TERENCE NDAM
aduo3b@r.postjobfree.com
Open to relocate to Texas
SUMMARY
Self-starter Recruiter/Talent Sourcer with 5 years of experience sourcing individuals for Engineering, Security, Analytics, Data, Product design and Product management Roles. High-volume recruitment expertise, including finding potential candidates, interviewing, assessing applicants, screening, and engaging candidates for difficult-to-fill roles. Heavily used sourcing tools and applicant tracking system(ATS).
Skills
Applicant Tracking System(ATS) – Greenhouse, Taleo, ICIMS, Lever, Kenexa, UKG
Sourcing Tools – LinkedIn recruiter, HireEZ, Daxtra, Dice, Indeed, Career builder, Monster, Glassdoor
Alternative sourcing – Layoffs.fyi (Tech layoff tracker), Github, Octohunt, OctoHR, Google X-ray, Twitter, Herohunt.ai, SignalHire
Market Research: Blind, TechCrunch,
Vendor Management Systems(VMS) - SAP Fieldglass, Beeline, IQN, Work logid, Wand
Communication: MS Teams, Slack, Cisco Webex, IBM Notes(lotus notes), Zoom, Outlook, Skype, HCL Verse, Calendly, Sharepoint
EDUCATION.
University of Buea, Cameroon - BSc Major in Microbiology, Oct 2013 - Dec 2016
University of Minnesota – Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding of Employees(Certificate) 2021
EXPERIENCE
American Auto Shield Lakewood, CO July 2022- Dec 2022
Technical Recruiter
Responsibilities:
I worked on Sr Technical Accountant, Sr Salesforce Dev & Manager, Principal .Net Engineer, Sr Database Engineer, Sr System Engineer, Sr QA Engineer, Database Dev, Software Engineering Manager, Application Support Analyst Manager.
As the sole Technical Recruiter, Partnered with Hiring manager and Director of Talent acquisition throughout the entire recruitment process, setting expectations and provide effective processes and suggest tools for sourcing and screening with a constant focus on delivering high quality service.
Mentored non-technical recruiters on IT roles which helped them filled the IT roles and saved the company cost used to fund recruiting agencies.
Conduct phone screens with sourced talent and present qualified individuals to the hiring managers of the respective business teams
Participate in weekly recap meetings with each hiring team discussing candidates, refining my search criteria to hone in on exactly what each manager wants and also discuss my current progress.
Partner with external agencies to fill out high priority roles and tracked the progress of each role and candidates from the agency.
Used ATS such as UKG and ICIMS.
Post Jobs but internally and externally, closed job after position has been filled and edit when needed.
Sourced candidates using Indeed, linkedIn, HireEZ and SignalHire
Coordinate every technical interviews, Generate and extend verbal and written offers, start background checks and work with Onboarding specialist.
Meet with stakeholders to discuss on the upcoming roles and the business needs.
Cooperated with 3rd Party recruiting agencies to fill roles with utmost priority and served as a point of contact to have an understanding of the hiring manager needs for the role.
Synectics Inc Chicago, IL Jan 2022-July 2022
Technical Recruiter
Responsibilities:
Roles worked on: DevOps, Cloud, Data Science, Scrum, Data Engineer, Sys Admin, Data Engineer, Service desk specialist, Software Engineers, Project/Product/Program Managers, Business/Data Analysts, CyberSecurity, Network Eng, Records management technician, Support Engineer, RF Engineer, Data Architect, Solutions Architect, Big Data, BI developer, Emedded Engineer etc
Source, screen, and schedule candidates for interviews with the client hiring managers, pre-close, extend offer letters and check-in with candidates during onboarding.
Participate in intake calls with client hiring managers to understand requirements for each role.
Worked with candidates from start to finish in hiring process
Utilize various job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed, Dice, Daxtra, ZipRecruiter, Monster, Careerbuilder), Github for talent search in a high-paced environment.
