Mindy Totaro
Austin,TX
Summary
Experienced Recruiter with a proven track record in effective communication and collaboration across all organizational levels. Skilled in building and maintaining industry partnerships to ensure a steady candidate pipeline. Specializes in talent acquisition strategies and recruitment process optimization, demonstrating high productivity and efficiency. Strong abilities in problem-solving and adaptability, facilitating seamless integration into diverse teams and alignment with organizational objectives.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Recruiter
Aquent
Austin, TX
04.2019 - Current
- Manage the recruiting process, including job postings on various platforms, maintaining active talent pipelines, and applicant tracking.
- Conducts an intake meeting with the hiring manager, sourcing, interviewing, and offer negotiation.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, define job requirements, and develop effective recruitment strategies.
- Sourced candidates via job boards, social media, networking, and innovative methods for diverse roles including administrative, creative, marketing, and IT across various industries such as healthcare, finance, start-ups, and technology.
- Screen and assess applicants to ensure alignment with role requirements and cultural fit.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the applicant tracking system.
- Provide an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the recruitment process.
Lead Recruiter
Hiring & Empowering
Austin, TX
12.2018 - 04.2021
- Responsible to implement staffing and recruiting processes; strategies and solutions for various roles in legal and accounting fields nationally.
- Sourced, recruit, screen, interview and review high volume of candidates.
- Heavy client services to maintain a high level of customer retention and satisfaction.
Content Moderator
Bazaarvoice
Austin, TX
01.2015 - 08.2018
- Read and processed large quantities of consumer generated content for over 5,000 global clients.
- Quickly and accurately examined, screened and assessed user generated content for suitability of web publishing based on established client specific guidelines and codes.
- Used judgement, knowledge and tact to ensure understanding of client guidelines and procedures and their application to user generated content.
Marketing Director
Totaro, Andrews & Steinbach, CPAS
Austin, TX
01.2012 - 01.2018
- Developed and managed all marketing and communications for the overall firm, including branding, websites, strategic planning, brochures, events, social media and internal/external communications.
Assistant Vice President
IndyMac Bank
Los Angeles, CA
04.2005 - 03.2008
- Provided overall creative direction on marketing collateral for both B2B and B2C environments, including email campaigns, print, direct mail, online applications and website.
- Communicated marketing information to over 7,000 employees, which increased loan volume by 50% in one year.
Marketing Manager
Wedbush Morgan Securities
Los Angeles, CA
11.2004 - 04.2005
- Provided strategic creative vision, direction and leadership for the firm.
Marketing Manager
Washington Mutual
Los Angeles, CA
04.2003 - 11.2004
- Assisted in the strategic development and implementation of all marketing programs to support the production objectives of the Consumer Direct Lending Channels; including Corporate Programs, Affinity Lending, Internet Lending, Employee Lending, Call Centers and Loan Servicing.
- Managed the development of national brand marketing including fact sheets, resumes, brochures, inserts and presentation materials that supported both B2B and B2C environments and contributed to over $1.8B in sales for 2003.
Marketing Manager
Conseco Finance
Minneapolis, MN
08.2001 - 11.2002
- Directed/managed direct mail programs from strategy development and testing plans to creative development, list selection and segmentation, production, implementation and tracking.
- Led, directed and managed product development, product positioning, communication and education to a national sales force and national dealer network to ensure seamless project execution.
Marketing Specialist
Ernst & Young LLP
Minneapolis, MN
09.2000 - 08.2001
- Led cross-functional sales and client-serving professional teams in the development and promotion of communication strategies and proposal themes.
- Coordinated development of client marketing materials and sales collateral including, advertising and public relations.
Communications Specialist
U.S. Bank
Minneapolis, MN
11.1997 - 08.2000
- Led cross-functional project teams to identify communication needs and goals to provide solutions and manage implementation.
- Developed and managed communication programs aimed at employees in order to increase their awareness and understanding of the division’s business strategies as well as the brand.
- Developed content for a variety of internal communication channels, including intranet, newsletters, brochures, fact sheets, video and various presentations.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Political Science
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN05.1997
Skills
- Team collaboration
- Applicant tracking
- Interviewing techniques
- Offer negotiation
- Candidate sourcing
- Talent acquisition
- Client relationship management
- Job market analysis
- Data-driven decision making
- Applicant tracking systems
- Candidate vetting
- Recruitment process improvement
- Onboarding process management
- Job posting optimization
- Collaborative teamwork
- Candidate pre-screening
- Recruiter training and mentoring
- Boolean search techniques
- Recruiting software experience
- LinkedIn sourcing
Timeline
Senior Recruiter
Aquent
04.2019 - Current
Lead Recruiter
Hiring & Empowering
12.2018 - 04.2021
Content Moderator
Bazaarvoice
01.2015 - 08.2018
Marketing Director
Totaro, Andrews & Steinbach, CPAS
01.2012 - 01.2018
Assistant Vice President
IndyMac Bank
04.2005 - 03.2008
Marketing Manager
Wedbush Morgan Securities
11.2004 - 04.2005
Marketing Manager
Washington Mutual
04.2003 - 11.2004
Marketing Manager
Conseco Finance
08.2001 - 11.2002
Marketing Specialist
Ernst & Young LLP
09.2000 - 08.2001
Communications Specialist
U.S. Bank
11.1997 - 08.2000
Bachelor’s Degree - Political Science
University of Minnesota
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