Jan 2024 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Austin, TX · Hybrid

• Conducted over 10 candidate interviews weekly, specializing in General Software Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, and iOS/Android Engineers.
• Developed innovative sourcing methods to enhance diversity and inclusion in recruitment for upper-level roles.
• Collaborated with team members to provide strategic hiring suggestions and ensure candidate success through thorough preparation.

Jul 2023 – Oct 2023 · 3 mos · Remote · Remote

• Used iCIMS as an ATS for sourcing, screening, interviewing, sending background checks and drug screens, completing I9’s and welcome packets.
• Hired various positions throughout the company ranging from Tax Associate, Tax Expect, and Tax Manager
• Help candidate complete applications, and assessments. Sending screening questions and videos to complete.
• Placed 40+ candidates for each open requisition, sending offer letters, new hire packets and onboarding.

May 2022 – Mar 2023 · 10 mos · Houston, TX · Remote

• Collaborated with ELT (executive leadership teams) and hiring managers to form hiring strategies to close days to fill ratios for critical roles.
• Specialize in recruiting but not limited to Software Engineers, Network Engineers, Technical Support, Architects, IT Managers/Directors, Release Engineers, Product Managers, Project Managers, etc.
• Collaborated with the director of product analytics to fill all his open requisitions with niche talent within 6 months.
• Formed relationships with outside sources to increase diverse candidate pipelines such as colleges, organizations, and various groups.
• Establish candidate motivators and tailored closing strategies for some of the most competitive job candidates in the industry.
• Negotiate offer details and closed hires at a 75% Acceptance Rate for Full-Time Hires
• Review compensation and benefit packages to all hired candidates, including breakdown of annual salary, signing bonuses, bonus structure, healthcare coverage, vacation/paid time off, and stock awards/grants.
• Ensure positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Conduct phone screens, reviewed resumes and evaluated candidates to find the most qualified T/PgM professionals for all client requirements.
• Provide process management and consultative guidance to managers throughout the hiring process (sourcing strategies, hiring philosophies, execution, market conditions, etc.)
• Work closely with my team to improve upon existing processes and develop innovative strategies around finding top talent.
• Identify gaps/proactively address issues to take on stretch projects in order to make processes run efficiently or autonomously.
• Thrive in ambiguous environments by organizing vague tasks into clear goals and objectives and make sound business decisions without clear rules to follow.
• Regularly assist others and foster team cohesion (organize video chats, meet with new hires, etc.)

Dec 2021 – May 2022 · 5 mos · United States · Remote

• Conduct 10+ candidate interviews a week
• Source passive candidates against multiple technical skillsets
• Specialize in recruiting General Software Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers and IOS/Android Engineers
• Provide hiring strategies and suggestions for hiring, offers, internal transfers, and recruit extremely passive candidates to team members.
• Create sourcing methods for diversity and inclusion
• Create strategies to help get more diverse candidates for upper-level roles
• Post roles internally and externally
• Run with passive candidates until they reach onsite then schedule hand off with recruiter
• Set up first technical screen and prep candidate to ensure candidate success

Feb 2021 – Dec 2021 · 10 mos · Remote

• Wayfair | Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, Wayfair makes it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 14 million items across home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares and more. Committed to delighting its customers every step of the way, Wayfair is reinventing the way people shop for their homes - from product discovery to final delivery.
• Wayfair's Engineering tech blog: http://tech.wayfair.com/
• Support the Employee Tech and Infrastructure team with hiring needs. Provided current market data analysis on competitor’s recruiting data.
• Conduct 10-15+ candidate interviews a week
• Full cycle recruitment-Run the process from source to close
• Specialize in recruiting but not limited to Software Engineers, Network Engineers, Technical Support, Architects, IT Managers/Directors, Release Engineers, Product Managers, Project Managers, etc.
• Conduct meeting with stakeholders weekly to work on strategics plans to meet hiring needs
• Provide hiring strategies and suggestions for hiring, offers, internal transfers, and recruiting extremely passive candidates to stakeholders.
• Source candidates through various resources.
• Create sourcing methods for diversity and inclusion
• Create strategies to help get more diverse candidates for upper-level roles
• Post roles internally and externally
• Conduct debriefs meetings with hiring team to get unbiased feedback on each panel interview
• You can contact me at pcrawford1@wayfair.com.

Oct 2020 – Feb 2021 · 4 mos

• Support the Account Manager with sourcing on candidates in the Atlanta area. Use different methods to find very passive developers looking for new opportunities. Ensure optimal work quality, and accuracy at all times.
• Conduct 15+ candidate interviews a week
• Present 10+ candidates to clients per week
• Review and understand technical job requirement requirements
• Review applicants to verify if position requirements are met
• Format resumes meeting client expectations
• Research new technologies

