Chris Olwell

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Talent Acquisition Manager

Buf Technologies

Jun 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 7 months)

• Joined as the 30th employee and second hire of the People team. • Led searches for technical and non-technical roles, such as Software Engineers, Customer Engineers, and Product Designers, that increased product and customer growth for Buf's API developer tools suite of products. • Worked side-by-side with the Head of Talent Acquisition to establish and lay out foundations for talent acquisition strategy, build out talent acquisition process guides on Notion, and developed and implemented bespoke sourcing strategies for niche roles. • Evaluated vendors for talent acquisition tools, including ATS, email campaigns, and interview scheduling tools, and was responsible for tool rollouts. • Successfully navigated the ambiguity and uncertain

Talent Acquisition Manager

Unqork

Apr 2022 - May 2022 (2 months)

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Lead Talent Acquisition Partner

Jul 2021 - Apr 2022 (10 months)

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Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Jan 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 7 months)

Converted to FTE after spending 7 months on-site (RPO through LevelUP). • Joined as an early member of the Talent Acquisition team, and impacted the company through hypergrowth from 65 to over 600 employees. • Managed 15+ technical and 'hard-to-fill' roles at once, focused on building a diverse pipeline for all roles, and worked with hiring managers to craft inclusive and fair interview processes that resulted in personally hiring over 75 high-performing employees. • Promoted to Lead, then subsequently to Manager after demonstrating ability to manage and mentor a high-performing Platform Recruiting team. ○ Assumed responsibility for 3 direct reports and ownership of all Engineering and Product hiring. ○ Acted as player-coach and maintain

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Talent Advisor

LevelUP HCS

Nov 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 3 months)

• Spent 7 months residing onsite at Unqork offering recruitment expertise across all hiring departments, including Engineering, Design, Product, Solutions Architecture, Marketing, and anything else needed. • Met and exceeded metrics for interested candidate submissions weekly, covering an array of clients in a variety of industries ranging from tech to investment banking to consumer products.

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Senior Recruiter

Long Island Temps

Aug 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 4 months)

• Hired as a key piece of a growing recruiting team as the company expanded the direct-hire and temp-to-hire portions of the business. Responsibilities included: mining through thousands of resumes, making 50+ cold-calls a day, administering an average of 8-10 face-to-face candidate interviews a week and coordinating with employers regarding needs and fees. • Made 3 placements within first 2 weeks and continued to be highly productive and consistent; responsible for recruiting positions in the Administrative, Accounting, Technology, Industrial, Legal and Customer Service fields. • As a recognized proactive employee, collaborated directly with the CEO, Managing Director, and Director of Marketing regarding insights and ideas for processes

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Talent Acquisition Specialist

Ladders

Apr 2014 - Aug 2017 (3 years 5 months)

• Hired to support recruiters and hiring managers from small to Fortune 500 companies in identifying top job candidates using multiple sourcing platforms, an expert in sourcing dificult and niche roles within Technology, Finance, and Operational functions. • Appointed to serve as Quality Assurance Lead to review and approve all resumes prior to being presented to clients. • Maintained a 92% candidate match rate by leading recruiter intake calls and honing in on specific information to enhance candidate searches and recruiter experience.

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