ATS & Recruiting Systems
Experience with Taleo, Army recruiting systems, applicant tracking workflows, candidate movement, documentation, applicant pipelines, follow-up, and recruiting process discipline.
Technical & Systems Experience
I do not present myself as a software engineer. I present myself as a recruiter who earned software development and full-stack development credentials, worked with ATS/recruiting systems, and developed practical knowledge across sourcing, investigation, media production, and technical communication. That background helps me understand roles faster, ask better questions, and communicate across technical and non-technical environments.
Recruiter-first technical fluency across systems, sourcing, investigation, and communication.
Recruiting Systems, Sourcing & Candidate Workflow
Sourcing & Outreach Platforms
Practical experience using LinkedIn, job boards, social platforms, web-based outreach, QR-code lead capture, and direct candidate communication to build applicant pipelines.
Boolean & Keyword Search Awareness
Familiarity with Boolean-style search logic, keyword matching, job titles, certifications, technical skills, and the way recruiters search for specific candidate profiles and skill stacks.
Candidate Pipeline Management
Experience managing candidates from first contact through qualification, documentation, processing, follow-up, and final decision points.
Why It Matters in Recruiting
Technical fluency matters in recruiting because it helps me understand requirements faster, ask better questions, communicate clearly with candidates and hiring teams, and recognize whether someone truly fits the role. I am not claiming to be an engineer. I am showing that I understand enough of the systems, tools, and language to recruit more intelligently.
Technical Recruiting Fluency
Technical Role Understanding
Ability to understand technical and systems-based roles well enough to ask better questions, recognize skill alignment, and communicate clearly with candidates and hiring teams.
Technology Stack Awareness
Working familiarity with common web and software development terms, including front-end, back-end, full-stack, databases, repositories, frameworks, deployments, and version control.
Role Translation
Ability to break down complex requirements into plain language for candidates, hiring teams, and decision-makers.
Hard-to-Fill Recruiting Support
Experience supporting specialized roles requiring technical aptitude, advanced qualifications, strong screening, and security-clearance eligibility.
Why It Matters in Recruiting
Technical fluency matters in recruiting because it helps me understand requirements faster, ask better questions, communicate clearly with candidates and hiring teams, and recognize whether someone truly fits the role. I am not claiming to be an engineer. I am showing that I understand enough of the systems, tools, and language to recruit more intelligently.
Software Development & Full-Stack Credentials
Full Sail Software Development Certificate, with Honors
Completed a year-long Full Sail software development certificate with honors, including hands-on software-programming work, programming fundamentals, coding logic, application development concepts, software development workflows, documentation, and technical communication. Coursework included exposure to programming fundamentals and C-based language concepts.
8-Month Full-Stack Development Certification, with Honors
Completed an 8-month full-stack development certification program covering front-end and back-end development concepts, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, ASP.NET, React, Flask, Django, database-connected workflows, Agile/Scrum concepts, and server-side development fundamentals.
Development Workflow & Tools
Practical familiarity with GitHub, commits, repository structure, responsive layout, site publishing, troubleshooting, documentation, and using development tools to build, revise, and manage web projects.
Why It Matters in Recruiting
Technical fluency matters in recruiting because it helps me understand requirements faster, ask better questions, communicate clearly with candidates and hiring teams, and recognize whether someone truly fits the role. I am not claiming to be an engineer. I am showing that I understand enough of the systems, tools, and language to recruit more intelligently.
Interviewing and Candidate Assessment
Rapport and Trust Building
Trained to establish trust quickly with strangers in high-pressure situations. In recruiting this means engaging passive candidates, earning credibility in the first conversation, and creating the kind of comfort that gets honest answers rather than rehearsed ones.
Behavioral and Nonverbal Awareness
Trained to establish a behavioral baseline and recognize deviations. In candidate interviews this means spotting inconsistencies between what someone says and how they say it, identifying rehearsed responses, and recognizing motivation gaps before they become bad hires.
Layered and Cognitive Questioning
Trained in structured questioning techniques that draw out accurate detail rather than confirming surface-level answers. Knows when to probe deeper, when to let silence work, and how to ask follow-up questions that reveal what a candidate glossed over.
Statement Analysis and Listening Depth
Trained to listen for what is omitted, softened, or avoided, not just what is said. Applied to candidate qualification calls, reference checks, and hiring manager intake conversations to surface alignment issues early rather than late in the process.
Why It Matters in Recruiting
Technical fluency matters in recruiting because it helps me understand requirements faster, ask better questions, communicate clearly with candidates and hiring teams, and recognize whether someone truly fits the role. I am not claiming to be an engineer. I am showing that I understand enough of the systems, tools, and language to recruit more intelligently.
Media, Communication & Modern Tools
Communication & Media Education
B.A. in Communication and Media, cum laude, graduate study, storytelling, messaging, audience awareness, and visual communication.
Video / Audio / Production Tools
Hands-on work with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, OBS, Rodecaster, Canon/DJI workflows, audio/video production, and content development.
AI-Assisted Workflow
Use of AI tools for research organization, writing support, workflow planning, documentation, structured problem-solving, and productivity.
Why It Matters in Recruiting
Technical fluency matters in recruiting because it helps me understand requirements faster, ask better questions, communicate clearly with candidates and hiring teams, and recognize whether someone truly fits the role. I am not claiming to be an engineer. I am showing that I understand enough of the systems, tools, and language to recruit more intelligently.