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Elizabeth Langford

Buckley,WA

Summary

Energetic, dedicated and self-motivated Senior Technical Recruiter committed to recruiting top talent for a challenging corporate and staffing environment. 10+ years of full life cycle recruiting experience within the IT industry offering solid expertise in sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, on-boarding and coaching/mentoring.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technical Recruiter

Zulily
08.2015 - 04.2023
  • Filled 50+ positions annually, resulting in measurable outcomes such as reduced time-to-fill, increased quality of hires and improved candidate experience.
  • Successfully performed as Lead Sourcer, while passively sourcing and screening candidates for Zulily's Technology Department supporting multiple locations currently specializing in Engineering Managers, Senior Software Developers, Front End, and “Full-Stack” Developers, Infrastructure, Security Engineers, and Product/Program Managers.
  • Implemented one-on-one meetings with Technical Managers to thoroughly understand technical positions and recruiting needs.
  • Maintained relationships with Engineering managers, while conducting intake, and business alignment meetings with C-Suite executives, and Senior Business Leaders to discuss business objectives and goals and present strong candidate profiles that match company needs.
  • Coached hiring managers by discussing recruiting process and market trends to better cultivate positive candidate experience.
  • Mentored and cross functionally trained team members, on recruiting techniques and weekly action plans to generate “quality over quantity” candidates, as well as supporting best practices and addressing DEI hiring concerns.

Senior Technical Recruiter

CompuCom
06.2014 - 08.2015
  • Focusing on Technical Recruiting activities for contract and contract to hire roles including Software Developers, Project Managers, Network Engineers, and Security Engineers.
  • Effectively managing the hiring process with managers and candidates through interview coordination, offer negotiation and continually monitoring the onboarding process
  • Locate candidates through referrals, networking, internet research, internal databases, social networking sites, cold calling, referrals, and other strategies.

Senior Technical Recruiter

Blue Nile
10.2013 - 05.2014
  • Worked closely with HR team and IT managers to define position requirements and responsibilities
  • Manage entire recruiting cycle from job postings, candidate sourcing, interview scheduling, interviewing, collecting post-interview feedback and recommendations on hiring decisions
  • Leverage internet and newest social media marketing techniques to identify candidates
  • Provide ongoing communication and managed hiring manager and team's expectations throughout recruiting process
  • Identify and implement new processes and refine current recruiting processes that will net efficiencies and achieve targeted metrics
  • Ensure positive candidate experience throughout the recruiting and hiring process
  • Manage third-party agency vendor relationships and other external referral sources
  • Oversee and manage applicant tracking system (Jobvite) to ensure data is always current.

Senior Technical Recruiter

Axelerate
06.2012 - 04.2013
  • Responsible for Full cycle recruiting from sourcing through interview, hire, onboarding, and retention of highly desirable talent
  • Worked closely with HR Director and Account Managers to identify, qualify and match candidates
  • I wrote job descriptions and utilized job boards in a cost-effective manner, to locate qualified candidates
  • Conducted interviews for potential candidates
  • Built and maintain a network of qualified professionals within our core competencies; including bench management
  • Accurately documented all activities in an executive report and appropriate SharePoint page
  • Managed and utilize existing applicant tracking system
  • Acted as liaison between Account Manager, client and candidate
  • I assisted the Sales Account Managers with writing and developing RFP and SOW documentation
  • Attended management meetings as required for successful execution of business objectives.

Senior Staffing Associate

Microsoft
01.2012 - 06.2012
  • Own internal only recruiting efforts across the Windows Phone Division
  • Execute the staffing process for a range of hiring profiles; has impact with clients
  • Ensure all hiring managers are making high quality of hire decisions
  • Understand and participate in client growth strategies as well as overall Mobile strategic plans
  • Run the internal processes to ensure Windows Phone hiring practices are followed consistently
  • Sell internal candidates on Windows Phone
  • Deliver on target staffing plans on monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
  • Work closely with all staffing consultants and HR partners to ensure all internal candidates meet the needs/requirements of each business group
  • Participate and collaborate with other team members on special projects/recruiting initiatives.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Human Development

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Skills

  • Full-Life-Cycle technical Recruiting
  • Strategic Hiring
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Candidate Management
  • Salary Negotiation
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Constructive Feedback
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative Implementation
  • Performance Metrics
  • Applicant Tracking Software Skills
  • Change Management
  • Talent Mapping

Affiliations

NWRA (Northwest Recruiters Association)HRRT (HR Roundtable, High Technology HR Society)SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)

Timeline

Senior Technical Recruiter

Zulily
08.2015 - 04.2023

Senior Technical Recruiter

CompuCom
06.2014 - 08.2015

Senior Technical Recruiter

Blue Nile
10.2013 - 05.2014

Senior Technical Recruiter

Axelerate
06.2012 - 04.2013

Senior Staffing Associate

Microsoft
01.2012 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Human Development

Washington State University

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