Dirk Rippelmeyer Phone: 714-***-****
E-mail: *******@*****.***
Professional Experience
Senior Recruiter June 2022- December2022
Opus United, Los Angeles, Ca
●Full Cycle Recruiter for all corporate positions.
●Created and documented the recruiting process.
●Source, identify, and recruit candidates, through database searches (LinkedIn, Indeed), networking referrals, direct recruiting passive candidates from competitors, user groups.
●Sourced and recruiting on technical, marketing, advertising, F&A positions.
●Drive recruiting strategy, resource planning, and build partner relationships.
Senior Recruiter March 2021- June 2022
Freshly, Irvine, CA
●Full cycle recruiting. Source, identify, and recruit creative, technical and business/operations candidates.
●Direct recruiting of passive candidates from competitors, database searches, user groups, job fairs and the Internet
●Sourced and recruiting on technical, marketing, advertising, F&A and growth positions for Corporate,. DC and warehouse
●Worked with hiring managers on job descriptions and qualifications forr roles
●Coordinated applicant interviews with hiring manager and candidate. Collect interview feedback and make offers.
Sourcing Recruiter April 2017- January 2021
Amazon AWS, Irvine, CA
●Recruited and sourced mid to senior level Solutions Architect candidates in a highly complex and competitive environment.
●Closed an average of 3 requisitions per month with a 90 days’ time frame from intake to offer,
●Worked closely with Client Leads and Hiring Managers to fully understand the technical requirements, job function, and organizational fit of roles while building strong relationships.
●Planned, strategized, and executed building talent pipelines through deep dive searches, referral generation, and strategies that generated a strong candidate pipeline for Solution Architect candidates specializing in various industry verticals using Boolean web searches.
Sourcing Recruiter Contract August 2016- April 2017
Amazon, Irvine, Ca
Consumer/Fresh
●Direct recruiting of passive candidates for Amazon Fresh. Helped build out numerous NAMER cities and started recruiting for EMEA.
●Coordinated applicant interviews with hiring manager and candidate. Collect interview feedback and relay it to candidates
Recruiter
Blizzard Entertainment (contract) Irvine, CA February 2015- July 2016
●Full cycle recruiting. Source, identify, and recruit creative, technical and business/operations candidates.
●Direct recruiting of passive candidates from competitors, database searches, user groups, job fairs and the Internet.
●Coordinated applicant interviews with hiring manager and candidate. Collect interview feedback and relay it to candidates.
Senior Recruiter (contract)
Herbalife International, Torrance, CA July 2014- January 2015
●Full cycle recruiting for all IT/IS positions.
●Source, identify, and recruit candidates, through networking referrals, direct recruiting passive candidates from competitors, database searches, user groups, job fairs and the Internet.
●Demonstrated success hiring a large number of Software Engineers, Network Engineers, and System Engineers
●Coordinated applicant interviews with hiring manager and candidate. Collect interview feedback and relay it to candidates.
●Contracted through Greenfield Partners to support this major client
Senior Recruiter
Greenfield Partners, Irvine, CA February 2013- January 2015
●Full Cycle Recruiter for all corporate positions.
●Created and documented the recruiting process.
●Implemented Jobvite as the ATS.
●Source, identify, and recruit candidates, through networking referrals, direct recruiting passive candidates from competitors, database searches, user groups.
●Drive recruiting strategy, resource planning, and build partner relationships.
Senior Recruiter (contract)
Herbalife International, Torrance, CA August 2012- February 2013
●Recruiter for all IT/IS positions.
●Source, identify, and recruit candidates, through networking referrals, direct recruiting passive candidates from competitors, database searches, user groups, job fairs and the Internet.
●Demonstrated success hiring a large number of Software Engineers, Analysts, BI Engineers, and QA Engineers.
●Coordinated applicant interviews with hiring manager and candidate. Collect interview feedback and relay it to candidates.
Senior Recruiter (contract)
Electronic Arts, Los Angeles, CA May2011-August 2012
●Senior Recruiter for Global Mobile/Social. Executed full-cycle recruiting, for mobile, wireless, online and social games.
●Source, identify, and recruit candidates; through networking referrals, direct recruiting passive candidates from competitors, database searches, user groups, job fairs and the internet (LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, Dice, etc).
●Demonstrated success hiring a large number of Analytics/BI Engineers, Mathematicians, Software
●Engineers, Web Engineers, UI Engineers, Visual and Interaction Designers, and business people.
●Drive recruiting strategy, resource planning, operations, and business partner relationship.
Senior Lead Recruiter
Northrop Grumman, Van Nuys/Azusa/Carson, CA July 2002 to February 2011
Network Communications Division
●Lead small recruiting team while maintaining full workload.
●Full cycle recruiting from forecasting staffing needs and requirement definition to negotiating offers.
●Recruited for Business (F&A), Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing requirements.
●Sourced, identified, and recruited candidates through networking referrals and direct recruiting passive candidates in competitors, database searches, user groups, job fairs and the Internet.
●Maintained and updated resume-tracking systems (Taleo, Vurv, BrassRing) including producing appropriate resumes as requested by hiring organization (post reqs, screen candidates, send qualified candidates on to Mgrs).
●Coordinated applicant interviews with hiring manager and candidate. Collect interview feedback and relay it to candidates.
Senior Recruiter
Boeing, Long Beacch, CA June 2000- July 2002
●Supported multiple business units with all needs
●Worked hiring managers to define and write job descriptions.
●Trained two junior recruiters how to source on LinkedIn and other internet tools
●Helped defined a streamline recruiting process.
●Represented Boeing at Job/Career Fairs, explaining the company and its openings to the applicants.
Stellcom, Irvine, Ca 1999-2000
Staffed Hardware Engineers and Network Engineers for various staffing clients.
Aerotek, Costa Mesa, Ca 1995-1999
Recruited Software Engineers, and other technical positions.
Opened a new division, Onsite Commercial for light industrial roles
Education
California State University, Long Beach BA in Economics/Pre-Law
Certifications
Six Sigma Green Belt
AWS Certified Business Professional (CBP)