Amazon

Client lead recruiter for Project Kuiper - a long-term initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

We are hiring - A LOT. Check out our open roles here - 
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/teams/projectkuiper

If you’re interested in opportunities on this team, but don’t see a position aligned with your expertise, please contact us at the following email, and we’ll notify you as relevant opportunities become available - kuiperjobs@amazon.com

BUT AMY - WHAT DO YOU RECRUIT FOR?

Glad you asked! as of February 2023 I am 100% focused on our Manufacturing and Production teams - I'm always looking to build relationships with anyone in the space/satellite industry. Some of my most common roles are Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Production/Assembly/Space Lab Technicians... if it involves space hardware, it's quite possibly on my list. You can also check out the job postings under my HIRING banner for the most critical roles. Find all of my Manufacturing and Production roles here - https://amazon.jobs/content/en/teams/devices-services/kuiper-manufacturing

LOOKING FOR AMAZON SPECIFIC INTERVIEW PREP?

Our careers page is a great place to start - https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/interviewing-at-amazon#onlineapp

11 Amazon Interview Tips from recruiters and hiring managers - https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/recruiters-offer-their-best-tips-for-interviewing-at-amazon

I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND my friend GG Gallagher - the Amazon Interview Whizz! Check out her profile HERE - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gg-aiwhizz/

Senior Recruiting Business Partner - Project Kuiper

Recruiting In Yoga Pants

We help job seekers ask the right questions.

The internet is overrun with coaches and thought leaders who claim to have THE answer for all your job search ills. Paid support can be a WONDERFUL strategy, and we actually have a list on the site of recommended coaches / resume writers. For the rest of us, you might just need a nudge in the right direction.

That's why we're here.

From optimizing your application to negotiating your salary, we have tons of free content on our website. Check out the templates and FAQs. You can also find our YouTube channel where we drop job search gems every Friday at 7 am PT. Have a burning question on something we haven't tackled yet? Send us a note amy@recruitinginyogapants.com 

When you don’t sell anything, you can afford to tell the truth. 

Ok ok we DO sell recruiting swag - proceeds go to help fund our free content / coaching and mostly to support our local animal shelter The Noah Center. 

Check out our shop! www.recruitinginyogapants.com/shop

Job Search Strategist

Google

As part of the Engineering Management recruiting team, I partner with our leaders in Irvine, Boulder, Los Angeles and YouTube (various locations) to bring top engineering leaders to Google.

If you're interested in learning more about software engineering leadership opportunities at Google, contact me! ammiller at google dot com

Sr Tech Recruiter

Microsoft

Jan 2018 - Aug 2018 Business AI
Our team is focused on building and delivering world class Enterprise AI business solutions. 

Mar 2016 - Jan 2018 Bing Ads / Business AI

What if your job description were simply “Make tomorrow better?”  That’s the essence of roles within our Bing Team. Every day, we bring an insatiable curiosity to the table, challenging ourselves to reimagine what is and what can be.  We build on what’s come before to create what’s next. We drive machine intelligence.  We help shape the future.  We empower billions of people around the globe. 

Feb 2013 - Mar 2016 Windows/WDG/Universal Store

If you've ever purchased a Windows app, aggregated XBOX points, registered a Windows Phone, bought a Surface, purchased Office or Windows Azure services, you've used Universal Store.
Interested in making that experience better? Be part of something big - help develop the system responsible for tens of millions of accounts, hundreds of millions of transactions a day, and around half billion dollars of revenue  It's happening right now. You in?

Recruiter

Xtreme Consulting Group, Inc.

Talent Sourcer @ Microsoft

Zones

Since 1986, Zones has been a single source for information technology (IT) products and services. Located in Auburn, Washington - part of the Seattle area's technology hub - Zones offers more than 150,000 products from more than 2,000 vendors.

We focus on supplying technology solutions while reducing IT procurement costs and providing the highest level of service to our customers - small to medium businesses, enterprise-level organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Corporate Recruiter

State of Washington

I have the greatest job in the world - serving those who've served our Country.  As an Employment Representative to our military families and veterans, I'm able to help them start a new career or keep moving forward in their current field.  From resume reviews to coordinating hiring events with area employers, I provide employment assistance to anyone attached to Joint Base Lewis McChord.

