Nicholas A. Novak

Greater Seattle Area, Washington State, USA

Mobile: 253- 306-0102 Email: advggo@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasanovak

TECHNICAL RECRUITER SUMMARY

Expert at sourcing & building candidate pipelines. Skilled at developing creative recruiting strategies and holding firm beliefs in data-driven metrics. Excellent ability to communicate effectively across all levels of management. Proficient at staffing operations management including implementation of recruiting system, strategies, and metrics. Customer-centric obsession, relationship-building skills, and experience building engineering teams from the ground up. Broad industry experience including consulting, start-up, high-growth, and Fortune 500 companies.

Full Lifecycle Recruiting. Sourcing Techniques. Interviewing Techniques. Account Management.

Candidate Management. Client Management. CMS / ATS Diversity Recruiting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES / CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

TECHNICAL SOURCING RECRUITER / NORTH AMERICA TALENT ACQUISITION AMAZON - RECRUITING ENGINE - Remote

AMAZON May 2021 – April 2022

I supported Amazon across 30+ USA locations and for almost all lines of business. The teams range from Worldwide Operations, Amazon Go & Amazon Books, Physical Stores, Pill Pack, Alexa Devices, and many more.

My primary focus was to identify and engage with passive Mid-SR level Software Development Engineers. Using my ability to create Boolean searches and execute creative sourcing strategies. Maximize the use of tools; LinkedIn, Beamery, ICIMS, (CTS/ATS) sourcing, tracking, and managing candidate pipelines. Experienced Multitasker; manage and prioritize multiple searches, projects, and client relationships simultaneously. Had to be flexible to be successful in the high-paced, high volume, and metrics-driven environment. Strong communication skills; selling the role and coaching candidates through the interview process, and being able to push back during the candidate debriefs with interviewers. In addition, received in-depth training on best practices with Diversity candidates.

CORPORATE TECHNICAL RECRUITER / TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST / CONSULTANT TCS - MICROSOFT / TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD Bellevue, WA June 2019 - April 2021

My primary focus at TCS was the Regional Microsoft Account for North America West Coast Talent Acquisition Group. Wore many hats, Technical Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Consultant.

Partnered with the Hiring Manager and team leads to build source and pipeline candidates in the most critical to fill jobs. Recruit passive candidates and possess the ability to assess candidates against profiles as well as the culture described in our leadership principles. Prepared/contributed to pipeline reports and lead participation with the business group & client update meetings. Built and maintained a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management. Conducted in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating my ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences. Always kept a presence and communication with my manager and team on MS Teams. In addition, I was always available to assist or shed my insight towards Team success!

●Corporate and or search firm progressive recruiting experience including sourcing and building pipelines, an intense amount of reporting to excel for real-time information

●Strong communication skills and knowledge of roles when collaborating with HM’s and team leads

●Experience building and utilizing a variety of sourcing plans and tools, including proactive phone and internet research.

● I have over 3000 LinkedIn 1sts and hundreds of followers thus enabling utilization of my experience attracting and engaging with passive candidates

● Experienced posting new roles in CMS/ATS, company careers site, job boards, LinkedIn, and notifying my list of preferred Vendors of new requirements

● Initiate contact with Opportunities and Expectations call with the candidate, bringing us to the same page

● Highly skilled at setting candidate interviews, calendar invites, and assigning interviewers

● Contact Management System/Applicant Tracking System experience for sourcing, tracking, and managing candidates

●MS Office - including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

●Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects, and client relationship

●Experienced closing candidates, and continuing with follow-up & follow through, instilling the sense of a good candidate experience

● Experience initiating Offer Letter writing and assigning approver workflow and reporting via CMS

TECHNICAL SOURCING SPECIALIST

WEST500 PARTNERS - Seattle, WA November 2018 – June 2019

Freelance position. I have been tasked to use my skills as a seasoned Sourcer. My primary focus has been the Kaiser Permanente account. I have been very creative in my methods of sourcing candidates due to the limited tools provided. The roles are a mix of full-time direct hires and contract placements, and about half are passive candidates that I engage. Below is a list of titles that I sourced, screened, and presented towards the next step.

●Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse SAS Developers, Senior Data Warehouse Engineers, Principle Data Warehouse Engineers, SOX Compliance & Remediation Analysts, Corporate Governance & Compliance Analysts, Business Analysts, Senior IT Project & Program Managers, and BIDW SME / Senior Data Warehouse Engineers

SENIOR TECHNICAL RECRUITER

RYLEM LLC - Seattle, WA October 2017 – October 2018

Accepted this position because I was told, “owner is starting over fresh, total transparency, people are urged to speak up, push back & interact as a strong team.” I was asked to, “bring my knowledge and experience, mentor and grow with us.” I used my niche for passive candidate attraction and engagement to successfully fulfill the requirements towards:

●Microsoft- 343 industries - HALO AAA Gaming & Development Team. Example roles: VFX, Character, environment, Houdini Artists. Forge, pipeline, AI, & audio software Engineer. Graphics DEV’s, & Gameplay Animators, ETC. The entire realm of gaming resources.

