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Sheldon Wells

Houston,TX

Summary

Senior Talent Recruiter with over 8 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment across pharmaceutical, medical, technology, and retail sectors. Expertise in utilizing data-driven insights and advanced sourcing techniques to attract top global talent. Strong ability to collaborate with hiring managers and streamline recruitment processes for efficient candidate delivery.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Recruiter/Lead Sourcer

Mundipharma (Elvium) Randstad Contract
12.2024 - Current
  • Managed the end-to-end hiring process for Software Engineers across backend, frontend, and full-stack roles—partnering with engineering leadership to define technical requirements, build structured interview processes, drive sourcing strategies, and guide candidates through offer negotiation and onboarding to ensure seamless team integration.
  • Partnered closely with engineering leads to refine role requirements, streamline interview processes, and reduce time-to-fill for critical technical hires.
  • Delivered data-driven market intelligence and tech hiring trends to inform strategic recruitment plans and improve talent acquisition outcomes across Canada.
  • Led the recruitment buildout of a new commercial division, partnering with leadership to hire key roles including Head of Sales, Regional Sales Managers, and GTM-focused Sales Consultants for a product launch.
  • Supported global hiring initiatives by managing full-cycle sourcing for technical and GTM roles across Canada, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands—adapting outreach to align with local market dynamics.

Talent Sourcer

Boston Scientific (Randstad Contract)
07.2024 - 12.2024
  • Built and maintained strong consultative relationships with hiring managers and recruiting partners in a high-touch, strategic sourcing environment across R&D, Clinical, and Software Engineering.
  • Managed and prioritized 10–12 active requisitions, sourcing for roles across Global Business Operations, Early Research & Development, and Manufacturing/Software Engineering.
  • Conducted in-depth market research and talent intelligence to support intake meetings; presented data-driven insights to influence sourcing strategies, and hiring plans.
  • Developed and maintained several talent pools for niche and hard-to-fill roles, ensuring consistent candidate flow, and improved time-to-fill metrics.

Senior Technical Sourcer

Cisco (Randstad Contract)
04.2023 - 01.2024
  • Supported Cisco’s largest SaaS transformation initiative by recruiting top-tier software engineering talent in a high-growth, agile environment.
  • Focused on sourcing for Software Development, Architecture, DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering roles within cloud-based SaaS product teams.
  • Built and maintained pipelines of engineering candidates for both niche and high-volume technical roles, partnering closely with hiring managers and engineering leaders.
  • Delivered 8 full-time engineering and technical hires, including senior and hard-to-fill roles in cloud, backend, and frontend development.
  • Used advanced Boolean search techniques and platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, and Avature to identify and engage high-caliber passive talent.
  • Produced talent market insights and data-driven reports to influence hiring strategy and competitive positioning.
  • Championed diversity hiring through intentional sourcing strategies to ensure balanced technical candidate slates.

Senior Talent Sourcing Partner

UKG
06.2022 - 04.2023
  • Talent Advisor to Management by developing and driving recruiting strategies in a highly competitive market
  • Executed and managed the sourcing of top diverse talent across job families and across multiple locations (Engineering, Finance, and Sales)
  • Responsible for candidate attraction as a search expert for Leadership by understanding hiring needs, position specifications and search requirements
  • Built robust diversity pipelines and had the highest percentage of diverse hires for the year at 80%
  • Participated in Talent Advisor strategy calls to understand hiring needs and proactively investigate new ideas for innovative sourcing strategies
  • Developed and advised on diversity sourcing strategies, identified and pipelined talent via Avature and LinkedIN
  • Utilized applicant pools, targeted research areas to explore the potential to hire top talent, and effectively communicate employer value proposition to all potential candidates
  • Lead Monthly Market Intel Meetings - Presented PowerPoints on where our competitors are, and what the market looks like that we're targeting

Technical Recruiter

Amazon
03.2022 - 06.2022
  • Utilizing recruiting tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and proprietary internal database
  • Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting which includes sourcing, screening, interviewing and hiring
  • Reach out to a minimum of 500 candidates weekly - LinkedIN, Email (Mail Merging)
  • Maintain a clean and up to date Pipeline Tracker in Excel

Technical Recruiter (Contract)

Wayfair
02.2021 - 03.2022
  • Placed Software Engineers (Senior to Director level) within Wayfair’s Catalog and Physical Stores engineering teams, including Full-Stack Engineers and a Senior Engineering Manager.
  • Managed the full recruitment lifecycle—from sourcing to offer acceptance—ensuring alignment with technical requirements and team fit.
  • Prepped and guided candidates through every interview stage, resulting in a high offer-to-acceptance ratio.
  • Achieved top team performance during initial 90 days: extended 10 offers with 7 accepted, the highest acceptance rate on the team.
  • Leveraged tools including Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hired, and Hiretual to identify, engage, and track top engineering talent.

Technical Recruiter II

K2 Partnering Solutions
06.2019 - 09.2020
  • 60+ dials per day, 7-10 interview per week, resulting to 3 deals per month consistently after month 3
  • Averaged 10-15 contractors billing per month
  • $1,100 weekly GP per candidate ($10K - $15K weekly total.) $500K- $600K Yearly GP
  • 200+ targeted Business Development outreaches weekly
  • Generating new clients using business development, having face to face client meetings to discover business needs
  • Manage the full recruitment process end to end, working with candidates and clients to bridge the gap for new opportunities
  • Sourcing contracted candidates for placements, manage and negotiate with clients for their needs and pain points

Technical Recruiter

Nigel Frank International
05.2018 - 06.2019
  • Sourcing candidates for placements, cold and warm calling, LinkedIN, Job boards, and through our personal database
  • Oversee the entire interview process from finding the candidate, to setting up the interview, and post placement follow-ups to maintain a great candidate experience
  • Prep candidates for interviews, find the best way to make the candidate and clients happy as an end result
  • Maintain and surpass KPI's (80 Dials per day, 2 hour phone time daily, 8 interviews per week, 1 placement per month.)
  • Filled role that was open for 6 months within my first 90 days
  • Utilize tools such as Linkedin Recruiter, Salesforce (CRM), Adcourier (Mass Ad postings)
  • Moved to a 360 desk (Business Development) after 6 months
  • I brought in our first client with our updated terms (20 percent instead of 10 percent fees) with new clients

Education

Business Administration -

Florida State College
Jacksonville
05.2018

Skills

  • Global Talent Acquisition
  • Diversity sourcing
  • Software Engineering
  • Market research
  • Sourcing strategies
  • Candidate pipeline management
  • Data-driven insights
  • Full-cycle recruiting
  • Boolean search techniques

Timeline

Talent Recruiter/Lead Sourcer

Mundipharma (Elvium) Randstad Contract
12.2024 - Current

Talent Sourcer

Boston Scientific (Randstad Contract)
07.2024 - 12.2024

Senior Technical Sourcer

Cisco (Randstad Contract)
04.2023 - 01.2024

Senior Talent Sourcing Partner

UKG
06.2022 - 04.2023

Technical Recruiter

Amazon
03.2022 - 06.2022

Technical Recruiter (Contract)

Wayfair
02.2021 - 03.2022

Technical Recruiter II

K2 Partnering Solutions
06.2019 - 09.2020

Technical Recruiter

Nigel Frank International
05.2018 - 06.2019

Business Administration -

Florida State College

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