Kael Lobdell

Technical Recruiter

New York, New York, United States9 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led successful diversity sourcing initiatives.
  • Trained and onboarded multiple recruiters effectively.
  • Consistently exceeded recruitment goals and metrics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter with a strong focus on diversity and team management in the Tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingSourcingSales Management

Other Skills

ATS MigrationCandidate EngagementCandidate ScreeningCandidate TrackingCommunicationCustomer ServiceDiversity SourcingEmail CampaignsEmployee Referral DrivesEvent PlanningGithubHiretualHiringHiring Manager PartnershipsHuman Resources

About

Hiring for all of Base Engineering roles! In the market for a new job? Let's connect - Reach me directly at kael.lobdell@coinbase.com Check out our openings here: https://www.base.org/jobs

Experience

9 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Coinbase

2 roles

Engineering Recruiting Lead - Base

Promoted

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Senior Technical Sourcer - Engineering Leadership

Sep 2021Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Amazon

2 roles

Technical Sourcing Lead | Worldwide Advertising

Apr 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Promoted to Technical Sourcing Lead where I trained and Onboarded 3 new Technical Sourcers at the same time, mentored them through weekly 1:1’s and held weekly meetings to share tips and expertise.
  • Trained and mentored 15+ Technical Recruiters and participated in 30+ interviews to help scale the team
  • Continually exceeded 125% goal attainment up to 224% goal attainment every quarter.
  • Sourcing has led to 90 Offers primarily in the SDE job family with a few one offs for TPM and SDM candidates.
  • Primarily utilized LinkedIn Recruiter, Hiretual, and Github to identify top tier talent in the Tech Industry.
  • Utilized Email Campaigns as primary source of engagement with candidates, with catered messaging to garner candidate interest and consistent touch points to build and maintain candidate trust.
  • Maintain a consistent focus on Diversity Sourcing every day as well as in Diversity Sourcing Events.
  • Led and trained others in Employee Referral Drives, partnering with Hiring Managers and their teams to engage with their networks and bring in Employee Referrals in bulk.
  • Led intake meetings with Hiring Managers to understand their team and their open job requisitions.
  • Maintained multiple Hiring Manager partnerships and leveraged HM reach outs to increase candidate response rate to increase pipeline.
  • Created weekly reporting for my teams open job requisitions and Interview POD day schedules to increase visibility to the overall team.
  • Quickly shifted focus in Q3 2020 to where the business needed help with SDM and Senior TPM roles and hired 2 Senior TPM’s and 1 SDM within the Quarter.
Technical SourcingDiversity SourcingLinkedIn RecruiterHiretualGithubEmail Campaigns+6

Technical Recruiter | Worldwide Advertising

Nov 2018Apr 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Focus on filling Software Development Engineer roles of all levels for the Amazon Advertising business.
  • Hit and exceeded 100% goal attainment every quarter after initial ramp up period.
  • Selected to help lead a migration to a new ATS called Beamery, was 1 of 100 liaisons in training the entire recruiting organization in which I trained 25+ recruiters on the new system.
  • Onboarded and trained 4+ new recruiters onto the Advertising team across multiple job families including SDE, SDM and TPM.
  • Created a robust tracker in Microsoft Excel to maintain candidate pipeline, track candidate follow ups, and track quarterly metrics.
Technical RecruitingATS MigrationCandidate TrackingTrainingMetrics TrackingSourcing

Apex systems

Technical Recruiter

Mar 2017Nov 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Focus on Technical IT positions such as Developers, Engineers, QA's, and Architects working with technologies like Java, Python, .Net, HTML5, CSS, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.
  • Work with local and national technical consultants to identify contract, contract-to-permanent and permanent positions in the areas of IT, Business Applications, Telecommunications and Engineering.
  • Network with local User Groups, Technical Schools and Technology Evangelists to grow and enhance the technical personnel community.
  • Source potential candidates by utilizing Apex’s proprietary database, referrals, User Groups, job boards and advertising.
  • Maintain a best in class screening process by meeting candidates for face-to-face interviews, conducting reference checks and administering technical tests.
  • Maintain strong relationships with technical personnel through consistent communication, honesty and loyalty.
  • Serve as point of contact for career coaching, resume enhancements, pay rate negotiations, benefits and payroll questions.
  • Work closely with Sales and Management Team to understand and deliver on client’s needs.
  • Trained and helped Onboard 5+ Technical Recruiters to get them up to speed with recruiting best practices.
Technical RecruitingCandidate ScreeningRelationship ManagementNetworking

Macy's

2 roles

Sales Manager (Executive Development Program)

Jul 2016Feb 2017 · 7 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Multitask in fast paced retail environment in order to drive sales and customer loyalty.
  • Manage up to 25 direct reports to cohesively run departments.
  • Help drive multi-million dollar businesses through teamwork and collaboration.
  • Analyzed Sales reports and identified areas of weakness to target for improvement.
  • Lead by example on the sales floor rather than dictate responsibilities to gain employee respect.
  • Sourced candidate talent, conducted interviews, and extended job offers to candidates who showcased a strong capability to learn and be a good fit for different roles.
Technical RecruitingNetworkingScreening ProcessTraining

Assistant Store Management Intern

Jun 2014Aug 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Colonie, NY

  • Gained a vast amount of knowledge within the retail industry through two years of internship
  • experience at Macy's
  • Was an active manager within the store and developed skills in People Management, Customer Service, Human Relations, Visual Marketing, etc.
  • Entrusted to carry out functions of handling large amounts of money throughout my experience in the store
Sales ManagementCustomer ServiceTeam ManagementSales Analysis

Education

University at Albany

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

Jan 2012Jan 2016

Marlboro Central High School

Advanced Regents Diploma — General Studies

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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