Technical Recruiter and Talent Acquisition Leader

ASHLEY HOLLAND

Atlanta, GA 404-***-**** ***********@*****.***

TECHNICAL RECRUITER / TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER

Highly resourceful, empathetic, and results-driven Talent Acquisition Manager whose areas of expertise include talent management and full lifecycle recruiting in high-volume environments. Proven experience with recruiting active and passive candidates for a variety of roles including Technical Product Managers along with finance, engineering and sales roles across all industries.

Core Strengths: Recruiting — Talent Acquisition — Sourcing — Applicant Screening — ATS — Interviewing — Job Descriptions — Human Resources — Sales — CRM — Customer Service — Communication PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Furniture.com — Atlanta, GA September 2023 —July 2025 Talent Acquisition Manager

● Built the talent acquisition function from the ground up in a fast-paced startup environment, leading full-cycle recruitment efforts and reducing time-to-fill by 30% within six months.

● Launched innovative initiatives such as social media campaigns and referral programs, resulting in a 20% increase in qualified candidate applications.

● Revamped the onboarding experience and achieved a 95% new hire satisfaction rate within the first 90 days.

● Built strong partnerships with universities, job boards, and additional recruitment channels to expand talent pipelines.

● Led hiring efforts with a primary focus on engineering roles, while also partnering with hiring managers across product management, design, machine learning, and marketing to develop role-specific job descriptions aligned with business goals and team culture.

● Delivered interview training sessions for hiring managers to ensure consistent evaluation practices and a fair candidate experience.

● Improved cross-departmental communication during onboarding to create a seamless and supportive experience for new hires.

● Implemented Greenhouse ATS from the ground up and trained the entire team on its use, leading to a 25% increase in pipeline efficiency and enhanced hiring collaboration.

● Managed onboarding logistics, served as the main point of contact for payroll and PTO inquiries, and ensured accurate and timely processing of employee information.

● Supported the development and rollout of talent acquisition policies and procedures to promote consistency and compliance in hiring practices.

Google — Atlanta, GA October 2021 — January 2023

Technical Sourcer (Impacted by Lay off)

● Cultivate a rich talent pipeline by utilizing multiple forms of lead generation; LinkedIn outreach, the ATS system

(including pulling weekly data on recently rejected applications to ensure niche candidates were not overlooked), client referrals, scrubbing 100s of uncontacted candidate lists.

● Responsible for meeting quarterly hiring goals by identifying niche senior level product management talent across a range of technical domains (Developer, Privacy, Safety, Security, ML, etc), conducting initial phone screens, and advancing qualified candidates to initial interviews.

● Scheduled and managed client intake meetings, ensuring the niche role details were captured, as well as managed comms with the greater recruiting teams to ensure effective collaboration & Job Postings.

● Engaged in candidate presentations and facilitated their evaluation with Hiring Managers.

● Organized multiple projects to ensure consistent candidate generation and allocation of viable candidates such as the Rejected candidate review initiative, to share with larger recruiting teams.

● Leveraged compelling tactics to showcase the company’s culture and benefits to potential candidates. Aderant — Atlanta, GA March 2021 — October 2021

Corporate Recruiter

● Responsible for full-cycle recruiting for candidates at all job levels, including sourcing, applicant testing, interviewing, conducting background checks, and extending compensation packages.

● Managed diversity and inclusion efforts, including Aderant's high-priority OneTen multicultural program, focused on increasing the representation of African-Americans in full-time positions by 25%.

● Collaborated with internal stakeholders throughout the organization to gauge business and hiring needs.

● Developed recruiting materials and strategies that ensure successful searches.

● Used staffing systems and tools including relational database applicant tracking systems, documenting actions in real-time.

Robert Half International — Atlanta, GA April 2019 — March 2021 Recruiter

● Source candidates for 10–12 open roles per month within the Real Estate, Technology, and Retail industries on behalf of global human resource consulting firm Robert Half International's Atlanta division.

● Leverage traditional and unconventional recruitment tactics using tools such as LinkedIn RPS, CareerBuilder, and an in-house CRM system to identify, assess, and contact 150+ qualified candidates per month.

● Foster relationships with relevant stakeholders within external client organizations to understand business needs and objectives, including a $17B-valued tech startup looking to scale its financial capabilities amidst a surge in independent contractors during the pandemic.

● Consult with hiring teams within client organizations to streamline and optimize the hiring process, with a focus on providing structure and counsel to rapidly-expanding companies.

● Attained a 95-percent retention rate among more than 30 candidates placed in one fiscal year at Robert Half International by assessing and ensuring fit across the candidate, company, and company culture. AT&T — Atlanta, GA November 2018 — April 2019

Sales Representative

● Sold $50K worth of products within six months by demonstrating extensive product knowledge of AT&T's product suite and leveraging previously-developed personal selling techniques. Enterprise Holdings — Atlanta, GA August 2014 — November 2018 Branch and Business Development Manager June 2016— November 2016

● Managed the entire onboarding process for two Enterprise Downtown Atlanta branches, including hiring, developing, and managing teams of ten sales representatives per branch.

● Implemented an onboarding program that helped new employees understand Enterprise's goods and services, which improved service quality by 12%.

● Spearheaded Enterprise's high-priority business initiative/collaboration with ride-sharing behemoth Uber, growing the fleet from 0 to 120 cars in less than three months. Assistant Branch Manager June 2015— June 2016

Management Trainee August 2014— May 2015

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology — University of Georgia, August 2014 Skills

Salesforce, LinkedIn RPS, CareerBuilder, Tableau, PeopleSoft, Greenhouse, Talentreef, Python

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