Experience

Charlie

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Recruiter

  • Oct 2023 - 3 months

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Join a mission-driven FinTech startup! Hybrid in Century City, Los Angeles (once per week onsite)



RocketPower

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Search Consultant

  • Nov 2021 - 2 years 2 months

  United States Current clients: Charlie (Pre-seed Fintech) Past clients: APrime (tech consultancy, 15 employees), Blavity (Series A Media/HRTech, 100 employees), Pave (Series B Fintech, 100 employees), Course Hero (Series C Edtech, 400 employees), Paramount Pictures Why us? > You can scale up or down on recruiting efforts as needed without committing to a long-term contract or hiring an in-house recruitment team > Our recruiters have expertise working at all levels across various… Show more Current clients: Charlie (Pre-seed Fintech) Past clients: APrime (tech consultancy, 15 employees), Blavity (Series A Media/HRTech, 100 employees), Pave (Series B Fintech, 100 employees), Course Hero (Series C Edtech, 400 employees), Paramount Pictures Why us? > You can scale up or down on recruiting efforts as needed without committing to a long-term contract or hiring an in-house recruitment team > Our recruiters have expertise working at all levels across various industries > We customize our solution to fit your budget and needs Show less



Netflix

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Recruiting

  • Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  Los Gatos, California, United States - Recruited senior engineering talent & leaders across mobile, embedded, web, security, and TPM - Decreased time to hire by 20+% with 25 offer extends in a year - Reduced inefficiency and potential bias by promoting greater consistency and accessibility throughout the funnel - Informed hiring managers of talent intelligence; proposed changes in interview structures, compensation, branding; trained new researchers with a centralized knowledge depository & talent mapping… Show more - Recruited senior engineering talent & leaders across mobile, embedded, web, security, and TPM - Decreased time to hire by 20+% with 25 offer extends in a year - Reduced inefficiency and potential bias by promoting greater consistency and accessibility throughout the funnel - Informed hiring managers of talent intelligence; proposed changes in interview structures, compensation, branding; trained new researchers with a centralized knowledge depository & talent mapping framework [ATS/CRM: Lever, Seekout, Entelo] [Skills Recruited: Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, Swift, Javascript, Typescript, GraphQL, React.js, Redux, Jenkins, Gradle, NPM, Gulp, Yarn, Spinnaker, Flink, Druid, Atlas, DRM, C++, C, SoC, Cryptography] Show less



Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Recruiter

  • Mar 2020 - Aug 2020

  Greater Seattle Area - Built, maintained, and scaled onboarding knowledge resources for new recruiters to learn how to streamline varied processes and documentations between systems & tools and adhere to rules of engagement - Drove the standardization of communication templates throughout the funnel such as candidate prep materials, scheduling, confirmation, referral, split loops, candidate disposition among coordinators & recruiters - Proactively sourced underrepresented minorities via both online and… Show more - Built, maintained, and scaled onboarding knowledge resources for new recruiters to learn how to streamline varied processes and documentations between systems & tools and adhere to rules of engagement - Drove the standardization of communication templates throughout the funnel such as candidate prep materials, scheduling, confirmation, referral, split loops, candidate disposition among coordinators & recruiters - Proactively sourced underrepresented minorities via both online and offline channels such as Linkedin groups, Twitter, Facebook, Meetup, blog posts, conferences, associations, hackathons, tech talks, and Bootcamps - Built boolean strings for women, African Americans, Latinx, Native Americans using schools (HBCU/HACU), fraternity/sorority, alumni groups, natural language, hashtags, scholarships, Bootcamps Roles: UX/Visual/Product Designers, Design Technologists (UX/UI/Front-end Engineers) and Researchers (Mixed Methods). Keywords: UX/UI design (prototypes, wireframes, storyboards, mockups, design systems, component library), front-end development (html/css/javascript), qualitative user research (usability, interview, personas, journey maps, user flows, task analysis, competitive audits, motion studies, heuristic evaluation), quantitative testing techniques (a/b testing, multivariate), Tools: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InVision, Flinto, Axure, Omnigraffe, Visio, UXPin, Sketch, Mockplus, Fireworks [CRM/Sourcing tools: Beamery, Entelo, Seekout, Linkedin Recruiter] [ATS: iCIMS, Amazon Hire] Show less



Uber

• United States
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Sourcer

  • Dec 2019 - Feb 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area Uber Freight is a strategic product to Uber’s profitability. We aimed to scale our recruitment efforts while meeting the Rooney Rule. I was the sole sourcer for hiring senior mobile engineers in San Francisco with 20% focus on diversity. Process Improvement | Employer Branding | Diversity - Challenged status quo and suggested impactful employer branding initiatives. Proactively applied market and competitive intelligence to improve the team performance and overall operational… Show more Uber Freight is a strategic product to Uber’s profitability. We aimed to scale our recruitment efforts while meeting the Rooney Rule. I was the sole sourcer for hiring senior mobile engineers in San Francisco with 20% focus on diversity. Process Improvement | Employer Branding | Diversity - Challenged status quo and suggested impactful employer branding initiatives. Proactively applied market and competitive intelligence to improve the team performance and overall operational excellence. - Established gender-neutral, culturally sensitive messaging across outreach emails. - Audited application workflow & diversity efforts to ensure EEO compliance and positive candidate experience. [Roles: Android (Java, Kotlin) , iOS (Swift, Objective-C] [CRM/Sourcing tools: Salesforce, Ebsta, Entelo, Linkedin Recruiter] [ATS: iCIMS, codesignal] Show less



