Rachel Gillespie

adgpxf@r.postjobfree.com 408-***-**** Austin, TX 78727

www.linkedin.com/in/rachelgillespierecruiter

Recruiter

Advising Senior Leaders Maximizing Recruiting ROI

10+ years in full lifecycle recruiting

Articulate, innovative and energized by challenges.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Designed and launched an in-house recruitment program from the ground up.

Supported the launch of a new office, hiring a staff of 50 within first 6 months.

Designed and drove successful programs for employee referrals, university and social media recruiting, and succession planning.

Managed up to 100+ requisitions concurrently.

Reduced expenses an average of 50% throughout career by training hiring managers/staff on best practices.

Frequently fill 90-day requisitions within 30 days.

Consistently exceed quotas through superb collaboration with hiring managers and VPs.

Filled sales, HR, legal, finance, marketing, administrative, and technical roles up to senior manager level.

PRAISE FROM MANAGERS & COLLEAGUES ON LINKEDIN

"Truly a strategic master of her craft." "An extremely skilled talent acquisition expert." "Incredibly talented." "Creative ideas." "Builds solid, trusting relationships with hiring managers and candidates." "Helped me on improvement of complex processes." "Capacity to adapt to any situation." "Follow-through ... and integrity." "Versatility and ... passion." Very well-liked by all." "Really cares about her candidates and clients." "Stellar."

COMPETENCIES

Full Lifecycle Recruiting Team Leadership Training & Coaching Vendor Management Budget Management Metrics/Data Analysis Process Optimization New Operations & Expansion International Recruitment Passive Candidates Onboarding Talent Management Online Strategy/Social Media High-Touch Candidate Experience LinkedIn Certified LinkedIn Power User Federal Hiring/OFCCP

EXPERIENCE

TriNet Group, Inc., Austin, TX 2015 – 2020

Principal Recruiter/Interim Sales Recruiting Manager/Senior Talent Advisor

Promotion path: Sr. Sales Recruiter>Principal Recruiter and Interim Sales Recruiting Manager>Sr. Talent Advisor.

Develop, drive and execute strategies to fill sales and sales operations roles up to senior director level. Interview VP candidates. Partner with hiring directors and VPs to support high-touch candidate experience. Design customized staffing plans.

Lead team meetings with hiring managers, outside sourcers and colleagues. Train and mentor new recruiters. Serve as subject matter expert for sales managers. Collaborate with other principal recruiters to improve hiring and onboarding processes.

As Interim Sales Recruiting Manager for 6 months in 2019, fulfilled 2 full-time jobs concurrently.

Partnered with senior leaders to plan headcount and strategy for new and replacement hires, including sales hiring ramp-up of 65+ requisitions. Served as first point of contact and generated daily reports.

Led team to fill 50 requisitions in 3 months while fully meeting own targets as individual recruiter.

Advised less-experienced recruiters on sourcing and communication strategies for their regions.

Consistently meet quarterly hiring quotas while managing 20+ requisitions concurrently.

Built pipelines from scratch in Boise, Seattle and San Jose, and achieved company’s first hires in these cities.

Designed new restrictive covenant process (non-compete/non-solicitation) with legal department and collaborated on technical implementation to ensure program would be user-friendly for recruiters.

Partnered with director to develop service level agreement with recruitment processing firm.

Ran requisition reports and approved offers in absence of sales recruiting manager.

Maintain 100% data integrity rate in Taleo applicant tracking system; train new hires on the system.

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Feb. – Aug. 2015

Recruiter (Contract)

Recruited for technical roles including software, hardware, firmware, systems, mechanical, validation and product marketing engineers. Partnered with management and peers in development and implementation of staffing strategies, initiatives and sourcing plans. Served on company’s first diversity recruiting team.

WhiteHat Security, Inc., Santa Clara, CA/Houston, TX 2011 – 2015

Senior Recruiter

Led recruitment for technical, non-technical and management roles in US and EMEA to support rapid growth. Advised and collaborated with C-suite and managers to develop talent management and succession planning programs and talent forecasting. Trained and coached managers. Partnered with Marketing to develop social media program. Negotiated and managed agency contracts.

Managed contract recruiter.

Developed and managed company's first in-house recruiting function. Created and managed budget.

Sourced international and domestic talent to fill >200 positions as company tripled staff in <3 years.

Supported launch of new office in Houston, recruiting and hiring more than 50 staff.

Established employee referral program that enabled 50% expansion of 4 critical teams.

Designed and rolled out university recruiting programs across 10 campuses.

Rolled out new hire onboarding and orientation process; trained human resources generalist to implement.

Adecco Group, San Jose, CA 2010 – 2011

Senior Technical Recruiter

Consistently selected to fill the most difficult requisitions, acquiring top talent for highly specialized software engineer positions at various leading companies in Technology, Biotech, Medical Technology, Healthcare, Ecommerce and Gaming. Coached and mentored 18 recruiters in 6 offices.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Recruiter for various companies including Gartner; HR Generalist for ADP and Stanford University Medical Center.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, Minor in Business Administration – San Jose State University

SKILLS

PeopleSoft, Oracle, Jobvite, Workday, Taleo, Lawson, Success Factors, SmartSearch, ServiceNow

CERTIFICATIONS

LinkedIn Certified Professional – Recruiter

HONORS

LinkedIn “Successful Super User,” one of 25 recognized at national conference out of thousands of participants.

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