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This was my first recruiting role. My brother started before me and suggested I give it a shot. Before this, I designed B&O multi-room A/V systems out of SF and Palo Alto. I learned all about technical recruiting at Maxim. It was focused on relationship building.

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The top AM at Maxim left for a small company and brought me. I was the top recruiter when I left Maxim. We built a contract recruiting division. Unfortunately, the dot com crash came and I was laid off.

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I went back to school for database administration. Databases interested me, so I learned all about them and even some data warehousing. I earned a scholarship and continued on to get a BS in Computer Systems. While not a developer, I learned Agile, OOP, and other technical areas that were helpful in understanding the roles I recruited.

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I worked here for about 11 months. It was a small shop and I took on some of the sales side of the agency business.

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This is the majority of my recruiting experience. TRIAD is a boutique firm and I ran a full desk. So, I sold recruiting services to companies and then recruited for their openings. Disney was my main client and the most profitable client in the company. I consistently exceeded my goals and helped my coworkers meet their goals. I trained a lot of new recruiters and mentored others. I completely elevated the company when I proposed and implemented a new ATS that everyone actually used. It was a pretty Wild West before that. Disney opened a contract recruiter role and I pitched it to my boss as a way to get intimate knowledge on our best client. I contracted myself to Disney.

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My first corporate job. I love the brand and the company. I was able to navigate and document them in a way that helped the subsequent recruiting hires in their journey. I learned a lot about how many people need to get involved to make a hire and each segment at Disney had different processes on who to include and make aware of actions in the workflow. I was able to navigate and document them in a way that helped the subsequent recruiting hires in their journey. During the pandemic, we broke into groups and helped iron out processes. I was a huge advocate of using the ATS to move candidates through the workflow and thus ensure reporting is accurate. The last year I was there, I moved into a lead recruiter role and helped manage a team.

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I was offered the opportunity to own the technical recruiting at Bird. It was a unicorn who was rebounding after the pandemic dampened their business. It was a great experience and short-lived. The company cut almost 25% in June 2022 and they didn't need me or my team to hire.

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The builder we hired in April only stayed around until half the second floor was framed. I joined the framing crew when the first wall was going up. When the builder left with our money, I stayed to ensure it was finished. Along with another guy, we finished the house in May 2023.
Now I need to get back to recruiting!