Facebook

• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Sourcer

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area Hired as one of the first ten sourcers in Chicago as FB established their remote sourcing hubs to support the growth in data science (marketing analytics), marketing research (consumer insights), and user experience research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods). Part of the R4R interviewer team to scale FB's staffing team. Operations Excellence - Used data to understand problems and influenced outcomes; acted as an SME for ATS/CRM user testing and trained fellow recruiters and… Show more Hired as one of the first ten sourcers in Chicago as FB established their remote sourcing hubs to support the growth in data science (marketing analytics), marketing research (consumer insights), and user experience research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods). Part of the R4R interviewer team to scale FB's staffing team. Operations Excellence - Used data to understand problems and influenced outcomes; acted as an SME for ATS/CRM user testing and trained fellow recruiters and sourcers on new features and rules; executed and evaluated recruiting process improvement with strong operational rigor and data integrity. Diversity Recruiting - Proactively engaged with underrepresented minorities via different affinity groups such as Linkedin groups, Twitter, Facebook, Meetup, blog posts, conferences, associations, hackathons, tech talks - Built boolean strings for women, African Americans, Hispanic, veterans by different techniques such schools (HBCU/HACU), names, fraternity/sorority, alumni groups, natural language, hashtags, scholarships, bootcamps - Conducted non-industry specific searches to expand candidate pool using keywords instead of titles or companies. Automated custom diversity searches within ATS and external search engines across talent pipelines [Roles: data scientist/decision scientist, consumer insights researcher, marketing researcher, branding/political/survey researcher, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods/user experience researcher, ETL/database/data engineer, business intelligence analyst, marketing operations, marketing analytics] [CRM/Sourcing tools: FBR, Entelo, Linkedin Recruiter] [Tech stack & environment: python, PYMC3, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, sklearn, scikit, matplotlib, PySpark, Jupyter, R, Dplyr, Rstudio, RShiny, ggplot2, sql, postgres, nosql, hive, hadoop, tableau] [System projects: rejection, ROE, referral, metrics dashboard, suggested/similar candidates, duplicate profiles] Show less



Instructure

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Recruiter

  • Nov 2015 - Jun 2017

  Awesomeland Full-desk recruitment for engineering & product team for the EdTech giant [Series D, Pre-IPO]. Instructure is the maker of Canvas (LMS, MOOC), a leading open-source SaaS product used by thousands of universities & colleges worldwide. Sourcing | Recruiting | Employer Branding - Doubled engineering/design/product staff & established their campus recruitment program within 18 months in Chicago - Increased employer brand awareness locally via builtinChicago, HackerX, Meetup, and… Show more Full-desk recruitment for engineering & product team for the EdTech giant [Series D, Pre-IPO]. Instructure is the maker of Canvas (LMS, MOOC), a leading open-source SaaS product used by thousands of universities & colleges worldwide. Sourcing | Recruiting | Employer Branding - Doubled engineering/design/product staff & established their campus recruitment program within 18 months in Chicago - Increased employer brand awareness locally via builtinChicago, HackerX, Meetup, and Techweek Chicago events - Refined sourcing methodology and recruiting processes based on hiring analytics, industry intel and candidate feedback Diversity Recruiting - Proactively engaged with underrepresented minorities via community outreach such as hackathons, tech talks, and dev workshop sponsorships (Chi Ladies Hack, RailsBridge) - Drove referrals and lead generation from Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), paired candidates with URM advocates, and shared inclusive practices with hiring managers and interviewers for continuous improvement [ATS: Lever, HackerRank] [Roles: software engineer, software engineer in test (SET SDET), android developer, UI/UX product designer, security architect, devops engineer, big data engineer, system administrator, intern] [Sourcing tools: Gild, Entelo, Linkedin Recruiter, Hired.com, StackOverflow, Dice, BuiltinChicago] [Tech stack & environment: Ruby, RoR, Rails, Javascript, React.js, Node.js, Clojure, Java 8, Golang, Scala, postgres, nosql, SPARK, AWS, open source] Show less



DevWrx

• United States
• Information Technology & Services

• Technical Talent Consultant

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  Chicago | San Francisco | Boston DevWrx Talent is a sister company of Tandem (then DevMynd Software). I helped build the startup, specializing in technical staffing and staff augmentation. {Roles: software engineers, product designers} {ATS/CRM: Bullhorn, ZipRecruiter, Dice} {Sourcing Tools: InfoGIST}



Zoro.com

• United States
• Retail Office Equipment
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Talent Acquisition Specialist

