CLAIRE UHLENHAKE
Salesforce
Dayton,Ohio
12
years of professional experience
Talent Acquisition professional with 10+ years of experience spanning sales recruiting, technical recruiting, corporate HR, and recruiting leadership. Experienced managing high-volume full-cycle recruiting, partnering with Managers through VP-level stakeholders, and building talent pipelines across the U.S. and Canada. Proven track record of strong recruiting performance, team leadership, candidate experience, and client partnership within SaaS, technology, sales, and Fortune 500 environments.
Work History
Senior Recruiter
5 Years 1 Month- Manage full-cycle recruiting strategy for the Sales organization, partnering with Regional Managers and Area VPs to identify, attract, assess, and close high-quality sales talent. Expertise in Enterprise, Commercial, SMB, BDR, Leadership and Solution Engineering space.
- Manage a high-volume requisition portfolio while balancing sourcing, candidate assessment, interview coordination, offer processes, onboarding, and stakeholder communication.
- Use recruiting data, market insight, and candidate analysis to advise business leaders on talent availability, pipeline health, and recruiting best practices.
- Partner with hiring leaders to strengthen candidate experience and align recruiting strategy with evolving business and workforce needs.
Recruitment Consultant / Team Lead
4 Years 9 Months- Led recruiting strategy for major client accounts while serving as a 50% people leader and 50% individual contributor, supporting full-cycle recruitment and business development of talent programs.
- Partnered directly with Managers, Directors, and VPs to build pipelines, calibrate candidate profiles, manage hiring processes, and deliver recruiting outcomes for sales organizations.
- Managed and coached 3 direct reports responsible for full-cycle recruiting, providing mentorship, training, workflow guidance, and performance support.
- Supported recruiting programs for TriNet, Cintas, and Uber, with experience spanning high-volume sales and competitive talent that supported WilsonHCG culture and client delivery.
Technical Recruiter
11 Months- Executed full-cycle recruiting for multiple Fortune 500 clients, with a specialty in clinical research and pharmaceutical talent.
- Built candidate pipelines through LinkedIn, Indeed, CareerBuilder, ZipRecruiter, and additional sourcing channels while maintaining strong candidate relationships.
- Partnered with Account Managers on candidate strategy, resume presentation, offer processes, and client communication.
- Led a full redesign of the company training program to improve recruiter onboarding and development.
Human Resources Associate
1 Year 6 Months- Served as primary HR contact for 200+ employees in the Office of Research, supporting onboarding, employee relations, compensation and job analysis, compliance, benefits, payroll, performance management, and leave administration.
- Project-managed a department-wide restructuring of the onboarding process and directly managed an HR student assistant.
- Planned and executed employee engagement initiatives and HR meetings while partnering with leaders on process improvements.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts - Human Resources Management & Communication
Skills
Talent Acquisition
Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sales Recruiting
Technical Recruiting
Executive / Leadership Recruiting
Sourcing Strategy
Hiring Manager Partnership
Stakeholder Management
Candidate Experience
Recruiting Analytics
Team Leadership
Mentoring & Training
Employer Branding
Recruitment Marketing
Process Improvement
Recruiting Impact
60–80
Hires annually
30
Concurrent requisitions
U.S. + Canada
Recruiting markets
Manager–VP
Leadership hiring
Accomplishments
- FY26: 121% to plan
- FY25: 147% to plan
- FY24: 110% to plan
- Q3 2025 - Team Impact Award
- Q3 2021 Salesforce Team Contest Winner – Most Hires (#1 of 12); 272% to plan in first quarter
- Think Big Contest Winner – November 2019
- #1 Team Ranking – 2020; #2 Team Ranking – 2018 and 2019 (out of ~25 recruiters)
- Exceeded sales quota in all four quarters of 2017–2020, by up to 300%
- MVP Award – July 2017
- Early Career Professional Scholarship Award – Ohio State University, 2015
- BGSU Dining Outstanding Leader Scholarship Award – 2013
Technology
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Workday
- Tableau
- Slack
- GoodTime
- Avature
- ICIMS
- Taleo
- Beamery
- Eightfold
- Claro
- Hiretual
- Talent Sonar
- SourceHub
- ZipRecruiter
- Indeed
- CareerBuilder
- Ladders
- ZapInfo
- G Suite
- Microsoft Office
- ADP
- PeopleSoft
- First Advantage
- LexisNexis
Timeline
Senior Recruiter
Salesforce
07.2021 - CurrentRead More
Recruitment Consultant / Team Lead
WilsonHCG
10.2016 - 07.2021Read More
Technical Recruiter
Tailored Management
11.2015 - 10.2016Read More
Human Resources Associate
The Ohio State University
05.2014 - 11.2015Read More
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts from Human Resources Management & Communication
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