Talent Acquisition Technical Recruiting

Shirin Z. Majd

San Jose, CA • 408-***-**** • ****.**@*****.*** • LinkedIn

U.S. Citizen

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Technical Recruiting Lead specialized in recruiting Software, Hardware, Robotics and G&A talent at startup and corporate scales

EDUCATION

M.S. in Meteorology, 2010 Azad University

B.S. in Applied Physics, 2007 Azad University

EXPERIENCE

Johnson & Johnson – Robotics and Digital Solutions October 2021- April 2024 Global Practice Recruiter

• Worked as a talent advisor: Presenting the quarterly market trends, Creating material to train the hiring team on recruiting best practices, and implementing ad hoc strategies to address risks

• Translated the Johnson & Johnson Talent Acquisition strategy to build a regional recruiting plan for Engineering across the J&J enterprise

• Responsible for leadership in the delivery, execution, and assessment of recruitment initiatives that enable the acquisition of top Engineering talent

• Led agile external and internal sourcing teams in the end-to-end process of acquiring high caliber talent while advocating for a best-in-class candidate experience

• Partnered with key company executives, senior HR leaders and other business partners/key stakeholders to drive results

• Built and implemented Engineering talent strategies that are delivering Robotics Engineers to critical builds across various US sites

• Incorporated Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in talent acquisition process by communicating the strategies during the intake calls, partnering with hiring team to build a diverse slate and leveraging transparency tools to track the hiring insights.

Volansi, (Startup) September 2020 – October 2021

Technical Recruiting Lead

• Led the recruiting team for US hires (for Engineering, Operations, Production, HR and Finance teams) across 4 states. Managed the full life cycle recruiting process from sourcing, pipeline management, to offer negotiation and closing

• Increased the company size by 100% (62 to 128+ full time employees and 9 to 22+ contractors) within 11 months

• Designed and executed the recruiting process within 3 weeks of being hired

• Directed the recruiting and hiring team. Facilitated training program to excel the recruiting process and candidate experience. Coached recruiting team and hiring managers on recruiting best practices.

• Redesigned the referral program to increase the employee engagement

• Proactively incorporated diversity strategy in recruitment process to achieve our diversity and inclusion goals

• Conducted quarterly meetings with department heads to forecast the hiring needs

• Improved the external employer brand strategy by encouraging employees and hiring managers to share their feedback on Glassdoor

Ridecell (Startup) April 2019 – May 2020

Technical Recruiter

• Full-cycle recruiting for Auro (autonomous driving) division of Ridecell (for data science, data engineering, DevOps, machine learning, perception, motion planning and product functions)

• Managed multiple searches, projects and created innovative sourcing strategies

• Partnered with hiring managers to understand hiring landscape and developed customized search strategy to engage potential passive talent

• Maintained data integrity and reported recruiting metrics on a weekly basis Intuitive Surgical March 2018 – April 2019

Talent Acquisition Sourcer

• Full cycle/high volume recruiting for technical and G&A teams to fulfill recruiting requirements

• Managed interactions with 80-120 candidates and working on 15+ requisitions at any given time.

• Totals: 16 hires, 1 decline - 94% close rate

• Collaborate with hiring groups and senior leadership to create market insights and talent maps

• Design sourcing strategies, interview techniques, equitable offer packages and workforce planning initiatives

• Compiling recruiting data and metrics and ensuring compliance with hiring policies, practices, and company values Ryzen Solutions (Agency) January 2017 – March 2018 Technical Recruiter

• Full-cycle recruiting for technical and sales roles. Maintained a requisition load of 15-25.

• Performed searches to find qualified candidates using computer databases (ATS: Top Echelon - Big Biller), networking, job boards, LinkedIn, StackOverflow, Quora, Github, cold calls, and employee referrals

• Pre-screened, interviewed, and evaluated applicants and coordinated the interviews with external clients

• Negotiated offers

• Coached temporary employees to ensure quality performance and job satisfaction ADDITIONAL EXPERINCES

Physics and Algebra Teacher January 2014 – March 2017 Private High School & Tutoring Center (various),

• Customized instructional approaches to meet the needs of middle school and high school students.

• Propelled learning mastery and academic success for 30 students, increasing GPAs and test scores.

• Tutored math and science (Physics and Chemistry) and guided students in test-taking strategies, note-taking, prioritizing assignments and studying for exams.

• Elevated student performance by at least 1 letter grade and improved SAT scores by up to 25% Research Assistant 2013

San Jose State University Research Foundation,

• Analyzed NASA’s gridded data from MODIS and produced visualized results such as plots, tables and graphs (on Giovanni website)

• Simulated the precipitation trends in Bay Area using WRF climate modeling system

• Climate modeling experience: Acquired (NetCDF) data to generate initial conditions (Initialization); Selected the proper variables in proper model resolution scales (Parameterization); Conducted data analysis and numerical computation. Defined the boundary conditions (Domains); Corrected the forecasts using the statistical methods. Represented the results from multiple ensembles

RECRUITING TOOLS

LinkedIn Recruiter Greenhouse Lever Hired Score SeekOut Entelo Oracle's PeopleSoft Recruiting Solution Taleo Top Echelon

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