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2015

  Sourced like a mad scientist and recruited like a true artist. Full-cycle recruiting for the open-source e-commerce startup (e-retailer) funded by W. W. Grainger. {Candidate-centric approach to talent acquisition and management} Employer Branding - Increased employer presence and built employer branding via sticky contents shared on social media. Improved crawlability and indexing by best SEO practices. Sourcing - Researched competitors in the target industry with… Show more Sourced like a mad scientist and recruited like a true artist. Full-cycle recruiting for the open-source e-commerce startup (e-retailer) funded by W. W. Grainger. {Candidate-centric approach to talent acquisition and management} Employer Branding - Increased employer presence and built employer branding via sticky contents shared on social media. Improved crawlability and indexing by best SEO practices. Sourcing - Researched competitors in the target industry with desired expertise, drove traffic to our sites, and converted leads (applicants and passive candidates) into hires. Diversity Recruiting - Showcased employer brand on as many platforms as possible to multiply talent genes and improved company/job rankings on search results. Managed external vendors to ensure EEO compliance and enhance employer branding, applicant user experience, and job ads SEO (DirectEmployers, Indeed, Glassdoor, Linkedin, stackoverflow, BuiltinChicago). Campaign Management - Spent resources wisely by focusing on the most effective channels for each candidate segmentation. [Sourcing techniques: X-raying, flipping/flip searching, peeling back, harvesting, mining, boolean search] [Resume database: LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed.com, Careerbuilder, university sites] [Social media/ networking: facebook, twitter, meetup.com, github, stackoverflow, glassdoor] [ATS: SmartRecruiters, DirectEmployers, e-Recruit] [Roles: software development (Python/Django), infrastructure architecture (AWS), database administration(mysql), data analytics/science(R), SEO, SEM (paid search), CSE, affiliate/integrated/inbound marketing, graphic design/UI/UX] Show less



Great Dane

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Human Resources Generalist

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2014

  Greater Chicago Area Recruiting | Sourcing | Employer Branding | Diversity (Veteran): - Augmented LinkedIn Talent Brand Index from 9% to 32% within a year, making the company the strongest branded employer on all major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube) compared to industry competitors - Created company career page, coauthored company social media policy, and built online employer branding through social media presence (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) - Sourced nationally for both exempt and… Show more Recruiting | Sourcing | Employer Branding | Diversity (Veteran): - Augmented LinkedIn Talent Brand Index from 9% to 32% within a year, making the company the strongest branded employer on all major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube) compared to industry competitors - Created company career page, coauthored company social media policy, and built online employer branding through social media presence (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) - Sourced nationally for both exempt and non-exempt positions using boolean search on Indeed.com and LinkedIn Recruiter; placed three senior management positions that were vacant for months within 8 weeks - Developed and implemented progressive recruiting strategy and processes (requisition and ATS) as the lead corporate recruiter, utilizing multiple niche sites such as Bullhorn Reach, the Ladders, Dice.com, StackOverflow, Reddit - Optimized company career page SEO; increased applicant volume by 156% and company visibility by 700% within 3 months - Filled 20+ positions, including 12 management level jobs in 18 months with the lowest attrition Human Resources | Organizational Development: - Effectuated OD programs, including Succession Planning, Employee Activity Committee, Employee Referral Program, Employee Perks Program, Service Award Program and Fundraising Campaign - Automated HR data management by implementing web-based Employee Action Forms, online Employee Directory, Applicant Tracking System, Scholarship Program and HR Intranet Portal - Produced organizational charts, HR metrics, and ad hoc reports, conducted compensation analysis - Served as the main HR support for all employee relations issues at 24 nation-wide retail locations in 14 states and the lead data analyst for HRIS conversion project - Advised corrective or disciplinary actions aligned with company policy, local and federal employment laws - Onboarded 150+ employees, administered benefits enrollment, and handled leaves of absence request & relocation Show less



West Town Chicago Chamber of Commerce

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Market Research Consultant

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2013

  Chicago, IL Life cycle of online survey project from survey creation, collection to analysis. Platform: Constant Contact.



Shedd Aquarium

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Recruiting Coordinator

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2012

  Greater Chicago Area - Increased the candidate pool by 25% via LinkedIn groups, target association sites, and industry contacts - Sourced nationally for both exempt and non-exempt positions and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers - Posted jobs on various job boards and social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter - Pre-screened resumes, conducted phone interviews, background checks, and reference checks - Sourced additional candidates using Boolean logic search on Google -… Show more - Increased the candidate pool by 25% via LinkedIn groups, target association sites, and industry contacts - Sourced nationally for both exempt and non-exempt positions and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers - Posted jobs on various job boards and social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter - Pre-screened resumes, conducted phone interviews, background checks, and reference checks - Sourced additional candidates using Boolean logic search on Google - Researched various applicant tracking systems and contact vendors for product demonstration and quotes - Developed diversity strategies and initiated relevant projects regarding hiring veterans Show less



Shedd Aquarium

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Staff Training Intern

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

  - Designed a professional eLearning course by using Adobe Captivate - Researched best practices in training design and execution - Assisted with other HR projects such as recruiting when needed - Generated, administered and collected the training evaluations via SurveyMonkey - Maintained course registration data in Access - Created course presentations and materials in PowerPoint