Dec 2024 – Apr 2025 · 4 mos · Singapore, Singapore

• Currently on a short-term career break whilst attempting to up-skill myself technically by developing Python apps
• Projects:
• Dungeons and Dragons hit probability calculator and initiative tracker (300+ lines of code)
• Password Manager (100+ lines of code)
• Lotto generator (100+ lines of code)
• Tech Stack:
• Python, Tkinter, Javascript (for save states)
• https://github.com/lilycato

Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr · Singapore · Remote

• Full-cycle recruiter for L35 to L65 SWE + Data Center positions across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and AUNZ
• Achievements:
• Filled 60+ roles in a one-year period from Dec 2023 to Dec 2024, with a 90%+ offer acceptance rate
• Co-conceptualized and launched a Talent Ambassador program, with the goal of improving new-hire diversity and representation across Data Center teams in Malaysia

Nov 2022 – Apr 2023 · 5 mos

• Attached to the Taiwan Talent Engagement team for 6 months (Bungee)
• Hired 51 L2/3 Interns with 70% representation versus the expected target of 29 and 50% respectively during Q4 2022 and Q1 2023

Jun 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Full-cycle recruiter for L2 to L5 Software Engineer (SWE) and Program Manager roles across Singapore, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Helping the world's best talents to find a home here at Google.
• Successfully sourced and recruited top SWE talent for Google across various APAC markets like Singapore and Korea
• Planned and executed recruitment strategies for building diverse and representative pipelines
• Previously responsible for executing volume recruitment strategies, and building a representative pipeline for the Taiwan 2023 SWE/STEP Internship program
• Managed and tracked efficiency of resume screening vendor teams through qualitative surveys and pass-through rate data
• Increased overall screening-in accuracy for the team by over 20 percentage-points through regular trainings, establishing and enforcing a set of partnership guidelines for Google recruiters + resume screening vendors
• Achievements:
• Hired 51 L2/3 Interns with 70% representation versus the expected target of 29 and 50% respectively during Q4 2022 and Q1 2023
• Achieved 100% industry hire OKRs for Q3 2022 and 300% for Q2 2023 and exceeded representation goals

Aug 2021 – Jun 2022 · 10 mos · Singapore

• TA Partner for Early-Careers and Frontend Engineer hiring in Singapore and Taiwan
• Kick-started the following recruitment projects/initiatives:
• Launched the first-ever Campus Recruitment Program for Software Engineer Interns and Fresh Grads
• Planned, organized and launched the first-ever foodpanda Mass Recruitment Drive
• Collected data and created a junior Engineer Compensation Database for benchmarking and analysis
• Introduced process improvements to the recruitment flow which reduced the time to hire
• Ensured the highest levels of candidate quality by integrating coding interviews into the initial HR assessment stages
• Led efforts to create a comprehensive Interview Preparation Toolkit for candidates to further improve candidate preparedness, candidate experience and overall hire rate
• Achievements:
• Hired 40 Engineers within the first 3+ months of joining
• Hired 90% of the yearly target headcount for 2022 Tech Campus within 3 months

Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 · 7 mos · Singapore

• Served as a Team Lead for the end-to-end recruitment process of Frontend and Backend SDE/SWE positions, from Entry to Tech-Lead level Engineers
• Managed and mentored a team of 1 Intern + Fulltime Recruiter
• Served as a Key Player/In-charge for several recruitment related initiatives, including but not limited to:
• Engineer to Tech Lead, Full Cycle Recruiting
• Country and Competitor Talent Mapping
• Campus Hiring
• Database Sourcing
• Large scale Virtual Recruitment Drives
• Achievements:
• Hired 70 Engineers (Backend + Frontend combined) for H1 2021
• Planned, organized and conducted 2 Virtual Recruitment Drives which had an average of 60 Interviewees per session and 12 offers given per event
• Promoted to Senior Associate in the first year and was given an equity award for being within top 5% for performance evaluations

Dec 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Singapore

Aug 2019 – Dec 2019 · 4 mos

• Headhunted technical talents, serving clients in the Financial Services domain
• Recruited for a multitude of technology functions such as:
• Infrastructure, Project Managers, Developers, Application Support, ERP, DevOps, Data Scientists, Business Intelligence, Business Analysts, Security, IT Risk and Compliance

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos

• Successfully headhunted niche talent for a client in the eCommerce space

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Singapore

• Set up a business focused on producing gaming video content for Internet consumption, achieving close to 1 million views within a 2 month period

May 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos · Police Cantonment Complex, Central Division, Singapore