STEVEN VASQUEZ
Austin, TX 78748 |--| LinkedIn.com/in/recruitersteveaustin
CAREER SUMMARY
Talent Acquisition Specialist
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Senior Recruiter
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HR Generalist
An ambitious and developed corporate recruiter with 10+ years’ experience in recruiting, onboarding, training and development of both retail and corporate employees.
Facilitator and supporter of prospective applicants with a streamlined process of sourcing, engaging,
screening and interviewing while developing and sustaining relationships.
Researched and mapped markets nationally to create and execute robust search strategies that will
attract the best quality of talent to help sustain job roles with improved performance.
Proven ability to keep up with a fast-paced environment while maintaining resilience under pressure
when scaling the right workflow between candidates, the recruiting team, managers and job roles.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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Recruiting
Human Resources (HR)
Applicant Tracking Systems
Data Analysis
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Corporate Training
Payroll and Timesheets
Excel/Microsoft Works
Temporary Placement
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College Recruiting
Openminded/Transparent
Supportive/Feedback
Leadership Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Catalyst Prep LLC, Austin, TX
2019 – Present
National SAT/ACT Test Prep Company known for providing a fun and lighthearted curriculum to ace the SAT/ACT. Company
specializes in providing national tutoring for high school aged students seeking to outperform the SAT/ACT and subject tests.
Corporate Recruiter/Tutor Recruiter
Recruited into a focused position as a Talent and Acquisition specialist. Maintained national job postings and
communication for entire West Coast and Northern East Coast Recruitment. Sourced quality applicants from
multiple platforms with specific teaching, tutoring and academic backgrounds to help mentor, tutor and
motivate high school students. Supported and developed relationships with tutors to help assist with
meticulously matching tutors with students based on interests, hobbies, academic background and career path.
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Hired, trained and shaped tutors. Created a streamlined system of sourcing, screening, auditioning
and training that supported all departments to work efficiently by increasing tutoring opportunities
with top talent.
Efficiently decreased hiring and onboarding time frames by continuously maintaining job postings
in all national markets by consistent communication with applicants throughout the interview and
hiring process. Within a matter of months, onboarding times from sourcing to training decreased
exponentially from a matter of weeks to days.
Drove increased hiring and retention percentages among the recruiting department with a 90%
retention rate of employees with less than a year of employment. Talent pool of applicants increased
from an average of 35 to 75 per week which allowed for a higher rate of hire for quality applicants.
H&M (Hennes & Mauritz), McAllen, TX
2017 – 2018
H&M is a Global clothing and accessory retailer priding itself on quality fast fashion at the best price.
Department Manager
Gained broad clothing retail experience by serving as the men’s department manager for a $15M location.
Oversaw entire $4M department of product and employees with support and direction to exceed sales and
profit goals set by district team and store manager.
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Aided, maintained and finalized all 60+ sales advisers with all on-boarding (employment
verification, W2 clarification, etc) as well as developed monthly training plans and schedules for each.
Gained expert proficiency in daily operations, weekly profit and loss percentages for the store and
men’s department, assisted with weekly schedule for store and verified daily and weekly timesheets for
payroll.
“Coached in the moment” and provided constant feedback on and off the sales floor coaching to
sales advisers up to store manager while living and maintaining H&M values.
Jump Up For Fun, McAllen, TX
2015 – 2017
A multi-million dollar privately-owned inflatable bounce facility maintained for full service children’s parties and special events.
General Manager
Capitalized on an opportunity to acquire expert managerial experience by supervising an entire 20K square
foot facility, employees, vendors and sales. Sourced, hired and developed employees, while pushing
performance from sales managers to increase sales month over month.
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Tripled sales and profit targets within first six months by offering feedback and coaching of sales
techniques to sales managers daily; and implementing new marketing strategies.
Revised entire marketing and promotional brochures as well as increased party vendors to extend
customer base that stretched hundreds of miles.
Sprint, Harlingen, TX
2009 – 2015
One of the top wireless providers in the country.
District Manager/Technical Recruiter
Supervised, developed and supported 3 Sprint retailer locations. Each location comprised of 5 to 15
employees where each was held accountable based on sales quotas, as well as other KPI’s.
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Directed three stores with $15M in total sales, effectively managing profit and loss performance.
Efficiently sourced for multiple roles from part time sales representative to full time technical
representatives to assist and repair external and internal issues with devices.
Encouraged and supported all employees which in turn maintained a high retention rate with
employees driven to develop into leads, supervisors and managers themselves.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Social Science
Central College, Pella, IA
