Gabriel Alexander Gonzalez
Ithaca,NY
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Partner
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
12.2023 - Current
- Managed full-cycle recruitment for up to 50 positions at a time within the Veterinary Hospital, Diagnostic Laboratory, and Veterinary College, including veterinarians, vet techs, lab techs, finance specialists, and union positions.
- Collaborated with faculty, staff, and senior leadership on recruitment strategies to bolster short and long-term pipeline health.
- Built and maintained relationships with nearby colleges, universities, and industry partners, resulting in an increase of applicants to our LVT positions.
- Launched a first-of-its-kind LVT internship, resulting in the largest LVT applicant pool the college has had.
- Achieved 100% conversion of interns to full-time staff at the end of their internship.
- Collaborated with central university recruiting teams and maintained compliance with university hiring policies and government regulations.
- Led recruitment strategies across multiple departments; advised on advertising and outreach plans to improve equity and diversity in applicant pools.
Lead Technical Recruiter
Jobcase
Boston, MA (Remote)
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Developed and implemented recruiting and sourcing strategies for teams across the engineering department
- Screened resumes and conducted pre-screen interviews and preliminary technical assessments of candidates.
- Guided candidates through the interview process with frequent touchpoints resulting in a highly engaging candidate experience
- Collaborated with hiring managers and other stakeholders to determine the hiring needs of the business and generate job postings
- Devised and implemented A/B tests to determine the best method of reaching out to candidates leading to a 20% increase in response rates
- Facilitated trainings for junior team members to improve their sourcing ability and optimize their tool usage
- Drove initiatives across recruiting to focus on DEI and equitable hiring practices
- Audited sourcing tools to determine their effectiveness leading us to better focus our efforts and get faster results
- Maintained highest response rate and lowest candidate response time on the team
Senior Technical Recruiter
Drizly
Boston, MA (Remote)
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Developed and implemented recruiting and sourcing strategies across all engineering teams with a focus on high level candidates
- Led and mentored members of the TA team on best sourcing and recruiting practices leading to the promotion of 2 peers
- As team lead on the DEI Taskforce, developed OKRs and timelines for DEI hiring
- Executed on DEI hiring plan thus putting us ahead of our diversity hiring goals
- Led discussions in candidate debriefs among hiring managers, engineers, and other recruiters
- Improved efficiency in interview process thus reducing time to fill by 7 days
- Established sourcing best practices and benchmark metrics to be followed by the rest of the team
- Improved team messaging leading to an increase in response rates by at least 5% across the board
Technical Recruiter
SQA Group
Boston, MA
07.2020 - 01.2021
- Managed and maintained external client relationships in order to determine the best candidates for their needs
- Managed and maintained a network of qualified individuals for technical contract roles in the medical device industry
- Negotiated salary and offer details with candidates
- Checked in regularly with candidates and guided them to their next opportunity upon termination of their contract
- Established benchmark metrics for myself and other recruiters in the company
Technical Sourcer
Toast
Boston, MA
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Worked with hiring managers to understand needs of their team and the business
- Utilized Google X-Ray, LinkedIn, Entelo, and other tools to identify candidates
- Conducted phone screens of candidates and determined their potential fit within the organization
- Maintained healthy pipelines for multiple roles across different teams while focusing attention when needed
- Collaborated with recruiters and engineers to improve the hiring process and the technical questions asked
- Kept up to date with Toast teams, technologies, and projects in order to be able to explain Toast fully
- Negotiated compensation details with candidates
Software Engineer
Toast
Boston, MA
07.2017 - 04.2019
- Built and expanded the Grubhub microservice API which allowed us to operate in restaurants we previously couldn't
- Supported the Grubhub API during its go-live and performed bug fixes and other improvements as necessary
- Expanded the Menu JSON into the Menu API to allow for faster and easier acquisition of menu data
- Conducted technical phone screens for engineering candidates
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY05.2017
Skills
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Stakeholder Management
- DEI Hiring
- Mentorship
- Working with Ambiguity
- Recruiting for Startups
- Building Relationships and Trust
- Prioritization and Time Management
- Greenhouse
- Lever
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Seekout
- Hiretual/HireEZ
- Entelo
- Google X-Ray
- Salesforce
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Partner
Cornell University
12.2023 - Current
Lead Technical Recruiter
Jobcase
07.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Technical Recruiter
Drizly
01.2021 - 07.2022
Technical Recruiter
SQA Group
07.2020 - 01.2021
Technical Sourcer
Toast
04.2019 - 04.2020
Software Engineer
Toast
07.2017 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Cornell University