Sr. Recruiter - I build the teams that build the satellites. Recruiting Truth Teller & Mythbuster. Somehow, LinkedIn Top Voice 2022

Recruiting Manager - Amazon Leo
Job Search Strategist - www.recruiterauntie.com
YouTube Creator - AMA Friday with Amy Miller

***I work at Amazon, but these comments and opinions are my own***

TL:DR - interested in roles with my company? The FASTEST PATH to consideration is to apply directly. You can also follow up with the recruiting team at amazonleojobs@amazon.com  

Read on for more "about me"!

After 20+ years in recruiting, hunting everything from truck drivers to CFOs, I'm currently a Recruiting Manager at Amazon Leo. I've spent the last several years in big tech (Microsoft / Google) after many years in various agencies learning how "real" recruiting is done. I'm passionate about client AND candidate experience, and I believe that good consulting sometimes looks like bad customer service.

Feel free to connect with me at amy@recruitinginyogapants.com. 

Looking for TEMPLATES and REFERRALS?

On my website www.recruiterauntie.com you'll find a link to Career Coaches and Resume Writers I personally recommend, as well as my Networking, Salary FAQ and Recruiter FAQ templates - all designed to help empower job seekers. 

Salary FAQs - how to address all things compensation at every stage of the recruiting/interviewing process

Recruiter FAQs - questions you can ask your recruiter at any part of the process

Networking - 3 way networking (Recruiters/Peers/Hiring Managers) insights and templates you can modify

Specialties: sourcing, recruiting, employment branding, blogging

Amy Miller

The notion that recruiters have to be experts in the field they recruit for is silly goose stuff. 

Y'all I promise you if I was a trained as a rocket scientist I'd be doing THAT. 

Full video drops tomorrow but enjoy this lil sneak peek!

Recruiting Manager - I build the teams that build the satellites. Recruiting Truth Teller & Mythbuster. Somehow, LinkedIn Top Voice 2022

Many moons ago I sat with a new (to me) hiring manager who had spent 25 years at our (at the time) employer. I was newly in role/company, and had been a bit of a job hopper prior. After we did all the usual introductions, what are you hiring for, etc I asked a very nosy question:

"Mike, you've been here for YEARS - what makes you stay? Aren't you BORED?"

(super tactful as always 🙃)

His answer surprised me and reframed my thinking in a huge way. 

He looked at  his career in 3 year sprints. He would take on a new project, move to a different team, start scaling a new idea - and commit for 3 years. If he was winding down that internal clock, he started looking both inside and out. If he was enjoying it and there was more to accomplish, he'd commit for another few years. He hadn't up to that point found an external opportunity that was as compelling as whatever new thing he was moving to inside.

He had lived so many professional lives without ever updating his work email address. 

It made me think of MY career in a whole new way. I ended up staying at that company longer than any other before - until now. As I am coming up on 6 years next week, I have lived several professional lives in that time. Huge thanks to that engineering manager who helped me see growth differently, and enabled me to give myself permission to find it right where I was.

Hot take -  Recruiters are not technical experts. Blaming them for that is missing the point.

Recruiters aren’t hired to *do* the job.
They’re hired to 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 - at scale, under pressure, with imperfect information.

The hiring manager owns technical depth.

The recruiter owns:
🎯  translating vague business needs into real humans
🎯 spotting patterns across hundreds of hires
🎯 keeping bias and ego from wrecking the process
🎯 making sure “non-traditional” candidates don’t get filtered out

If recruiters had to be experts in every role they touched, career pivots would disappear, transferable skills wouldn't count, and hiring would grind to a halt. Because we'd be doing YOUR job - not ours.

Your job as a candidate isn’t to out-smart the recruiter.
It’s to clearly show you can do the work the team needs done.

Watch here --> https://lnkd.in/gPfe5cYg
Because this myth is creating way more job search frustration than it deserves.

#RecruitingTruths #JobSearchAdvice #HiringReality #Careers #Recruiters #RecruitingAuntie #RecruitingInYogaPants

Spicy Saturday! This one’s gonna sting just a little.

I see this EVERY DAY on social media. 

“I worked so hard for X years!”

“I have so much experience in Y!”

“It’s not FAIR that I’m expected to cut down my resume!”

“Recruiters just want a unicorn!”

