Cristal Fagundo
Charlotte,NC
Summary
A seasoned Sr. Principal Technical Recruiter with a proven track record at Talent Hunt Group, adept in leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter and demonstrating exceptional networking skills. Achieved a notable increase in diverse candidate placements by 30%, underscoring a commitment to innovation and inclusivity in talent acquisition strategies.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Principal Technical Recruiter
Talent Hunt Group
06.2022 - Current
- Collaborate with hiring team, for direct placement and compensation
- Analyzes and recommends strategic recruitment solutions for meeting business needs
- Conducts full life cycle recruiting by sourcing candidates, screening candidates, negotiating offers, and arranging for pre-hire set-up
- Ensures appropriate documentation is entered and retained
- Assures a stellar applicant experience
- Coordinates posting of open positions on internal and external job search web sites to include diversity sites
- Coordinate with hiring manager to ensure timely review of resume, interviewing and feedback on candidates
- Coordinates creative strategies and maintains candidate pool for staffing hard-to-fill positions
- Actively seeks out new avenues to recruit candidates for technical positions, including profession-specific web sites, college campuses, technical professional associations, and community networking groups
- Prioritizes sourcing of Veterans and other diverse candidates
- Participates in career fairs, involving weekends, after-hours
- Actively networks to enhance awareness of company employment opportunities
Senior Technical Recruiter, Remote
AeroVironment
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Support internal teams with a focus on technical recruiting expertise to attract and hire top talent in various disciplines: Embedded Software, Systems Engineering, Mechanical, Machine Learning, AI, etc
- Provide consultative partnership to hiring managers with the focus on sourcing for hard-to-find skills and passive top talent at all levels
- Experience in full life cycle recruiting including, but not limited to sourcing, screening, qualifying, interviewing and candidate relationship management while guiding hiring managers and candidates through the selection process
- Demonstrate the ability to recruit for a broad/deep range of technical and professional positions and handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
- Proficient in sourcing passive talent utilizing various sourcing techniques and tools (Networking, LinkedIn, Boolean searches, etc.)
- Experience in negotiating and extending offers to candidates
Senior Technical Recruiter, Remote
Amazon Artificial Intelligence Devices & Services
Herndon, USA
07.2021 - 11.2021
- Manage ATS and administrative tasks in support of recruiting process
- Work with and develop strong relationships with hiring managers, business leaders and partners
- Evaluate resumes for submission to Hiring manager/client
- Key contributor for one on one /panel interviews
- Candidate informational intake/pre-brief and debrief with candidates and interviewers
- Manage correspondence regarding interviewers and assigned compresences
- Follow-up before and after interviews
- Content approver for all requisitions
- Post and maintain job boards for both internal and external open positions
- Schedule interviews
- Ensure all necessary candidate paperwork is completed and signed
- Source candidates through internal and external sources; existing databases, advertising, managing internet-based recruitment process, professional networks, job fairs, employee referrals, college/university recruiting programs
- Report status updates of recruitment activity regularly to hiring team
- Attending events for recruiting and company branding
- Develop best practices and foster information sharing with management
- Take initiative and propose alternative strategies to meet challenging demands and deadlines
Unemployed
04.2021 - 07.2021
Principal Sr. Technical Recruiter
Quantech Services Inc
Chantilly, USA
03.2018 - 04.2021
- Team lead/supervisor technical sourcing recruiters
- Manage ATS and administrative tasks in support of recruiting process
- Work with and develop strong relationships with hiring managers, business leaders and partners
- Manage and negotiate staffing agency agreements and rates
- Extend offers and conduct on-boarding for all hires
- Evaluate resumes for submission to clients
- Develop and place employment ads
- Post and maintain job boards for both internal and external open positions
- Prepare new hire packages and conduct on-boarding
- Schedule interviews
- Conduct reference checks and verify education and experience
- Ensure all necessary candidate paperwork is completed and signed
- Source candidates through internal and external sources; existing databases, advertising, managing internet-based recruitment process, professional networks, job fairs, employee referrals, college/university recruiting programs
- Build and manage company recruiting program and meet all recruitment standards including fill time, cost per hire, and quality of hire
- Coordinates entire process of responding to current government contract job fill requisitions by quickly submitting qualified candidates for each requisition
- Set expectations / negotiate with candidates regarding and benefits salary
- Prepares and sends offers of employment
- Report status updates of recruitment activity regularly
- Attending events for recruiting and company recognition
- Develop best practices and foster information sharing with management
- Take initiative and propose alternative strategies to meet challenging demands and deadlines
- Responsible for staffing proposal and task order efforts
- Interview candidates, provide resumes, letters of intent and negotiate salaries
Senior Technical Recruiter
ManTech International
Herndon, USA
06.2016 - 03.2018
- Interview, screen and evaluate external and internal candidates for job openings to identify applicants who fully meet the position requirements of posted requisitions and refer them to the hiring manager for consideration
- Coordinate and actively participate in the selection of the final candidates
- Make employment recommendations based on information developed through prescreen, interview, reference check, application, and resume, ensuring the compensation offer is competitive, internally
- Negotiate and extend offers
- Partner with Hiring Manager to act as a business partner within the division
- Ensure all phases of the recruiting process are conducted in accordance with Ethics, Legal and Human Resources policies
- Ensure internal and external applicant tracking systems are maintained and completed; applicants are dispositioned according to OFCCP guidelines; internal candidates are disposition and contacted appropriately; and interview reports are completed accurately
- Runs queries of automated system and provides information to management as requested
- Coordinate and participate in job fairs
- Serve as an internal consultant regarding staffing needs and projections and advise on the best course of action to fill open positions
Senior IT Contract Recruiter
AECOM Inc.
