William Livingston
Denver,Colorado
Summary
Seasoned recruiter that is innovative, forward-thinking, adaptable, and detail-oriented. 8+ years of experience building and maintaining relationships with directors, business leaders and candidates. Well versed in sourcing and full cycle recruiting for various skill-sets including IT, Geo-spatial, Robotics, Machine Learning, Construction, Cleared, Finance, and Business. Proficient in utilizing a multitude of job boards and working within ATS systems utilizing recruiting techniques. A successful trainer and supervisor who motivates and builds high-performance recruitment teams.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Sourcing Recruiter/FLC
Amazon Web Services
07.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations. And consulted with the business on successful recruiting and retention practices to help minimize turnover
- Managed and developed relationships across several business areas including Information Technology, Networking, Infrastructure security, DCPD (Data Center Planning and Delivery), Route 53, Construction (Construction, Preconstruction, Project Engineering), Machine Learning and Finance.
- Trained new employees on sourcing efforts, diversity initiatives, how to utilize SeekOut, HireEZ, LinkedIn and Indeed to find qualified candidates.
- Trained new business leaders on how to utilize Amazon’s ATS system to move candidates through hiring process and interview calibration.
- Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates.
- Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials and conducting initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Utilized hiring and sourcing strategies to meeting 100% Gap to goal hiring for Infrastructure Security
- Planned and launched large-scale events that boosted employee participation by 75%.
- Coordinated and Implemented training for new hires for sourcing and Hiring Manager training.
- Involved with AWS's BEN (Black Employee Network) which was geared toward Diversity awareness and hiring initiatives for Amazon/AWS
- Worked alongside global business leaders to deploy new training strategies, sourcing efforts, requisition building, and workforce planning for future roles.
- Conducted reference checks, background screening and other pre-employment checks to verify information on applicant's resume
- Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes
- Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience
- Advertised job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards
Talent Acquisition Partner
Trimble
03.2020 - 07.2021
- Established consistent language and methodology for talent discussions, development and succession.
- Cooperated with company leaders in change management and talent solutions to gain competitive edge in job market.
- Promoted increased focus on internal talent mobility and emerging talent across organization.
- Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
- Evaluated resumes, interviewed and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
- Worked with coordinators to build and approve requisitions based that required editing job descriptions working with leadership on approval chain's and job posting for Trimble's business needs
- Completed talent acquisition and management for 150+ internal and external placements
TALENT ACQUISITION PARTNER II
Sierra Nevada Corporation
08.2019 - 02.2020
- Promoted increased focus on internal talent mobility and emerging talent across organization.
- Conducted compensation conversations with human resources and hiring managers to foster internal and external equity.
- Niche sourcing and hiring of professionals who required Secret Security Clearances.
- Partnering with leadership to conduct team networking and sourcing sessions to market and build effective candidate pipelines.
- Responsible for using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) in Workday
- Utilizing social media recruitment tools to attract talent Experience with salary negotiation and closing candidates.
- Demonstrated consultative and solution-oriented approach to recruitment search engagements
- Recruited Military and Non-Military professionals, Sales, IT Professionals, Managers, HR Professionals, and Engineering
- Collaborated with team to define business requirements for organizational processes, achieve productivity standards and adhere to accuracy standards
Sr. Recruiter
Rampup
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Developed targeted strategies to locate and on-board specific candidate types, meeting short- and long-term business objectives.
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Screened all applicants based on qualifications and background to meet and exceed rigorous standards.
- Reached out to qualified referral candidates to obtain applications.
- Monitored hiring market and potential executive candidates.
- Sourced candidates via variety of methods, including social media platforms and job boards.
- Supported annual HVAC/IT program by preparing worksheets, communication materials and coordinating meetings.
- Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.
- Recruited IT Professionals (Software Engineers, DevOps
- Engineers, Network Infrastructure, and IT Managers.
- Recruited HVAC Engineering (Sales Engineers, Project Engineers, Chief Engineers)
Lead Technical Recruiter
TEKsystems
05.2016 - 08.2018
- Supported the team with onboarding new hires and training new recruiters.
- Coordinated with IT team leaders to forecast hiring needs and department goals.
- Referred candidate resumes to customer account managers for evaluation and submission.
- Interviewed candidates using different interview methods and approaches.
- Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Used Boolean searches to source applicants and lead sourcing trainings.
- Operated as trusted advisor and subject matter expert to build strong and credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers and account management.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology-Human Resource Development
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
Pittsburg, KS05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Psychology And Counseling
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO12.2025
Skills
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Sourcing
- Various ATS's for candidate management
- Aided and Trained new recruiters
- Utilized LinkedIn, Indeed, RWS, Bull-Horn, Workday, Career Builder, HireEZ, SeekOut, DICE, Amazon HIRE, Beamery for recruiting
- Cold Calling, Building Call Sheets and Lead generation for business leaders
- High Volume Recruiting
- Recruited in Geospatial and Robotics, Information Technology, Construction, Engineering, Machine Learning, Cleared, Finance, and Business
- Creating souring strategies
- Candidate Screening
- Market Research
- Employer Branding
Currently Holds A Security Clearance
Granted 1/20/2020 and is Valid for 10 Years.
Timeline
Sourcing Recruiter/FLC
Amazon Web Services
07.2021 - Current
Talent Acquisition Partner
Trimble
03.2020 - 07.2021
TALENT ACQUISITION PARTNER II
Sierra Nevada Corporation
08.2019 - 02.2020
Sr. Recruiter
Rampup
09.2018 - 08.2019
Lead Technical Recruiter
TEKsystems
05.2016 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Psychology-Human Resource Development
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science - Psychology And Counseling
Metropolitan State University of Denver
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