Sandy Sturgeon

COMPANY OVERVIEW: Founded in 2003, Tandem Recruiting Group is a full service recruitment consulting firm that works on a contingency, retained, or hourly/contract basis and specializes in working with high tech firms, VC’s, PE’s and Enterprise organizations on building their dream teams.

Comprised of industry experts that are well versed in working with C-suite executives and HR teams to identify and onboard top talent for mission critical positions. With decades of experience, we pride ourselves on our extensive talent network, rigorous candidate screening protocol, and longstanding relationships with valued clients.

We have seen it all and can work to fill any open roles - contingency, retained or contracting, which ever best suits your company and current needs.

COMPANY OVERVIEW: Acquired by Zebra Technologies, Fetch Robotics provides the industry's only cloud-driven Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution that addresses material handling and data collection for warehousing and intralogistics environments

• Supported full life cycle recruiting for software and sales with Fetch Robotics. Transitioned into supporting Zebra roles, specifically Product Management, Product Marketing and Operations roles
• Oversaw the entire recruitment and selection process: created job postings, prescreened candidates, qualifying them for current and future opportunities, presented summary of candidate qualifications to hiring managers, provided managers and candidates with post interview feedback, closed candidates and presented offers
• Six candidates placed in the first 6 weeks and averaged 5-6 placements each month for the remainder of the contract
• Filled 4 positions, all assigned to outside agencies, saving the company $100,000 in agency fees
• Provided coaching to hiring managers and candidates throughout the hiring process to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches; worked with the HR team to streamline existing recruiting processes and procedures
• Created projects full of potential candidates on SeekOut for the managers to review
• Used LinkedIn messages to pitch the company and the roles; created and shared LinkedIn Insight reports to provide managers with visibility into the current talent pool to define realistic expectations with respect to timeline and talent
• Negotiated compensation and closed candidates in consultation with managers and HR Business Partners; created offer letters and completed reference checks
• Utilized Green House applicant tracking system for the first 3 months and transition into the iCISMS system for the remainder of the contract

COMPANY OVERVIEW: Imperva provides activity monitoring, real-time protection, and risk management solutions for critical business data and applications

• Supported full life cycle recruiting with a focus on Sales, Technical Sales, Business Development, Product Management and Operations roles
• Oversaw the entire recruitment and selection process: created job postings, prescreened candidates, qualifying them for current and future opportunities, presented summary of candidate qualifications to hiring managers, provided managers and candidates with post interview feedback, closed candidates and presented offers
• Placed 3 candidates in month one and averaged 5-10 placements for the remainder of the contract
• Filled 6 senior sales positions, all assigned to outside agencies, saving the company $180,000.00 in agency fees
• Partnered with hiring managers and staffing teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches
• Worked with the HR team to streamline existing recruiting processes and procedures; created projects full of potential candidates on LinkedIn for the managers to review
• Used LinkedIn messages to pitch the company and the roles
• Negotiated compensation and closed candidates in consultation with managers and HR Business Partners; created offer letters and completed reference checks
• Utilized Jobvite applicant tracking system

• Managed a huge database of candidates, clients and job requisitions using the Maxhire database system
• Worked concurrently with 5-10+ client companies; worked closely with multiple hiring managers, including directors and VP's
• Strategically sourced candidates - passive and active - using multiple resources/tools: LinkedIn, ATS, AngelList, professional networking sites, job boards, employee referrals, warm/cold calls through direct competitors and social media etc
• Developed job descriptions with hiring managers by understanding required skills and background, impact of the role and ideal fit for the team and organization
• Facilitated the entire recruiting process - sourced, screened and qualified prospective candidates; managed interview and offer processes, conducted reference checks, made salary recommendations and closed candidates
• Conducted phone interviews; pre-screened all viable candidates to gauge interest level, qualifications, team fit and availability
• Proactively provided continuous updates to both hiring managers and candidates to ensure that all needs were met to achieve success