Jeremy Chapa

Experienced People Manager and Technical Recruiter with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Sourcing, Recruiting, Creative Problem Solving, Training, and Human Resources. Human resources professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Business Administration in Human Resource Management and General Business Management from The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Experience

THE NEW YORK TIMES                                                                                                      New York, New York

Senior Technical Recruiter                                                                                          August 2021- April 2023 

• Recruited and Hired 47 full-time employees within Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Product Management and Data Science disciplines
• Sourced passive candidates using direct sourcing tools and channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Stack Overflow, GitHub, Boolean, X-ray Search and networking events
• Managed, led and mentored 2 full-lifecycle Technical recruiters(Talent Acquisition Manager) with empathy and integrity 
• Strategically streamlined and improved an inefficient full-lifecycle recruiting process — Greenhouse Applicant tracking system implementation
• Consulted and collaborated with business leaders and HR partners to understand the existing talent pipeline, talent gaps, and align with overall human capital, diversity and business strategies
• Leader of multiple acquisition projects — diversity, equity and inclusion culture, resource planning, engineering compensation study
• Responsible for requestion intake meetings, sourcing strategy sessions, pipeline management, candidate screens, hiring manager syncs, panel debriefs and offer calls/negotiations
• Created, cultivated, and maintained strong partnerships with key cross-functional stakeholders internally (Data and Engineering Leadership, Talent Acquisition Leadership HRBP Team, Finance, Compensation)
• Improved time to fill to under 45 days ‑Provided business leadership data-centric reporting updates regularly 
• Directed all aspects of talent acquisition strategies to create outcomes, including but not limited to business planning, forecasting, search execution, and business analytics

REX                                                                                                                                                    Austin, Texas Lead Technical Recruiter                                                                                               January 2019 – August 2021

• Led and managed a full-cycle Technical Recruiting and Sourcing team of 2 in a hypergrowth start-up environment 
• Recruited for Software Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, DevOps, Internships, New Grads, Product, Design, Product Management, UX/UI Design
• Managed pipeline and full cycle Recruiting process for non-technical roles, including Marketing, HR/People Operations, Sales, Account Management 
• Consulted and collaborated with business leaders and HR partners to understand the existing talent pipeline, talent gaps, and align with overall human capital, diversity and business strategies
• Sourced passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS and other Github databases
• Hired 61 employees and helped grow company 4x in 2 years - Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, and University Talent groups
• Established and maintained meaningful relationships across key cross-functional stakeholders internally (e.g., Recruiting, HR, Engineering Leadership, C-Suite, Data & Analytics, Finance, Marketing, Product, and Sales)
• Designed, executed, and customized candidate recruiting plans, partnered closely with other recruiters, coordinators, and hiring managers to achieve the best results possible 
• Regularly managed candidate pipeline activity and maintained data integrity, and shared data centric updates with internal stakeholders 

VMWARE                                                                                                                                          Austin, Texas 

Technical Recruiter – University Talent                                                                      July 2018 – January 2019

• Managed full- cycle Recruiting process for Members of Technical Staff - BS, MS, Ph.D., and Interns
• Managed 90+ requisition loads and sourced from top Universities using Handshake
• Created and maintained strong partnerships with key stakeholders ‑VPs, Directors, and hiring managers

CLOUDERA                                                                                                                                       Austin, Texas

Technical Sourcer                                                                                                                   May 2018 – July 2018

• Sourced for big data and distributed systems software engineering teams in Austin, TX, Budapest, and Bay Area, including Sentry, Solr, Hadoop, Spark, Impala, HDFS, HIVE 
• Partnered with hiring managers, recruiters, and internal teams to deliver highly qualified candidates 

INDEED                                                                                                                                              Austin, Texas

Technical Talent Sourcer                                                                                                        May 2017 – May 2018

• Sourced for candidates utilizing LinkedIn, Indeed Resume, and Boolean Searches 
• Selected the top-quality engineering professionals to be featured on the Indeed Prime platform in the greater New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, Austin, and Dallas areas in the following career paths: o Back-end, Front-end, Full stack: Java (Spring, Hibernate, J2EE), Scala (Lift), C, C++, Python (Django), Ruby (Rails), Node.js JavaScript, HTML5, CSS/HTML, Mobile, DevOps, Technical Product Managers, Network Engineers, and Sysadmins 
• Improved submittal to interview acceptance rate from 40% to +60% for 5 U.S markets 

ADDISON GROUP                                                                                                                             Austin, Texas

Recruiter – Finance and Accounting Division                                                             November 2016 – May 2017

• Maintained 15+ requisitions at a time and made over 3 placements a month 
•  Sourced for candidates utilizing LinkedIn, Indeed, Networking Groups, Boolean Searches, CareerBuilder 

AEROTEK                                                                                                                              San Antonio, Texas

 Recruiter                                                                                                                    July 2015 – November 2016

● Responsible for identifying, interviewing, and representing top talent to clients in multiple industries and settings – Accounting, Administrative, Scientific and Environmental, and Engineering 

● Top-performing recruiter – Top 3 out of 35 recruiters 

● Maintained over 30+ requisitions at a time and made over 6 placements per month 

● Sourced for candidates utilizing LinkedIn, Indeed, Networking Groups, Boolean Searches, CareerBuilder

● Built relationships and partnerships with Human Resource Managers, Department Managers, and employees 

Skills

Technical: LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, GitHub, Hiretual, Sourcing, Engineering, Boolean Search Strings, JazzHR, WorkdayRecruiting, Jobvite, HireVue, Connectifier 

Non-Technical: People Management, Human Resources, Stakeholder Management, Recruiting, Resource planning

Education

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO                                                            San Antonio, Texas

Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration in Human Resource Management

Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration in Business Management