Lead Recruiter @ Poynt is building the world's first smart payment terminal and open commerce platform. We're doing for merchants what the iPhone did for consumers — leveraging innovative technology and a superior user experience to provide an unprecedented level of power and control. We're revolutionizing commerce by bringing developers, distributors, and merchants together on an open platform running on top of our smart yet gorgeous device.
We're a well-funded hardware startup in mass production with a proven, scalable sales and distribution strategy. We've created the world's first future-proof payment terminal and the first-ever app ecosystem for brick and mortar merchants. And we've done all this with a small, talented team of 30 friendly people. There's never been a better time to join Poynt — come help us change the face of commerce! From October 2015 to Present (1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Recruiter @ NerdWallet gives consumers and small businesses clarity around all of life’s financial decisions. When it comes to credit cards, bank accounts, mortgages, insurance, loans or expenses like hospital costs and medical bills, consumers make almost all their decisions in the dark. NerdWallet is changing that, helping guide consumers' decisions with free, accessible tools, research and expert advice. From June 2014 to September 2015 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaRecruiter @ Minted is a social commerce site and design marketplace, crowd-sourcing graphic designs and art from a global design community. Minted’s mission is to enable our community to provide the best and freshest design in the world to consumers.
Combining community with commerce, Minted was founded by a successful serial entrepreneur. Minted is located in San Francisco and is backed by Benchmark Capital, IDG Ventures SF, Menlo Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures and angel investors including Marissa Mayer of Yahoo and Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp. From July 2012 to June 2014 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaTechnical Recruiter @ - Engaged in full life-cycle recruiting of Engineering, Human Resources, Marketing, Finance and User Experience.
- Managed entire pipeline of candidates throughout recruitment process from initial resume screen, interview and offer. Successfully staffed over 40 positions from junior to director level.
- Utilized creative sourcing techniques to identify appropriate candidates with LinkedIn, Boolean Search Strings, user groups and networking. From August 2011 to July 2012 (1 year) Foster City, CARecruiting Coordinator & Sourcer @ - Coordination during candidate life-cycle: schedule interviews, organize travel across multiple
time zones, and attentive customer service during onsite interviews
- Sourced pipeline of candidates to recruiters through LinkedIn, Craigslist, Dice, and Monster From March 2011 to August 2011 (6 months) Foster City, CATechnical Recruiter @ - Successfully recruited and placed a wide spectrum of candidates in technology, financial and engineering industries. Clients include but not limited to: Aerojet, Akamai Technologies, AOL, Charles Schwab, Hitachi Data Systems, Huawei, Life Technologies, NetApp, Pacific Pulmonary Services, Riverbed Technology, Symantec, Verizon, VISA, and Yahoo
- Responsible for full life cycle recruiting: requirement analysis and definition; job description development; sourcing candidates; candidate presentation & follow up; candidate screening and evaluation; scheduling interviews, closing and candidate references and documentation
- Engaged in Boolean searches, networking and using search techniques such as .URL peel back, Domain searches, and Semantic searches From July 2010 to March 2011 (9 months) Founder @ From March 2008 to January 2010 (1 year 11 months) Production Control @ From January 2008 to September 2008 (9 months)
Bachelor of Science, Business Marketing 2008 @ San Jose State University
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