Y’all. I’m gonna hold your hand and get real close to you while I tell you this. 

Your. Resume. Is. NOT. About. YOU. 

Change your mindset on this. 

When you view your resume through the lens of a decision maker, you see it differently. 

Understand that the recruiter AND hiring manager share the same goal: identify enough of a fit that it warrants an interview. 

That’s it. 

You could be the world’s best baker, capable of the sweetest treats and the most elaborate cakes - but if the hiring manager is looking for BBQ?

It’s a no from them. 

Give the people what they WANT. 

Clear indicators through your background and accomplishments that you can solve their problems. 

What do they want? Got a long form video on that - How to read a resume like a hiring manager: https://lnkd.in/gki93yWB

Recruiters don’t guess your age.

I honestly can't think of a single recruiter who CARES how old you are.

A lot of folks worry about ageism. I get it. I'm over 50 so BELIEVE ME - I am well aware of the disparity between me, my peers, and my potential competition on the job market. 

Here's the thing - the REAL problem with your resume? It's not your AGE. It's your FRAMING.

Your resume is still doing things like:
🛑  Listing graduation dates
🛑 Showing 25+ years of roles in detail
🛑 Highlighting tools nobody uses anymore

Ageism is real in hiring. It's also a bigger issue well beyond the resume. How we show up in interviews, biases about our looks, (hahahaha I'm a woman you think I don't have that clocked???) you name it. I get it. BIG ISSUE.

But THIS week? I'm talking purely resumes.

A lot of people are getting screened out BEFORE that bias even has a chance to show up.

That’s what this video breaks down:
✔️ The resume signals that accidentally age you
✔️ What to remove (without erasing your credibility)
✔️ How to look experienced, current, and still learning

You are not “too old.”

But your resume might be stuck in a different decade. THAT part is fixable.

Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gJeFrafw

If you know someone who’s been told they’re “overqualified,” do them a favor and share this.

#RecruiterTruth #JobSearch #ResumeTips #Ageism #CareerAdvice #ExperiencedProfessionals #RecruiterAuntie

🎉 4 years at Amazon Devices & Services! Let's celebrate Natalie who's been hard at work hiring Mechanical Engineers AND Learning & Development Architects for our Amazon Leo recruiting team.

Natalie, THANK YOU for your hard work this year! You've seen lots of change (managers, business alignment, sourcing strategies) and handled it all with grace. Love working with you!!  

Want to join our team and work with awesome people like Natalie? Check us out: https://lnkd.in/gHrP-FQS

#TechRecruiting #WomenInTech #AmazonLife #Recruiting #TalentAcquisition

Spicy Saturday! 

Y’all are about to find out how many of your connections are suddenly experts in political science, international law, and special forces. 

🫣

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Coming in hot with the first video of 2026! 

How exactly do Big Tech Recruiters WORK? Y'all the truth is, there are as many variations inside these large companies as there are outside. That said, there are some common best practices I've seen over and over.

I break them all down this week. 

We are spilling ALL the tea about how recruiting happens (happened?) at my previous employers. Your best source of truth of course is ALWAYS the recruiters doing the work at the companies you want to apply to. That said - I have some insights and I'm not afraid to share them.

So before you fall for a magic course or pay for a hack, WATCH THIS VIDEO. Save your sanity and your money.

Watch here - https://lnkd.in/giV8QTm3

If there were such a thing as a perfect resume, you'd already have the template. Recruiters, hiring managers, coaches, ANYONE AND EVERYONE involved in hiring would all agree on it.

We don’t.

Because perfect resumes don’t exist.

What does exist?

Resumes that are clear, relevant, and good enough to start a conversation.

In this week's AMA Friday, I break down why chasing perfection keeps job seekers stuck - and what actually moves the needle with hiring authorities.

If you’re rewriting your resume for the eleventy billionth time wondering why you're STILL not getting calls… this one’s for you.

Watch here - https://lnkd.in/e6_n2rRu

Yvonne Robinson-Jackson, MBA Awarded Ottawa’s Best Career Coach

Goal Inspired Career Coaching Inc.

𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐈𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑,𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐉𝐎𝐁𝐒.

I help you to find new career opportunities using my 5-step Career Advancement Methodology to build confidence and stand out among the competition, grow your career, negotiate, and earn your highest salary.

