KAY JIMISSA

Talent Acquisition Specialist

San Jose, CA

Cell 408-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/mrskayjimissa

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ad2m5e@r.postjobfree.com

RECRUITER SOURCER STAFFING COORDINATOR

Recruiting

Technical Recruiting

Sourcing

Phone Screening

Interview Scheduling

On-Boarding

Applicant Tracking Systems

Coordinating Relocations

Travel Arrangements

Event Planning

Diversity Hiring

Project Management

Microsoft Office Software

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SUMMARY

Experience building a talent pipeline of qualified candidates for a variety of roles at different levels of organizations while providing great candidate experiences.

Specializing in sourcing and recruiting both exempt and non-exempt personnel as well as in numerous technical disciplines and at all levels with a strong specialty Hardware/Hardware Design & SW Engineering, iOS & Android Mobile Development, Infrastructure Engineers, QA Engineers, Corporate & Field Application Engineers.

Ability to build trust and forge strong relationships with hiring managers, stakeholders and vendors.

ATS Systems: PeopleSoft, PeopleClick, HR Smart Taleo & Brassring ADP, Taleo, Lever, & Jobvite

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Arteris, IP

February 2021– Present

Talent Acquisition Manager

Partner with the Hiring Mangers, stakeholders and executives to provide full cycle recruiting for technical and G&A roles, including initial screenings, interviews, offer, negotiate and close candidates.

Effectively cultivate, build, and manage successful partnerships with internal & external stakeholders, vendors and recruiting agencies to drive engagement and improve effectiveness of recruiting efforts.

Build and maintain talent pipeline through sourcing of profiles on various resume job boards/networks/specialized sites while nurturing candidate relationships.

Writing job descriptions and publishing them on the appropriate sites

Management of the recruitment process on application tracking tool (Jobvite) and ensure completeness and accuracy of candidate data.

Follow-up of the interview process

Participation in the development of the HR strategy

Schedule interviews with candidates and hiring managers. This includes phone interviews, in-person, and virtual interviews.

Create and provide regular Metrics and various data reports to help report on hiring success, costs, and identify areas for improvement.

Arteris, IP

June 2020 February 2021

Senior Staffing Coordinator

Campbell, CA

Partner with hiring managers to guarantee smooth efficiencies throughout the recruiting process.

Provides support for all aspects of the recruiting process, including the development of recruitment strategies, sourcing, screening and interviewing candidates, salary negotiations, and onboarding of all new and transfer candidates.

Sourced & Identify top candidates for resumes, screened candidates and conducted preliminary interviews for recruiters and hiring managers for Technical and G&A roles

Serve as a liaison between recruiter and candidate throughout the hiring process.

Schedule interviews with candidates and hiring managers. This includes phone interviews, in-person, and virtual interviews.

Arteris, IP (Contract)

July 2020 – February 2021

Senior Staffing Coordinator

Campbell, CA

Schedule interviews with candidates and hiring managers. This includes phone interviews, in-person, and virtual interviews.

Partner with hiring managers to guarantee smooth efficiencies throughout the scheduling process.

Clearly communicate with candidates to guarantee an exceptional candidate experience.

Use our applicant tracking system (ATS) to support the recruiting team.

Respond to requests from recruiters and hiring managers in a timely fashion

Maintain confidential and sensitive information

Assisting Human Resources with daily activities as required.

Wave Computing

December 2018 – December 2019

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Campbell, CA

Collaborate with HR to help develop and implement a strategic talent acquisition plan to meet immediate and long-term recruiting needs.

Provides support for all aspects of the recruiting process, including the development of recruitment strategies, sourcing, screening and interviewing candidates, salary negotiations, and onboarding of all new and transfer candidates.

Help design job descriptions and interview questions that reflect each position’s requirements.

Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our Jobvite Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

clients’ technical positions.

Sourced & Identify top candidates for resumes, screened candidates and conducted preliminary interviews for recruiters and hiring managers for Sales, Software, Hardware, Design & Verification Engineers, Product & Project Managers, and G&A positions.

Coordinate and oversee the scheduling and communication around interviews, offers and hiring.

Coordinate both domestic and international travel, hotel, and transportation for interview candidates; and help to facilitate travel reimbursements for the candidates by working with the Accounts Payable team

Take steps to ensure a positive candidate experience.

Managed, coordinated & oversee the Summer Internship Program

Created & Manage an Applicant and Candidate Tracking Spreadsheet used to provide regular Metrics and various data report to help report on hiring success, costs, and identify areas for improvement.

