Salvador Lara
***********@*****.***
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science
Texas A & M University
EXPERIENCE
Truesource Labs
Job Analysis May 2017 – September 2017
Analyze the activities that an employee performs; the tools, equipment, and work aids that the employee uses; and the working conditions under which the activities are performed.
Interview employees to understand the roles and responsibilities currently executing.
Create job description to assist in creating Job families, Job Departments; Job Titles for future job leveling, compensation, and succession planning.
Work with HR Director and HR team to identify recommendation and updates for Job Leveling, compensation and job titles.
Ottobock Health Care
Recruiter November 2015 – April 2017
Manage full cycle recruiting process to meet the various staffing goals across all levels
within multiple business units and multiple locations.
Develop and implement strategic initiatives for recruiting diverse talent in a multi-site
organization –Sales, IT, Finance, Marketing, Call Center and Corporate Shared Services departments.
Maintained and provided weekly, monthly and quarterly business metrics to provide updates to HR staff and Executive team to drive improvement as needed.
Find and engage unique and/or passive candidates through creative sourcing techniques, coordinating with our schedulers as needed.
Coach managers/interview teams to incorporate capability and competency based assessments during their interview.
Partner with Sr. HR Manager to forecast and develop plans for key staffing initiatives.
Establish and maintain relationships with management and key cross-functional stakeholders (Legal, Finance, HR, Compensation).
Regular follow up with the respective hiring managers and candidates to ensure timeliness and a positive recruiting process.
Actively participate in all staffing related activities and engage in cross functional projects.
Develop and maintain career opportunities section on Ottobock website and other job boards.
Social Media Recruiting Sites including but not limited to: Facebook, LinkedIn, and CareerBuilder.
Charles Schwab
Contract Recruiter April 2015 to November 2015
Manage full cycle recruiting process to meet the various staffing goals across all levels
within multiple business units and multiple locations.
Supported Operations and Client Service divisions across multiple locations.
Consult with senior leadership and hiring managers to develop effective staffing and sourcing strategies.
Deliver qualified and diverse talent for current and anticipated roles in the organization.
Prepare hiring managers and other interviewers to ensure the candidate experience is efficient.
Build talent pipelines for current and future open positions.
Maintain strong partnerships with business leaders, Talent Management, and Human Resources teams.
Leverage online recruiting resources and in-house applicant tracking system (ATS) to identify and recruit the very best candidates.
Through strategic sourcing efforts, proactively identify and attract top-talent for Schwab from high impact channels such as Alumni resources, competitor mapping and cold calling.
Manages the selection process, seeking required approvals, helping hiring manager to craft a competitive offer package to close the candidate.
Ensures positive candidate and employee experience throughout the hiring process.
Golfsmith International
Recruiter January 2012 to April 2015
Managing full-cycle recruitment process, including consulting with HR and business partners to identify talent acquisition needs.
Recruited for Oracle Application Developer, BI, PHP, Helpdesk, .NET, Marketing, Accounting, Merchandising, Call Center and Distribution teams.
Social Media Recruiting Sites including but not limited to: Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Counseling and partnering with managers on the hiring process and ensure that they are in compliance with corporate and corporate policy.
Effective screening and behavioral-based interviewing skills; ability to secure talent with an emphasis on quality, professionalism and fit.
Ensures that candidates have a highly positive experience during the Golfsmith recruitment and selection process.
Identifies focused recruitment strategy, obtains required position approvals, conducts post interview debrief meetings to select finalists and makes job offers, negotiates with candidates and closes offers.
Conduct new employee orientation and on-boarding (I-9, W-4 processing).
Tracks and reported Key Performance Indicators (KPI) - cost per hire, time-to-fill, and source of hire.
Conduct compensation assessments to ensure employees are correctly align with company targets.
Manage third party vendor relationships including assessing for hire, assessing results and negotiating fees.
Contractor – September 2007 to January 2012
Technical and Non-Technical Recruiter
Contracted with both Technical and Non-technical companies. I was hired on as a full-cycle recruiter to help supplement hiring needs. I recruited all position which included technical, sales, and shared services positions.
Companies include - Augmentix, Calxeda, Intel, Time Warner, Dell, Netspend, AMD, NewComLink.
Full-cycle recruiting for technical and non-technical position.
Created strategies with the stakeholders and hiring managers to generate better flow of the candidate
pool and expose current opportunities.
Worked with HRBP in negotiated salaries, bonus, and stock option compensation; as well as details of benefits packages; Interfaces with key support groups to ensure compliance and level alignment
Created and presented weekly/quarterly communications detailing department metrics and business strategies to hiring managers and stakeholders.
Support candidates throughout all stages of the application and hiring process and ensure a signature candidate experience.
Engaged in Social Media Recruiting Sites including but not limited to: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter; Competitive Intelligence research.
Concentrated on BSEE, BSCS, Software (PHP, Ruby, Application Engineers) and Verification, IT Engineers, Application, Performance, and Marketing.
Created strategies with the Executive team and hiring managers to generate better flow of the candidate pool and expose current opportunities.
Created Policies and Procedures to enable best possible customer experience.
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
Technical Recruiter April 2000 to September 2007
Full-cycle recruiting for semiconductor company for technical and non-technical position for multiple sites
Worked with cross functional teams to provide compensation/benefits, bonus, sign-on, and stock options in negotiation of packages for all hires
Created queries in SAP for compensation equities for new hires to compare to current employees based on education and years of experience.
Partnered with line managers to review and evaluate job descriptions and provide guidance for posting
Created and presented weekly/quarterly communications detailing department metrics and business
strategies to directors/executives.
Worked with Legal and supporting teams to ensure that H1B visa were processed correctly and in a timely manner.
Assisted and supported with University and Diversity recruiting; participated in cross-HR initiatives.
Utilized databases, Internet recruiting, referrals, and local high-tech networking events to locate qualified candidates.
Supported BSEE, BSCS, ASIC Design and Verification (Physical and Logic Design), IT, Engineers, Embedded Software Engineers, VHDL/Verilog, Process Engineers for CMOS, motherboard
platforms, chipsets, testing/debugging, Technical Marketing.
IBM
Technical Recruiter September 1999 to April 2000
AEROTEK, Inc
Accounts Manager/Technical Recruiter September 1997 to September 1999
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Strong business acumen, Strong interpersonal and customer service skills, Relationship building, Metric Data focused, Data tracking, analysis, and report generation, Strong communication skills, Technical recruiting, Hardware (Testing), software (.NET, PHP, SaaS), Marketing; Finance, Call Center, Manufacturing, Legal, Human Resources, IT and support; Application Engineers, Sales Representatives, Product Development; Oracle Applications, Architects, Salesforce.com, SAP, Taleo, Virtual Edge, Strong Vendor relations