Mar 2010 – Mar 2014 · 4 yrs · San Jose, Ca.

• I am a Client Facing Recruiter for the following Business Units: IoT (Internet of Things) and SDN (Software-Defined Networking)
• Currently hiring: Layer 4-7 Engineers: UI, JavaScript, Backend Java. I have recruited on all 7 layers of the OSI model to date at Cisco from ASIC to Switching and Routing to backend Java to UI, and everything in between - have done it all.
• I x-ray a lot!
• I partner with Directors and Managers on a regular basis by setting up REQ fulfillment discussion to fully understand the current need, to go over recruitment support and hand-off, as well as to discuss staffing strategies that include: Talent Connection searches, sourcing, screening, conducting interviews, immigration, compensation negotiations, and finalizing offers to closing.
• I do full cycle recruiting, and when we reach a high REQ load to where we can't do full cycle on every REQ, I work with the sourcing team to assign sourcing help.
• I attend staffing meetings that consist of the VP of Engineering and Directors.
• I have done power point presentations for my Engineering groups on “time to fill”, fills by quarter, REQ count and REQ break down within US/Canada and APAC. I also focus on the REQs that are over the contracted set date and go over strategies to see what we can do to fill these REQs faster. In addition to that, I end my presentation with a different staffing topic, for example: REQ approval process, hiring challenges and staffing successes.
• I partner with my HRM’s and HRP’s to ensure staffing excellence per BU.
• Responsible for ensuring company compliance with OFCCP regulations within Virtual Edge for all candidates.

May 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · Fremont, Ca.

• I am a full-cycle recruiter for all of 3PAR’s Engineering Department by cold calling into companies, calling off of research, creating research, recruiting off of Linked In, networking through various user groups, networking within 3PAR for referrals, boolean searches, and Job Boards.
• The types of positions I recruit for go as followed: Virtualization Engineers, Kernel Internal Engineers, Disk Drive Firmware and Diagnostic Engineers, Device Driver Engineers, Signal Integrity Engineers, Window Application Engineers, Window's Host-Agent Engineers, Java Engineers with Java Swing expertise, and systems development engineers with expertise in C/C++, client-server, distributed and multithreaded applications expertise
• I have placed Sr. Engineering Managers for our Firmware/Kernel team, System Management team, Disk Drive team, and Test Automation team
• I work closely with each hiring manager to provide full life-cycle staffing functions from sourcing, screening, conducting interviews, compensation negotiations, and finalizing offers to closing.
• I attend, facilitate, and contribute to all round-table discussions with each hiring manager and interview team regarding candidates interviewed and offers.
• I attend weekly Engineering Staff meetings held by 3PAR’s VP of Engineering that consist of each Director per Engineering Group to go over pipeline and recruiting efforts for the week.

Apr 2007 – Apr 2008 · 1 yr · Campbell, Ca.

• I am a full-cycle recruiter for both non-technical and technical professionals within eBay.
• I recruited for the following:
• o eBay Marketplaces: Marketing Analysts, User Experience Researchers, Community Development Managers, Quantitative Analytics Managers, Statisticians
• o eBay Finance: Sr. Treasury Analysts, Financial Analysts, GL Accountants, Sr. Procurement Analysts, Integration & Project Payroll Leads.
• o PayPal: Staff SW Web Engineers, Sr. SW Engineers (API, C++, SDKs), Sr. Web Developers
• o Skype: Business Development Managers, Account Managers, UI Developers
• o Rent.COM: Internet Marketing Managers, Sr. Web Developers, Sr. Perl Developers, Trade Services Managers
• I work closely with each hiring manager to provide full life-cycle staffing functions from sourcing screening, conducting behavioral interviews, and compensation negotiations, finalizing offers to closing.
• Assigned business areas for developing strategic recruiting that ensures a viable pipeline of qualified diversity candidates to compliment each business area
• Conducted effective Cold Calling off of research lists to establish rapport and build up the pipeline for Front-End/Back-End Search Engineers
• Responsible for ensuring company compliance with OFCCP regulations within Brassring for all candidates.

May 2006 – Mar 2007 · 10 mos · Sunnyvale, Ca.

• I was the sole recruiter recruiting for Sr. Embedded Engineers, VLSI Design Manager, Sr. Design Verification Engineers, Logic Design Engineers, Principal Analog Engineers, Sr. System Board Design Engineers, Network/WLAN Test Engineers, Application Engineers, and PMM’s.
• I work directly with the VP of Engineering for all staffing needs.
• I am responsible for weekly reporting for all Engineering groups within Ubicom, i.e. Embedded Software, Hardware, SQA, and Marketing.
• I attend and contribute to all Roundtable discussions with the Engineering Management team in regards to offers.
• I work closely with Engineering Managers in specialized sourcing/recruiting efforts, which resulted in key hires for the Ubicom.
• I maintained compliance with Affirmative Action/EEO obligations and diversity.

Jan 2006 – May 2006 · 4 mos · Mountain View, Ca.

• The types of Engineers that I sourced for were Technical Support Engineers, Technical Sales Engineer (nationally and internationally), Technical Trainers, Product Managers, and Product Marketing Managers in a Linux environment, from large distributed, high reliability computing environments.
• I sourced technical talent whose background came from Elite/Top Tier Universities in either CS or EE degrees.
• I was responsible for weekly and monthly reporting for the Enterprise Group.
• I was responsible for keeping the pipeline full with qualified diverse candidates, and ensuring company compliance.
• I attend and contribute to V.P and Director level staff meetings weekly.
• I work closely with Engineering Managers in specialized sourcing/recruiting efforts, which resulted in key hires for the Enterprise Hardware Group.

Dec 2004 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Jose, Ca.

• I was doing full-cycle recruiting of Embedded Software Development, Layer 2/3 Development and Test, and Wireless Development and Test, as well as engineering personnel for strategic accounts and preferred vendor relationships.
• Highly experienced in cold calling, sourcing, closing, behavioral-based interviewing, heavy internet researching that include: white pages, user groups, advanced Boolean searches.
• Highly experienced in networking amongst engineers and managers, as well as lead generation.
• Responsible for job description creation for ads and website postings, 3rd party supplier coordination, requisition prioritization and recruiting strategies.
• Spearheaded all candidates processing from resume and applicant screening, reference checking, interview facilitation, job offer and compensation package creation.
• Conducted regularly scheduled meetings with hiring managers to review new staff performance, as well as recruiting process metrics related to overall candidate quality and quantities, diversity, staffing response time, staff retention.
• Helped with all client contract and rate negotiations and requests for bid.

Sep 2000 – Dec 2004 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Santa Clara, Ca.

• Recruited contractors and full-time employees focused in Wireless and Routing Protocol Development, L2/L3 Test, Application Development, MFC/GUI/C++ Development, White/Black Box QA Engineers.
• Conduct full-cycle recruitment for a variety of technical and entry-to-senior management positions.
• Consult and collaborate with hiring managers to provide recruitment strategies and define criteria needed for job to be performed.
• Highly experienced in cold calling, sourcing, closing, heavy internet researching that include: white pages, user groups, advance Boolean searches.
• Fulfillment of staffing responsibilities includes: job analysis, sourcing, competency modeling, behavioral-based interviewing, reference checks, sourcer mentoring, negotiation, recruitment-branding, and low-cost recruitment.
• Write and design recruitment advertising, extending employment offers, negotiate compensation packages, conduct preliminary interviews and arrange for subsequent interviews with hiring managers.