D'ANA HAMILTON
San Leandro
Summary
Senior Technical Recruiter with over 10+ years of experience in Technical Recruiting and Executive Talent Acquisition Management, expert in full-cycle recruiting, and candidate experience using CRM. My key achievements include placing and onboarding over 80+ technical and executive-level talents during the pandemic years at Motiv Power Systems. At SimpleHealth, I also improved the time-to-hire efficiency by 90%, which led to more offers being accepted within the first two weeks of job postings. Seeking a position where I can bring my technical recruiting and sourcing expertise to support your mission of empowering business objectives with accurate contact data and ideal hiring practices, contributing to your continued rapid growth and success.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of HR
ExponentUp
02.2024 - 01.2025
- Placed over 80+ qualified executive Sr
- Director-C Suite level talent in Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Product, Data Analytics, Legal, HR, Risk Compliance, and E-Commerce through sourcing and leadership groups and communities
- Onboarded all 80 executive coaches
- Created and implemented forward thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement through effective LinkedIn coaching webinars
Career Coach
Alva Staffing and Associates
11.2022 - 11.2023
- Increased client success rate by 30% by enacting goal-setting techniques and leveraging individuals' talent strengths
- Enhanced client performance by 25% through targeted skill and knowledge training
- Provide coaching in effective job search techniques to enhance career prospects
Principal Technical Recruiting and Operations Specialist
Simplehealth
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Improved time-to-hire efficiency turn a round by 90% resulting in more offer letters in the first 2 weeks of job posting
- Influenced and partnered with executives and hiring managers to improve and refine tech assessments within engineering and product teams, yielding higher tech assessment score rates
- When recruiting for specialized software engineering roles, I went to niche social networks and affinity groups where developers proactively discussed challenges
- By strategically engaging and posting job positions on the forum, we significantly expanded our candidate pool with qualified passive candidates
- Hired 5 priority tech roles the 1st month of being hired - (2 Female Eng. Mgrs., Sr FE Eng., Sr Data Eng. (referral), Jr FE Eng.)
- Hired 15 new Full Stack and Backend SE Tech and Sr. DevOps, Sr. Product Managers over 3 months with a req load of 18 positions.
- Built a qualified pipeline of QA Automation Engineers with Cypress, Nightwatch.JS and Python Backgrounds for hard to fill positions
- Improved candidate satisfaction by 25% through enhanced candidate engagement strategies
Talent Acquisition Manager/Employee Culture
Motiv Power Systems
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Managed reporting to the Director of HR weekly recruitment metrics data for all departments on a bi-weekly period for process improvement and hiring efforts
- Trained all interview team members and hiring managers in navigating through Greenhouse
- Hosted & Lead all job career fairs with net positive 65% success rates in attracting diverse talent for Software Eng., Sales, Marketing, Electrical and Intern Positions - (Blacks in Tech Career Fair and Handshake for University Recruiting)
- Influenced C-Suite to launch Seek out; a sourcing tool, reducing time to hire for niche positions by 75% within manufacturing and mechanical departments
- Reduced turnover rate by 25% by enhancing employee culture initiatives
Sr. Technical Recruiting Manager
Motiv Power Systems
07.2019 - 10.2021
- Managed all recruitment and onboarding functions for new hires, collaborating with finance, IT, HR, and all Hiring Managers.
- Sourced, scheduled, and placed hard-to-fill roles in Wire harness (Mechanical), Drive train power electronics, BIW, Embedded SE, Sr. Controls Eng., (CAN, BMS, Autosar), Sales Operations Manager, Go To Market Sales Positions, and 30+ more Engineering, Product, Project, Marketing, Manufacturing, Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Success, Electrical and Mechanical Positions.
- Implemented a full greenhouse offer letter approval process with automated DocuSign integrations for new hire & hiring manager employee signatures.
- Implemented full 30/60/90-day onboarding process for all new employees unique to Motiv PS Company Culture.
- I helped reduce recruitment costs by $150,000 annually by optimizing the hiring process.
- Improved candidate offer acceptance rate by 35% through enhanced engagement strategies.
Sr. Technical Recruiter (Temp)
Udemy
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Company Overview: edu.tech (SaaS Company)
- Managed recruitment process for 20+ full stack engineering, Data science, iOS Engineering Manager, Sr. Android Eng & Infrastructure Mgr. positions and more in the Lever ATS system.
