Mia Smithson

Mia Smithson

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Global AI Recruiting Leader | Newsletter Founder | Read by Google, Meta & NVIDIA
California, United States

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  • Talent Collective
    Executive Community Member
    Talent Collective
    Aug 2025 - Current (9 months)
    Talent Collective is a global member community dedicated to empowering, connecting, and advancing women in TA.
  • High Slope Recruiting
    Founder
    High Slope Recruiting
    May 2025 - Current (1 year)
  • Stealth AI Startup
    Founder
    Stealth AI Startup
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)
    Building something I wish I had. 🖥️ We help you land a $200K+ job with equity. It’s for people who are done playing small and are playing to win. 🚀
  • AI Hiring Newsletter
    Founder
    AI Hiring Newsletter
    Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 10 months)
    The 5-minute newsletter sponsored by Deel and read by hiring leaders at Google, Meta, and NVIDIA. 👩‍💼 You’ll 💟 the newsletter if you’re in HR, a Startup Founder, or Future Of Work Investor. Check it out 👉 www.hiringnewsletter.ai
  • Logos
    Global Director, Talent Acquisition and Management
    Logos
    Mar 2022 - Current (4 years 2 months)
    ELT: Selected to join the ELT through merit-based selection, recognized for a demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and lead high-performing teams. High-Potential Mentorship: Chosen for the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) mentorship program, identifying future executive potential. P&L Management: Led critical vendor negotiations with Lattice, LinkedIn, HackerRank, and Deel, enhancing talent management P&L and fostering cost-effective, high-impact partnerships. Global Recruiting Function: - Hired 154 employees since 2022, accomplishing a TTF of 33 days (9 days better than the SHRM average). - Hires span executive leadership and various roles in the Generative AI industry, including engineering, AI product management, design, data science,
  • S
    Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition and Management
    Jan 2021 - Mar 2022 (1 year 3 months)
    Relationship-Driven Recruiting & Training: - Partnered with C-suite to develop a global talent strategy, leveraging market intelligence to build a best-in-class sourcing team and secure 140 key hires across multiple regions in 2021. - Concurrently, upskilled 90+ hiring managers, enhancing their ability to identify and hire top talent in competitive labor markets. Cost Savings: Saved 800 hours of technical interviewing time and achieved $48K in cost savings through a strategic partnership with HackerRank, boosting productivity and enhancing engineering team morale. DEI: Led the standardization of 280+ job descriptions to mitigate implicit bias and inspire a more diverse applicant pool to apply. HRBP: Led annual and mid-year performance re
  • F
    Founding Recruiter
    Oct 2020 - Jul 2021 (10 months)
  • S
    Sr. Technical Recruiter
    Sep 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 4 months)
    Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Migration: Led an ATS migration, dramatically improving candidate experience and launching Logos’ first internal job board. Impactful Sourcing: Inclusively hired manager and director-level talent through referrals, Google X-Ray searches, partnering with alumni centers, LinkedIn Recruiter, and more. DEI: - Developed successful partnerships with 40+ Historically Black Colleges and Universities. - Utilized webflow to minimize the effect of race and gender unconscious bias while sourcing.
  • Centric Consulting
    Talent Aquisition & Management
    Centric Consulting
    Nov 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 5 months)
    Was a part-time recruiter while attending a pre-doctoral Neuropsychopharmacology program. Technical Recruiting Lead: Hired an average of two technical candidates a month. Sourcing Innovation: Proposed and implemented adoption of enterprise-wide social media and talent sourcing systems.
  • ExperisManpower Group
    Sr. Technology Recruiter (Recruiting Mentor)
    ExperisManpower Group
    Jun 2016 - Oct 2018 (2 years 5 months)
    As a Sr. Technology Recruiter and Recruiting Mentor, I played a pivotal role in talent acquisition, achieving remarkable results that nearly doubled revenue from $887,054.76 in 2016 to $1,515,858.13 in 2017, while also increasing the gross margin from 27.12% to 30.9% during the same period. I conducted over 100 candidate interviews per month and successfully mentored and trained three Junior Recruiters, all while managing full-desk recruiting responsibilities. My effective sourcing strategies led to an increase in submitted candidates from 200 in 2016 to 233 in 2017. Additionally, I leveraged my experience in recruiting for wearable hardware roles, specifically for Garmin, to enhance our recruitment efforts in this niche area, ensuring we a
  • ExperisManpower Group
    Technology Recruiter
    ExperisManpower Group
    Jun 2015 - May 2016 (1 year)
    Hiring Results: Within three months of starting, became ranked in the top 15% of the 400+ Experis Recruiters Globally, with no previous recruiting background.
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  • The University of Kansas
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Journalism, Psychology Minor
    The University of Kansas
    Deans Honor Roll, Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall, KU Tango Club.
  • Harvard Business School
    Advanced Certification in Negotiation, Q3 ECD
    Harvard Business School
  • Roosevelt University
    Pre-Doctoral Neuropsychopharmocology
    Roosevelt University
    Selected as the Graduate School Lead for Graduate Research Association of Students in Psychology (GRASP)
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