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Ajya Winton

Las Vegas,NV

Summary

Talent Acquisition professional dedicated to enhancing organizations success through strategic hiring practices. Skilled in sourcing, screening, and onboarding top talent, contributing to organizational growth. Demonstrated proficiency in building strong candidate relationships and employing strategic recruitment techniques.


Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Aristocrat Technologies
11.2024 - Current
  • Owns 20+ full-cycle requisitions across tech, marketing, and data functions, including hard to fill roles.
  • Review hiring metrics to ensure pipeline diversity, source conversion, and time-to-fill align with data-informed hiring decisions.
  • Supported recruitment activities by coordinating interview schedules and candidate communications
  • Deliver 97% offer acceptance rate through candidate engagement and compensation alignment.
  • Participated in career fairs and networking events to promote employer brand
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to understand position requirements and team dynamics
  • Provided regular updates on talent acquisition performance metrics to senior leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement efforts.

Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

Virtual Gaming World
08.2022 - 10.2024
  • Developed global sourcing strategies across the U.S., Australia, and Europe for engineering, product, and ops roles.
  • Reduced time-to-hire from 180 to 35 days by redefining manager expectations and implementing structured SLAs.
  • Facilitated hiring manager training on inclusive hiring practices, embedding DEI into talent strategy.
  • Built proactive early-career pipelines by identifying critical markets and outreach opportunities.
  • Developed compelling job descriptions that accurately reflected role requirements and company culture.
  • Expanded candidate pool by leveraging social media platforms, job boards, and networking events to attract top-tier talent.
  • Managed vendor relationships with external recruiting agencies, ensuring cost-effective and efficient partnership agreements.
  • Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company.

Talent Acquisition Partner

Caesars Entertainment
03.2021 - 07.2022
  • Managed high-volume, full-cycle recruitment for technical and digital product teams (20–25 requisitions weekly).
  • Managed full-cycle recruitment process, including screening, interviewing, and onboarding candidates.
  • Partnered with managers on hiring plans tied to product launches and technology initiatives.
  • Internship & Early Career Involvement: Represented Caesars at university career fairs; supported 12-week internship program by reviewing candidates, engaging students, and tracking data metrics for program improvement.
  • Monitored and reported on diversity data and intern conversion metrics to support workforce planning.
  • Provided training sessions for hiring teams on effective interview techniques and evaluation methods.

Human Resources Coordinator -

Slickdeals
09.2019 - 03.2020

First HR Intern promoted into coordinator role; helped define structure for a potential internship program.

  • Designed proposal outlining Internship program structure, intern deliverables, and workforce planning benefits in the absence of manager buy-in.
  • Coordinated logistics for job fairs, internal trainings, and onboarding.
  • Conducted new employee onboarding and provided ongoing orientation training.
  • Compiled and monitored data for employee records and personnel documents to support accurate recordkeeping.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Management

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas
12-2019

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Aristocrat Technologies
11.2024 - Current

Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

Virtual Gaming World
08.2022 - 10.2024

Talent Acquisition Partner

Caesars Entertainment
03.2021 - 07.2022

Human Resources Coordinator -

Slickdeals
09.2019 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Management

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Ajya Winton