Family & Veterans Employment Representative - WorkSource JBLM

Our Mission
To connect businesses and job seekers with the necessary resources and tools for successful employment, life-long learning, and business development, to ensure a strong and vital economy.

Our Vision
A comprehensive and inclusive WorkSource System that consistently and effectively meets the needs of businesses and job seekers.

Employment Specialist - WorkSource

Ala Recruiting

Our philosophy is simple - it’s all about people. We bring them together to solve problems. For the Client who needs the best and brightest on board, to the Candidate who’s ready to take their career to the next level. We sit down with you to discuss your specific situation. If we can help - we’ll tell you how. If we can’t - we’ll tell you that too. Nothing is more important in this business than transparency and ethics.

Recruiting Consultant

YER is an international recruiting firm specializing in management and professional level positions. Our areas of focus are: sales, marketing, accounting/finance, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain and HR.  We offer contingent and retained search programs and discounts for exclusive and multi-search requests.

Sr. Recruiting Consultant

At-Tech

Recruited and placed IT professionals in the video game industry including 3D Artists, Developers, & Level Designers.

Executive Recruiter

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

Recruiter - Project Kuiper at Amazon
Blogger - www.recruitinginyogapants.com
YouTube Creator - AMA Friday with Amy Miller

After 20+ years in recruiting, hunting everything from truck drivers to CFOs, I'm now a Senior Recruiter at Amazon's Project Kuiper. 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. I'm flattered by every inmail I receive asking me if I'm on the market for a new gig, but be warned - the crappy ones turn into cautionary tale blog posts. I will also turn your snarky comments into t-shirts. ;)

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

Looking for TEMPLATES and REFERRALS?

On my website www.recruitinginyogapants.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

SAPPY POST INCOMING

Don't say I didn't warn ya. 

When I joined #ProjectKuiper over four years ago, I had no idea the wild ride I would be on. I had flirted with joining Amazon over the years; we had rejected each other at various stages through the decades. An eastside girl, I was strongly against commuting to Seattle so the job would have to be TRULY EPIC. (My PNW friends know)

When I got a nudge about Kuiper, hearing that it was ALSO HQ'd (at the time) out of Bellevue, you know I had to hear more.

To date I've hired more than 400 Amazonians (I think I am damn close if not over 500 by now!), built entire teams from scratch, watched MANY leaders I hired as ICs develop into managers and also help build THEIR teams. I've moved from Program Management to Design Engineering to ASIC to Production/Manufacturing and Enterprise Technology. There are few parts of Kuiper I haven't touched in some capacity. 

To be gifted my very own mission patch (they made special ones for the recruiting team!) is pretty dang cool. To me, it's not just a patch (which is still awesome). It's a sign that we are truly considered part of the Kuiper mission and not just some random support team. 

To quote one of the best leaders I ever worked with (who happened to be at Kuiper at the time) - "if your recruiter isn't your best friend, you're doing it wrong". 

Thanks Kuiper team for being my besties. ❤️ 🛰 

#Recruiting #RecruiterLife #SpaceJobs

Amy Miller

SOURCERS! The time has come!

Boeing is looking for very tenured sourcers to support all technical areas of the business - someone who can navigate LI Recruiter with their eyes closed, build sourcing best practices/processes, help onboard and train others! 

The req link below is for hybrid (many domestic locations!), and we have multiple opportunities available!

Come join our team!

jobs.boeing.com • 1 min read

Senior Sourcing Specialist at Boeing

Look what I'm in trouble for now!!

"𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆."

Yes, I sided with a recruiter who laid out their very comprehensive and detailed hiring process. They did hire someone who was a wonderful (dare we say "exact") fit for the role. Happy hiring manager, happy new hire, happy recruiter.

But alas - a salty stranger is SALTY! I give bad advice and stir up drama. Because I agreed with this recruiter and thanked them for the comprehensive overview.

So riddle me this - should we reject perfectly qualified candidates? Is it more important to hire someone.... NOT qualified? For reasons?

Or can we actually work with our hiring leaders to ensure their expectations are reasonable, role related, and hire the person who fits the criteria? 