- Utilized Boolean and X-ray sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hired, Entelo, SwitchApp, and Underdog.io to source passive candidates.
- Developed tailored recruitment plans for attracting top technical talent.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to identify critical skill requirements, enhancing recruitment accuracy.
Sr. Staffing Executive Technical Recruiter
Alva Staffing Agency
03.2016 - 06.2018
- Drove initiatives for reduced time to fill for Stanford Health Medical Center for Business Analyst & Project Manager positions.
- Placed Executive talent for Control 4 for Director of Product Management and Director of Network Engineering providing travel itinerary for out-of-state Executive talent.
- Engaged with talent throughout the interview to ensure a seamless candidate experience.
- Sourced and Recruited Software Cloud Architects for Siemens Automation Company for 10+ open roles, (SaaS Company).
- Sourced and provided API App Developers for Rally Health consulting with the hiring manager on best practices for finding top tier technical talent.
- Aligned and consulted Hiring Managers at RoadStar.AI with professional talent Software Eng., LiDar Perception Eng. and Controls Engineer in the autonomous vehicle industry.
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Wikimedia foundation
06.2015 - 01.2016
- Responsible for full life cycle recruiting, sourcing and hiring key hard to fill positions on a global spectrum in EMEA Markets
- Vetted & evaluated technical talent and provided informative candidate experiences for international and national talent working fully remote
- Hired the 1st Director of Eng. female leader for a hard to fill position in the first 2 weeks of posting the position online
- Recruited and hired, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Science, Operations and DevOps Eng., Full Stack, and more
- Created job postings and offer letter approvals through greenhouse for C-Level Executives reviews within 24-48 turnaround response rate
Lead Full Life Cycle Talent Acquisition Technical Recruiter
Impel inc.
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Responsible for engaging passive candidates to a welcoming meet & greet with C-Level executive.
- Hosted and organized tech meet ups to attract candidates.
- Closed the first female QA Engineer in the first (1) month of a new req opening.
- Recruited for Sr. DevOps Engineers, Front End Engineers and Sr. Product Management positions.
- Managed the tech and product process through Jobvite ATS.
- Improved candidate placement speed by 25%, resulting in faster project kickoffs, increasing client satisfaction rates by 15%.
Education
Master of Science - Human Resource Management, International Business
Keller Graduate School of Management
01.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Arts, Entertainment, Media Management
Columbia College Chicago
01.2009
Skills
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Photoshop
- Confluence
- Notion
- Asana
- Project Management
- Onboarding
- Greenhouse
- Jobvite
- BambooHR
- Advanced Internet Search Tools
- Boolean Methods
- X-Ray Search
- Entelo
- Data Analytics
- Excel
- Metrics
- DocuSign
- Google Apps
- HRIS
- Trovix
- Work Authorizations
- Rippling
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Lucid chart
- Global Recruitment
- Software Development Lifecycle
- JazzHR
- Technical Recruitment
- Management
- HR analytics
- Performance appraisals
- Recruitment strategies
- HR technology
- Talent management
- Onboarding programs
- Compensation design
- Retention strategies
- Employment law
- Employee engagement
- Onboarding, training, and development
Languages
Greek
Elementary
French
Elementary
Arabic
Elementary
Spanish
Limited Working
Swahili
Elementary
Timeline
Head of HR
ExponentUp
02.2024 - 01.2025
Career Coach
Alva Staffing and Associates
11.2022 - 11.2023
Principal Technical Recruiting and Operations Specialist
Simplehealth
11.2021 - 08.2022
Talent Acquisition Manager/Employee Culture
Motiv Power Systems
03.2020 - 10.2021
Sr. Technical Recruiting Manager
Motiv Power Systems
07.2019 - 10.2021
Sr. Technical Recruiter (Temp)
Udemy
06.2018 - 08.2018
Sr. Staffing Executive Technical Recruiter
Alva Staffing Agency
03.2016 - 06.2018
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Wikimedia foundation
06.2015 - 01.2016
Lead Full Life Cycle Talent Acquisition Technical Recruiter
Impel inc.
01.2014 - 01.2015
Master of Science - Human Resource Management, International Business
Keller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Arts - Arts, Entertainment, Media Management
Columbia College Chicago
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