Maria Lucinda Lara

Raleigh, NC 919-***-**** adzccv@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn Profile

Professional Summary

Bilingual Talent Acquisition professional with over 15 years’ experience in Technical, Corporate, and Agency settings for full life cycle recruiting. Ability to source, network, pipeline, and retain candidates across various specialties. Experience with high volume recruitment and consistently meeting metrics. Successful record of maintaining solid working relationships between clients and candidates, savvy with multiple Applicant Tracking Systems, and navigate various social media platforms efficiently. Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills. Strive to provide the best candidate experience to each potential hire.

Professional Work History

Resource Solutions – January 2021 – March 2023, Cary, NC

Direct Recruiter, Technology

Recruit exclusively for a client with their technology hub located in Cary, finding direct hire placements to work in the banking industry on behalf of Deutsche Bank. Recruiting engineers of various seniorities ranging from entry level to director, with such titles as Java, Python, Big Data, Cloud, Production Support, and Testing Engineers. As well as Business Analyst, Business Manager, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Project Managers.

Successfully built rapport with hiring managers and candidates alike resulting in positive feedback.

Maintain 30-35 requisitions regularly with peak as high as 90 open positions.

Participate in intake sessions with hiring managers. Work in conjunction with a Recruitment Partner to thoroughly go over new roles and cover time to fill while also educating managers on pipelines and market trends

Utilize Boolean searches on sites such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Dice to source qualified candidates.

Create job descriptions, maintained ATS database, job boards, social media, and networking.

Guide candidates through the interview process, including interview prep, ensured instructions for interviews were received and confirmed, acted as an advocate on their behalf, delivering a stellar candidate experience.

Socializing offers and assist candidates through the onboarding process.

Help drive Women in Technology initiatives, attending conferences such as Grace Hopper to connect with gender diverse candidates.

Champion D&I practices and increase URM and gender diverse candidate pools, which turned into hiring over market trends.

Train new recruiters on best practices, how to best organize their day, tools and resources available, and correct submission procedure.

Achievements:

2021 High Achievers Award North America *top billing recruiter award

2021 Inclusion Award for North America *D&I focused award.

Globant – November 2018 – December 2020, Raleigh, NC

Technical Recruiter

Globant is a digitally native company where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. We use the latest technologies in the digital and cognitive field to empower organizations in every aspect.

Recruiting for a variety of technologies such as: Web UI, UX/UI Design, Software Engineer, .NET Architect, Data Architect, Test Automation Engineer, Cloud Architect, Quality Control Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Project Manager, Salesforce Marketing Consultants, DevOps, iOS and Android Developers.

Successfully built rapport with hiring managers and candidates alike resulting in positive feedback.

Scheduled interviews and acted as liaison between candidate and hiring manager.

Prepared offer letters, onboarding documents, and background checks.

Maintained 12-18 requisitions at all times.

Held weekly and bi-weekly sync calls with each account, created candidate trackers to show progress and pipeline at a glance.

Worked with our Visa department to obtain proper documents and prepare cases to file with the USCIS. Educated accounts on cost and timeline involved depending on type of visa.

Assisted with scheduling technical interviews both onsite and via video conference.

Utilized Boolean searches on sites such as Indeed, Linked In Recruiter, and Dice to source qualified candidates.

Attended hiring events such as HackerX to promote Globant locally and reach talent actively looking.

Created job descriptions, maintained ATS database, job boards, social media, and networking.

Guide candidates through the interview process, including interview prep, ensured instructions for interviews were received and confirmed, acted as an advocate on their behalf, delivering a stellar candidate experience.

Eli Global – November 2016 – November 2018, Durham, NC

Corporate Recruiter

Recruited for Eli Global and affiliated companies for entry-level, mid-level, senior and executive level positions. Recruiting for a wide variety of roles such as:

Finance and Banking: Structured, FP&A, Commission Accounting, Staff Accounting, Billing, Treasury, CFAs, CPAs, Mergers & Acquisitions, Portfolio and Investment Analysts, Transfer Pricing, and Tax

Insurance: Annuity, Claims, Customer Service, Policy, Attorneys, Actuaries

Creative: Digital Marketing, Graphic Designer, Writers, Website Designer, Videographer, and Reporters

Legal: Attorneys for Regulatory Compliance, Underwriters, Personal Injury, and paralegals.

