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HR PROFESSIONAL /TALENT ACQUISITION

Talent Acquisition/HR Specialist with 7+ years of experience managing a global recruiting team across U.S. and Philippines. Leveraged expertise and knowledge to build and cultivate an excellent candidate experience by introducing streamlined recruitment and sourcing tactics to ensure timely employee identification, sourcing, and onboarding. Currently reviewing for SHRM-CP certification examination.

Core Competencies:

Human Resource Management – Employee Staffing – Employee & Labor Relations – Recruitment Strategy Conflict Resolution – Contract & Salary Negotiations – Negotiation & Conflict Resolution – Project Management Employee Culture – Employee Relations – Relationship Building – Process Improvement HRIS: Workday, iCIMS, Kenexa

WORK EXPERIENCE

RUTGERS CONTINUING STUDIES 2023-2024

Currently enrolled for 20 hours a week at Human Resources Certificate and Project Management Certificate online programs at Center for Continuing Professional Development

SALESFORCE INC - TALENT ADVISOR 2021-2023

Directed full cycle IT recruiting support for Salesforce's Technology, Marketing, and Product organization. Served as a Recruiting Consultant and Business Partner to Business Technology, providing advice and coaching throughout the recruitment process.

• Oversaw recruitment process and successfully filling 10-15 requisition on a quarterly basis.

• Developed and presented a creative recruitment approach to identify, source and recruit top talent for roles such as Backend and Distributed roles within TMP.

• Act as the main point of contact for all the candidates from application to on-boarding

• Partnered with Equality Talent Partner to plan and oversee a strategy to attract diverse and underrepresented candidates to improve company’s overall diversity and inclusivity.

• Achieved 70% offer acceptance rate by successfully negotiating job offers and coordinating onboarding activities; focused on identifying candidates that aligned with Salesforce’s values and mission.

• Conducted enablement meeting with Hiring Manager and entire Interview team to educate team on how to improve recruitment to source better candidates aligned with job descriptions, leading to identification of new candidates for roles within six weeks of new program.

• Managed relationship within Business Delivery by keeping them up to date of the hiring timelines and updates and creating a dialogue, if necessary to resolve any challenges faced by the TA. CAPGEMINI - MANAGER, FINANCIAL SERVICES

2021

Led and oversaw recruitment for Application within Financial Services Strategic Business Unit. Sourced and recruited for the assigned Engineering Enablement and CRM Solutions while partnering with Hiring Managers on recruitment strategies.

• Developed candidate pipeline for Salesforce and oversaw the design and implementation of innovative hiring plans that incorporated more community-focused events, including online job fairs.

• Hired five qualified employees to meet organizational demands within two weeks of new program launch. SHIELA GAA LinkedIn

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INFOSYS - LEAD TALENT ACQUISITION 2017-2021

Managed end-to-end recruitment lifecycle and leveraged targeted job fairs and travel to other sites/states to conduct recruiting events. Partnered closely with the business and developed a simple and comprehensive approach to a highly competitive environment to enhance our presence and reputation in the marketplace. Fostered relationships with vendors and stakeholders to establish a strong employee network. Leveraged tools such as Kenexa BrassRing to maintain candidate records and files.

• Managed a minimum of 15-30 requirements per quarter and achieved a targeted closure of 90%.

• Obtained role briefings to align sourcing strategies and timelines with the goals and purposes identified by Hiring Managers and Business Unit leaders.

• Led and oversaw the development of talent acquisition solutions and played an integral role serving as a liaison between teams to ensure solutions tied back to business needs.

• Built and maintained a strong talent pipeline to quickly meet client needs through warm and cold leads, career fairs, vendor partnerships, and social media recruiting efforts.

• Maintained and managed strong relationships with vendors to ensure the firm receives good and quality service SILVER SEARCH - SENIOR IT RECRUITER

2016

Partnered with 7 Account Managers in conducting technical recruitment efforts with clients in media, publishing, payroll, and human resources. Conducted full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing, interviewing, closing, and managing of candidates after onboarding procedures.

KFORCE, INC - TALENT REPRESENTATIVE 2014-2015

Developed strategic reports to provide regular updates to the Market President on a daily basis. Leveraged existing tools and innovative solutions to effectively perform resource management and maintain recruitment operations.

• Analyzed challenges and partnered with teams to gain a better understanding of employee culture, business needs, and requirements to support clients.

• Managed full cycle recruiting process for both consulting and employee requirements, including search and pre- qualification, reference checks, salary negotiation, and pre-closing. KANBAN SOLUTIONS, LLC - TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST 2013

Coordinated planning activities across various departments to standardize and ensure consistency with hiring trends and recruitment strategies. Ensured accurate client management and reporting while also overseeing HR responsibilities.

• Creatively sourced software engineering professionals skilled in Java, Spring, Hibernate, HTML5, CSS3, Python, IBM WPS, IBM WCM, Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Business Analysis.

• Leveraged online recruiting resources like LinkedIn, Dice, Stack Overflow, and in-house recruitment efforts to identify and hire the best talents.

SEVEN SEVEN SOFTWARES INC - RECRUITMENT MANAGER/ HR GENERALIST 2004-2013 SHIELA GAA LinkedIn

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Maintained responsibility for overseeing recruitment operations and handling visa processing of more than 10+ monthly new hires with their H1B transfers and Green card applications. Directed the entire hiring process with each candidate from first point of contact through acceptance of offer while consistently improving candidate experience.

• Managed team of 8+ Recruiters with responsibility for overseeing operations across 50 open requirements across the United States, successfully filling all open positions from junior-level Assistants to executive-level Directors.

• Recognized as the Top Recruiter for eight years based on continued growth of revenue and increased number of hires.

• Designed and established the recruitment guidelines on recruiting process, onboarding, pre-employment testing procedures, performance review, and appraisals.

• Built streamlined onboarding and offboarding procedures compliant with clients’ requirements, leading to improved turnaround and increased prevention of interruption of clients’ operations. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

SYSTEMS STANDARD, INC APPLICATIONS CONSULTANT

DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF CALAPAN COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR EDUCATION & TRAINING

B.S in Information and Computer Science, St. Paul College of Manila Human Resource Management Certificate, Rutgers University Organization Development HR course, Baruch College CUNY

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