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐌𝐄?
I have helped 1000s of career professionals like you in Canada and around the world to get hired and earn six, and multiple six-figure salaries through my coaching and mentorship.  

I leverage my extensive experience to offer career coaching services to ambitious professionals by teaching and guiding:

✅ How to advance in your career to get the promotion you need
✅ How to turn your resume into an INTERVIEW GENERATING MACHINE
✅ How to CAREER PIVOT and land lucrative positions
✅ How to get multiple job offers leveraging LinkedIn - The LinkedIn HUB Blueprint ™
✅ How to Negotiate your best offer
✅ How to find lucrative jobs using my Comprehensive Job searching Strategy ™


𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒:
🔎 Please review the 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 of my profile & learn what other career professionals are saying about their results.

📞𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘📞 👉 https://calendly.com/goalinspiredcareercoaching/30-minutes-strategy-session to discuss your goals and I can share how we can work together to transform your career. 

𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐎: 👉 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒀𝒗𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆.𝒄𝒐𝒎

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐄: 👉 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒔://𝒘𝒘𝒘.𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒆.𝒄𝒐𝒎/𝒄/𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

Founder & CEO,  Executive Career Coach & LinkedIn Business Growth Strategist

Mindwire Systems Ltd

Senior Director of Delivery (Recruiting, Sales and Proposals) at Mindwire Systems Ltd., where I developed programs that motivate teams to attract and retain high potential, independent professional Information Technology (IT) consultants for positions in the Canadian Federal  and provincial governments, crown corporations and the private sector.  

Led, trained and motivated a team of high performing career professionals to deliver the best value to Mindwire's clients
Designed and created business processes for effective delivery of services

Trained staff in implementing the company's business processes to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness  and ensure that all processes within the delivery team (Recruiting and Sales) were adhered to

Senior Director of Delivery (Recruiting and Sales and Proposals)

Recruited and managed 1000s of  consultants and consistently achieved yearly revenues of over $10 million. 
Recruited and placed senior executives and high value strategic consultants.
Created and analyzed job descriptions and established candidate selection criteria

Selected, interviewed, and facilitated the hiring of many Information Technology (IT) consultants and staff members ranging from directors to technical support representatives for contracting and permanent positions within the Canadian Government, crown corporations and provincial governments the private sector.

Strategic Recruitment Executive - Information Technology

•	Performed Quality Assurance and Integration testing of contract-specific software for WorldCom.
•	Worked with a team of engineers to certify Windows Operating systems
•	Provided technical support by troubleshooting Windows Operating Systems
•	Designed and document the business processes and work instructions for the service desk
•	Trained and mentored junior analysts
•	Successfully designed and delivered customized training course in the Fundamentals of Networking to staff members of EDS, including project managers and team leads.  The customized training was also aligned with the project process for the Integrated Network Project (INP) contract

Project Coordinator/Senior IT Service Desk Analyst (HP formerly EDS Canada)

University of Technology, Jamaica

•	Prepared and delivered training courses in Business Management, Finance and Entrepreneurial Skills to final year Degree and Diploma students at the University of Technology, School of Business.
•	Designed, coordinated and executed the Entrepreneurial Skills Training Program for the Entrepreneurial Center.
•	Trained Entrepreneurs in the management of Small Businesses.

Lecturer/Trainer

Davon Corporation

•	Developed marketing strategies and designed marketing plans for the organization.
•	Developed the marketing budget for the organization
•	Provided leadership for the sales team.
•	Successfully designed and implemented a Customer Information System that provided timely and relevant information to customers resulting in more effective customer service

Marketing Manager

Stanley Motta Limited

•	Developed marketing strategies and designed marketing plans for the organization
•	Developed the marketing budget for the organization.
•	Provided leadership to six branch managers, three product managers and a sales team of approximately one hundred (100) staff members
•	Negotiated purchase agreements with International Marketing companies; participated in International Marketing conferences and reported on marketing events
•	Developed implemented and monitored marketing programs to increase sales, growth and profitability, increasing sales by 100% in the first year.
•	Provided in-house customer service training to the sales staff, which significantly improved customer service.

