Richi Valentine

Cell: 407-***-****- ad09ml@r.postjobfree.com

Accomplished Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner/Manager with over 6 years of demonstrated expertise in end-to-end full cycle recruitment, specializing in engineering across diverse languages and levels within both agency and corporate environments. Adept at delivering results, proven track record of placing top-tier candidates including Senior Software Development Managers, Engineers, Architects, Machine Learning Engineers, COOs, Directors, Healthcare professionals and beyond. My career reflects a self-motivated professional known for orchestrating multiple projects seamlessly. Thriving amidst ambiguity, I excel at sourcing and placing candidates across various industries and have a profound specialty in ChatGBT, Machine Learning, and IT Technology. I have a keen ability to identify talent and a passion for optimizing team dynamics.

Skills:

● Google Agile Project Management Certification 2023

● Google Foundations of Cybersecurity Certification 2023

● AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders Certification 22’

● AWS Social Media Training Certification 22’

● AWS Making great hiring decisions Certification 22’

● AWS Tada – White Belt, Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt

● Human Resource

● Talent Management

● Written Communication

● Market research and relationship building

● Process improvement

● Program Management

Work History

Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner, 4/1/2023 to present. TalentHaus - Virtual/Remote

● Determine current staffing needs and produce forecasts

● Develop talent acquisition strategies and hiring plans

● Use metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement

● Perform sourcing to fill open positions and anticipate future needs

● full-cycle recruiting, sourcing and employment branding

● Take steps to ensure positive candidate experience Sr. Technical Recruiter II, 05/2019 to 4/1/2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Virtual/Remote

● Optimize recruiting processes and leverage industry knowledge to attract top technical talent and exceed quotas at 150% by full cycle recruiting and collaborating with engineering leaders and business stakeholders.

● Promote process improvement by identifying gaps in interview funnel and implementing recommendations turned SOP’s, boosting the teams/ orgs interview to hire ratio by 18%

● Analyze data and trends to create an implement end-to-end hiring plans aligned to the needs of the business and cutting down time to fill by 30%

● Won TA Champ 2022, training 16 new Recruiters into AWS while continuing to deliver for the business.

● Landed top 5 in the AWS organization of L5 sourcing recruiters of the #1 generating revenue org of AWS under the Amazon umbrella.

Executive Search Consultant, Manager 05/2017 to 05/2019 Adecco Search – Wallingford CT

● Billed over $1 Million in my first year in support of the salesforce.

● Ran my own HUB in CT from my home office in Long Island, NY.

● Support development and training for new Executive Recruiters.

● Supervised payroll for corrections, docking that may occur and assisted with substitute payroll, averaging over 35 employees.

● Built, implemented and updated effective SEO strategies.

● Created content strategies for digital media. Collected and analyzed Web metrics such as visits, time on site and page views per visit. Education:

MBA

University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT

B.A Marketing

Elms College – Chicopee, MA