• Full-cycle Recruiting (10+ yrs) • Sourcing (10+ yrs) • Corporate Recruiting (7 yrs)
Accomplished Recruiting and Sourcing Professional. Innovative Research Strategist, Solution Focused and Results Driven Business Partner. Passionate and Self-Motivated Leader with a High Level of Personal Integrity. Persuasive, Flexible and Dedicated.
• Created first time recruiting strategies for 5 startup businesses (3 at Microsoft Corporation). Integrated staffing processes and created workflow implementation strategies for 2 newly acquired businesses at Microsoft (Musiwave & Danger Inc).
• Ranked #1 Recruiter in total hires 4 times throughout my career: Stafftopia, Access Nurses, SMS.ac/Fanbox.com & Microsoft E&D Division (external hires). 99% offer acceptance rate at Microsoft for external hires.
• Advanced LinkedIn user and Expert experience with Social Networking sites, Metasearch Aggregators (Indeed / SimplyHired) and paid job advertising boards.
• Accomplished public speaker, extensive Media contacts and published expert on recruiting practices and industry trends.
Specialties: • Creative Talent Search Strategies • Modern Sourcing Techniques & Tools
• Data Mining / ATS Mining / Talent Mining • Workflow Design & Process Management
• Budgeting & Forecasting • Competitive & Strategic Planning
Recruiting Manager @ From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Greater Seattle AreaSenior Recruiter / Talent Sourcer @ Looking for talent in the IT Infrastructure and Cloud space for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Business Critical Openings:
• Cloud Architect Consultants (Senior to Principal level)
• Big Data Architects (Senior to Principal level)
• Cloud Security Architects (Senior to Principal level)
• DevOps Architects (Senior to Principal level)
• Technical Business Development Managers / IT Transformation Consultants (Senior to Principal level)
• Practice Managers – *Hiring for Toronto Canada currently*
Top priority Locations:
• Chicago, IL region
• Ohio region
• Dallas, TX region
• Seattle, WA region
Previous Amazon Roles:
Amazon Appstore (AGS): Sourced top talent in the Mobile, App and Entertainment eco-systems From April 2014 to November 2015 (1 year 8 months) Greater Seattle AreaRecruiting Manager @ Recruiting Manager
• Manage all global Recruiting and HR operations.
• Primary function: End to end recruiting, sourcing, targeted email campaigns and on-boarding candidates.
• Secondary function: Building internal HR processes, managing company employee brand and expanding employee benefits.
• Integrated new ATS system and moved all data/candidates from the internal Wiki to new system.
• Primary focus on recruiting top iOS and Android Developers on the planet.
• Built Project Management, Business Development, Account Management teams from ground up.
• Refined company benefits and added a global PTO and Sick Day policy.
• Built Black Pixel annual review policy. From September 2013 to April 2014 (8 months) Greater Seattle AreaSenior Corporate Recruiter (Online Dealer Services) @ Senior Corporate Recruiter for Technical, Product and Data Science positions. Supporting two major Divisions accounting for 500 Million in revenue; Cobalt Division in Seattle & Dealix Division in Bay Area (Redwood City, CA). Please email me directly if you feel you are a match in any of the areas below - PJ.LeDorze@ADP.com.
• End to end sourcing, recruiting and client management responsibilities From May 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 5 months) Founder / Principal Recruiting Consultant @ Owned and operated specialty staffing agency, working with clients in LA, San Francisco and Seattle. Specialized in working with early stage startups, hiring and recruiting for the first time.
Provided high touch & high quality staffing services at a reduced contingent cost.
Consulting Jobs:
DataSphere Technologies
• Sourced, Recruited and Hired Software Development/Web UI/UX, Ad Creative, and Marketing/Product Management (.Net/C#, Java, HTML/5, CSS/JavaScript, SQL/MySQL/NoSQL, PHP, LAMP, Drupal, HBase, Hadoop & Cassandra).
• Built internal and external sourcing, staffing, interviewing and on-boarding process (Development & Marketing teams)
• Worked closely with CEO, CTO, CFO & VP of Products
• Helped build organization from 108 people to over 400 inside 9 months
• Oversaw implementation of new ATS (OpenHire), increased web presence with job search aggregators (Indeed, SimplyHired), managed paid advertising campaigns with Facebook, Indeed, SimplyHired and industry specific job boards
• Increased company visibility with local networking events, tech publications and local media sources (NwJobs / Seattle Times & GeekWire)
• Recruited and hired VP of Engineering
• Rewrote all external job postings increasing candidate traffic by 600% (created HTML templates for other recruiters to use
Vertafore
• Worked with CTO to hire VP of Engineering, Chief Architect & multiple Software Developers From January 2010 to May 2012 (2 years 5 months) Greater Seattle AreaStaffing Consultant @ Staffing Consultant – Entertainment & Devices Division
Sourced/Recruited/Hired – Technical/Software, Marketing/Branding/PR/Creative, Product Management and Business Development Talent.
