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With more than 10 years of experience, Gabrielle leads full\-cycle recruiting, workforce scaling, technical and non\-technical hiring, and talent\-acquisition process design for technology\-driven and high\-growth organizations across North America\. Gabrielle has built a talent\-acquisition function from scratch, led three recruiters while continuing to recruit directly, and helped scale an organization from fewer than 100 employees to more than 300\. At Bits In Glass, Gabrielle improved recruiter\-team productivity by 30%, reduced time\-to\-fill by 25%, increased candidate diversity by 40%, reduced agency spend by 35%, and maintained an 87% retention rate\. Gabrielle has led ATS migrations from CAPS to Bamboo and from iCIMS to Oracle, and is accountable for hiring\-lifecycle outcomes beyond filling roles, including retention, engagement, process adoption, pipeline health, and forecasting\. ## Services - HR Strategy - Coaching - Hiring - Employee Relations - Strategic Communications - Job Description Development - Cross\-functional Collaborations - Contract Recruitment - Sourcing - Staffing Services - Temporary Placement - Management - Technical Recruiting - Screening - Leadership - Business Analysis - Applicant Tracking Systems - Microsoft Office - Databases - Talent Acquisition - Permanent Placement - Temporary Staffing - Human Resources - Information Technology - Consulting - Interviews - Internet Recruiting - Account Management - Recruiting - College Recruiting ## Highlights - Scaled Bits In Glass from under 100 employees to more than 300 across Canada and the United States while maintaining an 87% retention rate\. - Built the talent\-acquisition function from scratch at a previous company and led three recruiters while continuing hands\-on recruiting work\. - Increased recruiter\-team productivity by 30% and improved time\-to\-fill by 25% at Bits In Glass through coaching, mentorship, and recruiting\-process improvements\. - Increased candidate diversity by 40% through North American sourcing strategies at Bits In Glass\. - Reduced agency spend by 35% through data\-driven hiring plans and KPI\-based recruitment performance management at Bits In Glass\. - Delivered quarterly recruitment analytics and performance reports to executives to improve forecasting and recruiting processes\. - Led hiring for Appian, MuleSoft, Pega, Boomi, UiPath, Tableau, and emerging AI technologies\. - Led ATS migrations from CAPS to Bamboo and from iCIMS to Oracle, and supported Oracle Recruiting Cloud change management and user adoption\. - Designed standardized recruiting, offer\-management, onboarding, and pre\-employment\-screening workflows at Frontgrade Technologies\. - Hired six engineering, product, and operations candidates in under 90 days at a tech startup, contributing to a 200% increase in headcount\. - Reduced time\-to\-fill by up to 25% at Quantix through customized hiring plans developed with hiring managers\. - Achieved an average 30\-day time\-to\-fill and an 87% offer\-acceptance rate as Senior Human Resources Recruiter at Modis\. - Led high\-volume IT and healthcare recruiting for national accounts and local clients at Modis\. - Managed full\-cycle IT and healthcare recruiting across banking, insurance, healthcare, gaming, and education at Quantix\. - Developed healthcare talent pipelines through strategic sourcing and passive outreach\. - Conducted compliance\-focused background checks, structured interviews, personnel\-file audits, and onboarding and offboarding support across recruiting and HR roles\. - Provided resume consulting, interview preparation, mock interviews, and candidate feedback as a freelance Career Consultant and Talent Strategy Advisor\. ## Experience - **Talent Acquisitions Operations/Process Improvement//Recruiting Coordinator at Frontgrade Technologies** (2025\-08\-01–present) — Designed and implemented scalable recruiting processes and workflows that improved operational efficiency, increased hiring team adoption, and enhanced the candidate experience across the full recruitment lifecycle\. Partnered with recruiters, hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to identify process gaps and develop innovative talent acquisition solutions that supported organizational growth objectives\. Led continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating recruiting workflows, introducing process enhancements, and creating standardized procedures that reduced administrative burden and improved hiring efficiency\. Championed change management efforts during the implementation of Oracle Recruiting Cloud \(ORC\), collaborating with cross\-functional stakeholders to streamline workflows, improve data accuracy, and support user adoption\. Created standardized recruiting, offer management, onboarding, and pre\-employment screening processes that increased operational consiste - **Career Consultant & Talent Strategy Advisor at Freelance** (2022\-04\-01–present) — Provide comprehensive resume support, including tailored feedback and in\-depth consultations\. Facilitate interview preparation across all formats \(phone, in\-person, online\), enhancing candidate presentation and communication skills\. Conduct