I understand the frustration of being passed over for jobs you can do. You may even be VERY WELL QULALIFIED for a role. But you're probably not the only one. 

Should the person who DID get the job have it taken away in spite of their stellar qualifications? 

Sounds like that's what some people want. 

I dunno man. I'm just out here calling it like I see it. 🤷‍♀️ 

#RecruiterLife

"High volume recruiting means low quality"

FALSE. It means hiring a lot of people in a short amount of time and you better figure out HOW to do it WITHOUT sacrificing quality.

I'm getting DEEP IN THE WEEDS of this high volume hiring stuff.

So as my day job demands me to get my arms even further around this production hiring, I'm recognizing that I gotta slow down to speed up and most importantly I need to have a SPECIFIC yet FLEXIBLE strategy.

So here's my question to you friends - is this a good AMA Friday topic? Y'all want to hear in real time how I'm doing this AND what it might mean for job seekers?

You know me I'm a big fan of helping job seekers understand the "how" behind the hiring - would this be of interest?

Might make it a series....

#HighVolumeHiring #HighVolumeRecruiting #HiringAtScale

I get asked quite frequently about being "almost" chosen for a role. Do recruiters, hiring managers and companies mean it when they say keep in touch? Or that you were really close but someone else just barely beat you out for the role?

Per usual I can't speak for ALL recruiters, but I know I've had tremendous success following up with / staying in touch with great candidates who weren't quite right for THIS role but ended up being perfect for THAT role. I've certainly made several hires that way!

It's not just me though. This chonky baby got a call yesterday from a hiring manager that he wasn't expecting. My son interviewed a few weeks back with a car shop and was told he'd hear back by end of the week. The deadline comes and goes, no follow up. Of course he asks his recruiter momma what she would do, so I told him to call the manager, remind him you're still interested, and respectfully ask for an update. 

Manager apologizes for not getting back sooner and lets my boy know he was a close fit but unfortunately they decided to hire someone else. Boo. My son was disappointed but thanked the manager for his time and asked to be considered for future roles.

PLOT TWIST! A week later my boy gets a text. Turns out the original hire didn't work out, and is my son still interested?? OF COURSE HE IS.

My baby boy had some choices - he could have never followed up. He could have been mad and ranted on LinkedIn (j/k he's not on here lol). He could have written off that company entirely because they are obviously the worst or something.

Instead, he took the high road, followed momma's advice, and starts his new job in April. 

If it can happen to HIM, it can happen for YOU!

#Recruiting #Hiring

*18 year old picture shared with permission. He's over 6 feet tall now 😭 😍

WHY AM I UP SO EARLY???

Oh yeah I'm presenting to my colleagues with the Women At Amazon / PxT Chapter this morning!!

We're talking about "Crafting Your Professional Narrative" - basically I'm sharing some tips and tricks on resumes and all things career related. (Remember if it's not documented it didn't happen).

Bonus - everything I'm sharing here today internally has already been shared with YOU through my weekly YouTube videos and blogs. 

I promise y'all - the same love and care I give my team I'm sharing with everyone - I want us all to win. 

Thank you Amazon and my bestie Harmony for nominating me to deliver this talk. I love coaching, training, and mentoring - it feels really good to be able to blend my personal passion with my professional life.

And yes, I'm putting this on my resume. 😎 

#RecruiterLife

I remember extending an offer to a Software Engineering Manager at Google. We wen through the crazy lengthy interview process together, survived Hiring Committee, and I was so stoked to get him on board.

The candidate turned future hire said "but what about my lack of a degree?"

I was confused - "what do you mean?" says I - "we're talking about your offer!"

Candidate (who's literally a signature away from being a Googler): "but I don't have a degree".

Me: "look - you and me, we're a couple of ancient Gen-Xers who learned by doing. I don't have a degree, you don't have a degree - but we're HERE. Because we KNOW OUR SHIT. We saw your resume, we interviewed you, we want to hire you. Degree, no degree - we don't care!"

He signed.  

Are STEM degrees valuable? Heck yeah. Are they often required and for good reason? Sure. 

Are you allowed to call yourself an engineer if you DON'T have a degree?