Mar 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Atlanta Area

• Support the Client Manager with sourcing on development candidates in the Atlanta area. Use different methods to find very passive developers looking for new opportunities. Ensure optimal work quality, and accuracy at all times.
• Conduct 15+ candidate interviews a week
• Present 12-15 candidates to clients per week
• Conduct up to 200+ calls a week to candidates on job boards to build candidate pipeline
• Specialize in recruiting but not limited to .Net developers, Java Developers, SQL Developer, Sr React Developers, Full Stack Developer, etc.
• Review and understand technical job requirement requirements
• Review applicants to verify if position requirements are met
• Format resumes meeting client expectations
• Research new technologies

Aug 2018 – Feb 2019 · 6 mos · Greater Atlanta Area

• Support the Account Managers with screening candidates against open requisitions for BlueSky’s client base. Work on positions ranging from entry-level to senior level technical roles. Ensure optimal work quality, and accuracy at all times.
• Source, screen, interview, and evaluate candidates
• Foster long-term relationships with candidates
• Review and understand technical job requirement requirements
• Review applicants to verify if position requirements are met
• Format resumes meeting client expectations
• Research new technologies
• Follow up with candidates
• Meet and exceed daily, weekly, and monthly metrics goals set by manager

Feb 2018 – Jul 2018 · 5 mos · Alpharetta, GA

• Optima Healthcare is a SaaS provider of rehabilitation therapy, nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation clinics and therapy facilities software.
• Support the VP of Human Resources with recruiting and HR functions. Assist with the creation of new recruiting guidelines and training for hiring managers. Provide current market data analysis on competitor’s recruiting data. Assist with creating new onboarding procedures and sourcing for new a ATS/HRIS.
• Primary point for recruitment for Florida, Georgia, Utah and remote.
• Manage candidate pipelines for software engineering/development, accounting, user experience, product owner, infrastructure, database, quality assurance, implementation, deployment, customer success, sales/marketing, call center and HR.
• Work with VP of HR in reorganizing employee career pathing / job restructuring
• Implement procedural changes improve request-to-hire, recruitment, interview and reference check processes
• Work with hiring managers to implement sourcing strategies and to hire top talent.
• Contributor in identifying an Applicant Tracking System
• Attend campus recruitment events to boost sourcing initiatives.
• Create processes to improve performance of recruitment process, and interview documentation
• Acquire vendors to use in strategic recruitment for niche roles.
• Facilitate hiring for H1-B visa transfer

Jun 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Atlanta, Georgia

• Support the Account Managers with screening candidates against open requisitions for Spartan’s client base. Work on positions ranging from entry-level to senior level technical roles. Ensure optimal work quality, and accuracy at all times.
• Source, screen, interview, and evaluate candidates
• Foster long-term relationships with candidates
• Review and understand technical job requirement requirements
• Review applicants to verify if position requirements are met
• Format resumes meeting client expectations
• Research new technologies
• Follow up with candidates
• Meet and exceed daily, weekly, and monthly metrics goals set by manager

Dec 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Support the HR department with day to day administrative recruitment activities and processes. Manage the flow of candidates through the recruitment process, from scheduling interviews, doing phone screens, and bringing new employees onboard. Work closely with all various members of the Human Resources and Management team.
• Recruit for executive level, faculty, call center, and IT positions
• Builds an ongoing “pool” of qualified candidates
• Manage applicants as they move through the recruitment process
• Negotiate salary with potential candidates
• On site Coordination of interview activity
• Handle termination of any new employee in their first week
• Meet hiring goal of 45+ new hires a week
• Assist with onboarding as needed
• Create new requisitions for new positions
• Help create new processes for the recruiting department
• Report total head count for admissions, career services, faculty, and other positions
• Headhunt sourcing for new quality candidates
• Represent UMAE at job fairs, recruiting events and open houses
• Perform interviews at job fairs, recruiting events and open houses
• Represent UMAE at colleges and mall stations
• Maintain external Job Board postings
• Run and maintain background screenings as needed
• Special HR projects as assigned.
• Travel between all locations to help with recruiting
• Phone screen applicants to qualify them for the open positions
• Advising applicants if they will receive job offer or not
• Enter and maintain employee information into an HRIS system
• General clerical duties such as but not limited to: scanning, copying, faxing, assisting with organizing and maintaining electronic personnel records system and sending offers

Mar 2014 – Oct 2014 · 7 mos · tampa, florida

• Assist with school based billing. Provide assistance to management with any project available. Work closely with Human Resources to adjust time entry and payroll for incorrect entry. Ensure optimal work quality, accuracy, and customer service at all times.
• Generate 200+ invoices monthly
• Assist with working interviews and help decide if candidate is qualified
• Collect on balances over 60+ days
• Cash applications daily of $150000+
• Deposit live checks remotely
• Reconcile time entry
• Train new employees as needed
• Create new processes for invoicing

Mar 2010 – Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 5 mos · atlanta ga

• Reconciled billing on large national accounts
• Used Oracle operation system
• Processed manual invoices and credits
• Used national billing reports and excel formulas daily
• Created pivot tables to determine amounts of credits for multiple locations under one account
• Lead/Supervisor support
• Delegated work as it comes in the email box
• Made suggestions and new ways for the department to improve efficiency
• Made suggestions and create new policies and guidelines
• Created training test and material
• Trained new employees as needed
• Provided assistant to internal employees and external customers