Michael Gacha Wanjiku
Technical Recruiter
Nairobi
Summary
I am a Talent acquisition specialist currently working with Microsoft as a Technical Sourcer. I have 4+ years technical recruitment experience in high growth startups and corporates across EMEA region. I have hired for technical roles such as Software engineers and cloud solutions architect as well as operational roles such as country and regional managers. I am well versed in Boolean search and have utilized tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Stack Overflow, and Github, among other social platforms to source for Software Engineers. I make data-driven decisions in formulating my sourcing strategy and have utilized LinkedIn Insights for talent mapping.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sourcer
01.2022 - Current
- Sourcing for Technical positions such as Software
- Engineers and Cloud Solutions architects in Ireland,
- Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
- Directly partner with business leaders and internal recruiters in defining and maintaining core and pivotal pipelines
- Leveraging on talent insights to develop a robust sourcing strategy
- Establishing and cultivating relationships with candidates in the end-to-end recruitment process
- Develop Diverse Talent pools to address immediate or near term talent needs
- Effectively screen and assess Talent using the available tools and my knowledge in the industry
- Research and gather market intelligence to guide sourcing initiatives
- Achievements - Run several initiatives to attract and retain diverse talent
- Met my hiring KPI of 30% diverse hires consistently
- Supported the Microsoft Identity department in hiring developers in Kenya and Ireland.
Talent recruiter, Recruitment Lead
Bolt OU
01.2021 - 01.2022
- For Africa and managing relations with stakeholders - Conducting weekly briefing calls with business leaders to understand immediate and near term recruitment needs to determine workload prioritization - Hiring for HQ and Operations roles (Includes Country managers, Operations managers, etc across EMEA) - End to End recruitment process including making offers to candidates
- Driving referral campaigns and training employees on how to upload referrals to Greenhouse
- Mentoring and onboarding new recruiters - Driving diversity and inclusion programs to ensure we attract and retain diverse talent - Leading a team of 2 recruitment interns
- Achievements - Filled hard to fill positions some of which had been open for 6+ months - Hired 75+ people thus surpassing my targets - Took part in creating onboarding resources to ease new recruiter onboarding.
Senior Technical/Engineering Recruiter
Andela
07.2018 - 01.2021
- Leading a team of 4 Technical recruiters and hiring for
- Software developers across Africa and Latin America
- Mentoring and coaching recruiters in new sourcing strategy and SOPs
- Upholding data integrity by ensuring compliance across the various platforms
- Sourced and selected applicants for technical positions within the company
- Negotiated contract with new hires in line with budgetary allocations for the roles
- Design and maintain systems that guarantee punctual and delightful evaluation processes for our candidates
- Coordinating the various tasks to ensure a consistent data collection towards active sourcing, candidate application review, referral actioning, interview pass-through rates and hiring goals
- Achievements - My hires in 2020 generated the highest marginal return revenue - Led new interviewer training sessions to help unblock interview delays and build capability on interviewing best practices
- Part of the taskforce that revamped our coding challenges on Hackerrank to ensure irregularity in results were significantly reduced
- Led sourcing effort for QA engineers and conducted training for new recruiters assigned to this workload.
Human Resource Associate
Samasource
10.2016 - 07.2018
- Building applicant sources by researching and contacting recruitment agencies to fill headcount
- Work with hiring managers to develop recruiting plans and write job descriptions - Obtain necessary pre-hire documentation from candidates including compensation history, reports confirmation of prior work experience, certification confirmation, or other job-specific required credentials to be considered for a position within the organization
- Provide reporting on key sourcing and recruiting metrics by, analyzing and summarizing data and trends relating to hiring sources and other recruiting-related statistics and information for continuous improvement
- Aligning the hiring process, beginning with screening applicants and interviewing potential hires, making recommendations, writing offer letters, conducting reference checks, and negotiating contracts - Sitting in Disciplinary and performance hearings
- Assisting in the onboarding process for new employees and separation process for outgoing employees - Creating and maintaining employee personnel files and ensuring all employee-related documentation is filed correctly and on time
Recruitment Assistant
Corporate Staffing Services
02.2016 - 07.2016
- Advertise vacancies appropriately by drafting and placing adverts on different job sites - Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates Completing a search of the candidate database to find the right person for the employer's vacancy - Receive and review applications, managing interviews, and short-listing candidates
- Request references and check on the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the employer - Organize interviews for candidates as requested by the client Inform candidates about the results of their interviews
Education
B.SC - Human Resource Management
Moi Univeristy
01.2012 - 01.2015
Eldoret KASNEB / Certified Secretary - undefined
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Meru School
01.2013 - 01.2015
Amazing Hiring Technical sourcing certification - Devskiller Certified Professional - undefined
01.2006 - 01.2010
Skills
Global recruitment
undefinedTools
- Greenhouse
- ICMIS
- Linkedin Recruiter
- LinkedIn Insights
- SeekOut
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Sourcer
01.2022 - Current
Talent recruiter, Recruitment Lead
Bolt OU
01.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Technical/Engineering Recruiter
Andela
07.2018 - 01.2021
Human Resource Associate
Samasource
10.2016 - 07.2018
Recruitment Assistant
Corporate Staffing Services
02.2016 - 07.2016
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Meru School
01.2013 - 01.2015
B.SC - Human Resource Management
Moi Univeristy
01.2012 - 01.2015
Amazing Hiring Technical sourcing certification - Devskiller Certified Professional - undefined
01.2006 - 01.2010
Eldoret KASNEB / Certified Secretary - undefined
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