Feb 2022 – Dec 2022 · 10 mos

Feb 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco | New York | Vancouver | Remote

• At Inveniō, we help high-growth tech companies scale without letting hiring become the bottleneck.
• We embed directly into your team as an extension of your internal recruiting function. No handoffs. No agency friction. Just fast, high-quality hiring built for teams that move quickly.
• We specialize in technical recruiting at critical growth stages - Seed through Series D - and have supported startups across Vancouver, San Francisco, and New York.
• 📩 taline@inveniotalent.com

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Contract In-house Sourcer
• Primarily focused on top of funnel sourcing
• Partnering up with the recruiting team to help them fill their pipelines
• Recruiting for: Head of Brand Marketing, Lifecycle Marketing Manager, Software Engineering Managers

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 · 4 mos · Vancouver, BC

• Contract In-house Recruiter for Dapper Labs, ZenHub and NBA Top Shot
• Managing the entire recruitment life cycle for select roles
• Recruiting for: Lead/Staff Backend Engineer, Lead/Staff Frontend Engineer, Lead Ruby Engineer, Frontend Engineer, Associate Accountant, Intermediate Accountant, Lead Blockchain Engineer, Data Scientist, Lead Marketing Manager, Engineering Manager, Developer Advocate, Risk Analyst

Mar 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area | Vancouver, Canada Area

• Connected top-tier technical talent with hyper-growth startups in San Francisco and Vancouver. Ran a 360 desk, built the Vancouver embedded recruiting function, and was a President’s Club performer.

Nov 2017 – Mar 2018 · 4 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

• Reasons for leaving: Acquired by Future Pet
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• Every day at GoFetch was a new learning opportunity, full of challenges and growth. I wore different hats (as you do in a start-up), was exposed to multiple new learning opportunities, overcame various challenges and most importantly left more confident in my professional abilities.
• Led the entire HR operations (with no previous experience in any HR related functions), including payroll, benefits, employee relations and recruiting strategies.
• Grew the team from 25 employees to 37 across Engineering, Operations and Marketing roles for both the Vancouver and Toronto offices.
• Implemented an ATS and HRIS system, improving both the candidate and on-boarding experience.
• Analyzed the entire benefits package, proposing a new benefits broker and different benefit tiers.
• Created company policies and procedures: working from home, vacation policy, taking time off, reimbursement procedure etc.

May 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Reasons for leaving: I wanted to challenge myself and take on a role that was "too big" for me. I had no experience with HR, Payroll, Benefits or setting up processes from scratch prior to accepting the role at GoFetch.
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• Revamped our entire offer letter and on-boarding experience.
• Decreased engineering time per hire from 27 hours to 3.29 hours, and increased offer rate from 12.82% to 36% by actively sourcing and reaching out to passive talent, and eliminating the need for engineers to screen incoming resumes.
• Full-cycle recruitment for full-time tech talent including, Full-Stack Developers, Machine Learning and Data Engineering roles.
• Increased acceptance rate for Waterloo Engineering Co-ops from 0% in Fall 2016 to 80% in Fall 2017 by actively sourcing and reaching out to passive candidates.

Dec 2015 – May 2016 · 5 mos

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos