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Riley is strongest at creating practical recruiting processes, metrics, documentation, and training materials from the ground up using data and collaboration to earn hiring\-manager buy\-in and improving systems in fast\-growing environments\. At Uplinq, Riley partnered with 13–14 hiring managers, supported growth from about 30 to 90 employees across nine business functions, managed 10–30 active requisitions, and maintained a 96% offer\-acceptance rate\. Riley also built executive dashboards for time to fill, offer acceptance, and pipeline health introduced proactive workforce planning and used AI, automation, and analytics to streamline recruiting operations\. Earlier work includes technical and high\-volume recruiting for Fortune 500 clients at PDS Tech, customer success at Nextiva, and game operations with the Phoenix Suns\. Riley holds a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from Grand Canyon University and an associate degree in General Business from Chandler/Gilbert Community College\. ## Services - Technical Recruiting - High\-volume Recruiting - Hiring - Employee Relations - Boolean Searching - Screening - Hiring Manager Partnership - Full Life Cycle Recruiting - LinkedIn Recruiter - Sourcing - Talent Management - Job Architecture - Applicant Tracking Systems - Workforce Planning - Talent Pipeline Management - Account Management - Customer Onboarding - Customer Retention - Escalations Management - Customer Support - Support Management - Technical Support - Notion AI - Airtable - Fireflies - Fathom - Rippling - BambooHR - Human Resources \(HR\) ## Highlights - Most recently served as Talent Acquisition Partner at Uplinq, an AI startup in the tax and accounting sector\. - Partnered with 13–14 hiring managers and leaders at Uplinq to define role requirements, launch searches, and support growth from approximately 30 to 90 employees across nine business functions\. - Owned full\-cycle recruiting at Uplinq, managing 10–30 active requisitions and conducting 20–40 candidate screens weekly from outreach through onboarding\. - Built scalable recruiting processes and ATS workflows at Uplinq, including more than 40 job descriptions, 15–20 structured screening guides, and 10–15 recruiting SOPs\. - Developed standardized interview guides, screening frameworks, hiring\-manager resources, and training materials to improve candidate evaluation and hiring consistency\. - Recruited specialized technical and corporate talent across Engineering, Accounting, Tax, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, HR, Operations, and Executive Leadership\. - Built recruiting metrics and executive dashboards tracking time to fill, offer acceptance, and pipeline health\. - Helped transition Uplinq from reactive hiring to proactive workforce planning\. - Used AI, automation, and recruiting analytics to streamline workflows, standardize documentation, monitor pipeline health, and improve recruiting efficiency\. - Maintained a 96% offer\-acceptance rate at Uplinq through candidate relationships, clear expectations, and a strong candidate experience\. - Reduced recruiting costs by streamlining workflows, eliminating redundant processes, using AI and automation, and expanding direct sourcing\. - Coordinated new\-hire documentation, system access, benefits, and equipment improved onboarding efficiency and supported offboarding activities at Uplinq\. - Partnered with Fortune 500 clients at PDS Tech, including Honeywell, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Apple, Nammo, and SRP\. - Managed 25–50 active requisitions at PDS Tech across technical, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and skilled\-trades positions for contract and direct placement\. - Built talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean searches, niche job boards, and targeted outreach\. - Developed a recruiting tracking system at PDS Tech that streamlined pipeline management and improved team organization\. - Mentored new recruiters through recruiting best practices, sourcing strategies, hands\-on training, job shadowing, and daily\-workflow support\. - Supported candidates and contractors with payroll questions, assignment updates, offboarding, and escalated concerns, contributing to a 75% assignment\-completion rate\. - Maintained recruiting productivity during PDS Tech's migration from Salesforce to Bullhorn\. - Delivered 12–15 qualified candidate submissions per week and averaged two hires per week at PDS Tech\. - Owned client relationships, retention and growth strategies, escalations, cross\-functional delivery, upsell and cross\-sell opportunities, and customer\-feedback analysis as a Customer Success Manager at Nextiva\. - Coordinated game\-day operations with marketing, promotions, ticketing, and other departments for the Phoenix Suns\. - Managed Phoenix Suns game\-day staff and volunteers, including scheduling, training, and supervision\. - Oversaw game\-day setup and teardown of facilities, equipment, and signage supported fan\-experience and attendance strategies fulfilled sponsor activations and implemented operational improvements for the Phoenix Suns\. - Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from Grand Canyon University in 2018\. - Earned an Associate degree in General Business from Chandler/Gilbert Community College in 2017\. - Completed a High School Diploma in General Education at Perry High School in 2014\. ## Experience - **Talent Acquisition Partner at Uplinq** (2023\-08\-01–2026\-07\-01) — \- Partnered with 13–14 hiring managers and leadership to define role requirements, launch searches, and support company growth from approximately 30 to 90 employees through full\-cycle recruiting across 9 business functions\. \- Owned the full recruiting lifecycle, managing 10–30 active requisitions, conducting 20–40 candidate screens weekly, and delivering a consistent hiring experience from first outreach through onboarding\. \- Built scalable recruiting processes, ATS workflows, and hiring documentation, including 40\+ job descriptions, 15–20 structured screening guides, and 10–15 recruiting SOPs, to support rapid company growth\. \- Developed standardized interview guides, screening frameworks, and hiring manager resources that improved candidate evaluations and hiring consistency\. \- Recruited specialized technical and corporate talent across Engineering, Accounting, Tax, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, HR, Operations, and Executive Leadership\. \- Conducted market research to recommend - **Recruiter at PDS Tech, Inc\.** (2021\-01\-01–2023\-08\-01) — \- Partnered with Fortune 500 clients, including Honeywell, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Apple, Nammo, and SRP, while managing 25–50 active requisitions across technical, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and skilled\-trades positions\. \- Built talent pipelines by sourcing passive and active candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean searches, niche job boards, and targeted outreach\. \- Recruited technical, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and skilled trades talent across contract and direct placement opportunities\. \- Guided candidates through the hiring process by conducting screenings, coordinating interviews, negotiating offers, and communicating next steps\. \- Developed a recruiting tracking system that streamlined pipeline management and improved organization across the recruiting team\. \- Mentored new recruiters by sharing recruiting best practices, sourcing strategies, hands\-on training, job shadowing, and daily workflows to support team success\. \- Supported candida - **Customer Success Manager at Nextiva** (2019\-11\-01–2020\-12\-01) — \- Owned client relationships, serving as the primary point of contact for inquiries, feedback, and escalations\. \- Resolved customer issues efficiently, driving satisfaction, retention, and long\-term loyalty\. \- Developed and executed account strategies to support retention, growth, and sales targets\. \- Partnered cross\-functionally to ensure timely delivery of products and services\. \- Identified and pursued upsell and cross\-sell opportunities to increase revenue\. \- Analyzed customer feedback and trends, delivering insights and reports to inform strategy and improve the customer experience\. - **Game Operations at Phoenix Suns** (2018\-04\-01–2020\-05\-01) — \- Coordinate with various departments \(e\.g\., marketing, promotions, ticketing\) to ensure seamless execution of game day events and initiatives\. \- Manage a team of game day staff and volunteers, including scheduling, training, and supervision\. \- Oversee the setup and teardown of game day facilities, equipment, and signage\. \- Develop and implement strategies to enhance the fan experience and drive attendance at games\. \- Collaborate with partners and sponsors to fulfill contractual obligations and deliver sponsorship activations\. \- Monitor and evaluate game day operations to identify areas for improvement and implement solutions\. ## Education - Bachelors, Sports management — Grand Canyon University (2017\-01\-01–2018\-01\-01) - Associate In General Business, Business/Commerce, General — Chandler/Gilbert Community College (2014\-01\-01–2017\-01\-01) - High School Diploma, General Education — Perry High School (2010\-01\-01–2014\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Riley do? Riley is a Talent Acquisition, Talent Operations, and People Operations professional\. Riley has experience building and scaling hiring processes, partnering with leaders to attract talent, improving recruiting operations, and strengthening candidate and employee experiences through a strategic, data\-driven approach\. ### What is Riley's most recent role? Riley most recently worked as a Talent Acquisition Partner at Uplinq, an AI startup in the tax and accounting sector\. ### What did Riley accomplish at Uplinq? At Uplinq, Riley partnered with 13–14 hiring managers and leaders to define role requirements, launch searches, and support growth from approximately 30 to 90 employees, or threefold growth\. Riley recruited across nine business functions and helped move the organization from reactive hiring toward proactive workforce planning\. ### What is Riley's full\-cycle recruiting experience? Riley owned the full recruiting lifecycle at Uplinq, from job posting and outreach through screening, interviews, offers, onboarding, and related offboarding support\. Riley managed 10–30 active requisitions and conducted 20–40 candidate screens per week while maintaining a consistent candidate