Ruben Escamez
London
Summary
With over 7 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, I’ve successfully hired top-tier diverse talent in multiple disciplines & locations. These include Engineering, Data, Videogames, Fintech and GTM roles across EMEA, AMER and LATAM fostering close relationships with key stakeholders in a globally distributed team.
I have a track record of overachieving on my metrics and delivering a tailored candidate experience with a Talenthub score of above 8.7/10.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Talent Acquisition
Unity
, England
08.2021 - 02.2024
- Building relationships with Hiring Managers and other verticals in the business, such as Finance, HR, and Management to always create smooth processes for the candidates and colleagues involved in the panel
- Managing the Recruitment process and pipeline through Greenhouse ATS and using Workday for Job Requisitions administration with HR and Finance, achieving 100% compliance in the process.
- Using different sourcing Tools like Gem, Seekout, and LinkedIn Recruiter, to manage candidates' pipelines and find new talent, reaching to 75% response rate.
- Super user of Gem and Greenhouse, creating reports and a dashboard to track the success of sourcing campaigns and the passthrough rates of candidates in the process.
- Working on Diversity and inclusion strategies with a hiring track record of over 40% Diversity hiring for Technical roles, overcoming the 30% KPI established across the company.
- Offer creating and delivery, managing internal changes, and working with internal stakeholders, achieving an offer acceptance rate of 95% for the last 2 years at Unity.
- For 2023 I hired 23 over a target of 20 hires for the year (reduced target due to hiring freeze). For 2022, 27 Hires over a target of 21 Hires for the year.
- Developed and implemented strategies to identify and source technical talent for multiple verticals (Robotics, AI, Video games, Data Science, Software Engineering, Customer Success, and Support among others), up to the Director level in Technical and non-technical roles.
- Provided training and mentoring to onboard new Recruiters and Sourcers, also creating documentation to facilitate the process for them.
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Headcount
Redhill, Crawley, Surrey, West
Sussex
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Worked as a 360 Recruitment Consultant, managing relationships with candidates and clients and working C-levels, Sales, Product, and management roles, and Tech roles.
- Sourced and managed processes within the payments and Fintech Industry
- Consistently achieving over a 120% revenue target.
- Worked with Bullhorn as an ATS and managed the application system and the candidate journey through there.
- Responsible for different retained processes and managing the relationship with the customers.
- Managed different Market Research projects to support our customers in the hiring strategy. Also coordinated the internal team to collate relevant market evidence of salaries versus specific job profiles
- Outsourced solution, o Talent Benchmarking / Competitor Analysis / Compensation Reviews o Strategic Consultancy - Consultancy Advisory / Interim
Talent acquisition specialist
Ferchau
Barcelona, Spain
10.2018 - 01.2020
- Participate in the entire life cycle of the selection process as a 360 Recruitment Consultant.
- Specialized in different profiles of the technological Field, Developers, Software engineers, Systems and Infrastructure, and IT Management.
- Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
- Managing the Onboarding process for all the internal workers and managing the people “client-based” in the HR matters (Holidays, Sick leaves, Enquiries, Resources management…) Working with an internal ATS for the applicants and workers tracking
- Management of Job-posts published on different platforms like LinkedIn or Infojobs Constant search for new methods and techniques for attraction and talent retention Attendance and organization of events and job fairs
- Management of the internal Service Desk Project for HP where we qualified requirements, scope and budget for a project to increase the capacity of an internal service desk for HP managing the recruitment process of additional new members within the agreed budget and timelines and co-ordinated transition activities and onboarding with hiring managers
- Set up an internal tracking and communication plan with relevant stakeholders
- Co-ordinated and tracked shift and capacity plans with Team leads to ensure at least12 people were available during each shift to maintain agreed customer service levels
IT Recruitment Consultant
IRIUM
Barcelona, Spain
04.2018 - 10.2018
- In charge of all selection processes of the entire area of Barcelona Participate in the full cycle Recruitment process.
- Managed the Onboarding process and workers' HR processes.
- In charge of the IT Recruitment Management with the Site Manager managed the priority of the positions and supported the onboarding of new Recruiters.
- Co-ordinated with local schools and software houses in Barcelona to arrange recruitment open days in their offices
- Managed account managers to interview potential prospects and shortlist candidates
- Managed the hiring process within the agreed budget and timelines Set up internal tracking and communication plan with relevant stakeholders
Junior IT Recruitment Consultant
General Software
Barcelona, Spain
10.2017 - 04.2018
- Collection of the request by the Key Account Managers and the elaboration of the profile to search Publication of offers in web portals and a few universities of Barcelona Participate in the full cycle of the selection processes Looking for IT profiles Uploading of candidates to client portals
- Sourced and selected applicants for technical positions within the company.
- Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.
- Managed client portals for candidate management.
Education
University Degree - Psychology
University of Jaen
Jaen, SpainLocution and speech
University of Jaen
SpainSkills
- Bilingual in Spanish (Native) and English (fluent)
- Experienced user for tools like Greenhouse, Workday, Gem, Seekout and LinkedIn Recruiter
Timeline
Senior Technical Talent Acquisition
Unity
08.2021 - 02.2024
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Headcount
01.2020 - 08.2021
Talent acquisition specialist
Ferchau
10.2018 - 01.2020
IT Recruitment Consultant
IRIUM
04.2018 - 10.2018
Junior IT Recruitment Consultant
General Software
10.2017 - 04.2018
University Degree - Psychology
University of Jaen
Locution and speech
University of Jaen
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