Marketing Executive

Cayman Islands Government

Tasks performed:
•	Assisted the Chief Accountant with the preparation of Financial Accounts and budgets
•	Undertook periodic review of the Receipts and Payments system in order to identify bottlenecks, duplication of procedures and to simplify the process
•	Reconciled Departmental accounts - Receipts  and Payments
•	Conceived, designed and successfully implemented a user-friendly revenue collection system which enhanced the cost effectiveness and timely recording and reporting of all government revenues
•	Worked with the Accountant General to develop and formulate financial policy guidelines that significantly improved the financial accountability and the internal control system at the University College of the Cayman Islands

Treasury Accountant

Point of Sale Jamaica Ltd.

•	Identified opportunities for development of new sales area through extensive research of IT field.
•	Assisted management in the development of impressive sales plan through effective sales methodology.
•	Achieved sales target set by managers and also contributed to attainment of team targets.
•	Demonstrated and presented software presentation with objective of increasing customer interest.
•	Updated customers regarding constantly changing software, hardware, and peripherals.
•	Enabled customers to maximize use of software by providing proper user training.
•	Met frequently with potential clients to sell various IT services.
•	Maintained customer base and national accounts.
•	Followed up after sales and performed daily routine administrative procedures.
•	Developed in-depth knowledge about technical specifications and company’s processed and systems, and worked with the team to document policies and procedures.
•	Prepared and delivered software presentation and articulately imparted to customers.
•	Grasped diverse business needs of customers and offers exact solutions.
•	Advised and guided customers regarding software features and their usage.
•	Maintained good relations with existing customers to promote new and upgraded products

Technical Sales Representative

Are you asking yourself, What’s Next?

I didn’t just study career reinvention. I lived it!
I pivoted at 50. I found love again at 55. and I launched a purpose-driven business helping others grow beyond what they thought was possible.

Now I coach experienced professionals ready for what’s next. Whether it’s a promotion, a pivot, or stepping into your true potential. I believe your experience is your edge and I’m here to help you own it.
“I help experienced professionals 35+ who are ready to pivot, grow, or reinvent what success looks like next.”

Are you ready to get hired, promoted, pivot, or re-enter the workforce?
With over 20 years in professional staffing, talent management, and career coaching, I’ve seen what it takes to stand out in a shifting job market and I’ve walked that path myself.

Pivoting my own career at 50. I experienced the doubt, the questions, the quiet ambition that lives beneath the surface. Now, as the Founder & CEO of Goal Inspired Career Coaching, I guide others through their “what’s next.”

My signature 8-week program, The Ultimate Career Growth Formula™, helps mid to senior-level professionals Gain clarity on what’s next

✅ Refresh and rebrand resumes and LinkedIn profiles

✅ Build a strong executive presence online and offline

✅ Communicate their value in interviews

✅ Take control of their career narrative

Your experience is your edge and I’m here to help you use it.
If you are ready to start your next chapter  Let’s connect.

📞 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹
👉 https://goalinspiredcareercoaching.com/professional-career-coaching-service

𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 20 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑, 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐉𝐎𝐁𝐒.

I help you to find new career opportunities using my 5-step Career Advancement Methodology to build confidence and stand out among the competition, grow your career, negotiate, and earn your highest salary.

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐌𝐄?
I have helped 1000s of career professionals like you in Canada and around the world to get hired and earn six, and multiple six-figure salaries through my coaching and mentorship.  

I leverage my extensive experience to offer career coaching services to ambitious professionals by teaching and guiding:

✅ How to advance in your career to get the promotion you need
✅ How to turn your resume into an INTERVIEW GENERATING MACHINE
✅ How to CAREER PIVOT and land lucrative positions
✅ How to get multiple job offers leveraging LinkedIn - The LinkedIn HUB Blueprint ™
✅ How to Negotiate your best offer
✅ How to find lucrative jobs using my Comprehensive Job searching Strategy ™


𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒:
🔎 Please review the 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 of my profile & learn what other career professionals are saying about their results.

📞𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘📞 👉 https://calendly.com/goalinspiredcareercoaching/30-minutes-strategy-session to discuss your goals and I can share how we can work together to transform your career. 

𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐎: 👉 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒀𝒗𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆.𝒄𝒐𝒎

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐄: 👉 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒔://𝒘𝒘𝒘.𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒆.𝒄𝒐𝒎/𝒄/𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

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