Colin K. Boon

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Sunnyvale, California

(Cell) 408-***-****

ad1f8g@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Seeking a position as a technical recruiter, utilizing my sourcing and interpersonal skills, as well as my understanding of technology, to hire strong engineering candidates. Experience:

Sr. Technical Recruiter, NIO July 2021 - Present

● Led the recruiting effort for the Digital Systems and Digital Cockpit team

● Managed the entire recruiting process, from sourcing kick off sessions, to the offer negotiation

● Partnered directly with hiring managers to align on strategy, headcount planning, and process

● Juggled over 15 reqs in a very fast growing company, in an effort to expand to new markets

● Designed complex boolean strings to engage candidates for Firmware, TPM, and Computer Vision Roles

● Maintained consistent communication with candidates via check in calls or email updates to keep candidates engaged and excited throughout the hiring process Sr. Sourcer, Facebook March 2020 - Jun 2021

● Sourced elusive high-level Data Scientists for the Product Analytics team

● Connected with candidates for phone screens in order to best evaluate their Facebook readiness as well as sell the company and role

● Achieved exceptional metrics, consistently meeting or exceeding weekly goals

● Engineered new boolean strings and search techniques for different sourcing platforms such as FBR, Linkedin, and Entelo

● Invested heavily in diversity recruiting by iterating on new strategies and booleans in order to find talent from underrepresented groups

● Demystified Data Science concepts and technologies for sourcers through training sessions to uplift our role calibration

● Touched in regularly with candidates to keep them engaged, as well as prepare them for Facebook’s intensive interviews

Technical Recruiter, Lucid Motors Nov 2018 - March 2020

● Led the recruiting effort for the ADAS, Powertrain, NVH, Durability, Aerodynamics, and Modeling teams

● Managed the entire recruiting process, from sourcing to the offer negotiation

● Collaborated directly with hiring managers to align on strategy, headcount planning, and process

● Juggled over 50 reqs in a fast-paced startup environment, which pushed the company from 140 to 900+ employees in a year

● Kept tabs on candidate progress, wrote job descriptions, created reports, and managed headcount using a combination of Lever and my own programmed tracker

● Designed complex boolean strings to engage candidates for the most difficult roles, such as Autonomous Driving Engineers

● Maintained consistent communication with candidates via check in calls or email updates to keep candidates engaged and excited throughout the hiring process

● Gave facility tours to every candidate who made it to the onsite stage

● Successfully hired 27 hard-to-fill engineering roles in Q4 2019, topping the team metrics

● Roadmapped, forecasted, and project managed for multiple recruiting events in Detroit and Newark

● Helped train and grow the staffing team from just 3 recruiters, to 8 recruiters and 2 sourcers Sourcer, NIO Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

● Filled some of Nio’s most difficult and niche roles such Hardware Pentesting, ICT Electrical Engineers, and a Principal Backend Security Engineer

● Additionally worked to fill roles for DevOps, Build and Release, Managers, Firmware, Test, Controls, Web development, UI/UX, Hardware, Android, Supply Chain, Mechanical, Security and Computer Vision

● Hired 12 Senior to Principal level Engineers in my first 6 months with 20+ offers

● Touted as the “Boolean Guru”, and received an award for top sourcer

● Helped plan, set-up, and source for multiple events and tech-talks

● Successfully networked at multiple events to garner interest in the company Sourcer, Ace Hires Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

● Submitted candidates for a variety of difficult to fill openings; they range from from micro-kernel engineers to SRE managers to backend engineers

● Communicated with candidates via phone, email and in person to better gauge their skills and interest

● Used a multitude of search avenues and boolean techniques and techniques to find qualified candidates on includes Linkedin, Google, Indeed etc.

● Maintained close correspondence with candidates as they moved through the all interview stages Other Experience:

Front Desk, Valley Village 2015 - 2017

Contract IT Worker, Advantage Point Technologies 2015 Founding Board Member, Silicon Valley Japanese American Citizens League 2007 - Present Education:

B.A. Politics University of California, Santa Cruz, Spring 2015

● Strong focus on Computer Science. Courses taken: 9 2

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