●Nordstrom needs a creative team that can keep retail alive with innovative products for in-store/online purchases. Principle Level Java Developers, Senior Product Managers, Full-Stack DEV’s, Systems Architects & Network Engineers. IoT.

●Worked full desk as account manager & recruiter for our client Mimic Technologies – they produce cutting edge Surgical Simulators. I am proud of the relationship I built with Mimic and the praise I received for my professional aptitude filling & closing of a full-time direct hire for a very high bar principal software engineer. We were congratulated & promised that this was just the first of many more job orders to come!

●Sourced & recruited for ProCogia’s internal need of resources towards analyzing, solutions, implementing and integrating with a primary focus Data Scientists, AI & Machine Learning experts.

●In addition, sourcing and recruiting VMS contract roles for Expedia, Amazon, & T-Mobile. Sr SDE's, SDET's, Principle Java Engineers, PMs -Program Managers & Project Managers – Technical & Non-Technical & Multiple Project, and (big four) Senior level to entry-level accountants.

●Continuous follow-up-follow through with pipelined candidates, full-time direct hires and contract placements, LinkedIn contacts, business leads, and referrals. Building long-term relationships are key to being successful!

● Mentoring junior team of recruiters & account managers covering best practices through good leadership principles!

●I have been acknowledged for my consistent Metrics and for becoming the #1 recruiter in overall performance. I have held this title since my second month at Rylem, except for only one month.

TECHNOLOGY RECRUITER / CORPORATE RECRUITER

MATRIX RESOURCES / CONCUR – SAP – Bellevue, WA - Remote October 2015 - October 2017

I was hired to be the presence in the Northwest as a Full Life cycle Technical Recruiter experienced in both Corporate and Agency placements - full-time direct hire and contract to recruit. Onsite three days a week at SAP Concur Technologies for collaborative participation with hiring managers & team leads. Strategic sourcing & recruitment planning of resources to deliver cutting-edge technology on time and under budget.

In supporting other clients, I have filled Senior and Principal Software Engineering roles for Farmers INS, Classmates, Providence’s Digital Innovation Group, Uber, Wells Fargo, VMWare, and Concur Technologies, also built an entire team from the ground up for a V1 telemedicine cart.

●Screened candidates for technical competence in various skills using technical screening questions and scenario-based methods.

●Clean code-writers and cutting-edge technology skill sets.

●Meeting and exceeding client requirements with qualifying skills that produce quality candidates that get hired.

●Experience and knowledge gained by Data-Driven Metrics .

●Direct contact with Hiring Managers using best practices, and Leadership Principles .

●Experienced VMS Candidate submission, SAP / Fieldglass & Beeline/ Kelly Services.

Experienced recruiting Diverse realm of roles: Network Architects, SR SYS Administrators, NW ENG’s, DevOps Cloud Architects, Telecom SYS ENG’s, SR SW ENG’s, Principal ENG’s, Full-Stack Developers, SR UI DEV’S, SR UX Designers, FR END DEV’s, Machine Learning – DATA Scientists, SDET’s, SDE’s I-IIII, BI Analysts, Mobile application Developers Android & iOS, Technical Writers, QA – Analysts, HR Procurement/purchasing, Directors of Product, Project Managers, Software Engineering Managers, and VP’s. Also, Events Staffing.

TECHNICAL RECRUITER August 2014 to October 2015

MICROSOFT VMS / WICRESOFT OF NORTH AMERICA LTD – Bellevue, WA

As a Gold Partner, Wicresoft has partnered with Microsoft for over 12 years and has become the largest Microsoft Dynamics partner in China. Offering IT staffing and consulting services throughout the United States and around the globe with offices in Asia, Europe, North America, and other locations.

My primary focus: Full End to End Technical Recruiter for Microsoft Accounts contract roles & MS- Contractor Hub roles. The scope of Candidate duties performed in roles is for the Design, Development, and Support of:

Microsoft - Mobile / Cloud / Gaming / Applications / DevOps / Power BI

●Candidate Roles —Project Managers, Architect & Infrastructure Engineers, Software Developer & Designer Engineers, Support & Systems Engineers. All levels of degree.

