Laura Hirca
San Francisco Bay Area,CA
Summary
Results-focused and data driven Principal Technical Recruiter with a passion for assisting clients in building successful teams. Proven track record of over 10 years of sourcing, screening and placing professionals in various industries including gaming, social media, retail, blockchain, and fintech.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Technical Recruiter
Visual Concepts
07.2022 - 07.2023
- Built R&D engineering teams for new offices in Boise, ID and Parksville, BC, Canada
- Hired: Systems Engineers, Engine Programmers, Graphics Developers
- Full Stack Engineers, Machine Learning/AI programmers
- Organized and participated in recruiting events at University Career Fairs in WA, ID, and CA
- Worked closely with the VP of People and Founder to identify executive talent
- Hired a Director of Engineering for the R&D division and one VP of Product
- Introduced Coder Pad to the engineering interview process improving the quality of our technical interview
- Hired 35 engineers in one year, some hard-to-find engineering roles (Vehicles and Collision Engineer, R&D Animation Engineer)
- ATS: Green House
Head of Talent
Gluwa
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Oversaw all of talent acquisition functions: tech, product, design, from entry level to executive
- Doubled the company from 35 to 70 people in one year, saved Gluwa $400k in agency fees
- Hired 1 Director and 1 VP-level candidates for Product and Marketing teams and 25 engineers in less than a year
- Implemented their first salary tool, Kamsa, working closely with the finance team, founder and the hiring managers to redefine leveling for their orgs
- Successfully launched the employee referral program and a variety of DE&I initiatives
- ATS: Green House
Senior Technical Recruiter
Visual Concepts
03.2020 - 07.2021
- Hired as their first technical recruiter to build engineering teams across three studios: Novato, Orange County and Los Angeles
- Hired over 45 engineers in the first year beating my goal by 150%
- Worked closely with the Heads of Studio, Hiring Managers, and Executive Producers to craft a winning talent strategy for the teams working on NBA2k and WWE2k games
- Educated hiring managers on process, unconscious bias, and best interview practices
- Introduced FINDEM, a new AI sourcing tool and trained the entire recruiting team
- Sourced passive candidates using Boolean Strings via Google, DuckDuck.go, LinkedIn, Findem
- ATS: Taleo/ Green House
Senior Technical Recruiter
Lending Club
03.2018 - 03.2020
- Main technical recruiter for: Information Security, Corporate Technology, Technical Operations, Infrastructure, Risk, and Compliance
- Built and improved the hiring process for over 35+ requisitions; hired over 30 engineers in one year: Security Engineers, Full Stack Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Worked closely with the Chief Risk Officer and hired two strategic director level candidates
- Led full cycle recruiting efforts and built the first engineering team (Network Engineers, IT Manager, Desktop Support) for a new office in Lehi, Utah
- Hired over 25 people mainly in engineering
- ATS: Taleo and Workday
Senior Technical Recruiter
Lob
03.2017 - 02.2018
- First technical recruiting hire; collaborated closely with the Head of Engineering, Head of Product, and Cofounders to successfully hire Staff Software Engineers, Senior Front-End Engineer, Engineering Manager, Senior Security Engineer, Sr
- Product Designer, Sales
- Hired over 15 software engineers ( Full Stack developers, API programmers), 2 Product Designers, 1 Engineering Manager
- Partnered with our Diversity & Inclusion Group, improving the lead generation for underrepresented candidates
- Spearheaded the internal referral program
- ATS: Greenhouse
Senior Technical Recruiter
Twitter
04.2015 - 08.2016
- Sourced passive candidates for San Francisco and Seattle offices: Site Reliability Engineer, Sr
- Network Engineer, Engineering Manager-Compute Infrastructure, AI/ML Engineers, UI/UX Designer, Staff Storage Engineer, Full Stack SW Engineers
- Partnered closely with the Head of Infrastructure Engineering to put in place first ever reporting strategy on metrics around pipeline and to create more market visibility
- Hired 25 people for this group exceeding my goal with 100%
- Hired 75 engineers in total in one year
- ATS: Jobvite
Technical Recruiter
Disney Interactive
12.2013 - 03.2015
- Full-cycle recruiting for software engineers (Front End/Back End), Web Developers, Unity3D developers, iOS/Android Engineers, QA Engineers, UI/UX Designers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Monetization Managers, User Acquisition Managers
- Led a team of five remote sourcers; organized weekly sourcing jams to improve pipeline across the board
- Worked closely with the HR team to successfully onboard candidates in Glendale, Salt Lake City, Palo Alto, and San Diego
- Hired over 45 engineers
- ATS: Kenexa
Senior Technical Sourcer
Disney Interactive
10.2012 - 11.2013
- Engaged candidates for various roles such as QA Lead, Sr
- Manager Analytics, Data Analyst, Senior SDE/Java, Development Lead Mobile, Mobile Engineers (iOS+Android), Sr
- Architect Java, Sr
- DBA/Mongo DB, Flash Engineers, Key Account Manager
- Sourced passive candidates (ICs and leadership hiring) through multiple channels
- Generated 7 offers in less than 6 months
- Led the referral program for Disney Mobile, Disney Interactive and Playdom
- ATS: Kenexa
Sr Account Manager
Margaret-Moore-Recruiting
10.2010 - 10.2012
- Sourced passive candidates and hired for various clients including Amazon.com/Seattle and early-stage startups across US
- Hired 25 engineers per quarter
- Trained and mentored a team of 3-5 junior sourcers on using Boolean Strings, generating creative sourcing strategies
- ATS: N/A
Education
BA in Psychology -
01.2004
Skills
- Recruitment and retention strategies
- Candidate Screening
- Cross Functional Partnering
- Competitive analysis for offers
- Passive candidate sourcing
- ATS experience with Kenexa, Workday, Greenhouse, Jobvite, Salesforce, Taleo, Lever
- Immigration knowledge
Languages
English
Full Professional
Italian
Limited Working
Romanian
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Certification
Califorfnia Insititue of Intergral Studies- Sound and Music Healing Ceritification
Affiliations
- Hiking, Sound therapy, Art installations
Citizenship
US CITIZEN
Awards And Acknowledgements
- California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco - "Sound, Voice and Music Healing Certificate" May 2016
- University of Michigan (Coursera), Internet History, Technology and Security Certificate, March 2015
- HRCI, HR Certification, 2023
Timeline
Principal Technical Recruiter - Visual Concepts
07.2022 - 07.2023
Head of Talent - Gluwa
07.2021 - 07.2022
Senior Technical Recruiter - Visual Concepts
03.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Technical Recruiter - Lending Club
03.2018 - 03.2020
Senior Technical Recruiter - Lob
03.2017 - 02.2018
Senior Technical Recruiter - Twitter
04.2015 - 08.2016
Technical Recruiter - Disney Interactive
12.2013 - 03.2015
Senior Technical Sourcer - Disney Interactive
10.2012 - 11.2013
Sr Account Manager - Margaret-Moore-Recruiting
10.2010 - 10.2012
University of Bucharest - BA in Psychology,
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