Hobert Ruffin
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Sossan Yagana
Hobert was my Manager at Meta and it was an absolute pleasure working with him. He was hired to manage a team of senior recruiters during an extremely busy recruiting cycle. There was a lot of nuances and complexities and ever changing demand. Hobert quickly caught on to all the complexities of the space and led from the get go. He's is a master at building relationships and in a very short period of time, demonstrated that he was an empathetic and extremely competent leader who not only cared about making impact but cared about the people and his team. I've been in corporate world for 15 years and I can confidently say Hobert is a true leader who leads by inspiring, leads with empathy, and leads through relationships. He leads by example and will be an a valued asset in any organization.
Andrew Himmelfarb
Hobert is one of the most thoughtful and genuine people that I've encountered. I reported directly to Hobert for a little over 1 year at Compass and can honestly say I enjoyed working with him. He took the time to get to know me, my likes and dislikes as a person and as a professional. There was never a time that he was not looking to make me better as a person and as a recruiter. 'Natural leader' - best way to describe Hobert.
Mary Milton Thuston (Kelly)
My partnership with Hobert on the recruiting team at Compass was one of the most impactful working relationships of my career. It's a personal goal of mine to work with him again one day. He's a steady voice among chaos, a data-driven decision maker, and a thought leader in all respects. He manages to be both humble and confident, and up-levels people, teams, and organizations alike. Anywhere Hobert lands, he'll be successful.
Sossan Yagana
Hobert was my Manager at Meta and it was an absolute pleasure working with him. He was hired to manage a team of senior recruiters during an extremely busy recruiting cycle. There was a lot of nuances and complexities and ever changing demand. Hobert quickly caught on to all the complexities of the space and led from the get go. He's is a master at building relationships and in a very short period of time, demonstrated that he was an empathetic and extremely competent leader who not only cared about making impact but cared about the people and his team. I've been in corporate world for 15 years and I can confidently say Hobert is a true leader who leads by inspiring, leads with empathy, and leads through relationships. He leads by example and will be an a valued asset in any organization.
Andrew Himmelfarb
Hobert is one of the most thoughtful and genuine people that I've encountered. I reported directly to Hobert for a little over 1 year at Compass and can honestly say I enjoyed working with him. He took the time to get to know me, my likes and dislikes as a person and as a professional. There was never a time that he was not looking to make me better as a person and as a recruiter. 'Natural leader' - best way to describe Hobert.
Mary Milton Thuston (Kelly)
My partnership with Hobert on the recruiting team at Compass was one of the most impactful working relationships of my career. It's a personal goal of mine to work with him again one day. He's a steady voice among chaos, a data-driven decision maker, and a thought leader in all respects. He manages to be both humble and confident, and up-levels people, teams, and organizations alike. Anywhere Hobert lands, he'll be successful.
Sossan Yagana
Hobert was my Manager at Meta and it was an absolute pleasure working with him. He was hired to manage a team of senior recruiters during an extremely busy recruiting cycle. There was a lot of nuances and complexities and ever changing demand. Hobert quickly caught on to all the complexities of the space and led from the get go. He's is a master at building relationships and in a very short period of time, demonstrated that he was an empathetic and extremely competent leader who not only cared about making impact but cared about the people and his team. I've been in corporate world for 15 years and I can confidently say Hobert is a true leader who leads by inspiring, leads with empathy, and leads through relationships. He leads by example and will be an a valued asset in any organization.
Andrew Himmelfarb
Hobert is one of the most thoughtful and genuine people that I've encountered. I reported directly to Hobert for a little over 1 year at Compass and can honestly say I enjoyed working with him. He took the time to get to know me, my likes and dislikes as a person and as a professional. There was never a time that he was not looking to make me better as a person and as a recruiter. 'Natural leader' - best way to describe Hobert.
Mary Milton Thuston (Kelly)
My partnership with Hobert on the recruiting team at Compass was one of the most impactful working relationships of my career. It's a personal goal of mine to work with him again one day. He's a steady voice among chaos, a data-driven decision maker, and a thought leader in all respects. He manages to be both humble and confident, and up-levels people, teams, and organizations alike. Anywhere Hobert lands, he'll be successful.
Sossan Yagana
Hobert was my Manager at Meta and it was an absolute pleasure working with him. He was hired to manage a team of senior recruiters during an extremely busy recruiting cycle. There was a lot of nuances and complexities and ever changing demand. Hobert quickly caught on to all the complexities of the space and led from the get go. He's is a master at building relationships and in a very short period of time, demonstrated that he was an empathetic and extremely competent leader who not only cared about making impact but cared about the people and his team. I've been in corporate world for 15 years and I can confidently say Hobert is a true leader who leads by inspiring, leads with empathy, and leads through relationships. He leads by example and will be an a valued asset in any organization.
