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MICHAEL MILBURN

Greater New York City Area

Summary

Dynamic Senior Technical Recruiter with a proven track record of closing tough candidates, and fostering diverse engineering teams. Expertise in salary negotiation and data-driven process improvement, combined with strong stakeholder management skills. Team player and leader with strong business acumen, and a focus on improving candidate experiences and increasing revenue.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technical Recruiter

Vivid Seats
Remote
02.2022 - Current

Company Overview: Leading Online Ticket Marketplace.

  • Grew the Engineering and Product teams by over 200% with an average closing rate of 90%. Most hires since joining the company.
  • Built out diverse engineering teams with over 45% female engineers and 70% diverse hires
  • Led projects around pay transparency, women in tech, talent assessment training, ATS migration, and interview process improvement.
  • Built out new, innovative teams and hired critical senior leaders across engineering and product.
  • Go to SME training, coaching, and mentoring new recruiters and stakeholders on talent assessment and company best practices.
  • Decreased our time to hire and turnover rate, while increasing our Glassdoor rating.

Technical Recruiter

Onward Select
Red Bank, NJ
09.2020 - 02.2022

Company Overview: Connecting top technology talent with the nation's most innovative companies.

  • End to End recruitment for FAANG, Fortune 500, and start-up clients
  • Rookie of the Year – Most revenue generated, and candidate placements.
  • 2-Time President's Club qualifier
  • Operated as a trusted advisor and SME, building strong and credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers, and critical stakeholders.
  • Advised hiring managers on effective interviewing techniques and strategies for selecting top talent.
  • Collaborated with HR team members to improve existing recruitment procedures and processes.

Outside Sales Representative

Paychex
Washington, D.C.
05.2018 - 09.2020

Company Overview: Helping SMBs find the best retirement plans to save money, reduce taxes, recruit, and retain top talent.

  • Full sales cycle: generating leads, prospecting, scheduling, meeting clients face-to-face, closing, onboarding, and account management.
  • 210% of the quota my rookie year and President's Club. Accomplished over 120% over my quota goal each year.
  • Top 50 in the nation in sales out of 400+ reps each year.
  • Top 10 nationwide, every month, in activity metrics.

Account Executive

BlueLine Associates
Bridgewater, NJ
02.2017 - 04.2018

Company Overview: IT Staffing and Process Improvement Consulting.

  • Promoted to Interim Director of Staffing, six months into the job.
  • Improved processes, rewrote sales and recruiting scripts, job description templates, revamped onboarding, and trained and mentored new talent.
  • #1 in revenue and new clients generated.

Technical Recruiter

Workbridge Associates
New York, NY
09.2015 - 02.2017

Company Overview: IT Talent Solutions for Contract, Direct Hire, Managed Solutions, and Statement of Work.

  • Full life cycle recruitment: sourcing, networking, interviewing, posting jobs, performing reference and background checks, and salary negotiations.
  • #1 in the country for interview metrics, 2016.
  • #2 in the peer group for revenue generated.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Multi-Interdisciplinary Studies

West Virginia University
05.2014

Skills

  • Salary Negotiation
  • Diversity Hiring
  • Recruitment Tools Expertise: LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS systems, and sourcing platforms
  • Process Improvement
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Talent Assessment
  • Problem-Solving
  • Collaboration
  • Ownership
  • Critical-Thinking

Timeline

Senior Technical Recruiter

Vivid Seats
02.2022 - Current

Technical Recruiter

Onward Select
09.2020 - 02.2022

Outside Sales Representative

Paychex
05.2018 - 09.2020

Account Executive

BlueLine Associates
02.2017 - 04.2018

Technical Recruiter

Workbridge Associates
09.2015 - 02.2017

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Multi-Interdisciplinary Studies

West Virginia University
MICHAEL MILBURN