Guadalupe Mendez
Senior Recruiting and Talent Acquisition professional with nearly 9 years of experience owning full-cycle recruiting, talent sourcing, candidate engagement, client partnerships, and hiring operations in fast-paced, high-volume environments. Experienced in developing sourcing strategies, building talent pipelines, managing recruiting metrics, partnering with hiring leaders, coordinating external recruiting agencies, and improving recruiting processes. Proven ability to independently manage multiple priorities while balancing speed, quality, candidate experience, and business needs. Experienced supporting recurring and growth-driven hiring across multiple client accounts and diverse roles, from high-volume staffing to technical recruiting. Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Work History
Office Assistant
2 Years 4 Months• Own full-cycle recruiting and hiring operations across 5 client accounts and 27 active roles, managing sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate evaluation, hiring coordination, compensation, onboarding, and follow-up.
• Partner directly with client leadership and hiring managers to understand workforce needs, prioritize openings, develop recruiting strategies, and deliver qualified candidates aligned with business requirements.
• Build and maintain active talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, job boards, social media, phone outreach, networking, referrals, and direct candidate engagement.
• Manage recruiting activity in a fast-paced, high-volume staffing environment while balancing speed, candidate quality, hiring priorities, and candidate experience.
• Lead candidate engagement throughout the recruiting lifecycle, providing consistent communication from initial outreach and screening through interviews, offers, onboarding, and post-hire follow-up.
• Coordinate with external recruiting agencies and staffing partners to review submitted candidates, evaluate qualifications, and support technical and specialized hiring needs.
• Manage technical recruiting initiatives using LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing candidates for backend software engineering and data engineering positions and contributing to 5 full-time hires.
• Support recruiting leadership by guiding 1 junior recruiter and 2 interns, including resume review, talent research, sourcing support, and recruiting activities.
• Develop and maintain recruiting reports and metrics tracking phone interviews, in-house interviews, scheduled interviews, hiring activity, new hires, and turnover to support business and staffing decisions.
• Improved recruiting efficiency by reducing average time-to-hire by 8 days through consistent candidate communication, follow-up, and recruiting coordination.
• Coordinate client interviews, candidate tours, interview feedback, hiring decisions, conditional offers, background processes, E-Verify requirements, drug and fitness testing, and new-hire onboarding.
• Create and maintain job postings across Indeed, LinkedIn, Google, company career sites, and other recruiting channels to support recurring and growth-driven hiring needs.
• Conduct monthly client check-ins and maintain strong client relationships by monitoring staffing needs, candidate performance, turnover, open positions, and upcoming hiring requirements.
• Support onboarding and orientation for new employees, ensuring candidates receive clear information regarding employment expectations, pay, benefits, direct deposit, pay cards, company applications, and other employment resources.
• Prepare compensation packages and explain healthcare and benefit offerings to prospective hires, supporting informed hiring and offer decisions.
• Assist employees and candidates with employment-related questions involving paystubs, W-2s, direct deposit, pay cards, company applications, and other workforce support needs.
• Develop talent pipelines through university recruiting, including supporting the University of Idaho 2020 job fair with 2 interns and establishing relationships with 20+ potential candidates.
• Support recruiting process improvement by maintaining organized candidate pipelines, strengthening follow-up practices, and ensuring consistent communication throughout the hiring process.
Employment Specialist/ Senior Recruiter
8 Years 11 Months• Own full-cycle recruiting and hiring operations across 5 client accounts and 27 active roles, managing sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate evaluation, hiring coordination, compensation, onboarding, and follow-up.
• Partner directly with client leadership and hiring managers to understand workforce needs, prioritize openings, develop recruiting strategies, and deliver qualified candidates aligned with business requirements.
• Build and maintain active talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, job boards, social media, phone outreach, networking, referrals, and direct candidate engagement.
• Manage recruiting activity in a fast-paced, high-volume staffing environment while balancing speed, candidate quality, hiring priorities, and candidate experience.
• Lead candidate engagement throughout the recruiting lifecycle, providing consistent communication from initial outreach and screening through interviews, offers, onboarding, and post-hire follow-up.
• Coordinate with external recruiting agencies and staffing partners to review submitted candidates, evaluate qualifications, and support technical and specialized hiring needs.
• Manage technical recruiting initiatives using LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing candidates for backend software engineering and data engineering positions and contributing to 5 full-time hires.
• Support recruiting leadership by guiding 1 junior recruiter and 2 interns, including resume review, talent research, sourcing support, and recruiting activities.
• Develop and maintain recruiting reports and metrics tracking phone interviews, in-house interviews, scheduled interviews, hiring activity, new hires, and turnover to support business and staffing decisions.
• Improved recruiting efficiency by reducing average time-to-hire by 8 days through consistent candidate communication, follow-up, and recruiting coordination.
• Coordinate client interviews, candidate tours, interview feedback, hiring decisions, conditional offers, background processes, E-Verify requirements, drug and fitness testing, and new-hire onboarding.
• Create and maintain job postings across Indeed, LinkedIn, Google, company career sites, and other recruiting channels to support recurring and growth-driven hiring needs.
• Conduct monthly client check-ins and maintain strong client relationships by monitoring staffing needs, candidate performance, turnover, open positions, and upcoming hiring requirements.
• Support onboarding and orientation for new employees, ensuring candidates receive clear information regarding employment expectations, pay, benefits, direct deposit, pay cards, company applications, and other employment resources.
• Prepare compensation packages and explain healthcare and benefit offerings to prospective hires, supporting informed hiring and offer decisions.
• Assist employees and candidates with employment-related questions involving paystubs, W-2s, direct deposit, pay cards, company applications, and other workforce support needs.
• Develop talent pipelines through university recruiting, including supporting the University of Idaho 2020 job fair with 2 interns and establishing relationships with 20+ potential candidates.
• Support recruiting process improvement by maintaining organized candidate pipelines, strengthening follow-up practices, and ensuring consistent communication throughout the hiring process.
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
Additional Information
Senior Recruiting and Talent Acquisition professional with nearly 9 years of experience owning full-cycle recruiting, talent sourcing, candidate engagement, client partnerships, and hiring operations in fast-paced, high-volume environments. Experienced in developing sourcing strategies, building talent pipelines, managing recruiting metrics, partnering with hiring leaders, coordinating external recruiting agencies, and improving recruiting processes. Proven ability to independently manage multiple priorities while balancing speed, quality, candidate experience, and business needs. Experienced supporting recurring and growth-driven hiring across multiple client accounts and diverse roles, from high-volume staffing to technical recruiting. Bilingual in English and Spanish.