ALVARO CHAVEZ
Philadelphia
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisition Professional with experience in full-cycle recruitment, workforce planning and employer branding. Strengths lie in relationship building, candidate sourcing, and technology utilization to streamline hiring processes. Previous work has resulted in improved efficiency of recruitment systems, higher quality candidate pools and a positive company culture. Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager (contract)
Aspire Bakeries
Swedesboro
03.2024 - Current
- Manage full life cycle recruiting process for exempt and non-exempt roles in support of Operations, Maintenance, Food Safety and Quality as well as Human Resources across several locations.
- Identify and source top talent through social media, networking events, job boards, and referrals to maintain a strong talent pipeline.
- Conduct initial candidate assessments and screenings to ensure alignment with job requirements and enhance hiring efficiency.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies in collaboration with hiring managers, HR Business partners and business leaders to align with organizational goals, support workforce planning, promote diversity and drive improvements in recruitment strategies.
- Manage vendor relationships for various staffing agencies and ensure that there is constant communication to improve quality of candidates in the pipeline and efficiency of the recruiting process.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation in Success Factors (ATS) for accurate reporting and strategic insights.
- Create a positive candidate experience through regular communication and relationship-building to enhance talent attraction and retention.
- Successfully filled over 112 positions since starting in March while achieving an offer acceptance rate of 81%.
- Successfully planned and executed on strategy for hiring events resulting in increased candidate engagement and offers generated.
Recruiting Specialist Contractor (contract)
Leonardo
Philadelphia
06.2023 - 03.2024
- Performed full life cycle recruiting in support of Industrial operations, quality systems, engineering as well as other departments of the company as needed for exempt and non-exempt roles.
- Worked closely with hiring managers to determine recruiting needs for their areas and make recommendations on interview process, candidate quality and screening, establish regular cadence to build relationship between the department and the recruiting function.
- Utilized LinkedIn Professional Recruiter, Indeed, and JSFirm to source and create channels for future job openings of specific skill profiles.
- Lead vendor calls and managed vendor relationship with key partners to ensure that Leonardo is getting the right quality of candidates through the pipeline for Avionics and Mechanical Technicians.
- Improved recruiting process and candidate experience through review of Standard Operating Procedures, timelines and potential technologies for the recruiting function resulting in improved time-to-fill.
- Represented Leonardo’s Helicopter Division at career events to promote the company’s goals and mission and attract fresh and highly qualified candidates.
- Owned candidate experience from start to finish while implementing best practices resulting in high candidate engagement and a superior candidate experience.
Technical Sourcing Recruiter, L5 – Foundational Data Services
Amazon Web Services
Remote/Philadelphia
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Managed the candidate experience end-to-end, including all communications and providing candidates with online coding assessments, interview preparation materials and leading final interview prep calls.
- Exceeded hiring goals averaging 2.16 hires per month against our org average of 1.38 hires per month resulting in Simple Storage Service (S3) and Glacier teams hitting their headcount goals for 2022.
- Sourced candidates focusing on Software Development Engineers (SDEs) of all levels, Technical Project Managers (TPMs) and Software Development Managers (SDMs) averaging over 750 reach-outs per week.
- Partnered with Hiring Managers to create and implement hiring strategies as well as build and maintain a pipeline of highly qualified, diverse talent across the United States and Canada.
- Top performer in organization of 28 recruiters, producing 18 offers and 13 offer accepts inside 6-months of full ramp time.
- Produced a candidate offer accept rate of 72% by pre-closing candidates using best practices.
- Led Hiring Managers trainings on sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search strings and various reach out templates resulting in improved candidate engagement.
- Mentored newly hired recruiters to provide technical recruiting guidance whilst following a structured ramp plan.
- Led project team focusing on past year candidate data to find meaningful trends to improve the team’s 2023 sourcing strategy moving forward.
Technical Recruiter – Infrastructure Optimization and Risk and Security
TEKsystems, Inc.
Rocky Hill
05.2019 - 12.2021
- Partnered with Account Managers and Delivery Managers nationally within the organization to help identify top candidates to fulfill the needs of clients.
- Achieved Road to Contest II award by averaging over $13,000 in weekly revenue goals through successful placement of consultants with TEKsystems’s clients.
- Full Life cycle recruiting: walked consultants through employment lifecycle, including interview, onboarding, feedback and end of assignment.
- Became subject matter expert in Risk and Security space by leveraging partnerships with candidates and consultants as well as through self-education of the Risk and Cyber Security space.
- Utilized keywords and Boolean search strings to identify prospective candidates in LinkedIn Recruiter professional services and internal database.
- Created and maintained a robust network and pipeline of qualified candidates and professionals within the network infrastructure and risk and security space.
- Screened candidates to ensure quality of talent to our customers by meeting with them in-person or virtually and reaching out and speaking with professional references.
- Engaged with consultants and candidates daily via phone calls, email, text messaging and LinkedIn resulting in consistently exceeding weekly metric expectations.
District Manager
Automatic Data Processing LLC
Florham Park
08.2017 - 04.2019
- Performed market research by analyzing industry trends, competitor pricing and promotions as well as customer feedback.
- Generated over $100,000 in sales revenue for 2018 fiscal year through cross-selling and upselling opportunities for ADP.
- Utilized market research to strategize and execute competitive pricing and marketing promotions resulting in new business acquisition and higher customer retention.
- Connected C level and business owners to human management capital tools averaging 15 client meetings per week, all to ensure high customer retention rates and superior customer service.
- Utilized various communication channels (email, social media, telephone) to communicate with small business clients and to increase referral network.
- Generated prospecting lists by leveraging demographic information to create new business opportunities.
Financial Consultant – Summer Intern
New York Life Insurance Company
New York
06.2016 - 11.2016
- Provided cost effective financial solutions to individuals, families and small businesses based on financial and demographic information.
- Created a database of over 200 clients by extracting prospects from social media, email, and face to face interactions increasing client opportunities.
- Implemented a sales strategy tailored to different demographics, resulting in higher client acquisition rates.
- Organized and hosted seminars for prospective client groups about life insurance products resulting in improved enrollment.
Education
Bachelor of Science, B.S. - Digital Marketing Analytics
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CTBachelor of Arts, B.A. - Psychology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CTSkills
- LinkedIn Recruiter Professional Services
- Success Factors
- Workday
- Beamery Talent Management
- HireEZ
- Seekout
- Advanced Excel Functionality
- QuickSight
- HTML
- ICIMS
- Oracle HCM
- Salesforce
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Outlook
- Leadership
- Time Management
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Full life cycle recruiting
- Talent sourcing
- Data analysis
- Applicant tracking systems
- Diversity recruitment
- Interviewing techniques
- Candidate engagement
- Hiring strategies
- Project management
- Recruitment marketing
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager (contract)
Aspire Bakeries
03.2024 - Current
Recruiting Specialist Contractor (contract)
Leonardo
06.2023 - 03.2024
Technical Sourcing Recruiter, L5 – Foundational Data Services
Amazon Web Services
01.2022 - 03.2023
Technical Recruiter – Infrastructure Optimization and Risk and Security
TEKsystems, Inc.
05.2019 - 12.2021
District Manager
Automatic Data Processing LLC
08.2017 - 04.2019
Financial Consultant – Summer Intern
New York Life Insurance Company
06.2016 - 11.2016
Bachelor of Science, B.S. - Digital Marketing Analytics
University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts, B.A. - Psychology
University of Connecticut