Alison Kindem ☁

Recruiter

Bellevue, Washington, United States13 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Exceeded hiring goals by 250% at Salesforce.
  • Led sourcing for AWS Outposts engineering team.
  • Strong background in technical and healthcare recruitment.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in SaaS and Healthcare industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingSoftware Engineering RecruitmentHealthcare RecruitingRecruiting

Other Skills

Account ManagementAdministrative Office SupportAnalyticsApplicant TrackingBackendBackground ChecksBenefits NegotiationBig DataBoolean LogicBuilding RelationshipsBusiness NetworkingCandidate EngagementCold CallingCollege RecruitingConducting Interviews

About

𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 11/26/2025 Hiring Senior & Staff Frontend and *Full Stack (50/50)* Software Engineers at Salesforce AND SLACK in San Francisco! Level: Senior Member of Technical Staff Experience: 7-10+ years (minimum SDE exp.) working on both front end and backend development. Must be comfortable coding equally across the stack (50/50) for Full-Stack Roles. Coding: Java/Javascript, Node.Js (preferred) Location(s): San Francisco Hybrid: (1-3 days/week - SF Office) To Apply: Please *EMAIL ONLY* Resumes to akindem@salesforce.com. Include: "SDE - Years of Exp, Location" in the subject line, + availability for a quick phone call!* Note: Due to volume, I am unable to review LinkedIn Messages at this time. Please ensure you only send resumes via email, or I likely won't receive your message. We're only reviewing resumes that meet the qualifications and instructions above. Thank you! About Me: I'm passionate about organizations that take time to invest in individual career growth and development of their employees while promoting team unity, collaboration, and innovative thinking. The success of any company stems from the dedication and individual commitment towards excellence within all levels of an organization. In talent acquisition, this means work/life balance, innovation, and above all, hiring individuals who understand that kindness, empathy, diversity, AND inclusion play a key role in fostering positive business relationships between clients, colleagues, and job seekers alike. With a strong background in retail sales and 13+ years of dedicated sourcing recruitment for competitive roles across engineering, technology and healthcare, I bring exceptional customer service and the genuine love of helping others to both corporate and agency staffing environments. Specialties: Technical Sourcing, High Volume Recruitment, Global Talent Acquisition, Software Engineering Recruitment, Clinical Healthcare Recruitment, Technical Recruiting & Sourcing, Healthcare Recruiting & Sourcing, Corporate & Agency Recruiting, Startups, Innovative Sourcing Techniques, Verbal and Written Communication, Business Networking, Account Management, Boolean Search, LinkedIn Analytics, Passive Candidate Generation, Creating Talent Pipelines, TAM Data / Research, Behavioral Interviewing, Social Media Recruitment, Employee Referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter Certification, ATS, Workday, Beamery

Experience

13 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Salesforce

Technical Talent Attraction Partner | Software Engineering

May 2021Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Greater Seattle Area

  • Led and succesfully launched first scaled hiring initiative for 360 Marketing cloud, partnering with Talent Delivery and Key Stakeholders to fill MTS - Principal engineering talent across backend, distributed systems organization.
  • Facilitated sourcing enablement sessions, focusing on optimizing LinkedIn messaging strategies and leveraging analytics to enhance team performance
  • Received Global Impact Award for exceeding hiring and offer goals by 250%, with a focus on DEI.
  • Specialties: Software Development (Backend, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure, Big Data).
Technical SourcingRecruitmentSoftware DevelopmentBackendDistributed SystemsInfrastructure+3

Microsoft

2 roles

Sr. Technical Recruiter | Talent Sourcer, Engineering

Promoted

Sep 2019May 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Owned outbound candidate sourcing, phone interviews and technical preparation for Microsoft's Global Talent Acquisition Team, focused on monthly hiring events for Senior+ level engineers across the distributed systems organization.
Outbound Candidate SourcingPhone InterviewsTechnical PreparationTechnical Recruiting

Technical Recruiter | Talent Sourcer, Engineering

Nov 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Global Talent Acquisition, Engineering Events
  • Managed end-to-end process for mothly hiring events for backend, distributed systems engineers.
  • Drove candidate engagement and outbound sourcing, phone screening, and technical interview preparation for on-site events at Microsoft's Redmond campus.
  • Guided candidates and internal stakeholders through all-day, in-person interview processes, from launching kickoff meetings to conducting post-interview debrief sessions, prioritizing candidate experience and promoting the “One Microsoft,” culture.
Candidate EngagementOutbound SourcingPhone ScreeningTechnical Interview PreparationTechnical Recruiting

Amazon web services (aws)

Technical Recruiter | Engineering

Mar 2019Aug 2019 · 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Led the technical sourcing efforts for Mid-Senior level Software Engineers and Managers, helping to build a new engineering team from the ground up (AWS Outposts - v1, startup environment).
Technical SourcingRecruitmentTechnical Recruiting

Providence health & services

Healthcare Recruiter

May 2016Oct 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Full-cycle recruiter responsible for remote sourcing and hiring for Emergency Room, Intensive Care, and Medical Surgical Units (RN Staff & Nurse Management roles at Providence Alaska Medical Center)
  • Collaborated with Nursing Director and Hiring Managers to promote social media recruitment and establish sourcing plans for hard to find, low availability talent for the Anchorage ER department
  • Negotiated and extended full-time offers and proactively checked in with new hires to ensure cohesive and welcoming onboarding processes
Full-Cycle RecruitingSocial Media RecruitmentNegotiationHealthcare Recruiting

Medical staffing network

Healthcare Recruiter

Nov 2014Mar 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Managed talent acquisition for Renton branch focused on cold-calling and applicant tracking within internal system and passive candidate generation via social media
  • increased revenue & time to fill rates for top hospitals and rehab facilities across Washington state
  • independently built and maintained a robust pipeline and talent pool of nursing professionals for both per diem and long-term contract assignments
  • company spotlight recruiter selected for successful LinkedIn messaging metrics and creating innovative job postings across social media platforms
Talent AcquisitionCold CallingApplicant TrackingHealthcare Recruiting

Keywords studios

Lead Recruiter

Apr 2013Oct 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Focus: Game Localization for Microsoft
  • Opened the first Keywords office in the United States (Bellevue, WA), independently managing full-cycle sourcing and recruitment for Game Localization and QA testing teams for high profile client accounts; specifically focused on pre-game releases for Microsoft.
  • Keywords averaged 103 employees on-site at Microsoft during the summer, and my key achievement was independently sourcing and hiring 200 employees, both temporary and direct hire, for Microsoft’s X-box teams. Daily responsibilities: passive candidate generation, in-person interviews, offer negotiation, creating and implementing innovative sourcing strategies to connect with bilingual, native speakers (Brazilian Portuguese, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Dutch, etc.) currently residing in the Greater Seattle area.
Full-Cycle RecruitmentSourcingInterviewingTechnical Recruiting

Corestaff services

2 roles

Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2013Mar 2013 · 2 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Developed and managed a solid talent pool of diverse candidates and handled the full-cycle recruitment process for multiple industries], specifically for accounts with Microsoft and Amazon.
Talent Pool ManagementRecruitment ProcessRecruiting

Sourcing Specialist - Microsoft/Amazon.com

Jun 2012Jan 2013 · 7 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Pace staffing network

Recruiting Assistant

Jan 2012Jun 2012 · 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Education

Green River Community College

Associate of Arts (AA) — Humanities

Western Washington University

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