Medical: EDI, EHR, RCM, Collections, e-certifications in a sales capacity.

IT: Systems Engineers and software sales.

Successfully built rapport with hiring managers and candidates alike resulting in positive feedback.

Scheduled interviews and acted as liaison between candidate and hiring manager.

Prepared offer letters, initiated onboarding documents such as I-9 and E-Verify, worked closely with payroll and IT to ensure access, equipment, office space, and tax documents submitted in a timely manner.

Maintained 12-18 requisitions at all times meeting set turnaround times. Always met and sometimes exceeded monthly hiring targets.

Created job descriptions, maintained ATS database, job boards, social media, and networking.

Guided candidates through the interview process, including interview prep, ensured instructions for interviews were received and confirmed, acted as an advocate on their behalf, delivering a stellar candidate experience.

NC Votes - August 2016 - October 2016, Raleigh-Durham, NC

Recruiter

Short term project working for a non-profit, non-partisan group. I was responsible for recruiting people to canvass in their communities to register voters throughout the triangle area.

Used creative sourcing strategies, job boards, cold calling, networking, social media, and community outreach to drive candidate flow to hire 16 Canvassers in a two-month period.

Ensured weekly metrics were met for new hires which involved hiring at least two new

Canvassers per week.

Kinetix - June 2015 – August 2016, Raleigh, NC

Talent Acquisition Manager

RPO Recruiter for clients Nationally for Direct Hire and Contract positions.

Assigned to client where jobs were 100% commission. Filled 13 positions in difficult areas.

Built strong rapport with hiring managers and Executive Admin that coordinated recruiters.

Attended weekly team calls with recruiters and hiring managers to discuss challenges, successes, starts, terminations, pending interviews/offers, and new open positions.

Used creative sourcing strategies, job boards, workforce offices, cold calling, networking, social media, and community outreach to drive candidate flow.

Worked with Hiring Managers to set up four to eight in person interviews per week.

Successfully filled positions in a timely and efficient manner and established good rapport with candidates. I gained their trust and received their referrals based on their candidate experience.

Maintained open communication at all times with clients and candidates to ensure the interview process went smoothly.

Headway Workforce Solutions - October 2012 – November 2014, Raleigh, NC

Began a temporary employee and later joined the company as a permanent employee. Recruited for and helped manage accounts in light industrial, engineering, IT, and other professional sectors. Started as Client Relationship Manger and was promoted to a Senior Recruiter within a year.

Served as Lead Recruiter and Account Manager for Stripes; quickly exceeding the expectations of the client; growing from three markets to over 30 locations throughout Texas and Oklahoma.

Talent Acquisition for several successful projects with positions located throughout the country; using creative sourcing strategies, job boards, workforce offices, cold calling, networking, social media, and community outreach from our Raleigh office to drive candidate flow.

Hired eight candidates per month with an excellent interview to hire ratio.

Created weekly and monthly reports, conducted client conference calls, assisted with presentations for quarterly business reviews, and ensured our service delivery consistently exceeded their expectations.

Successfully trained new employees to our team on all aspects of client’s requirements and processes; ensuring service delivery and caliber of candidate was consistent across the board.

Headway Workforce Solutions - September 2009 – May 2010

Seasonal Recruiter/Payroll Coordinator

Recruited for various seasonal positions staffing 500 kiosks around the country; transitioned to payroll maintenance for 1,700 temporary/contract employees. HR responsibilities included extending offers, completing on-boarding documents, job placement, and I-9 verification.

Talent Acquisition for seasonal retailer helping staff management and hourly associates.

Effectively sourced, pitched, interviewed, and submitted high caliber candidates.

Reviewed timecards for accuracy and addressed any issues quickly.

Education:

North Carolina State University - Pharmacy Technician Certification Program 2015

Theodore Roosevelt High School – High School Diploma 1993

Skills:

Interpersonal, job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed, Zip Recruiter, Monster, and Career Builder), Boolean searches, building and maintaining client relationships, candidate experience, attention to detail, customer service, meeting metrics, collaboration, and leadership.

ATS Proficiencies: Workday, Avature, Jobscore, iCIMS, Taleo, MaxHire, BullHorn, proprietary systems as well

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