McLean, USA
01.2016 - 05.2016
- Provide consultation to hiring managers on all aspects of the hiring process, including hiring strategies, recruitment cycle timing, coaching and guidance on best practices and sourcing trends
- Responsible for developing, recommending, and executing recruitment strategies with decision makers to ensure a successful candidate search within the identified time frames
- Use proactive methods to network with industry experts and professional industry related associations, to build ongoing passive candidate networks
- Build relationships and communicate consistently and proactively throughout the recruitment process to ensure all participants in the hiring process are updated and well informed
- Create a positive candidate experience (for both the selected and non-selected candidates) throughout the entire recruiting process
Senior Recruiter
OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation
Chantilly, USA
04.2007 - 11.2015
- Team lead/supervisor
- Full life cycle recruitment, corporate, government and commercial personnel
- Background Investigators, Physical Security, Management, Administrators, IT, Accounting, and Business Development positions in cleared environment
- Sourced, screen, qualify, interview, negotiate offers, and conduct reference checks
- Successfully source qualify candidates through internal database, networking, Internet databases, referrals, job fairs, military transition centers and advertising
- Track cost to hire and time to fill metrics
- Assist managers with hiring decisions, placement, compensation, employee transfers, and promotions
- Responsible for the company’s recruiting process and the maintenance of the applicant tracking system to ensure the company is OFCCP compliant
- Plan, coordinate, and assist with all company job fairs
- Responsible for internal and external advertising through various multimedia resources
- Review all pre-employment physical screenings and background checks to include criminal, credit, driving record, and employment and personal references
- Determine whether the applicant meets company/customer requirements
- Take appropriate action as determined
- Coordinate pre-employment security screening for corporate positions, and security officer positions that require a security clearance
- Administer Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) test
- Consult with Interviewer to determine whether applicant should continue with processing for employment
- Conduct new hire orientations
- Train all managers on interview guidelines and applicant tracking system
- Assist senior management with the recruiting budget
- Provide detailed reports and recruiting expense history to determine the new year’s budget
- Attend monthly Program Operations meeting with senior management to review staffing, financials, issues, concerns, risks and opportunities for the prior month
- Conduct weekly staffing status meetings
- Serve as the alternate recruiting manager
- Supervise contract recruiters and screeners for large contract start-ups
- Attend business development proposal meetings and provide human resource information and key personnel resumes as needed
- Participate in ISO Audits and continuously update ISO forms, checklists, processes, and position summaries to ensure recruiting stays ISO compliant
- Responsible for the development of the company’s recruiting processes
- Development and maintenance of the applicant tracking system
Education
Business Administration -
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Fairfax, VirginiaSkills
- ChatGPT
- ICIMS
- BrassRing
- Bullhorn
- Beamery
- Zoho
- Amazon Hire
- OneSource
- Workday
- Success Factors
- Remix
- Open Hire
- HR Smart
- LinkedIn Recruiter
Awards
- Awarded bonus for outstanding performance staffing new contract with over 200 positions in 3 months.
- Awarded for outstanding performance staffing, managing, and winning 4 government cleared proposal efforts for the NRO.
Timeline
Sr. Principal Technical Recruiter
Talent Hunt Group
06.2022 - Current
Senior Technical Recruiter, Remote
AeroVironment
03.2022 - 05.2022
Senior Technical Recruiter, Remote
Amazon Artificial Intelligence Devices & Services
07.2021 - 11.2021
Unemployed
04.2021 - 07.2021
Principal Sr. Technical Recruiter
Quantech Services Inc
03.2018 - 04.2021
Senior Technical Recruiter
ManTech International
06.2016 - 03.2018
Senior IT Contract Recruiter
AECOM Inc.
01.2016 - 05.2016
Senior Recruiter
OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation
04.2007 - 11.2015
Business Administration -
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
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