May 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

• Filled 250+ roles in under 2 years, reducing average time-to-fill from 50 to 26 days through process improvements and manager coaching.
• Designed and implemented ATS tagging and search optimization system, reducing time-to-fill for certain roles to 5 days.
• Owned nationwide VDC recruitment, hiring 25+ Designers in 6 months while managing concurrent requisitions across departments.
• Designed and deployed UKG Business Intelligence dashboards, providing real-time recruitment metrics, KPI tracking, and leadership-level analytics to optimize workforce planning decisions.
• Led Indigenous recruitment outreach, strengthening top-of-funnel diversity via targeted events and partnerships.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Remote

• Hired Unity/C++ engineers, designers, and developers for AR/VR projects in Reality Labs, exceeding FAANG hiring KPIs by 400% in a niche talent market.
• Delivered 2 hires in 4 months (industry benchmark = 1 hire/year) by executing passive candidate sourcing strategies via GitHub, Stack Overflow, Boolean search, and niche game dev communities.
• Developed and facilitated an internal sourcing enablement program (“Ben’s Tip of the Day”), delivering advanced Boolean, GitHub, and Stack Overflow sourcing strategies that boosted team fill rates by 20%.
• Engineered workarounds in Meta’s internal ATS to enable tagging, candidate sharing, and better sourcing visibility.

Sep 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

• Sole recruiter for a scale-up, hiring 100+ employees in 14 months, growing headcount from 65 to 175.
• Led ATS migration from BambooHR to Greenhouse; built templates, automated offer workflows, and trained hiring teams.
• Launched DEI hiring strategies: inclusive job descriptions, targeted outreach, and community engagement increasing female applicant pool significantly.
• Maintained a time-to-fill of 26 days by implementing real-time decision-making frameworks with hiring managers.
• Eliminated agency spend through proactive sourcing and talent pipeline cultivation.

Nov 2017 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Ottawa, Canada Area · Hybrid

• Managed multi-division recruitment across North America, reducing time-to-fill by 50%+ via process standardization.
• Delivered Workday Recruiting training for executives and hiring teams, creating custom analytics dashboards and reports that informed data-driven hiring strategies across multiple divisions.
• Partnered on iCIMS to Workday ATS migration, ensuring smooth transition and user adoption.
• Created Harris Talent Network to proactively source and nurture passive candidates.
• Conducted data integrity audits and analysis for job requisitions, hires, and HR transactions.
• Supported senior leadership in forecasting workforce needs and align recruitment strategy with business priorities.
• Coordinated and facilitated new hire orientations

Oct 2015 – Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Provided recruitment services to new and existing clients for contract and permanent roles in both the public and private sectors.
• Acted as the candidate’s primary point of contact throughout the full recruitment life cycle.
• Collaborated with Account Managers and Clients to determine job-related requirements.
• Sourced, screened, and interviewed candidates through direct headhunting, cold calling, social media, job boards, market research, attending professional trade shows, career fairs, and user group meetings.
• Provided candidate coaching in preparation for all client interviews.
• Coordinated and managed compliance and candidate onboarding processes.
• Maintained candidate information and the data integrity of the Applicant tracking systems (Bond Adapt) for new and existing candidates.
• Developed and submitted winning RFPs for public sector bids through Task-Based Informatics Professional Service (TBIPS).
• Mentored, coached, and trained new hires in the recruiting team.
• Generated weekly and monthly reports based on KPIs, Fees, etc.

May 2015 – Oct 2015 · 5 mos · Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area

Jan 2012 – Sep 2012 · 8 mos · Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area