Professional Senior Technical Recruiter

Heather Oberto

425-***-**** Newcastle, WA, ***** *******.*.******@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatheroberto

Professional Senior Technical Recruiter & Sourcer with 10+ years experience in the software industry. Ability to work in fast paced environments with experience in both corporate and agency settings. Expertise in full-cycle talent management with ability to attract passive candidates via multiple sourcing techniques and follow through to close. Outstanding written and verbal communication.

Technical roles sourced for: Software Engineers (Frontend, Full-Stack & Backend), Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Technical Development Managers, Directors, UI/UX, Program & Product Managers, Hardware Engineers

Expertise in (ATS) Applicant Tracking Systems & Systems: iCIMS, Avature, Bullhorn, Greenhouse, Jobvite, Lever, Bountyjobs, and SmartRecruiter, Google Suite and Microsoft Office EXPERIENCE

Senior Technical Recruiter - Indeed (Seattle, WA) Jun 2018 - Mar 2023

● Full life cycle recruiter handling internal sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers and negotiations for almost 5 years at Indeed, hiring high quality candidates into Indeed’s teams within our SMB, Enterprise and Jobseeker Orgs

● Grew the software engineering team by 60+ engineers, exceeding my quarterly goal by 150-200%, successfully guiding candidates through the interview process from engagement to offer & negotiation stages to onboarding

● Proactively sourced and engaged passive candidates increasing my active pipeline by 40-50%, utilizing multiple sourcing techniques for advanced searches: Boolean Searches, Linkedin, Google X-Ray, ATS Searches, GEM, Hiretual, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS): iCIMS & Avature, Slack, Github & social networking

● Developed strong trusting relationships by partnering with 4-10 hiring managers every quarter and supporting 5-15 positions at a time, sharing detailed data analytics with the teams to successfully fill open roles

● Improved interview to offer timeframe by assisting in scheduling, prepping and pushing candidates through in 1/3 less time by moving as quickly as possible while retaining a high candidate experience rate in the high 85-95% range

● Successfully hired the 1st WIT Technical Fellow (Principal Engineer) in the Seattle office, helping increase the diverse employee base and assisting in DEIB hiring by focusing on diversity

● Mentored 25+ Recruiters by leading a training class for resume review, led 4 RPO Recruiters/Managers to begin hiring in new countries for Indeed, Mexico & Brazil

● Executed onboarding & mentoring of 4+ new recruiters, sharing knowledge and promoting success towards surpassing their quarterly goals

● Partnered on multiple projects to advance our interview process and evaluate changes that should be made and utilized internally, which would reduce a spend that was in the millions of dollars

Sr. Recruiter - Rod Asher & Assoc. (Mercer Island, WA Jan 2006 -Jun 2018

● Successfully led a full-cycle recruitment desk, identifying, attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent for difficult-to-fill roles within the software industry

● Managed multiple roles & intakes with senior managers/directors for searches for 10-20 companies at a time, from stealth mode startups to large public & private tech companies, sharing data analytics on a weekly basis

● Developed relationships with 100+ companies working in the areas of cloud, big data, SaaS, search, machine learning, deep learning, data mining, information retrieval, data science, data analytics, distributed database systems, mobile/consumer devices, networking, virtualization, security, video, ads, hedge funds, storage, E-commerce, enterprise. A few of our clients were: Amazon ( Lab126 and A9), Salesforce, NetApp, Pure Storage, Informatica and startups (Series A to D funding)

● Create passive candidate pipelines and convert them to full active status by creative sourcing, we did not post openings externally, all candidates were created due to 100% of my efforts

● Actively set up phone screens with hundreds of candidates, scheduled interviews, completed interview preparation, debriefed with candidats, extend offers/ negotiate, close and continue to relationship build long after onboarding EDUCATION

Highline College (Des Moines, WA) Associate of Arts (A.A.) Degree Washington State University (Pullman, WA) -Bachelor Degree expected: Dec. 2023

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