Michael G. Jacobs
Santa Fe, New Mexico ***** USA
****.********@*****.***
Objective: Remote/virtual talent acquisition sourcer role
Skills
9+ years of recent experience in cold-sourcing passive scientific and technical talent
strong Boolean keyword string-building and LinkedIn Recruiter and internet research skills
adapt well and quickly to sourcing niche skill-sets that are new to me
demonstrated ability in quickly creating flow of qualified and persuadable applicants
Recent Accomplishments
From April 2017-July 2018, with no previous domain experience and across two different start-ups, I achieved a total of nine offers to seven PhD-level and two MS-level candidates – four computer vision/imaging scientists, a data scientist, a satellite imagery data ingest engineer, a statistical geneticist, and two machine/deep learning software engineers.
Recruitment industry employment history
CiBO Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (http://www.cibotechnologies.com/about/) Nov 2017-Jul 2018
Title: Remote Technical Sourcer
Sourced computer vision/imaging/remote sensing scientists and algorithm engineers, data scientists, software engineers, and environmental systems mechanistic modeling scientists
Descartes Labs, Inc., Santa Fe, NM (https://www.descarteslabs.com/) Apr-Oct 2017
Title: Contract Sourcer
Sourced computer vision and deep learning scientists and engineers, and Python and DevOps engineers
Theranos, Inc. May-Oct 2016; Apr-Aug 2017
Title: Remote Contract Sourcer
Sourced molecular biologists, protein engineers, clinical laboratory scientists, and project managers
Michael G. Jacobs, Search Consultant Jul 2008-May 2016
Title: Independent External Sourcer
Sourced wet-lab scientists, SG&A executives, project managers, machine learning/data/computational scientists, computer scientists, and software engineers
Michael G. Jacobs Legal Search 1996-2005
Title: Independent External Sourcer
Sourced lawyers for corporate law departments and law firms in California, Texas and Oregon
Education
University of Oregon, JD, BA; Member, Oregon State Bar #812700, inactive status; US Citizen