Sheldon Wells
Houston
Summary
Senior Recruiter with 8+ years of experience successfully recruiting across a wide range of industries, including technology, medical, pharmaceutical, and retail. I'm passionate about connecting top talent with the right opportunities, bringing a data-driven approach to optimize recruitment strategies and enhance outcomes. Skilled in building strong relationships and streamlining recruitment processes to deliver high-quality candidates and drive organizational success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Sourcer
Mundipharma (Elvium) Randstad Contract
12.2024 - Current
- Provided market insights and trends to help shape recruitment strategies and attract high-quality talent in a competitive Canadian market.
- Conducted full-cycle sourcing for 12 diverse positions across various provinces in Canada, ensuring alignment with hiring manager requirements and organizational needs.
- Crafted advanced Boolean search strategies to identify and engage highly qualified candidates, ensuring a targeted approach in sourcing top talent for hard-to-fill positions.
- Achieved a high success rate by placing 10 out of 12 candidates for the positions I managed, demonstrating strong sourcing and recruitment capabilities.
Talent Sourcer
Boston Scientific (Randstad Contract)
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Maintaining a consultative relationship with hiring leaders and recruiting partners in a high touch recruiting environment while managing external talent pipeline health for the business areas of R&D, Clinical, + SWE.
- Managing 10-12 requisitions, recruiting Global Business Operations, Early Research & Development and Manufacturing/Software Engineering.
- Conducted market research to prepare for hiring manager intakes, presented data to leadership/recruiting partners.
Senior Technical Sourcer
Cisco (Randstad Contract)
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Played a key role in developing a pipeline for Cisco's largest SAAS transformation project
- Champion for Diversity - Implemented multiple different sourcing strategies to achieve a balanced and diverse pipeline
- Provided sourcing support for niche and high-volume requisitions as well as data analytics and insights on the talent marketplace across various teams at Cisco including software development, UX/UI, engineering, product management, Finance, and technical sales skill sets
- Individual contributor on a small team of 4
- We were all brought in to be a 'ninja team' to pipeline and keep a warm bench of engineering candidates to help with the transformation
- In addition to keeping the warm pipeline, I was actively sourcing Sales and Finance positions at all levels and was responsible for 8 full time hires
- Compiled and presented data analytics and insights on the talent marketplace
- Sourced active and passive candidates through Boolean searches in LinkedIn Recruiter, Avature, Monster, and SeekOut to fulfill open requisitions and build candidate pipelines
- Utilize Avature ATS for candidate tracking and talent management
- Serve as a point of contact for candidates and stakeholders throughout the hiring process as a representative for the Cisco brand
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 Sourcer (Contract)
Wayfair
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Utilized tools such as Greenhouse, Linkedin, Hired, and Hiretual
- Placing software engineers from Senior to Director level in Wayfair's Catalog, and Physical Stores teams
- Vetted and properly prepped candidates at all stages of the interview process
- Made multiple placements and had the highest amount of offers accepted on my team in the my 90 days
- (10 offers, 7 accepted) (Full stack engineers + Senior Engineering Manager)
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
05.2018
Skills
Advanced Sourcing Techniques
Candidate Relationship Management Systems (Workday, ICIMS, Salesforce, Greenhouse)
Market Intelligence & Competitive Talent Mapping
Diversity and Inclusion Sourcing
Talent Pool Development & Pipeline Management
Candidate Experience & Engagement
Stakeholder Collaboration & Strategic Advising
Timeline
Talent 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 Sourcer (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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