Vet candidates on various skillsets. Polish and format resumes for client hiring managers' review.
Coordinate interviews, extend offers and help with onboarding process by working with Onboarding specialists or HR/Compliance.
Applicant Tracking System (ATS) used is ICIMS.
Used Vendor Management System (VMS) such as SAP Fieldglass, Beeline, IQN, Work logid, Wand etc.
Initiated Quaterly presentation to encourage input and collaboration among team members.
Used Layoff.fyi to track candidates that were laid off and other research.
INFOSYS Austin,TX Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Technical Recruiter
Responsibilities:
Built a network of candidates by sourcing with tools such as LinkedIn Rccruiter and, Indeed using Boolean search string and HireEZ.
Applicant Tracking System (ATS) used is Kenexa, Taleo, Lever
Successfully filled IT roles as Contract, and Contract to Hire & Direct Hire for our clients.
Recruited positions such as Full stacks, Front-End, QA and Security Engineer, IT Project Manager, Data Scientist, UX/UI Designer, Scrum master, Service desk specialist, ML Engineer, Product Manager, Business Analysts, Data Analyst, Data engineers, SRE, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Infrastructure Engineers and Network Engineers.
Interaction with the candidates & scheduling them for an Interview based on panel availability.
Participating in client meetings and Intake calls as needed to help secure and qualify new business and build professional networks.
Ensuring high closing ratios by high attention to detail, thorough candidate screening, and constant communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process, as well as post-placement.
Handled an average of 9-13 requisitions.
Coordinated the onboarding of all new hires including orientation, communication and liaison with hiring managers.
WEWORK New York Jan 2018 – Jul 2019
Technical Sourcer
Responsibilities:
Working with different hiring teams across multiple technical stacks building a close relationship with both Recruiters and Hiring Managers to find the talent needed to build successful teams.
Sourced a diverse slate of qualified candidates for open positions and guide them through the screening and interview process
Submitted candidates into various teams within the company through ATS systems.
Partner with recruiters to create sourcing strategy and share information that facilitates an effective search process
Sourced candidates through the use of Boolean strings, following hashtags for specific skills in twitter. I also utilized LinkedIn Recruiter and Facebook along with sourcing our ATS (Greenhouse) and extensions to locate contact information.
I worked on roles such as Engineering, Security, Product Design and Management, Data Science, Analytics, Sales
By building a good relationship with my hiring managers, I had the ability to work directly with the Hiring Manager on candidates if needed. Participating in weekly meetings with each hiring team discussing candidates and refining our search criteria to hone in on exactly what each manager wants.
Implemented Sourcing Jam(all hands on deck) to focus on difficult to fill roles and get ideas and network with teams networks based on suggestions as well.
Participate in intake calls with hiring managers to understand requirements for each role.
Responsible for engaging candidates throughout the hiring process.
Collaborated with the entire team to develop effective recruitment strategies for difficult to fill positions.
Created a diverse pool of candidates by excluding conscious and unconscious bias from the hiring process.
ATS used was Greenhouse
Built talent pipelines for DEI(Diversity, equity and inclusion)
Buea Regional Hospital, Buea Cameroon Sept 2016 – August 2017
Recruiter
Responsibilities:
Collaborated with hiring managers and HR colleagues to perform job analyses that resulted in identification of job requirements and descriptions.
Roles worked on include Electrical Engineer, Java developer, Backend Engineer, Data analyst, Help desk, Biologist, Lab Technician, Lab intern, Clinical scientist, Pharmacy intern etc
Managed and tracked candidates and leads through LinkedIn recruiter.
Ensured all benefits, including health, dental, insurance etc and earnings of candidates were effectively communicated to them upon the signature of contracts.
Source, pre-screen/interview, and schedule candidates for interviews with the hiring managers
Participate in intake calls with hiring manager to understand requirements for each role.
ATS used is CATS
Responsible for making offers, preparing offer letters, entering orders and submitting candidates once approved for hire to Onboarding dept.