Terminal

• Led a team of up to two high-performing Senior Talent Partners at one time. 
• Conducted weekly 1:1s with my direct reports to discuss updates regarding open roles, goals progress, career progression, and provide mentorship to help them effectively reach and succeed their quarterly goals.
• Created and led training sessions for Talent Partners (Technical Recruiters) to educate on process updates and recruitment best practices.  
• Attended weekly meetings with other department Managers and Leads to discuss updates regarding open roles and devise strategies to overcome blockers. 
• Recruited for Technical IC and Lead roles including, but not limited to: Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Fullstack Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and SRE. 
• Recruiting and building remote Engineering Teams for U.S.-based startups in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Poland, Costa Rica, Poland, Romania, and Spain.
• Attend and lead meetings with Terminal’s clients (U.S.-based startups) to gather requirements, understand hiring needs, relay requirements back to the Recruitment team, and be involved with recruiting hands-on.
• Partnered with Sourcing Team to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
- Partnered with Customer Success to maintain communication and transparency regarding client relations.
• Built and maintained communication with Terminal’s clients to provide constant updates regarding the process of the searches.  
• Built and maintained relationships with top-quality candidates throughout and after the interview processes.

Lead Talent Partner

• Recruited for Technical IC and Lead roles including, but not limited to: Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Fullstack Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and SRE.
• Recruiting and building remote Engineering Teams for U.S.-based startups in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Poland, Costa Rica, Poland, Romania, and Spain.
• Led meetings with Terminal’s clients to gather requirements, understand hiring needs, relay requirements back to the Recruitment team, and be involved with recruiting hands-on.
• Partnered with Sourcing Team to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
• Partnered with Customer Success to maintain communication and transparency regarding client relations.
• Built and maintained communication with Terminal’s clients to provide constant updates regarding the process of the searches.  
• Built and maintained relationships with top-quality candidates throughout and after the interview processes. 
• Successfully promoted to a Senior Talent Partner within my first year.

Senior Talent Partner

Terminal builds elite engineering teams to accelerate world-changing companies. 

We identify emerging tech hubs around the globe, and connect the top engineers with the most compelling companies. We provide complete operations and services to give companies all the benefits of a new office without any of the hassle. 

We are building communities of the top technologists to solve hard problems. We bring the top companies from around the world and help them run operations in new markets, while maintaining top-notch benefits and unique access to Silicon Valley and global tech leaders. Our amazing client teams span all types of software development including cutting-edge front-end frameworks, hyper-scale infrastructure, AR/VR/IOT, Data Science, DevOps, and much more. 

We already have hubs in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Poland and we are just getting started. We only partner with high-growth technology firms that are backed by the top VCs and are solving compelling challenges with global impact.

We are transforming the way the best companies and most talented people partner in building the future.

Talent Acquisition Partner

Benchmark Recruitment

• Responsible for maintaining and building relationships with new and existing clients including startup Tech Companies, Product Companies, and enterprise Crown Corporations.
• Scheduled and hosted meetings with Benchmark’s clients to gather requirements, understand hiring needs, and relay requirements back to the Recruitment team.
• Conducted full-cycle recruitment for Development, Infrastructure, and PMO opportunities across Canada.
o Roles include but are not limited to: Software Engineers (Frontend, Full Stack, and Backend), DevOps Engineers, Project/Program Managers, UI/UX Designers, QAs, Software/Infrastructure Architects, Business Analysts, and Systems Engineers / Administrators.
• Responsible for scheduling meetings with Hiring Managers to provide status updates on open roles.
• Collaborated closely with Benchmark Recruitment’s sales team to devise strategies towards penetrating new markets and clients.
• Partnered with Recruiters to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
• Responsible for ensuring clients’ expectations are being met with the level of talent being
presented to them.
• Sourced candidates by utilizing Bullhorn, Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, and
candidate referrals.

Account Manager

• Responsible for recruiting for roles related to Project Management, Software Development, and Infrastructure. Roles include, but not limited to: Software Engineers (Frontend, Full Stack, and Backend), DevOps Engineers, Project/Program Managers, UX/UI Designers, QAs, Systems/Infrastructure Architects, Business Analysts, and Systems Engineers / Administrators.
• Partnered, maintained relationships with, and recruited for companies ranging from startup Tech Companies to enterprise Crown Corporations.
• Scheduled and hosted meetings with Hiring Managers to understand hiring needs and relayed requirements back to the Recruitment team.
• Managed candidates’ expectations throughout the entire recruitment processes through consistent communication.
• Collaborated with Recruiters to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
• Sourced candidates through Bullhorn, Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, and
candidate referrals.
• Established and maintained relationships with candidates and clients throughout Canada.
• Responsible for presenting and closing final offers to candidates.

Senior Tech Recruiter

IT/IQ Tech Recruiters

Promoted from Recruitment Associate to Recruitment Specialist specializing in the PMO space.

• Facilitated the recruitment process across the entire Infrastructure and PMO space of Vancouver’s IT sector. 
• Infrastructure specialties included: DevOps Engineers, IT Managers, Systems Engineers/Administrators, Network Engineers/Administrators, Help Desk/Desktop Support, Systems Architects, Solution Architects, and Network Architects.
• PMO specialties included: IT Directors, IT Managers, Program Managers, Project Managers, Business Analyst, Change Managers, Business Systems Analysts, and Project Coordinators.
• Created and maintained positive candidate experiences through follow up phone calls, emails, LinkedIn messages, virtual calls, coffee meetings, and lunch meetings.
• Collaborated with Account Managers on requirements qualifications calls or meetings with clients or Hiring Managers to provide expertise and clarity as to what the top skills are that the client is searching for.
• Created and maintained professional relationships with candidates who were and were not on IT/IQ’s payroll.
• Sourced candidates using Bullhorn, LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, and received referrals from other candidates.
• Mentored and coached other Infrastructure recruiters within IT/IQ to assist them in their overall recruitment development from a behavioral and skillset perspective.
• Responsible for presenting offers to successful candidates while negotiating offer details, when needed, for finalizing the hiring process along with preparing hires for the onboarding process.
• 2018 President’s Trip Winner.

Recruitment Specialist

IT/IQ is a specialized recruitment and consulting firm focusing on connecting our candidates to the best opportunities in the market. Our dedicated team of 28 tech recruiters are structured around our 4 Information Technology skill sets (PMO, Development, Data Management/ERP and Infrastructure) and are committed to building strong relationships and being the guide throughout the recruitment journey.
4 specialized categories mean that each of our tech recruiters focuses on one skill set alone. This in turn means a greater depth of knowledge and experience in order to better serve each of our candidates.
As a Recruitment Associate, I identify, network and build relationships with professionals within the Infrastructure arm with skill sets that include:

• Desktop Support
• Systems Administration
• Network Administration
• Software & Cloud Architecture
• Infrastructure & Solutions Architecture 
• Storage Analysts 
• Security Architecture 
• Security Analysts
• Infrastructure Management 
• Citrix Consultants 
• DevOps Consultants

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I'm a Senior Technical Recruiter who brings 6+ years of combined experience working within U.S.-based Startups and Recruitment Agencies. Currently, as a Lead Talent Partner, I pride myself on providing diverse solutions to all candidates and clients that Terminal partners with. I work closely with a deep network of top Engineers, and help provide our candidates and customers with an exceptional customer experience by matching them with the opportunities that best fit their specific and unique requirements.

Here you can find a success story for SESO, one of Terminal's clients which I partnered with to grow their Engineering team in Canada and Latin America: https://www.terminal.io/success-stories/seso.

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