Andrew Himmelfarb
Hobert is one of the most thoughtful and genuine people that I've encountered. I reported directly to Hobert for a little over 1 year at Compass and can honestly say I enjoyed working with him. He took the time to get to know me, my likes and dislikes as a person and as a professional. There was never a time that he was not looking to make me better as a person and as a recruiter. 'Natural leader' - best way to describe Hobert.
Mary Milton Thuston (Kelly)
My partnership with Hobert on the recruiting team at Compass was one of the most impactful working relationships of my career. It's a personal goal of mine to work with him again one day. He's a steady voice among chaos, a data-driven decision maker, and a thought leader in all respects. He manages to be both humble and confident, and up-levels people, teams, and organizations alike. Anywhere Hobert lands, he'll be successful.
Credentials
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Business Writing
LinkedInOct, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Professional in Human Resources® (PHR®)
HRCIFeb, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Defining Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Organizations
Coursera
Experience
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Encore Search Partners, LLC
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director- Strategic Growth & Partnerships
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Apr 2023 - Present
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HDR Talent Acquisition Solutions LLC.
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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Founder & Chief Consultant
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May 2022 - Present
Services: Individuals: Resume Writing Career Mentoring Interview Preparation Career Pivoting For Businesses: Talent Acquisition Consulting Recruitment Process Auditing Setting Up Headcount and Recruiting Processes for Small Businesses Services: Individuals: Resume Writing Career Mentoring Interview Preparation Career Pivoting For Businesses: Talent Acquisition Consulting Recruitment Process Auditing Setting Up Headcount and Recruiting Processes for Small Businesses
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Mento
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United States
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Coach (People Ops & Talent)
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Sep 2022 - Present
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Meta
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Recruiting Manager | Global Ops & WhatsApp Operations
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Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
Global Operations is a 4000 person global organization comprised of; technical and operational personnel (engineers, program managers, analysts etc) responsible for enhancing the user experience and keeping users safe across the Meta Platforms family of apps Exceeded H1 2022 HC target Partner with our DEI Program Leaders and support the Diversity Change Champion (DCC) in creating and implementing strategies for participation in sourcing sessions Engage with global senior leaders; supporting pipeline metrics, candidate experience, diversity bottlenecks and headcount planning Partner with the analytics team to develop a first of its kind mechanism to better track unallocated position IDs (PIDs) Rolled out a framework for launching programs and processes across the recruitment team Engage with global partners and XFNs to accelerate hiring, design bespoke reporting solutions and solve complex recruiting problems Show less
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Compass
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United States
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Real Estate
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700 & Above Employee
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Recruiting Manager| Strategic Growth (April 2021 IPO)
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Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Servant Leader to a nationwide team of recruiters delivering for the Strategic Growth (Sales) team for Compass including: (Strategy, Ops, Account Executives, Sales Development Reps, Learning and Development) Partner with the CRO/CSO to drive overall recruitment strategy for Strategic Growth Achieved 95% to HC goal for FY 2021 Increased LinkedIn messaging response rate across the org by >10%. Implementing strategies to stimulate candidate engagement Evolved the interview process to reduce time to hire by 20% and accelerate velocity Created and implemented a core set of KPIs to track and measure recruiting productivity Spearheaded the launch of a texting platform to capture NPS for candidate experience Partner with employer branding to design a campaign to increase awareness of the internal brand Partner with the global DEI team to research, design and implement solutions to increase inclusivity in the hiring process Show less
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Recruiting Lead| Startup Segment
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Sep 2019 - Feb 2021
Recruitment Lead for Sales, Business Development, Go To Market Strategy, Product, and Program organization with both technical and non technical roles. Supporting 3 directors and 19 senior leaders Offer negotiation and on-boarding talent for North America -Startup Segment teams that help nurture and grow relationships with the most innovative startups in the worldLead and partner with sourcing recruiters to build effective sourcing strategies to decrease cycle times and drive hiring velocity.Mentor, coach, train and partner with other AWS and Amazon.com recruiters around the USDrive recruitment approach, strategy, results and organizational growth for the Startup Segment Increased external hires from 2018-2019 by 200% and 150% in 2020Co-Lead for North American diversity sourcing efforts to increase top of the funnel activity Coordinate, lead and facilitate diversity focused programs, training and lunchesFacilitator for AWS Americas "New Recruiter Training" Show less
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Recruiting Lead|Startup Segment & Sales Cycle Acceleration
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Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
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Recruiter|Amazon Lending & Amazon Business| AWS Startups| Sales Cycle Acceleration
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Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
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Lucas Group, A Korn Ferry Company
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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400 - 500 Employee
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Senior Executive Search Consultant
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Aug 2014 - Dec 2016
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Airswift
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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Recruitment Team Lead
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Feb 2014 - Aug 2014
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Recruiter
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Jan 2013 - Feb 2014
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Sprint
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Multi-Store Manager
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Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
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Best Buy
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager
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Jul 2009 - Aug 2012
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Supervisor
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Oct 2006 - Jul 2009
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Education
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University of Houston
Bachelor of Arts, Corporate Communication-Minor International Business -
University of Houston-Victoria
MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
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