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Kassidy Laughlin

Austin,TX

Summary

Data driven Technical Recruiter and strategic Sourcer offering over 6.5 years of full lifecycle recruitment experience. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Devoted to giving every candidate and hiring manager a positive and memorable experience.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technical Recruiter

Walgreens
01.2023 - Current
  • Spearheaded recruiting efforts for the AI and Data Science Team, successfully placing 104 employees in 2023 including 63 sourced candidates for roles spanning entry to director level.
  • Initiated Full Desk Recruiting for a new program called Centralized Services for Pharmacist in October 2023, resulting in the placement of 51 candidates, including 24 sourced candidates.
  • Partnered with departmental managers to understand hiring needs.
  • Conducted Hiring Manager meetings to establish clear expectations, clarify processes, provide regular updates fostering a communication pathway to promote effective talent acquisition partnerships.
  • Updated job descriptions, sourced and selected applicants for technical positions within company, interviewed candidates, pre-screened resumes, and provided candidate recommendations.
  • Operated as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert building strong relationships with senior leaders and hiring managers.

Senior Technical Recruiter

Moodys Analytics
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Full Life-Cycle Recruiter partnering with Hiring Mangers by calibrating on new roles, creating job descriptions, filtering applicant resumes, leading sourcing strategies, advertising positions, conducting technical and behavioral interviews pre-screening of candidates, conduct salary negotiations, create offer letters, and onboarding new hires.
  • Successfully recruited 44 candidates of mid-high level technical candidates in 5 months, including 21 sourced candidates.

Senior Technical Recruiter

Bandwidth
04.2021 - 07.2022
  • Partnered with client's CTO's, HR Leadership and Hiring Managers as a subject matter expert in full desk recruiting
  • Hiring manager intake meetings, creating job postings, market roles, lead sourcing strategies, conducting candidate pre-screening, guiding on best interview practice, implementing and applying interview process, leading interview de-briefs, conducting background and reference checks, coordinating offer letters, and onboarding new hires.
  • Responsible for managing 25+ mid to high-level techn roles across 3 accounts simultaneously and manage 4 Technical Sourcers.
  • Running point on communication to candidates around job functions, salary expectations, benefits and stock options, job functions and logistics, interview processes, interview preparation and candidate feedback.

Technical Recruiter

Amazon
07.2019 - 04.2021
  • Full Desk Recruiter partnering with Technical Hiring Managers to deliver high quality and high-speed results for Amazon Prime Air.
  • Managed and streamlined the entire selection process including calibrating, writing job descriptions, sourcing, screening, interview scheduling, feedback consolidation, compensation negotiation, creating offers, closing candidates, and onboarding candidates.
  • Placed 42 candidates. Averaging 6 placements per month.
  • Leveraged creative sourcing methods to niche talent using social networking, job boards, Boolean search and networking events.
  • Diversity and Inclusion subject matter expert, exceeding diversity goals for Prime Air team in 2020 – 2021.

Account Manager

TEKsystems
07.2018 - 07.2019
  • Utilized Salesforce and LinkedIn to conduct 50 cold calls per day to build out an entirely new Austin client base for IT staffing leading to signed contracts with 6 new companies.
  • Full life-cycle recruiting hiring C2C technical employees, partnering with hiring managers to qualify opportunities, schedule interviews, gather feedback, and onboard high-level technical professionals.
  • Placed and maintained 44 contractors profiting TEKsystems $265,720 in revenue over the 1 year.

Technical Recruiter

TEKsystems
08.2017 - 07.2018
  • Technical sourcer focused on hiring C2C for IT Austin Market.
  • Placed 78 mid – high level IT candidates, averaging 6.5 hires per month.
  • Profited TEKsystems $534,889 through my placements in 1 year.
  • Responsible for conducting different recruiting processes for various clients including sourcing, interviewing, reference checks, pay rate negotiations and onboarding candidates.
  • Trained new hires on sourcing and recruiting practices.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - Psychology

Texas State University
08.2017

Skills

Source and recruit entry to director level technology positions including Software Engineers (Front-end, Back-end, full-stack), Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers, Sr Product/Program Managers, UX/UI Designers

Proficient in Applicant Tracking Systems including BrassRing/Kenexa, Lever, Jazz, Greenhouse, Prelude, Gem, Paylocity, Beamery, Amazon HIRE, Workday, iCIMS, and RWS

Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws of immigration processes with regarding US work visas

Well versed in creating Boolean search strings and utilizing souring in LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, Stack Overflow, GitHub, Indeed, Monster, Dice, SeekOut, Grayscale, ZoomInfo, social media, and Google X-Ray, Discord, Slack, searches

Excellent liaison between the employer and candidates in all aspects of HR functions

Provide top tier hiring manager and candidate experience

Subject Matter expert for Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Initiatives

Timeline

Senior Technical Recruiter

Moodys Analytics
08.2023 - 12.2023

Senior Technical Recruiter

Walgreens
01.2023 - Current

Senior Technical Recruiter

Bandwidth
04.2021 - 07.2022

Technical Recruiter

Amazon
07.2019 - 04.2021

Account Manager

TEKsystems
07.2018 - 07.2019

Technical Recruiter

TEKsystems
08.2017 - 07.2018

Bachelor’s Degree - Psychology

Texas State University
Kassidy Laughlin