mock interviews and provide constructive feedback to improve candidate interviewing effectiveness and critical thinking\. - **Talent Acquisition Manager \(contract\) at Tech Startup** (2024\-08\-01–2025\-03\-01) — Developed and executed a company\-wide hiring plan focused on short\- and long\-term business needs\. Hired 6 top\-tier candidates \(engineering, product, and operations\) in under 90 days, accelerating team buildout during a critical growth phase and contributing to a 200% increase in headcount\. Developed and executed comprehensive full\-cycle recruitment strategies, encompassing targeted marketing initiatives resulting in a high\-quality candidate pipeline\. Managed the integrity of the hiring process by orchestrating background checks to ensure candidate reliability and compliance\. - **Global Talent Acquisition Manager/Recruiter/HR \- North America at Bits In Glass** (2019\-05\-01–2023\-04\-01) — Directed all aspects of talent acquisition across Canada and the U\.S\., scaling headcount from under 100 to 300\+ employees while maintaining an 87% retention rate\. Built and led a team of recruiters, providing coaching and mentorship that increased team productivity by 30% and improved time\-to\-fill by 25%\. Spearheaded North American talent acquisition programs, implementing innovative sourcing strategies that increased candidate diversity by 40%\. Designed and launched comprehensive hiring plans, leveraging data\-driven strategies and KPIs to optimize recruitment performance and reduce agency spend by 35%\. Delivered quarterly recruitment analytics and performance reports to executives, driving process improvements and enhancing forecasting accuracy\. Analyzed market and internal hiring trends to develop targeted sourcing strategies, improving qualit - **Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR at Bits In Glass** (2016\-08\-01–2019\-05\-01) — Responsible for full\-cycle recruitment activities • recruitment strategy, job postings and • advertisements, offer letters, job descriptions and interview guidelines • Qualified candidates by conducting telephone and in\-person interviews to obtain work history, • Developed and execute daily, weekly, monthly and yearly plan • Conducted training and exit interviews as well as coordinated and drove HR programs, projects, and activities • Provided strategic support in the development, communication and delivery of HR solutions • and processes • Developed a pool of qualified candidates • Created and maintained monthly newsletter • Assisted is choosing benefits and new internal applications \(ATS\) for the company • Coordinated and booked travel for current and potential employees • Audited employees files to ensure all are complete • Utilized social media platforms and internal tools for recruitment purposes • Responsible for initiating on - **Senior Technical Recruiter/ Talent Acquisition Leader \(IT\) at Quantix, Inc\.** (2014\-03\-01–2016\-08\-01) — Executed full\-cycle recruiting for IT and healthcare roles across multiple industries\. Developed recruitment strategies, maintained a strong talent pipeline, and partnered with account managers to meet client hiring goals\. Key Contributions: Managed comprehensive full\-cycle recruitment activities for various industries including banking, insurance, healthecare, gaming and education\. Created customized recruitment plans in collaboration with hiring managers, reducing time\-to\-fill by up to 25%\. Collaborated closely with account managers and fellow recruiters to optimize hiring processes\. Maintained a strong pipeline of qualified healthcare professionals through strategic sourcing and passive outreach\. Tracked candidate activity and hiring metrics to guide process improvements and stakeholder reporting\. Trained and mentored junior recruiters and sourcers to enhance team performance\. - **Recruiting Team Lead – IT & Healthcare \(Finance, & Executive searches\) at Modis** (2013\-01\-01–2014\-03\-01) — Led a team of sourcers and managed high\-volume recruitment for IT and healthcare clients\. Created tailored hiring strategies and ensured compliance with background checks and interview processes\. Key Contributions: Supervised and coached a team of sourcers, optimizing talent pipeline quality and recruiter productivity\. Executed full\-cycle recruitment for IT and healthcare positions, supporting national accounts and local clients\. Built targeted recruitment marketing strategies tailored to healthcare compliance and regional licensing needs\. Conducted structured interviews and background checks to ensure candidate fit and regulatory alignment\. - **Senior Human Resources Recruiter at Modis** (2013\-01\-01–2014\-03\-01) — Delivered full\-cycle recruitment across roles in tech, healthcare, finance, and operations, achieving an average time\-to\-fill of 30 days and offer acceptance rate of 87%\. - **IT and Healthcare Recruiter at Equity Staffing Group** (2011\-09\-01–2012\-12\-01) — Responsible for full cycle recruiting including sourcing for candidates, prescreening potential matches, submitting to open positions and all follow up required • Coordinated with account managers and other recruiters to identify the types of candidates required for open positions • Developed