PMX/Danger/Kin – Confidential Consumer Startup Business (Palo Alto, CA & Redmond, WA)
• Maintained full confidentiality of business and products with staffing/HR colleagues, internal Microsoft employees and internal/external candidates throughout entire recruiting process.
• Managed all US Sourcing and Staffing process, built candidate pipelines from scratch, boosted hiring activity and finished integration of staffing process with Danger Inc. after acquisition. Achieved 109% of total hires and 200% of diversity hires in commitments.
Zune Software & Marketplace (www.Zune.net)
• Brought in to business to help struggling recruiting activity for California region.
• Hired by team as fulltime employee after completing 1-year contract through Volt.
Musiwave – Global leader in Mobile Entertainment (Paris, France & Redmond, WA)
• Served as primary staffing contact to International HR/Staffing team, managed integration of process/policies after Zune/Microsoft acquisition and aligned global Musiwave staffing strategy with US Zune staffing strategy.
• Received approval from Executive leadership to continue recruiting activity during Microsoft global hiring freeze and successfully completed project 1 month ahead of schedule (12 hires in 3 months).
• Far exceeded management expectations and filled 33 out of 36 open positions in under 3 months. From July 2007 to January 2010 (2 years 7 months) Principal Recruiting Consultant @ Stealth Hires (July 2006 - July 2007)
Principal Recruiting Consultant
Project #2:
TalentFuse - SQL Star (December 2006 - July 2007)
1099 Contract – Contract Recruiter / Account Manager
• Helped company through merger/buyout with SQL Star
• Rebuilt sourcing strategies/tools (implemented Broadlook as a new resource), recruiting process and best practices
• Worked with existing accounts to win back relationship and generate new business
• Targeted new technology clients to sell staffing services into
• Example of new accounts won: Staccato Communications, Mitchell International, Incentra, V-Enable
Project #1:
SMS.ac (July 2006 - December 2006)
1099 Contract - Senior Technical Recruiter - Software Development Team
• Responsible for hiring, mentoring and training new recruiters
• Number 1 recruiter in total hires and supervised team (6 recruiters) responsible for most overall hires
• Helped rebuild entire corporate recruiting and sourcing process
• Improved workflow and communication with hiring managers and Executive leadership
• Designed better candidate tracking and interviewing feedback process
• Created best practice rules intended to enhance overall candidate experience From July 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 1 month) Allied Recruiting Manager – Sourcing Manager @ • Built brand new division from ground up, zero revenue to 3.5 million in revenue first year
• Led sourcing development team in Costa Rica and built allied candidate database from 100 talent prospects to over 50,000 talent prospects first year
• Worked full desk as recruiter, account manager, business development manager and division manager
• Managed team of 2 recruiters, payroll specialist and support admin
• Responsible for P&L, division profit margins and operating cost
• Hired, mentored and trained new recruiters to company
• Built new sourcing strategies, workflow processes and training guidelines From December 2003 to July 2006 (2 years 8 months) Recruiter / Client Account Manager @ Full-cycle agency recruiter responsible for: Sourcing candidates, generating/cold-calling new client leads, negotiating terms and closing potential hires.
• Played key role in starting new division focused on recruiting Sales, Marketing and Engineering/IT professionals in Silicon Valley/San Francisco
• Youngest professional hired by company, ranked 1st or 2nd in total hires and revenue every year employed (out of 40+ recruiters
• Example of client placement list: Google, Siemens, Oracle, WebEx, Intel, & Peoplesoft From January 2000 to December 2003 (4 years)
Continuing Education @ Ongoing Education Courses From 1998 to 2007 PJ LeDorze is skilled in: Sourcing, Technical Recruiting, Online Research, Staffing Industry, Strategic Consulting, Contract Recruitment, Online Advertising, Corporate Development / Planning, HR Strategy, Corporate Development, Project Planning, Personnel Management, Data Mining, Corporate Recruiting, SEM