experience\. ### What types of roles has Riley recruited for? Riley recruited specialized technical and corporate talent in Engineering, Accounting, Tax, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, HR, Operations, and Executive Leadership\. Riley also handled a difficult sales and tax hiring challenge as part of the work at Uplinq\. ### How has Riley improved recruiting operations? Riley built scalable recruiting processes, ATS workflows, and hiring documentation at Uplinq, including more than 40 job descriptions, 15–20 structured screening guides, and 10–15 recruiting SOPs\. Riley also developed standardized interview guides, screening frameworks, hiring\-manager resources, and training materials to improve evaluation quality and hiring consistency\. ### What metrics and analytics experience does Riley have? Riley built recruiting metrics and executive dashboards from the ground up to track time to fill, offer acceptance, and pipeline health\. Riley uses recruiting analytics, AI, and automation to standardize documentation, monitor pipelines, streamline workflows, and improve recruiting efficiency\. ### How does Riley partner with hiring managers on hiring decisions? Riley also gained hiring\-manager buy\-in through data, collaboration, relationship building, and shared process design\. ### What recruiting outcomes has Riley delivered? Riley maintained a 96% offer\-acceptance rate at Uplinq by building candidate relationships, setting clear expectations, and delivering a strong candidate experience throughout the process\. Riley also reduced recruiting costs by streamlining workflows, eliminating redundant processes, using AI and automation, and expanding direct sourcing\. ### What People Operations and onboarding experience does Riley have? Riley managed onboarding by coordinating new\-hire documentation, system access, benefits, and equipment\. Riley improved onboarding efficiency, supported offboarding activities, and has broader People Operations experience focused on employee experience improvements\. ### What did Riley do at PDS Tech, Inc\.? At PDS Tech, Riley partnered with Fortune 500 clients including Honeywell, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Apple, Nammo, and SRP\. Riley managed 25–50 active requisitions across technical, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and skilled\-trades roles for contract and direct\-placement opportunities\. ### What sourcing and candidate\-management experience does Riley have? At PDS Tech, Riley sourced active and passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean searches, niche job boards, and targeted outreach\. Riley conducted screenings, coordinated interviews, negotiated offers, communicated next steps, and built talent pipelines\. ### How has Riley improved and supported recruiting teams? Riley developed a recruiting tracking system that streamlined pipeline management and improved team organization at PDS Tech\. Riley also mentored new recruiters through best practices, sourcing strategies, hands\-on training, job shadowing, and daily\-workflow guidance\. ### What operational and contractor\-support work did Riley perform at PDS Tech? Riley supported candidates and contractors at PDS Tech by resolving payroll questions, communicating assignment updates, managing offboarding, and addressing escalated concerns\. This work contributed to a 75% assignment\-completion rate\. Riley also transitioned from Salesforce to Bullhorn, learned the new system quickly, and maintained recruiting productivity during the migration\. ### What recruiting performance results did Riley achieve at PDS Tech? Riley consistently met recruiting performance goals at PDS Tech by delivering 12–15 qualified candidate submissions per week and averaging two hires per week\. ### What did Riley do at Nextiva? As a Customer Success Manager at Nextiva, Riley owned client relationships as the primary contact for inquiries, feedback, and escalations\. Riley resolved customer issues, developed account strategies supporting retention, growth, and sales targets, partnered cross\-functionally on delivery, identified upsell and cross\-sell opportunities, and analyzed customer feedback and trends to inform strategy and improve customer experience\. ### What did Riley do with the Phoenix Suns? In Game Operations with the Phoenix Suns, Riley coordinated with marketing, promotions, ticketing, and other departments to execute game\-day events and initiatives\. Riley managed game\-day staff and volunteers oversaw setup and teardown of facilities, equipment, and signage developed fan\-experience and attendance strategies fulfilled sponsor activations and evaluated operations to identify and implement improvements\. ### What additional operational and customer\-facing skills does Riley have? Riley also brings experience in account management, customer onboarding, customer retention, escalations management, customer support, support management, technical support, payroll, onboarding, scheduling, event planning, organization, and task management\. ### What tools and systems has Riley used? Riley has used Notion AI, Airtable, Fireflies, Fathom, Rippling, BambooHR, Bullhorn, Salesforce\.com, LinkedIn Recruiter, and applicant tracking systems\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/riley\-lang\-63ba7a13a