A Little Bit Alex LLC

A Little Bit Alex is passionate about creating amazing candidate experiences, creating processes that are scalable for growing businesses, and finding candidates for niche roles – all through the lens of inclusion.

Alex Cheney, Founder & Principal, has successfully built and scaled Product, Research, and Engineering teams while revamping processes to mitigate bias.  He has also helped create DEI strategy and launched an organization’s first ERG (employee resource group) as a way to build an inclusive culture.  Alex has consistently received high marks on satisfaction surveys from both candidate and hiring managers, even helping Allegiant Travel Company to be named by Glassdoor as one of their "Best Places to Interview" for 2016.

Through strategic partnerships with senior leaders and Recruiting teams, every company can become A LITTLE BIT ALEX.

Current clients:
Pattison ID (manufacturing services / digital signage)
Subcontractor for Cybersecurity and PropTech/Smart Building startups.

Past clients:
Tonic.ai (AI data/tech)
Mochi Health (digital health tech)
KnowledgeHut upGrad (education tech)
GreatSchools.org (education non-profit)

Founder & Principal

Atlassian

Impacted by layoff - March 2023

* Led full-cycle recruiting for Design leadership roles across North America and APAC regions
* Drove strategy to create clarity and best practices around team Talent Insights (TIP) surveys
* Streamlined recruiter screening process for all Specialty Tech roles
* Led DEI hiring strategy with internal team

Atlassian is a team of 7000+ supporting an international group of 250,000+ customers. They build tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble, creative, and aligned.

Senior Technical Recruiter, Product Design

Sendoso

Impacted by Sendoso’s first layoff in June 2022

* Led full-cycle recruiting and grew Product org (PM, Design, and UXR) across North America and Europe by 18 during tenure
* Drove headcount planning with Chief Product Officer
* Implemented internal Interviewer training best practices
* Created DEI strategy and launched Sendoso’s first employee resource group (Pride ERG)
* Mentored junior and mid-level recruiters

Sendoso is the world's first Sending Platform (SP). Their fully integrated solution solves sourcing, physical warehouse storage, inventory tracking, and ROI attribution problems so that businesses can send anything and personalize at scale. Their customers see increased conversion rates, revenue, retention, and ROI. Sending is hard. Sendoso is easy.

Senior Technical Recruiter, Product

Robinhood

* Led full-cycle recruiting and grew User Research team by 33 during tenure (including Robinhood's first cryto-focused researcher) with a 94% offer acceptance rate
* Created and implemented interview best practices for the entire Product org
* Strategized headcount planning with Head of Research
* Compiled metrics for monthly review to drive future recruiting strategy
* Directly led and mentored a team of 3 recruiters and sourcers

At the heart of their new product development is User Research.  The Research team helps us maintain a user-focused mindset as they continue to grow our platform.

I led recruiting for the entire research team, including UX Research, Marketing Research, Behavioral Insights Research, and Research Operations.  I hired individual contributors at all levels from mid-level to staff/principal-level as well as all levels of leadership.  I also mentored a mid-level recruiter and two sourcers on the team.

In my tenure at Robinhood, I helped grow the team from 7 to approximately 40.  I also led a revamp of recruiting practices, including interview scripts, rubrics, and general recruiting/interview processes.

Recruiting Lead, Product / User Research

Recruiter (via Binc)

Binc

* Recruiting contractor for Getaround (10/2018 – 01/2020) and Robinhood (01/2020 – 09/2020) 
* Revamped Business Intelligence recruitment/interview process for Getaround
* Full-cycle recruiting for both tech and non-tech roles with an average of 1.5 hires per month 
* Led onboarding and development of new Bincers 

Every company is growing but each at a unique pace. While most companies have built up an internal capability to make hires, this same capability is also always changing based on temporal business needs.

Between these variables lives a constantly shifting gap that if not addressed, leaves a company exposed. Binc helps companies fill this gap with the exact recruiting team and resources needed, making it easy to flex up or down with our service lines as needs adjust.

Senior Recruiter

Recruiter

Associate Recruiter

Getaround

Getaround is an on-demand carsharing marketplace powered by our proprietary hardware technology, the Getaround Connect. Headquartered in San Francisco since 2009, we won TechCrunch Disrupt in 2011, and launched on-demand carsharing just two years later. 

Getaround has grown to over 200,000 members across the US by allowing users to rent, unlock and drive — all with your phone. Rates start at $5/hour including insurance and no membership fees. Car owners conveniently share their cars earning $500-$1000 a month.