If you're doing engineering.... the answer should be obvious 😋 

My candidate had about 2 decades in engineering; self-taught, took some courses along the way, and grew his career year over year. One of my most memorable and favorite hires - EVER. Our paths were much different than our younger peers, but we did it. If this (screenshot) reflects your mindset, you didn't really learn much about LIFE while you were getting educated, did ya?

(Inspired to share this story by an actual post I stumbled across on LinkedIn. Y'all literally out here saying ANYTHING 🙄 )

#RecruiterLife #STEM #Engineering

When your team delivers, you deliver cupcakes!

So honored to work with these amazing leaders - Louie, our Environmental Test Lab Manager and Nicolás, Satellite Integration Manager are HIRING!

These are just two of the phenomenal managers I've had the privilege of helping bring to Kuiper (yep both my candidates!) AND work closely with to build their teams. We're well into double digit hiring numbers and it's MARCH y'all! We've been busy!

Yesterday they were kind enough to pick up some sweet treats I made for the entire production team. A couple of fun facts about these guys: 

Louie was my 5th Project Kuiper hire! Watching him grow as a leader and manager over a rapidly expanding team has been awesome. We've done a lot these last four years my friend!!

Nic originally joined us as a Lead Technician last year and was promoted to Manager about 5 minutes later 😂. Seriously the pace at which he's personally grown and developed not just himself but his team has been so inspiring to be a part of!

Check out ALL our Manufacturing & Production roles here: https://lnkd.in/gQvcaqZu

As always you can reach out to the entire recruiting team at KuiperJobs@amazon.com.

Let's build some satellites! I'll bring the cupcakes 🤗

Never have I ever turned down a candidate for being too excited about the job they're interviewing for.

I'm sad that the job search gurus and dopamine farmers have ever let the words "desperate" appear in any sentence related to what job seekers should, can, or might want to do.

Of course I've been recruiting engineers for over a decade and I'm usually about 74% more excited than they are when I give them offers. Maybe I just miss people squealing in my ear and jumping up and down when they get an offer. 🤣 

Then again, I've never turned down a candidate for NOT being too excited either.

Yeah I don't know what my point was either anymore.... I guess just that your level of excitement about any stage of the job search process really doesn't impact your chances all that much.

Although confirming you are indeed interested and willing to go through the interviews is certainly helpful.

Absolutely unrelated picture of my beautiful girl Zoey AKA the Mighty ZoeZoe for no reason other than she's super cute.

Y'all got me in my cranky old recruiter era 😂 

I know there's constant questions, comments, misinformation and frustration all over these social media streets when it comes to recruiting.

My favorite ( 😭 ) is the insistence that recruiters don't do exactly what they say they do. 

Like SIR are you sitting next to me watching me work? Do you have factual evidence of what I did or didn't do in my various tools, systems, and processes? 

I am not arguing with any of y'all about whether or not recruiters review ALL resumes. How TF do any of us know with any certainty?

We don't.

So - the logical step is to just freaking ask. It's not like recruiters aren't all over LinkedIn anyway 🤣. Go ahead - leave a comment on one of their posts. Something like this:

"𝐻𝑖 𝑅𝐸𝐶𝑅𝑈𝐼𝑇𝐸𝑅! 𝐼'𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑢𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 (ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑, 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑦) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝐴𝐼𝑅 𝐶𝑂𝑁𝑆𝐼𝐷𝐸𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁. 

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠!"

That's it. That's the comment. Recruiters will either TELL YOU or not, but at least you're ASKING (and will probably get tons of recruiters crawling out of their holes to tell you about THEIR process). Win/Win!

For more on "fair consideration", watch this - first of a lil 2 part video series where I talk about whether or not recruiters SHOULD read every resume. https://lnkd.in/g28S7kwN

#RecruiterLife #TaylorSwiftOfRecruiting #ThanksKurtis 😂

Y’all the way Lusely kept her cool in the comments. 🥹

I could never. 

We want transparency from people involved in hiring, and when we get it? Some of y’all would have had me in LinkedIn jail. 

Many thoughtful comments, questions, and requests for clarity. Good stuff, and Lusely was kind enough to answer those in great detail. 