Independent Contractor – Multiple Clients

January 2018 – December 2018

San Francisco, California

Recruiting & Sourcing

Source passive candidates through networking, cold calling, Boolean internet searches, and research.

Screened candidates by determining their skill set, experience, availability, interest level, salary expectations, and possible immigration and/or relocation needs.

Work with the teams and candidates to schedule, coordinate, and confirm multi-stage interviews, including phone screens, conference calls, WebEx calls, Skype calls, and in-person interviews

Creatively solve scheduling conflicts and help to expedite the interview process when faced with roadblocks.

Act as a liaison between recruiter and candidate throughout the hiring process

Conducted reference checks and initiated background checks via third party.

Post and renew jobs on both internal and external websites.

Created & Manage an Applicant and Candidate Tracking Spreadsheet used to provide regular Metrics and various data report to help report on hiring success, costs, and identify areas for improvement.

Comet Technologies/Top Source Talent

February 2017 – November 2017

San Jose, California

Sourcer

Sourced resumes, screened candidates and conducted preliminary interviews for recruiters and hiring managers for, Quality Engineer(s), Key Account Managers, Junior Controller Test & Assembly Technicians, & Finance & Administrative positions.

Source passive candidates through networking, cold calling, Boolean internet searches, and research.

Screened candidates by determining their skill set, experience, availability, interest level, salary expectations, and possible immigration and/or relocation needs.

Work with a global team of hiring teams and candidates to schedule, coordinate, and confirm multi-stage interviews, including phone screens, conference calls, WebEx calls, Skype calls, and in-person interviews.

Ensure first-class candidate experience throughout the interview, hiring, and onboarding process by being the bridge between the candidate, recruiter, hiring team, and Human Resources

Collect, organize, distribute, and archive the appropriate documents associated with each round of interviews to both the candidates and internal interview team.

Communicate status updates to all candidates within the interview process to Recruiters and Hiring Managers

Creatively solve scheduling conflicts, and help to expedite the interview process when faced with roadblocks.

Coordinate both domestic and international travel, hotel, and transportation for interview candidates; and help to facilitate travel reimbursements for the candidates by working with the Accounts Payable team.

Work with the People Operations team to draft, generate, and send offer letters and corresponding documents when needed.

8x8, Inc./West Valley Staffing

August 2015 – October 2016

San Jose, California

Sourcer

Sourced resumes, screened candidates and conducted preliminary interviews for recruiters and hiring managers for Software & QA Engineers, Product Marketing Managers, Sales Development Representatives, and Sales, Finance & Administrative positions.

Built a pipeline of top engineers, Sales, Finance, Marketing and G&A professionals through researching and sourcing candidates using LinkedIn, Indeed and internal ATS – ADP.

Identified niche sourcing events (recruiting events, university & career fairs, professional conferences)

Sourced passive candidates through networking, cold calling, Boolean internet searches, and research.

Screened candidates by determining their skill set, experience, availability, interest level, salary expectations, and possible immigration and/or relocation needs.

Coordinated all onsite, video conference and telephone interviews.

Conducted reference checks and initiated background checks via third party.

Posted and renewed jobs on both internal and external websites.

Created & Manage an Applicant and Candidate Tracking Spreadsheet used to provide regular Metrics and various data report to help report on hiring success, costs, and identify areas for improvement.

Imerys Mining /OSI Engineering

March 2014 – August 2015

San Jose, CA

Recruiter, Sourcer

Sourced resumes, screened candidates and conducted preliminary interviews for Chemists, Scientists, Mining Plant, Materials Maintenance Managers, and Sales & Administrative positions.

Screened candidates by determining their skill set, experience, availability, interest level, salary expectations, and possible immigration and/or relocation needs.

Coordinated onsite, video conference and phone and interviews.

Maintained accurate candidate records in the Applicant Tracking System - Taleo

Conducted reference checks and initiated background checks via third party.

Contributed as provider of customer service to candidates and new hires by assisting and resolving routine issues/questions regarding HR related forms, policies, procedures in a timely manner

Responsibilities included headhunting using job boards, and social networking

Project management: Events, Budget reports, candidate onboarding & relocation process.

Posted and renewed jobs on both internal and external websites.

Created & Managed an Applicant and Candidate Tracking Spreadsheet.

Generate recruitment metric reports using the Taleo ATS and Excel.

EDUCATION

CUNY/Bronx Community College 1994 - 1998

Liberal Arts & Paralegal Studies

Drake Business School 1992 - 1994

Executive Business Diploma/Word Processing & Executive Business Management

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