 200+ Fortune 500 recruitment brands) by Social Recruitment Monitor within first month of launching Twitter presence♦ Named HR Trendsetter for Talent Acquisition by SHRM's HR Magazine

Contract Recruiting: Utilized social recruiting techniques as well as traditional sourcing methods to target/hire candidates, increase followers, drive traffic to company careers page, advertise openings, evangelize company culture and broadcast the message of Intuit's Talent Delivery team. Launched candidate-focused blog and grew followers on Twitter to further develop talent pipelines online. Supported Product Development / Engineering teams from a candidate generation / sourcing perspective.

Executive / Professional / Technical Recruiting: Full lifecycle recruiter, primarily responsible for filling niche, confidential and/or hard-to-fill positions, often internationally or at the executive level. Partnered directly with top-level executives (CEO, President, EVP's, SVP's, etc.) for their hiring needs across the organization. Avid user of social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) rather than relying on online job boards, resume databases or staffing agencies. Mentored and trained fellow recruiting team members on interviewing best practices, social networking and internet search techniques. Member of applicant tracking system implementation / integration team for HodesIQ and Jobvite.Contributions / Achievements: Filled dozens of positions throughout North/South America, Europe and Asia with self-sourced candidates (no agencies). Successfully sourced, cold-called and hired candidates via LinkedIn to fill key positions in Engineering, Technical Support, IT, Sales, Marketing, Legal and Finance. Served as senior member of fast-paced recruiting team during period of high-growth for the company, which tripled in size during my tenure. Grew personal LinkedIn network to 30,000 first-level connections in less than three years, becoming the Most Connected Woman on LinkedIn and Top 10 Most Connected Worldwide. Promoted twice in three years.

2005 - 2006 Taught middle school French every other day while recruiting onsite at Websense every other day, maintaining a full req load and receiving recognition as a top new teacher in the Poway school district.2004-2005 Attended school full-time (pursuing California Single Subject Teaching Credential) while student teaching high school French and continuing to do contract recruiting part-time. Student Teacher of the Year nominee. Passed state credentialing tests in French and Mathematics.

Contracted onsite full-time at Peregrine Systems (acquired by HP Software) during a challenging turnaround period of regrowth and rebranding. Sole full-time recruiter for entire company, filling positions across all corporate departments including Information Technology (IT), Software Engineering, Finance, Customer Service & Support, Marketing, HR and Administration.

Full-time onsite recruiting as sole IT recruiter for all of Qualcomm North America, dedicated to the Corporate IT organization as well as the QCT-IT team. Supported 30+ hiring managers simultaneously to fill positions across the country. Eliminated all agency usage with self-sourced candidates. First contract recruiter to be offered a full-time position with the company in more than two years.

Executive / Professional / Technical Recruiting: Led recruiting efforts and built two new key organizations from scratch (Corporate Strategy and Customer Relationship Management). Successfully staffed both groups from the ground up, attracting top talent from elite strategy consulting firms such as McKinsey, BCG and Bain. Previously served as sole IT Recruiter for Gateway North America, successfully partnering with 50+ hiring managers to develop effective recruiting strategies and meet hiring goals. Contributions / Achievements: Filled 125 IT positions in less than a year without relo or the use of staffing agencies. By hiring local candidates and avoiding use of agencies, saved Gateway’s IT organization $2.1M in budgeted relocation and agency fees. Built Strategy org from the ground up, filling 20+ top-tier Strategy positions (Bain, McKinsey, BCG alum) in six months, ranging from Analyst to Director-level. Recognized as High Potential Employee and rated Significantly Above Target for each annual review. Received two management-level performance recognition stock option grants and promoted twice in three years.

Technical Recruiting / Leadership: Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates in fast-paced, aggressive staffing agency environment. Served as liaison between corporate management and recruiting teams for three Virginia offices (Richmond, Virginia Beach & Roanoke), responsible for interviewing, onboarding, training and mentoring recruiting team members. Launched brand new office location from scratch, served as Project Lead for various recruiting process improvement projects and developed, pitched and implemented new recruiter compensation plan. Contributions / Achievements: Received annual Comitatus Optimus “Best of the Best” Award for Outstanding Performance. Achieved 124% of goal for first year and recognized as top two recruiters company-wide (out of 20+), qualifying for Annual Sales Incentive Trip. Broke company recruiting record (hiring 13 consultants in one month) and all-time new recruiter record (reaching first quarterly goal within first month). Promoted twice in two years.