BRIAN TESCH

“diversity advocate” AND “empathetic recruiter” AND “strategic sourcer” AND “candidate

experience over everything” AND “delighted hiring managers” AND “bias for action” AND “ats believer”AND (“3d art” OR “gameplay scripting” OR software OR hardware OR silicon OR mobile OR embedded OR mechanical) NOT (“afraid to laugh at himself” OR “afraid to follow up” OR “a jerk”)

Seattle, WA 98133 425-***-**** adhv6s@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianteschhasanannoucementtomake/ Professional Experience

Ziply Fiber, WA/OR/ID/MT Sourcing Consultant/Full Lifecycle Recruiter June 2020 to October 2020

● Sourcing & recruiting support during the transition period from Frontier Communications to an independant Ziply Fiber.

● High-volume environment, 20-30 roles at a time, first hire in first 14 days in industry I had never worked in, made goal of 10 hires a month from July-September. Managed hiring manager expectations and performed intake calls with a distributed team of managers as well as recruiters.

● Hired at Director level but also built out teams of dispatch associates and field technicians as well. Hired Business Development Managers, Commercial Sales Executives, Network Engineers, Construction Management, and other telecommunications specific roles as well. Hires were both in urban centers as well as rural areas, all hires had to be US citizens or persons and were made with no relocation support.

● Ziply was able to hire all roles they needed to hire to make their transition service agreement before the scheduled October cutoff.

Amazon Scout Seattle, WA Technical Recruiter July 2019 to April 2020

● Sourcer and recruiter for Embedded Software, Systems Software, and Data Platform Software Engineering roles

● Supported 10-15 reqs at a time for multiple hiring managers providing reports throughout the funnel 100% direct hire.

● Managed Hiring Manager expectations, provided strategic sourcing roadmaps, tracked candidates in Microsoft Excel, and delivered pipeline updates.

● First offer within 90 days

● 100% “Recruiter How’s My Driving” score, signifying a uncommonly high level of candidate experience

● Led B-Market sourcing push to expand sourcing to multiple areas with higher than normal success rates, generated multiple hires for Scout as well as greater Amazon due to this

● Sought out by Project Kuiper to train Amazon recruiters in sourcing Silicon Engineering candidates which led to a more efficient funnel for that team.

● Generated an 8 interview pod event for Cambridge UK office in roughly 1 month, 3 offers were extended and 2 have accepted at the time of this writing,

● Only recruiter to close an L6 Software Engineer in Scout (multiple l6 closes), most externally sourced offers among team since July 2019 Granular Remote (San Francisco CA, Des Moines IA, Champaign, IL) Sourcer #1, October 2018 to May 2019

● First ever sourcer hired by the company. Fully built out and executed sourcing strategy.

● Hired for Mobile Management/Development in both Android & iOS, software engineering across the stack, cloud engineering & reliability, remote sensing engineering, and product design reqs.

● Managed Hiring Manager expectations, provided strategic sourcing roadmaps, delivered pipeline updates, tracked candidates in Google Sheets

● Carried 4-7 reqs across multiple disciplines, roles were 100% direct hire and all for Sr Level or higher experience

● First offer within 60 days

● Led sourcing training of new recruiter, and also engineering weekly recruiting syncs for a distributed team of recruiters

● Went above and beyond by helping drive candidate interview planning, and position is handling candidate experience until offer stage

SpaceX Redmond, WA Technical Recruiter February 2018 to August 2018

● Recruiter for Design and Verification, MAC Protocol Software, RF Engineering, Electromagnetic ASIC Effects Engineering teams. Roles were 100% direct hire, and an even mix of early, mid, and late career roles. Project followed ITAR regulations.

● Carried up to 20 reqs at a time, averaging roughly 15.

● Rapidly onboarded, as my first offer (which was for a Principal Engineer) was within the first 45 days, in a field I had never recruited in before, showing my ability to pick up new disciplines quickly.

● Led pre-interview prep sessions, determined screening questions, crafted hiring plans/sourcing strategy, tracked candidates in Microsoft Excel and mediated post-interview debriefs for both onsite and offsite teams.

● Went above and beyond by completing a company-wide collegiate census, assisting the University Recruiting team in trip planning and provided actionable data to assist in University Recruiting, organizing diversity hiring data, and also represented SpaceX at hiring events.

