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Cheryl Trafas

Roseville

Summary

Talent Acquisition Lead with extensive experience in developing recruitment strategies and improving candidate experiences at Cprime. Proficient in using ATS tools such as iCIMS and collaborating with stakeholders to source top talent and negotiate offers, contributing to organizational growth.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Lead

Cprime - A Goldman Sachs and Everstone Capital Company
01.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: Cprime is a professional services / consulting company that specializes in providing solutions and services in areas such as Agile, DevOps, and product management
  • Quickly learned Cprime business and built partnerships with business leaders
  • Identified effective sourcing strategies and recruit experienced technical and non-technical candidates
  • Conducted in-depth interviews with potential candidates
  • Sold the Cprime story and brand
  • Recruited to pipeline and manage full recruiting cycle for internal hires in the US, Mexico and India. (Source, screen/interview, evaluate, negotiate offers, close)
  • Evaluated candidates based on capability and skills areas aligned to the role by hiring leaders
  • Created a positive candidate interview experience by managing expectations throughout the process and after
  • Cultivated and developed candidate pools through outreach with employee referrals and external networks
  • Developed job descriptions based on hiring managers needs
  • Helped demo and ultimately bring on a compensation tool to Cprime for market information that integrated with ADP.
  • Recommended ideas and strategies that will contribute to Cprime's growth
  • Continued to build a pipeline of candidates for reoccurring roles
  • Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates
  • Conducted compensation conversations with human resources and hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
  • Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives.

Principal Talent Acquisition Specialist, Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

IDeaS – A SAS Company
Bloomington
02.2011 - 08.2022
  • Executed full-cycle recruitment for corporate roles across IT, R&D, and Client Services.
  • Established partnerships with staffing agencies to facilitate permanent and contract placements.
  • Developed and implemented recruiting policies to enhance standards and processes.
  • Streamlined hiring procedures to reduce costs and attract top talent effectively.
  • Transitioned ATS from Taleo to iCIMS, optimizing recruitment workflow.
  • Crafted job descriptions and managed recruitment from requisition approval to onboarding.
  • Sourced candidates for diverse positions in Software Development, Product Management, and Finance.
  • Led talent acquisition branding initiatives including a corporate recruitment video.

IT Corporate Recruiter

G&K
Minnetonka
09.2010 - 01.2011
  • Company Overview: In addition to uniforms, G&K rents and sells floor mats, industrial mops, towels and other linens, and soaps, cleaners, and air fresheners. G&K also operates a fleet of 800 service and delivery vehicles
  • Role until previous recruiter came back
  • Sourced, selected and hired the best-matched candidates for corporate vacancies in Information Technology, specifically hard to find skill sets including (but not limited to) SAP, Informatica, Enterprise Architecture, AS400/Synon, Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity, Infrastructure Services Management & Project Management
  • Worked with hiring managers to understand current and future needs in order to proactively submit candidates if possible
  • Leveraged ATS systems (Taleo and VurV), LinkedIn, user groups, networks, job boards and staffing agencies as appropriate
  • Built and managed relationships with staffing agencies as necessary to ensure G&K is known for being an employer of choice to receive best candidates available

Division Director

Robert Half Technology
Bloomington
07.2004 - 09.2010
  • Company Overview: Robert Half Technology is a Global Consulting and Placement firm
  • Led 6-7 Sales Account Executives and Recruiters (In addition to all Sr. Technical Recruiting duties)
  • Sales Activity Reviews (SAR's) for Sales Account Executives
  • Recruiting Activity Reviews (RAR's) for Recruiting Account Executives
  • Weekly 'Wrap' Meetings with Account Executives
  • Report and analyze performance metrics and present to leadership
  • Mentor and coach employees
  • Create best practices and processes to help streamline business model
  • Remove roadblocks for Account Executives.

I/T Supervisor, Project Manager, Desktop Support, VB Developer

Cargill

Education

B.A. - Business Computer Information Systems, Speech Communication

St. Cloud State University

Skills

  • ADP, Workday, iCIMS, Open comp, Taleo, Hirebridge, Lever, Slack, MS Teams, Confluence (Atlassian), ServiceNow, SharePoint, SFDC
  • Talent acquisition
  • Candidate sourcing
  • Recruitment strategy
  • Interview techniques
  • Job description development
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Employee training
  • Problem solving
  • Negotiation skills
  • Candidate experience
  • Career pathing
  • Applicant tracking systems
  • Behavioral interviewing
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Competency-based assessment

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Lead

Cprime - A Goldman Sachs and Everstone Capital Company
01.2023 - Current

Principal Talent Acquisition Specialist, Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

IDeaS – A SAS Company
02.2011 - 08.2022

IT Corporate Recruiter

G&K
09.2010 - 01.2011

Division Director

Robert Half Technology
07.2004 - 09.2010

I/T Supervisor, Project Manager, Desktop Support, VB Developer

Cargill

B.A. - Business Computer Information Systems, Speech Communication

St. Cloud State University

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