●Applications and Dev Ops-Core Competencies / Systems -- Mobile, Windows, Linux Languages -- All major languages Stacks --Microsoft, LAMP, MVC, SPA. Data --SQL, NoSQL, Microsoft, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase, DB2. Methodologies --Agile methods, scrum teams Platforms-- .NET, NodeJS, major platforms

●Mobile and Game -- Core Competencies / Systems --iOS, Android, Windows for Phone Languages-- Swift, Objective-C, C#, Java, JavaScript, C++ Stacks-- Graphics, Animation, UI Data-- Cloud integration and offline access Methodologies-- Agile methods, scrum teams Platforms NET, Xamarin, NodeJS

●Candidate Skill Set Examples —C/C++, embedded code, C#, .net, JS, apps dev, Java, Python, writing & testing code, web, JSON, CSS, HTML, XAML, NodeJS, UI development & design, analytics, BI, Big Data, Cosmos, Hadoop, Linux, Oracle, CRM, integration, and systems deployment

●Employee Work Authorization Experience – Visas, I-9, TN’s, and H1B’s. Proven writer and communication skills. Representing the Petitioner, and Beneficiary to the US Dept. of Homeland Security / US Customs and Border Protection.

TECHNICAL RECRUITER

AKVELON LLC – Bellevue, WA January 2014 to August 2014

●Contract & Full life cycle recruiting; Primary focus on Cloud, Mobile, and Game Development. For Successful fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft, Costco, HTC, and Disney.

●Qualify orders with clients, writing of job posts, source potential candidates through a variety of resources; Job boards, Advertising, Talent pools (Monster, Dice, Career Builders, Indeed, etc.), LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Meet Ups.

●Screened candidates for technical competence in various skills using technical screening questions and scenario-based methods.

●Calculate and determine Bill Rates, write proposals to submit candidates, Scheduling interviews directly with hiring managers, Negotiate salaries, wages, and contract specifications. Assist in onboarding candidates. CTS evangelist! (PC-Recruiter)

●Mentored junior recruiters and was supportive of fellow peer colleagues. Creating a team environment.

IT RECRUITER / SOURCING SPECIALIST

PRITHVI CATALYTIC – Bellevue, WA - Remote September 2011 to December 2013

●Built working relationships with account managers and hiring managers to collect, understand and clarify order requirements for enterprise clients such as Microsoft, Microsoft/Allegis, Expedia/Tapfin, and T-Mobile.

●While at Prithvi Catalytic, I supported both the Xbox and the hardware team, for which I was responsible for hiring electrical engineers and hardware test engineers.

●Sourced potential candidates from job boards such as Dice, Monster, and CareerBuilder; social media sites specifically LinkedIn and Facebook; networking events User Groups and Meetup.com

●Screened candidates for technical competence in various skills using technical screening questions and scenario-based methods

●Fostered positive relationships with candidates by becoming a critical resource for career-related questions, preparing them for interviews, and closing candidates on offers

●Uploaded and tracked candidates in the ATS system including entering requisitions, notes, interviews, and candidate status; submitted candidates through Beeline for the Microsoft/Allegis program.

EDUCATION, AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE – LAKEWOOD, WA 2007 to 2009 AAS-PROGRAM – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES -Incomplete

BROWNSFIELD PROGRAM / CERTIFICATE 2007

TEN YEAR SERVICE AWARD – UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 2003

SOFTWARE SKILLS & TOOL LINKS

Media Communication: expert Microsoft Teams, Skype, ETC

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook) Windows 7 & 8.1, 10, Google Chrome, ETC.

CMS/Applicant/Candidate Tracking Systems; expert in iCMS, Beamery, Jobvite, iHire, Ultimatix, Bullhorn, Strong knowledge of various: Bond, Taleo, Hiredesk, PCRecruiter, Cbiz, Maxhire. Expert level - Writing job descriptions & job posts.

Resume boards Expert level – LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, Dice, Career Builder, Indeed.

Passive candidates - Social profile links like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and attend regular meetups.

Data Metrics - educated decision making with Github, Stack overflow, etc.

Expert VMS Candidate submissions, SAP/ Fieldglass & Beeline/Kelly Services.

Proficient at reformatting Candidate info to MSP’s Standard Resume Templates.

SUMMARY OF FULL LIFECYCLE RECRUITMENT

PURPOSE PROCESS PAYOFF

Passive Candidate attraction and engagement

●My role as a Senior Technical Recruiter is to have proper alignment with my client’s requirements.

●Experienced in workforce solutions that efficiently secure top talent to drive innovation & business success.

●Gained the trust and respect of over 3000 LinkedIn contacts and is still growing. Linked to every realm of IT: management, solutions, development, and operations.

●My connections graciously enable the rapid building of candidate pipelines & the closing of job orders quickly.

●Results-driven talent acquisition professional with over 9 years of experience as a technical recruiter in high-volume fast-paced dynamic environments, with a proven record of accomplishments.

●Timing and a keen sense of urgency with results-producing satisfied clients, and great candidates that get hired!

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