● 100% of offers generated were passive candidates which I sourced, recruited, and guided through the process. Generated the most passive candidate offers of any non-production recruiter at SpaceX from Feb-Aug 2018 AQUENT Seattle, WA Sourcer/Recruiter, June 2017 to October 2017

● Sourcer for Microsoft Gaming (343 Studios, The Coalition, Turn10) Software Engineering and 3D Art reqs for Aquent. Owned sourcing strategy for these roles.

● Primarily sourcing and recruiting also recruiting 3D artists, gameplay scripters, technical artists, character artists, level-designers, QA testing, visual data specialists and software engineers (full stack and front-end).

● Roles were entirely temporary engagement

● Carried typically anywhere between 4-6 reqs daily all from different disciplines, tracked Candidates in Microsoft Excel.

● Honored with Weekly Star Award, and performance exceeded Aquent standards for sourcers.

● Primarily supported Vancouver BC but also sourced for roles in the Seattle, and the Bay Area markets.

● First offer within 60 days

VOLT Redmond, WA Sourcer/Recruiter, January 2016 to June 2017

● Hired as Sourcer and progressed to take on full-cycle responsibilities on some roles.

● Primarily sourcing strategy and execution the hiring of Open Source (Java) Full-Stack Software Engineers. Also sourced, strategized, and filled for Front-End Engineers, Embedded Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Help Desk of all levels, Network Engineers, Data Scientists, Mobile Developers both Android & iOS, Program Managers both tech and non-tech, and Marketing Coordinators.

● Roles were 95% temporary engagement, 5% direct hire, tracked candidates in Microsoft Excel.

● Carried typically anywhere between 4-8 reqs daily.

● Finished as top ranking sourcer in interviews, placements, and gross margin in WA/OR/CA dating back to 2014.

● First offer within 40 days

● Primarily sourced candidates in the Seattle market but also sourced the Portland, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake CIty, and rural Oregon/Utah/Alaska markets. L&S TELESERVICES Sioux Falls SD Agent, January 2012- December 2015

● Achieved Customer Advocate status (scoring 95% or better on call quality) for duration of time with L&S while supporting multiple accounts from across the USA.

● Awarded 8 complement calls from happy callers, an unofficial record. AMERICORPS Tacoma WA & Sioux Falls SD Full Lifecycle Recruiter, June 2011- December 2012

● Full lifecycle recruiter for both Habitat For Humanity Tacoma Pierce County and the Bowden Youth Center in Sioux Falls South Dakota.

● Managed Manager expectations, provided strategic volunteer sourcing roadmaps, tracked Volunteers in Google Sheets, and delivered pipeline updates.

● Served as face of the organization at career fairs, professional association meetings, and community events for both organizations.

● While at the Bowden Youth Center, turned a nonexistent volunteer program to a program with 20+ regular, weekly volunteers, the largest AmeriCorps run volunteer program in both North and South Dakota.

● Recruited over 30 organizations for Bowden Youth Center health fair, the largest on record.

● Organized supply drive which raised over $800 in toiletries for shelters throughout Sioux Falls.

● Organized and operated booth at community events for both Volunteers of America Dakotas and Habitat for Humanity.

● Networked with community organizations such as the Argus Leader, the Sioux Falls Fire Department, the Sioux Falls Water Treatment Facility, and the Khor Wakow project to offer educational field trips and guest speakers for the children of the Bowden Youth Center.

Where I Have Sourced Candidates From

Linkedin, Monster, Dice, Indeed, CareerBuilder GitHub, StackOverflow, ArtStation, MobyGames, Behance, Upwork, Twitter, Facebook, Google Alerts, Google Scholar, AngelList, Meetup.Com, Alumni Groups, GitAwards, multiple ATS’s and Good ol’ fashion networking and referrals.

Familiar With

LinkedIn Recruiter (top 2% in unique searches in 2018 and 2019), Bullhorn, Cloudwall, Fieldglass, Microsoft Contractor Hub, Jobvite, Greenhouse, ICIMS, Beamery, HIRE Most Popular Chrome Extensions

HireTual,ContactOut Lusha, Bool, Hunter, Whois Search, Prophet, Clearbit EDUCATION

University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD BA in General Studies, Math, Business, Technology Emphasis Started 2014 Graduated December 2015 Washington State University, Pullman WA Junior level standing in Broadcast Communications PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

● Dean's List Honoree while at University of South Dakota

● Graduated from college while working 40+ hours weekly, and never worked less than 20+ hours weekly while in college.

● Penned 2 of the 3 leading 2014 articles on FantasyPros.com

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