John Zanercik
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Recruiting professional with a history of exceeding hiring goals and maintaining a high caliber of execution. Experienced in full-cycle recruiting from initial sourcing, screening through offer negotiations, and closing. Demonstrated ability to creatively source high-caliber and diverse candidates and achieve high-volume recruiting metrics through robust recruiting strategies. Strong advocate for a positive candidate experience, building lasting partnerships, and raising the bar for success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Technical Recruiter
Heart Aerospace
09.2024 - Current
- Sole Full Cycle Technical Recruiter scaling startup Heart Aerospace from 5 to 30 Engineers in less than one year.
- Partnered directly with the CEO, CTO to define clear business plans to develop job descriptions that accurately reflect role expectations and attract top talent pools for crucial positions across the company.
- Established and defined hiring manager processes including application review, job description writing, proper interview techniques, in-process interview stages, focus on great candidate experiences, job advertising, sourcing and closing of offers.
- Implemented a new onboarding process & optimization of all recruiting processes, headcount forecasting, manager development programs, compensation leveling, equity (stock) strategy.
- Implemented Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter to streamline hiring for Director Level to Heart Aerospace first interns.
- Used online databases, and social/professional networking sites to actively source, pipeline and identify candidates; including Applicant Tracking System Jobylon, Greenhouse, Gusto and Carta
- Full life-cycle recruiting for roles in Structures Engineering, Flight Sciences, Battery, Flight Software and Operations.
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Fixed Contract)
Rocket Lab USA
08.2023 - 09.2024
- Full Cycle strategic hiring partner for Aerospace Engineering roles within Production, Manufacturing, Avionics and Test Engineering for a scaling organization.
- Partner with hiring managers to determine requirements and expectations for highly technical niche positions.
- Build a diverse Talent pool from passive sourcing, cold calls, phone screens and networking.
- Manage full cycle hiring process from sourcing, screening to negotiating offers.
- Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
- Consistently exceeded quarterly recruiting goals by 125% while successfully managing 25+ requisitions across 10 different role profiles.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Google Inc
09.2017 - 04.2023
- Full life cycle Technical Recruiting Partner for Director level hiring managers for Senior level roles within Google Ads, Youtube, Payments, Commerce, Machine Learning , Compliance and Artificial Intelligence.
- Partnered with 15-25 Director level hiring managers while managing 100-150 active candidates.
- Achieved and exceeded quarterly hiring goals while working with multiple hiring managers across different Hiring Teams.
- Maintain visibility to Business Leaders by providing reports, updates and conducting weekly hiring meetings on best practices, hiring strategies and DEI goals.
- Conducted market and competitor analysis to shape talent acquisition strategies for highly specialized, hard to fill Leadership Roles
- Provided recruiting advice and coaching to my peers on full cycle recruiting tactics, internal mobility processes, candidate sourcing, lead generation, client intake meetings and candidate closing techniques for Leadership Recruiting
- Provided in depth Hiring Manager Training for hiring Program Managers across several Product Areas.
- Collaborated with internal teams to continuously improve recruitment processes and execute as efficiently as possible.
- Key projects include: Military Hiring, Internal Mobility and DEI sourcing strategies.
- Recognized for exceptional performance from clients, leaders, peers, and candidates
Technical Recruiter
Oxford Global Resources
09.2016 - 10.2017
- Full life cycle recruiter, recruit, match, qualify, screen, interview, and present candidates to hiring managers for roles within Software and Hardware Industries
- Maintain a proactive candidate pipeline generation: review and qualify online applicants, identify target companies to cold call and source passive candidates, utilize Internet job postings, generate employee and personal referrals
- Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Consultative selling to Corporate Level Executives and Human Resource Managers to new and existing clients make suggestions to allow for greater productivity and reduce costs by describing labor market trends and recommending effective hiring strategies.
Technical Recruiter/Account Manager
Advantage Resourcing
05.2015 - 04.2016
- Full Cycle recruiting for various skill sets within the Medical Device and Bio-engineering Industry
- Directly manage, mentor and train a team of Technical Recruiters on a daily basis
- Responsible for Recruiter’s overall production and motivation by teaching essential skills required to outperform the competition assign Recruiting goals and expected business results for daily, weekly and monthly goals
- Consultative selling to Corporate Level Executives and Human Resource Managers to new and existing clients make suggestions to allow for greater productivity and reduce costs by explaining labor market trends and recommending effective hiring strategies
- Metrics: Impact Account Manager Award for 2015, Averaged 1 start per week, Ranked first in the western region with 125 approved connections average with potential candidates and hiring managers per month.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Long Beach State University
Skills
LinkedIn Recruiter
Greenhouse/Workday
DEI Recruiting Initiatives
Boolean Search Strings
Pipeline Management
StartUp Consulting
Data Analysis and Reporting
Stakeholder Management
Process Management
Salesforce
Google Suite, Microsoft Suite
Aviation, Aerospace and Battery Network
Timeline
Lead Technical Recruiter
Heart Aerospace
09.2024 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Fixed Contract)
Rocket Lab USA
08.2023 - 09.2024
Senior Technical Recruiter
Google Inc
09.2017 - 04.2023
Technical Recruiter
Oxford Global Resources
09.2016 - 10.2017
Technical Recruiter/Account Manager
Advantage Resourcing
05.2015 - 04.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Long Beach State University
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