Robert Stitt

Robert Stitt European Work Permit: Yes Citizenship: Irish English: Native Speaker Spanish: Intermediate Personal Profile Sourced and hired candidates in APAC, EMEA and the Americas, these roles have been within Corporate, Sales and Tech. Recruiting with a focus on stakeholder management, data, analytics, DEI and candidate experience. Extensive experience partnering with CEO’s, VP’s, Director’s and SLT teams to hire hard to fill roles within a limited timeframe. Hired in both Google Cloud and Toptal when the company grew its headcount from- (68 of my hires within one year). Professional Experience: Head of Recruiting December 2023 - Present Featherstone Sourcing(Freelance on Demand Recruiting) ● ● ● ● Full cycle recruitment, from job posting to offer Hiring for clients in the US, APAC and EMEA Focusing on Commerical Roles, especially on Sales - BDR, AE, AM, CSM Hired for Blooming Health, Lundi, Helm, Single Grain and AdSugar Senior Recruiter February 2023 - December Freelance Senior Recruiter December - Present Solar Monkey ● ● ● ● Full cycle recruitment, from job posting to offer Solely responsible for hiring Customer Success, Finance, Analytics, Sales AE, Customer Support, Board Members, Inside Sales, and Account Managers. Delvering training to C Level Management on Hiring Management and Interviewing techniques Sourcing for 70% of my filled roles, for Dutch, German, French & Spanish speakers within commuting distance of the company HQ at the Hague Achievements: ● Highest number of Hires within the recruitment team in 2023 ● Time to Fill - 27 days on average ● 200% Q1 OKR achievement ● 160% Q2 OKR achievement ● 100% Q3 OKR achievement ● Created and implemented Solar Monkey DEI Policy on Hiring & Referral System Technical Recruiter - Cloud Sales March 2022 - February 2023 Google ● ● ● ● Full cycle recruitment, from job posting to offer Hiring for SMB & Enterprise Cloud Sales Roles across EMEA with language requirements - Arabic, Swedish, French, German, Hebrew, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and Greek. Managing the full cycle for various roles within the Cloud Sales Org - Partner manager, Enterprise Sales, BDR, AM, DataService Delivery Manager, Sales Specialist Data & AI. Working closely with staffing partners to achieve hiring targets within specific time ranges ● ● ● ● Partnering with hiring managers on planning upcoming staffing needs, backfills and forecasting upcoming language requirements Maintaining a strong pipeline of candidates through internal, referrals and external applicants, both sourced and inbound. Complete ownership of up to 14 roles at a time Offer negotiation through complex compensation packages ranging from L2-6 roles in Google Achievements: ● Achieved 175% Q2 Hiring OKR ● Achieving 266% Q3 Hiring OKR ● Achieving 100% Q4 Hiring OKR ● 100% Vox POP Score (candidate feedback) ● 6:1 Screen to Hire Ratio Corporate Recruiter August 2021 - March 2021 Junior Recruiter March 2021 - August 2021 Toptal Responsibilities include: ● Sourcing & interviewing candidates for the Toptal Recruiting team - on average 30 recruiter screens a week during high volume periods. ● Complete ownership of between 3-6 open roles at a time with headcount between 45-64 ● Partnering with VP and Directors to fill roles, plan future attrition and hiring per quarter ● Using boolean searches to select the correct candidates on LinkedIn Recruiter - Winner of the Recruiting Recruiters sourcing competition in Toptal ● Interviewing candidates located in APAC, EMEA and the Americas depending on the business need ● Candidate survey score of 100% satisfaction ● 100% of new inbound applicants reviewed within 24 working hours ● In one Month during training 1 offer signed and by my third month 8 offers signed in total. 68 hires in 12 months. ● Working in both the Revenue and Corporate determined by the business need and SLT members of Toptal. Achievements: ● Highest hire rate from the Junior Recruiter program 1/5 ● Second highest number of hires in the Toptal Recruiting Team from a team of 32 for 2021- (68) ● Promoted to Full Recruiter after 3 months during a 9 month program ● Ratio of 8:1 Screens to Hire - team OKR was 10:1 Recruiting Coordinator July 2019 - March 2021 Google Responsibilities include: ● ● ● ● ● ● Consistently exceeding interview coordination targets by over 120% scheduling between 120 and 140 interview sessions per week during high volume periods Scheduling full spectrum of interviews across a global scale (EMEA, APAC and Americas) within all of Google's business areas (Cloud, Tech, GBOP) Securing complex interview panels, scheduling across 15+ global time zones, maintaining high-level confidentiality and data protection Delivering excellent candidate experience for internal and external candidates, while maintaining utmost attention to detail within a fast paced and ever-changing working environment. Procuring limited interview rooms, coordinating extensive candidate travel and visa support. Hosting the Staffing Bi Weekly Meeting & morning huddles with 40-80 attendees ● ● Working on large scale interview batch days alongside recruiters and hiring managers Focusing on Cloud role scheduling then moving to the role of Amplifier which involved scheduling the highest priority roles Projects ● EU HQ representative of the DEI Culture Committee, creating and running various initiatives from the Global DEI Book Club, Bitmojii Desk Decor, the SST Holiday party, Friendship is Blind, SSTorytime and team Movember ● Running DEI Sessions for the EMEA Team on Intersectionality and the effect of Covid-19 on marginalised groups ● Selected by management to be an Onboarding specialist assisting in training new starters ● Gboost expert, assisting team members reach and exceed their metrics in one to one mentoring ● Nominated WFH Wellness Champ across EMEA Trainings ● GPS: Precise Language: Race and Gender+ in the Workplace ● GPS: Unconscious Bias for GPS ● GPS: Travel & Visa Training ● GPS: TI Niche, SWE, SRE, SRM, TPM, Cloud, GBOP Events Recruitment Coordinator September 2018 - June 2019 Verve Responsibilities included: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Solely responsible for ensuring all jobs within the Verve events department are fully staffed Plan staffing needs in conjunction with Account Executives, Event Managers, Senior Account Managers and Account Directors Staffed over 500 separate jobs in under 6 months and then reached 1000 at 10 months Checking event budgets against the forecasted staff costs prior to staffing jobs using the budget application Procim Running weekly Group Interviews and Inductions, interviewing over 400 candidates and inducting over 150. Rewrote both the induction and interview process for Verve to be compliant with Employment law and the nine grounds Maintaining the database of 500 temporary staff Managing applications of approximately 80 weekly to the Verve worker app and inviting suitable applicants onsite for the group interview On site staffing manager for events dealing with large quantities of staff (20-40) on site which included the Google Holiday Party, Guinness Six Nations Ireland home matches, Avolon Corporate events and the Amazon Holiday Party Education: B. Sc. Human Resource Management,- Technological University Dublin, 2.1 Second Class Honours Leaving Cert- The High School, Dublin Achievements ● ● ● ● ● ● Winner of People Ops Costume Competition in Google - 2019, Toptal - 2020, Google - 2022 One rep max for bench is 110kg(242lbs) Came in Second Place in the SST Bake Off Young Entrepreneurs Award 2011-12 High School Dublin Member of High School Rugby Senior Team 2008-14 Member of Parkvale FC 2010-13 Hobbies/Interests ● ● ● Typing Speed of 75 WPM Intermediate level of Spanish, French, Irish Cooking and Baking. Specialising in Cookies and Brownies References are available upon request