Others just had to show their asses. Not just angry job seekers either. Nope - we had some recruiters suffering from Dunning-Kruger effect weighing in as if their limited exposure to the industry covers every potential hiring process. 🙄

If the role, company or process doesn’t resonate with you IT AIN’T FOR YOU. Move along if all you have to add to the conversation are a complaints and insults. 

Stay curious. Don’t be a jerk. 

Shouldn’t have to explain this to grown adults on a “professional” networking site. 

About to start calling some of y’all’s mommas. 😭

Not gonna lie y'all I send a lot of emails over here building the teams that build the #ProjectKuiper satellites.

We're looking for someone to help keep my million emails up and running! 

If you love owning the design and deployment of M365, making security your besties, and care about delivering a top notch customer productivity experience, please help. 😂 

This role is for US Citizens (government rules not mine) but you'll get to work on some really neat stuff behind the scenes. Productivity and Compliance are my love languages and you'll own that here! (*insert something clever about Infrastructure as Code*)

The amazing Gayatri is working on this role so you should definitely apply or reach out to her for more information. She can explain this way better than I ever could.

This role is SO IMPORTANT that the whole team is helping - Harmony, Kayla, Jason, Himani, Drew, Sabina, Veena, even our fearless leader Lindsey are digging in to this one! 

Ok ok role details - find those HERE - https://lnkd.in/g-MPsGqn

Fastest path to consideration - please apply! You can also reach out to our ENTIRE recruiting team at kuiperjobs@amazon.com and I bet if you connected with any of my lovely peers they'll respond too. Gayatri is your person for this one but all of us are happy to help / connect. 

Bonus - you'll get to work with me too!!

#SysDev #SysDevEngineering #M365 #Compliance #Emails #SoManyEmails #AmazonJobs #SpaceJobs

TWO UNIVERSAL TRUTHS.

I was not given this information when I got into recruiting. No, I had to learn the hard way. So friends, if you're new to recruiting or thinking about jumping into this dumpster fire of an industry, please know the following things:

1. No one knows more about how to DO my job than someone who's never done it.
2. No one knows more about how MY EMPLOYER HIRES (any employer, wherever I happen to be hanging my hat these days) than someone who's never worked here (there).

*random shower thoughts... maybe Google SHOULDN'T be free...

Image credit: Effin'​ Birds

KEYWORDS ARE HURTING YOUR JOB SEARCH

There I said it.

Some folks out here are so completely fixated on keyword matching that you're forgetting about context. Bloated skills sections, 4/5 bubbles filled in to indicate some unknown level of mastery in Excel, random buzzwords... hiring managers hate this stuff y'all.

I've even taken chances on folks and submitted resumes like this because there's PROBABLY enough to guess it's worth a conversation... but then I hear "pass - I can't tell what this person ACTUALLY DID".

When your resume is being reviewed alongside hundreds of others that have CONTEXT and ACCOMPLISHMENTS, what would YOU put your odds at?

As always, do whatever gets you the desired results. Some of you refuse to apply to anything ever. Ok. Others are obsessed with beating an imaginary bot and stuffing keywords in tiny white font. That's an approach.

If those things are landing you interviews (pardon my skepticism) you should ABSOLUTELY KEEP DOING THEM.

For the rest of us, watch this.

#JobSearch #Keywords #ApplicantTrackingSystem #Resume

Surprised to see my purple banner had disappeared... then I realized we had filled all the roles I had posted!!

So of course I added a few more so I could get it back 🤣 

You can check out all our manufacturing and production roles (my team!) here - https://lnkd.in/dDGyyG5D

Also can I add that it's super cool to see my recruits and recruiting partners showcased on the careers page. I'm proud - like proud momma proud - of this team ❤️

amazon.jobs • 1 min read

Manufacturing and Production

Ex-Taco Bell. Ex-Nisqually Valley Care Center. Ex-Child Time.

Ex-Preschool Teacher spills it all about using "Ex-Company" in your social media profiles!!

With some exceptions of course, I'm pretty convinced there are two kinds of people who leverage this. 

I have some strong thoughts about the second kind.

#RecruiterLife #Recruiting #ExFAANG #ExCompany #SocialMedia

Know what's better than random keyword matching and stuffing your resume with buzzwords? 

