Rachel Galvin
Vancouver,Canada
Summary
Outgoing Talent Acquisition Specialist with a passion for helping candidates find their dream role while also successfully staffing the business needs. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Focusing mainly on technical roles but well versed in all area's of the business.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
GeoComply Solutions
Vancouver, British Columbia
06.2023 - Current
- Source, attract and retain top talent in Engineering, Product, Human Resources, IT, Accounting and Finance, Compliance and Fraud positions.
- Work with Hiring Manager and HRBPs to adequately assess talent needs and assist with creating JDs based on their needs.
- Coordinated and Engineering Interviewing Calibration over 4 months for Coding and System Design interviews resulting in the business going from 3 to 15 calibrated interviewers in North America.
- Conduct weekly System Design debriefs to ensure high and consistent bar is met across all interviewers.
- Host events such as Round Robin Recruiting event, referral drives and networking events.
- Conducted interviewer training for key executives in Engineering and Product.
- Created System Design and Coding Interview guides for candidates resulting in 30% of candidates now passing in comparison to >10%.
- Initiated, co-created and maintained the GeoComply Buddy Program with the HR Generalist.
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
GeoComply Solutions
Vancouver, BC
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Organized and maintained applicant tracking systems, including entering data into the system and updating information as needed.
- Scheduled Interviews with Hiring Managers and Internal stakeholders for NA and EU.
- Coordinated with hiring managers to determine staffing needs, create job descriptions, and identify ideal candidate criteria.
- Participated in college career fairs to recruit top talent for current openings within the organization.
- Maintained relationships with external recruitment agencies to source potential candidates when needed.
- Researched industry trends related to recruitment best practices.
- Created reports detailing key metrics related to recruitment activities such as time-to-fill rates or cost per hire.
- Assisted in developing recruiting strategies that align with organizational goals.
Recruiting Coordinator - Global Tech
Google (Via Coyle Consulting) Contract
Dublin
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Coordinate interviews at a fast pace and large scale for open roles in EMEA, APAC and AMS
- Partnering with recruiters and other stakeholders to deliver a candidate centric hiring experience, owning all practical and logistical elements of the hiring process
- Liaise with interviewers to arrange interview panels
- Scheduling interviews across many different time zones
- Effectively deal with last minute declines/interview cancellations and reschedule requests
- Effectively collect Non disclosure agreements for candidates applying for Canadian and USA roles
- Preserving the candidate experience at all costs i.e trying to find replacement interviewers rather than rescheduling interviews etc
- A member of the candidate chat support team - deal with candidate and interviewer requests when the designated coordinators are out of office or offline.
Recruitment Consultant (Banking and Insurance)
Hays Recruitment
Dublin
04.2021 - 12.2021
- 360 recruitment whereby I manage the recruitment process for clients and candidates
- Business development – cold calling and warm calling clients
- Maintaining strong relationships with clients and candidates
- Arrange interview processes with both clients and candidates, get feedback from candidates and then relay the feedback to clients
- Often I have to arrange the interview via Zoom and attend the interview at the beginning to introduce candidate to the client
- Administrative work – doing CVs, web profiles for candidates, client emails etc
- Represent Hays at client meetings, whereby we pitch for business
- Cross sell other specialisms at Hays
- Source relevant candidates, interview them and screen them
- I have worked 20+ roles at the one time
- Help train in new starters.
Motor Claims Advisor - Motor damage strategy team (Investigations)
Aviva Insurance Dac
Galway
10.2019 - 04.2021
- Handling claims involving two or more parties where liability is not established
- Our role is to establish liability and liaise with customers, Brokers, claimants, Third Parties, solicitors and other insurance companies
- Assisting and supporting customers though the claims process
- Administration, investigation (viewing CCTV, dashcam footage) and settlement of material damage claims
- Assess all claims thoroughly in order to recognise potential fraudulent claims and flag these to our fraud team
- Making challenging calls on a regular basis such as denying liability to a Third Party, advising our Insured we must settle the Third Party claim etc
- Handling our team’s mailbox
- Responsible for our forensic spreadsheet
- Daily checks and weekly reporting to team leader
- Deciding which claims to litigate
- Dealing with GDPR and data access requests
- Actively pursue recovery from Third Party insurance companies.
Education
4/6 QFA exams completed -
Institute of Bankers
01.2021
CIP Qualified -
Insurance institute of Ireland
01.2020
Bachelor of arts degree in International Business and German. 2.1 Honours degree -
University of Limerick, Ireland
Skills
- Talent management
- Negotiation
- Technical Recruitment
- Relationship building
- Candidate Sourcing
- Employer Branding
References
On Request
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
GeoComply Solutions
06.2023 - Current
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
GeoComply Solutions
11.2022 - 06.2023
Recruiting Coordinator - Global Tech
Google (Via Coyle Consulting) Contract
01.2022 - 09.2022
Recruitment Consultant (Banking and Insurance)
Hays Recruitment
04.2021 - 12.2021
Motor Claims Advisor - Motor damage strategy team (Investigations)
Aviva Insurance Dac
10.2019 - 04.2021
4/6 QFA exams completed -
Institute of Bankers
CIP Qualified -
Insurance institute of Ireland
Bachelor of arts degree in International Business and German. 2.1 Honours degree -
University of Limerick, Ireland
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