University of Arizona

Lead Recruiter at Pure Storage

• Define hiring strategy, support headcount and budget planning and attainment for the Pure Product Business Group. 
• Team management including goal setting, role alignment, career growth, performance reviews, weekly 1:1s, mentorship, and ensuring optimal performance.
• Drive short and long-term Product hiring strategies and delivery of high quality pipeline to support rapid growth and support DEI initiatives.
• Trained in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt methodology and continuously improving TA processes.
• Provide an efficient and high-touch experience from application stage to offer, evaluating skill level and career ladder placement, driving the interview process, salary recommendations, and closing of technical candidates.

Pure Storage

Principal Technical Recruiter

• Leader of non-engineering recruiting across the Product Business Groups. 
• Lead a team looking for all levels of Product Managers, Solutions Architects, Product Marketing Managers, Pricing Managers, Technical Program Managers and Alliance Partners.
• Manage 15+ technical management positions at a time supporting multiple business groups 
• Create talent acquisition strategies (internal & external) to achieve the most appropriate sourcing, evaluation, and selection of the most qualified and diverse talent 
• Partner with executive leadership GMs, VPs and Sr. Directors and hiring managers to understand business needs, develop qualified talent pipelines and recruitment strategy
• Recruit and hire for TA team

Lead Product Recruiter

• Source and recruit for backend software engineers (C, C++) full stack (Java, Go, Python) and UI (javascript) engineers in the US and Canada.
• Closing candidates at a rate of 80% 
• Provide excellent candidate experience from first email to offer and onboarding.
• Research, source and screen talent for immediate and future openings.

Senior Technical Recruiter

•	Business point of contact for X client groups; including requisition intake, networking, referrals, internal transfers, conversions, interview process management, sourcing, headcount planning and offers.
•	Effective and timely communication with hiring managers across company to regularly convey pipeline, hiring needs, and candidates in process.
•	Source and recruit for 14+ open requisitions including hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers, product managers, technical program managers, scientists, researchers and UX positions.
•	Sourced and hired technical interns.
•	Provide an efficient and high-touch experience for every candidate from application stage to offer, evaluating skill level, driving the interview process and offer process, salary recommendations and closing of candidates.

X, the moonshot factory

Technical Recruiter

•	Responsible for sourcing/locating, contacting, qualifying/prescreening candidates for Engineering, Sales and Leadership teams. 
•	Technical areas include sourcing hard to find DevOps Engineers, System Engineers, Software Quality Assurance Engineers and C programming Software Engineers.
•	Focus on finding passive candidates with elite education, exceptional experience and those in the relevant wireless industry.  
•	Conduct local, national, and international sourcing and research. 
•	Perform targeted searches using internet, Boolean searches, job boards, and personal connections.

Ruckus Wireless

Technical and Non-technical Sourcer/Recruiter

•	Supported technical recruiter with candidate phone screens, follow up, interview scheduling and preparation, to increase hiring by 60%.
•	Achieved 80% phone interview to onsite interview pass through rate.
•	Scored a 100% on employee referral and interviewee satisfaction surveys.
•	Extended 4 offers in 6 months to software engineers and had 3 offers accepted.
•	Sourced using LinkedIn, internal references, internal database, Github and meet ups.
•	Developed interview preparation documents for applicants and implemented across department.
•	Created and maintained sourcing document for over 50 open positions, for visibility and candidate matching across hiring team.
•	Met with hiring managers for hiring strategy, status, employee referrals and new requisitions.
•	Requested and completed external reference questionnaires for candidates.
•	Maintained candidate organizational spreadsheets for 2 recruiters including follow up with interviewers on feedback.
•	Greeted candidates during onsite interview to prepare them for the day, set hiring and timing expectations, and got competing interview progress status.

Google

Recruiter Specialist/ Sourcer

•	Recruiter and Sourcer certified from Manpower Group Solutions.
•	Manage candidate experience including, interviews, travel, offers, relocation, transportation, onboarding, new hire paperwork and orientation communication.
•	Plan, execute and facilitate new hire orientations.
•	Experienced user of Taleo and data bases.
•	Coordinate and schedule on campus, in person and virtual interviews.
•	Manage interviewer and candidate availability, interview schedules and confirmations.
•	Audit and create job requisitions and employment offers in Taleo database.
•	Initiate background investigations through Hire Right and verify information and documents.
•	Manage candidate and hiring manager communication of expectations, process and deadlines.
•	Expert user of MS Office for PC and Mac, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Social media, Salesforce and Google/ mobile apps.

Intuit

University Recruiting Talent Acquisition Coordinator contractor

•	Work daily with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook  for Microsoft and Mac.
•	Coordinate travel arrangements for multi-destinations and consistently changing business trips.
•	Schedule, coordinate, and manage executive meetings.
•	Set up conference calls, and teleconferences.
•	Create meeting agendas, PowerPoint slides, icebreakers, and support materials for meetings.
•	Create PowerPoint presentations with graphs and compile survey feedback from vendor events.
•	Organize and coordinate calendars and attendance of meetings.
•	Plan and facilitate ten multi-day 300 person training sessions. 
•	Wrote program and accomplishment summary documents for high level reporting.
•	Develop Excel tracking sheets, coordinate reporting, manage deadlines and summarize data. 
•	Implemented company Recognition program, including designing the award, creating the concept and categories for recipients, and creating the nomination application.

Barakat Consulting Inc

Associate Project Manager

Associate for office and industrial tenant, listing, and sublessor leasing representation.
•	Participated in daily cold calling to advertise commercial availabilities in four cities. 
•	Negotiated eight leases totaling approximately 10,000 sqft over six months.

NAI BT Commercial Real Estate

Sales Associate

Promoted from Associate to Sales Manager for boutique new home community developers. 
•	2005 Northern CA Home Builders Association- Major Achievement and Marketing Excellence Rookie of the Year award finalist.
•	Developed Excel spreadsheet to organize home release procedures.
•	Compiled and managed customer follow-up, feedback and satisfaction surveys.
•	Created efficient Excel tracking tools for accurate information management and ease of appraisal.

The Reiser Group

Sales Manager

Associate at start up whole sale coffee company responsible for promotional development, implementation, research, and sales management.
• Developed sales literature, advertisements, and press releases, acted as liaison to local chamber.
• Created and implemented product promotions with non-profit organizations to increase exposure.

Christine Dickinson