Receruited for: 
- Sr./Staff/Principal Backend/API Engineers 
- Sr./Staff/Principal Frontend Engineers
- Android Engineers (Senior and Staff level)
- iOS Engineers (all levels)
- DevOps Engineer (Senior level or above)
- Business Analysts (all levels)
- Product Marketing Manager

Technical Recruiter (via Binc)

Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound is a musical theatre program for children ages 5 to 18 in Las Vegas.  We produce two full-scale musicals each year.

Vocal Music Director

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group

* Developed and implemented onboarding and culture strategy for all Las Vegas employees

Advisor, Talent Management and Culture

* Implemented new group/in-person interview process for Global Merchandising team
* Led migration from Taleo to Lever for Resident Shows Division

Talent Acquisition Advisor

Allegiant

** 2016 Glassdoor Candidate's Choice Award - Best Place to Interview **

* Full-cycle recruiting for Inflight, Crew Services, Materials/Stores, HR, and PR teams
* Drove revamp of Inflight interview process, including application, video and onsite interviews
* Implemented competency-based scorecard rubrics for Flight Attendant interview process  
* Led and mentored a team of 25 Inflight recruiters for video and on-site interviews

Talent Recruiter

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

* Coordinated travel and meeting agendas for candidate interviews
* Created new Executive Onboarding process 
* Created and implemented new Standard Operating Procedures
* Sourced candidates in applicant tracking system and on Linkedin for partner recruiters

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

* Managed the operations of all shows at Bally’s, Paris, and Planet Hollywood 
* Managed a staff of seven (one showroom manager and six showroom ushers) 
* Led creation of new events for on-sale with box office teams
* Worked with catering and convention teams on special events in Paris Ballrooms

Entertainment Manager

* Directly supported the SVP of Entertainment and the VP of Entertainment 
* Supported the Entertainment Shared Services function enterprise-wide 
* Drafted and amended new and existing performance agreements in partnership with Legal
* Compiled data for various projects (venue ticket scaling, venue beverage pricing, etc.)

Entertainment Coordinator

Talent Acquision Coordinator

I am actively seeking a return to full-time, in-house employment, where I can fully integrate my expertise and passion into a dedicated and collaborative team environment. As a global recruiting strategist and DEI champion with 15 years of progressive experience across North America, Europe, and APAC, I have honed my ability to create and refine recruitment processes with an unwavering focus on best practices and humanization. I have served as a strategic planning partner to senior leaders, leveraging data and trend analysis to drive impactful decisions. Additionally, I have a proven track record as a leader and mentor—having guided teams of up to 20 professionals—and have delivered results in both tech (SaaS) and non-tech sectors.

Specialties: Implementing process improvements that humanize recruiting, stakeholder and candidate management, empathetic interviewing, and fostering diversity and inclusion throughout the talent acquisition journey.

Recruiting & Talent Acquisition: Executive Hiring | Full-Cycle Recruiting | Leadership Hiring | Headcount Planning
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Inclusive Hiring Strategies | DEI Program Development | ERG Leadership
Process Optimization & Strategy: Hiring Process Improvement | Interview Frameworks | Candidate Experience Enhancement
Technology & Tools: Juicebox | Greenhouse | Lever | Gem | Seekout | Textio | GoodTime | Jira | Confluence | Trello | Airtable
Data Analytics: Tableau | Looker

Music and theatre lover.  Father to two adorable Shih Tzus and a chihuahua/minpin mix.  Avid Duke fan.  Peloton fanatic (find me on the leaderboard -- AxelDogDad).  Beach bum.  Drag enthusiast.  Taco lover.

Founding Technical Recruiter Opportunity!!

I have a connection to a founding technical recruiter role at a SF-based series-A startup in the AI Infrastructure space.  Here are their must-haves:
🦄 Prior experience as a founding recruiter or recruiting at an early-stage startup
🦄 Demonstrated ability to recruit elite technical talent (e.g., Olympiad medalists, top ICPC performers, or engineers from top-tier startups) 
🦄 Strong technical literacy - able to engage with and evaluate highly technical candidates credibly

You will run full-cycle recruiting processes with great autonomy and independence.  

Preference for on-site, but open to remote for the right candidate.  If you or someone you know meets these "must-have" requirements, feel free to DM me your resume.  They had a candidate fall through and are looking to move FAST.

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Alex Cheney 🦄🏳️‍🌈

Strategic Recruiting / HR / DEI professional. Process improvement expert. Neurodivergent. Unicorn.

Random thoughts to start the week...

Great recruiters don’t just put butts in seats.  We challenge assumptions.  We push teams to define what excellence actually looks like.  We highlight overlooked talent, question biases, and protect the bar when pressure rises.

We’re culture carriers...translators of the founder’s vision, guardians of the candidate experience, and the connective tissue between people, product, and mission.

If all you want is resumes, you can automate that.

If you want a team that can change the trajectory of your company, you invest in REAL recruiting.

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