Understanding the HOW and WHY of a hiring problem.

This one is for everybody. Job seekers and recruiters alike should seek to understand. While we are approaching this from different sides of the search, your strategy has to be more thoughtful than just recognizing a keyword that happened to show up in either the job description or the resume.

Dig in y'all - and watch this first.

#Recruiting #Hiring #JobSearch #Sourcing #Resumes

Amy Miller is a legend and I stand by it (and I’m not even close to being dramatic when I say this). 

Amy is one of the first people to connect and interact with me on #recruitertwitter and at my first #SourceCon (I think it was 2018). She has the ability to communicate in a way I admire - without compromising who she is and her own communication style. Amy has and continues to dedicate countless hours of her time to help people understand our industry and community but most importantly IMHO, how to navigate all the aspects of job search. If you haven’t checked out her website, Recruiting in Yoga Pants (link in first comment), you need to - job seeker or not. Trust me when I tell you, there are free resources for days on her site that you may be able to share with someone in your community who is job searching, negotiating salary for a promotion, and so much more. 

One of the main reasons I have a website/blog (link in first comment) about my life and recruiting today is because Amy inspired me. 

She didn’t inspire me to be like her. 

She inspired me to try it and be like me, even if I suck at it. 

She inspired and continues to inspire me to write more (can’t get better if I do not keep at it), attempt to make videos of my own, and find more creative ways to share my own messages. Don’t get me wrong. Yes, she’s a legend but I don’t want to be Amy. I want to be Rachel Kitty Cupples - your recruitingSHEro. Amy’s own brand and way of doing things are hers. I wish everyone was inspired by someone’s work to go for it. Someone who inspires you to figure out who you are and what your brand should be and build it unapologetically - and keep at it. 

What’s my point and why am I still rambling?

This is an Amy Miller appreciation post. 

Who’s your Amy? If it isn’t literally Amy Miller, Recruiter in Yoga Pants, I’m guessing you have your own Amy  - someone who inspires you to be brave, try new things, and stretch yourself to continue growing. Someone inspires you to pay it forward. Someone who is a genius with recruiter/social media inspired t-shirts. 😂 Okay, that might be a stretch. 😂 Someone who keeps it real with you and their audience/community always. Someone who never makes you feel less than because you’re you or aren’t doing it like she would or in her time frame, etc. Someone you respect and admire. 

Thank YOU, Amy. Thank you, for the introductions over the years and for making me feel included in the recruitment community on Twitter since I created #recruitingSHEro. 

Let’s celebrate the recruitment, sourcing and HR community! Let us all remember to shine light on our community and those in our community who’ve made time and held space for us. 

Let’s assume this post is riddled in typos and move forward with admiration and gratitude. Comment below by tagging your Amy.

Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by "fungible" hiring 😂 

As much as it's not my favorite, I get WHY companies hire this way. 

I also love a good niche search - I get to put my detective hat on and go DEEP into the weeds with my business! 

But what's the difference really, and why does it matter to job seekers?

As always, my goal is to give you the right questions to ask. I firmly believe that the more we understand about HOW companies hire the better we can show we are the potential solution to whatever problem we're trying to solve. This week I dive into the difference between these kinds of hiring practices and how to identify which one you might fall into - and why.

Y'all I give you the same advice I'd give myself and have repeatedly given my children, even if that one troll thinks it's "bad" 🤣 

Blessed Good Friday and Happy Easter to those who celebrate. I'm taking off early to pray for patience on this app. 😋 

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#Recruiting #HighVolumeHiring #NicheRoles

What in the world is "high volume" when it comes to hiring? 

Honestly y'all it depends. (I know - my evergreen answer for all things recruiting lol)

There are so many layers to this - each industry, organization, etc is going to have their own perspectives on this. Heck even things like geography (hello tourist season!) can impact seasonal hiring.

I'm going to dig into this more in the coming weeks, including some of my own learnings as I am scaling up high volume hiring. Learn from my pain y'all. 

Oh and if you think "high volume = low quality" you should maybe put yourself in a timeout and let the professionals handle this one. 🙄 

#Recruiting #HighVolumeHiring #Staffing #HiringAtScale

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