ADAEZE NZEKWE
Technical Recruiter
Lagos
Summary
Highly personable Technical Recruiter skilled in technical and non-technical talent sourcing and recruiting across the Technology [Fin-Tech, Health-Tech, Martech, Ed-Tech etc], Finance, Hospitality, Engineering, Consultancy, Real Estate and Retail sectors globally.
Proficient in full-cycle recruitment from; Stakeholder management to Account management, Recruitment requisitions analysis, Data-driven recruitment, Headhunting, Talent Attraction, Evaluation, Vetting, and Hiring.
The goal is to turn Passive Candidates into Active Candidates and hire talents that will bring value to organizations.
Some of the tools used in the course of my work:
LinkedIn Recruiter [RPS], GitHub, X-ray search, Recruit-m, Boolean search, RecruitCRM, GEM, Hackerrank, Codility, Coderbyte, Notion, Pitch, Calendly, ContactOut, and Google Workspace.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Technical Recruiter
TalentQL Technologies Limited (Techstars '21)
Lagos, Nigeria
02.2023 - Current
- Partnered with leadership to create comprehensive global recruiting strategies aligning recruiting initiatives with business objectives.
- Identified process improvement opportunities and championed the recruiting business's plans to scale; streamlining recruiting processes, workflows, and metrics that align with the business objectives.
- Evaluated recruiting efforts to continually improve the quantity and quality of talent brought into the Talent pool.
Provided overall direction for the technical recruiting team; - Oversee team workflow and assess productivity levels.
Supported lead generation efforts of the sales team, helping to drive recruitment demand. - Tech Talent Hiring across all experience levels and technology stacks from the junior to ED Level Positions such as Lead Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, Solution Architects, Principal Engineers, Integration Engineers, and Chief Technology officers.
Technical Recruiter
TalentQL Technologies Limited (Techstars '21)
Lagos, Nigeria
09.2021 - 01.2023
- Leveraged market data and insights relating to specific hiring requests, creating talent mapping reports to ensure data-driven talent hiring.
- Created and maintained high-volume talent pipelines for several clients by improving candidate reach-out by 50%, resulting in a talent matching schedule reduction from 10 working days to 5 working days.
- Collaborated with talent delivery associates to understand and meet the hiring needs of recruitment managers and partners.
- Leveraged diverse sourcing strategies and options including, GitHub, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, web searches, talent communities, and external and internal referrals to assign quality candidates for open positions.
- Spearheaded ATS data validation: profile matching across roles, candidate application status, hiring metrics, and real-time candidate and client information.
- Operated as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to build strong and credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers and critical stakeholders.
Human Resources and Recruitment Executive
Enyata Inc.
Lagos, Nigeria
06.2020 - 08.2021
- Developed and executed from scratch HR policies and programs, workforce and job development, recruitment and hiring, compensation and benefits and employee and labor relations to build staff-focused human resources office culture.
- Successfully sourced, interviewed, negotiated offers and hired quality technical, product and business-savvy talents.
- Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates devising hiring and recruitment policies for 60-employee company.
- Oversaw and managed onboarding processes and programs to successfully integrate new and promoted employees.
- Handled confidential employee information maintaining data via the HRIS database, i.e., employee compensation, employee performance issues and benefits data.
- Recommended appropriate resolutions to employee relations concerns and handled disciplinary issues and investigations of misconduct.
Team Lead, Operations
Filmhouse Cinemas Limited.
Lagos, Nigeria
04.2019 - 05.2020
- Worked in a matrix management environment with oversight of division-level managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety and compliance.
- Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issues directly and implementing timely solutions increasing customer satisfaction by 50%.
- Delivered end-of-day, end-of-month, and quarterly reports and documentation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Enugu State University of Science And Technology
Enugu, Nigeria 02.2014 - 08.2017
Skills
- Talent Sourcing
- Talent Assessment
- Talent Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Recruitment Operations
- Technical Industry Knowledge
- Equal opportunities facilitation
- Client relationship management
- Recruitment process optimization
- Technical Recruitment and Retention
Timeline
Senior Technical Recruiter
TalentQL Technologies Limited (Techstars '21)
02.2023 - Current
Technical Recruiter
TalentQL Technologies Limited (Techstars '21)
09.2021 - 01.2023
Human Resources and Recruitment Executive
Enyata Inc.
06.2020 - 08.2021
Team Lead, Operations
Filmhouse Cinemas Limited.
04.2019 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Enugu State University of Science And Technology
02.2014 - 08.2017
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