a pool of qualified candidates • Searched job boards such as Monster, Careerbuilder, Dice, Indeed and LinkedIn for candidates • Reviewed multiple resumes for knowledge, skills and experience levels • Submitted candidates to healthcare and IT positions • Built networks in order to locate candidates • Conducted prescreening interviews in person and over the phone • Posted ads for open position on job boards • Participated in daily planning strategy meetings • Maintained records for current and potential candidates • Attended professional meeting and created ## Education - Bachelors, Mass Communications/Journalism — New Mexico State University ## FAQ ### What does Gabrielle do? Gabrielle works in talent acquisition, recruiting operations, and workforce scaling\. Gabrielle currently supports scalable recruiting processes and systems at Frontgrade Technologies and provides freelance career consulting and talent strategy advice\. ### What are Gabrielle’s strongest areas of expertise? Gabrielle’s core strengths include talent acquisition strategy and workforce planning technical and non\-technical full\-cycle recruiting recruiting operations and process optimization team coaching ATS implementation, reporting, and analytics compliance and employment standards employer branding candidate experience ### What does Gabrielle do at Frontgrade Technologies? At Frontgrade Technologies, Gabrielle designs scalable recruiting processes and workflows across the recruitment lifecycle\. Gabrielle partners with recruiters, hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to identify gaps standardizes recruiting, offer\-management, onboarding, and pre\-employment\-screening processes establishes service levels and communication workflows and uses ATS reporting and pipeline metrics to improve candidate flow, hiring efficiency, data accuracy, recruiter productivity, and stakeholder alignment\. ### What systems implementation work has Gabrielle led? Gabrielle championed change management for the Oracle Recruiting Cloud implementation at Frontgrade Technologies\. Gabrielle collaborated with cross\-functional stakeholders to streamline workflows, improve data accuracy, and support adoption, while building process frameworks that can support higher hiring volumes across business functions and regions\. ### What does Gabrielle provide through freelance career consulting? As a freelance Career Consultant and Talent Strategy Advisor, Gabrielle provides tailored resume feedback and in\-depth consultations\. Gabrielle also prepares candidates for phone, in\-person, and online interviews, conducts mock interviews, and gives constructive feedback to strengthen presentation, communication, interviewing effectiveness, and critical thinking\. ### What did Gabrielle accomplish at Bits In Glass as Global Talent Acquisition Manager? As Global Talent Acquisition Manager/Recruiter/HR for North America at Bits In Glass, Gabrielle directed talent acquisition across Canada and the United States\. Gabrielle scaled headcount from under 100 employees to more than 300 while maintaining an 87% retention rate\. ### How has Gabrielle led recruiting teams? At Bits In Glass, Gabrielle built and led a recruiter team, coaching and mentoring the team to increase productivity by 30% and improve time\-to\-fill by 25%\. Gabrielle also built the talent\-acquisition function from scratch and led three recruiters while remaining hands\-on in recruiting\. ### How has Gabrielle used data and analytics in talent acquisition? Gabrielle implemented sourcing strategies that increased candidate diversity by 40%, designed KPI\-based hiring plans that reduced agency spend by 35%, and delivered quarterly recruitment analytics and performance reports to executives\. Gabrielle used market and internal hiring trends to improve sourcing strategy, quality of hire, passive\-candidate engagement, forecasting, and process performance\. ### What technical and HR systems work has Gabrielle handled at Bits In Glass? Gabrielle led hiring for technical platforms including Appian, MuleSoft, Pega, Boomi, UiPath, Tableau, and emerging AI technologies\. Gabrielle also supported a new ATS and internal\-tools rollout, conducted personnel\-file compliance audits, and supported regional onboarding and offboarding\. ### What did Gabrielle do as Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR at Bits In Glass? As Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR at Bits In Glass, Gabrielle managed full\-cycle recruiting strategy, postings and advertisements, offer letters, job descriptions, interview guidelines, candidate qualification, and recruiting plans\. Gabrielle conducted training and exit interviews coordinated HR programs and projects created and maintained a monthly newsletter helped select benefits and internal ATS applications coordinated travel audited employee files used social media and internal recruitment tools initiated onboarding and first\-day orientation arranged system access and training and coordinated background checks\. ### What did Gabrielle accomplish at Quantix, Inc\.? At Quantix, Inc\., Gabrielle executed full\-cycle recruiting for IT and healthcare roles across banking, insurance, healthcare, gaming, and education\. Gabrielle developed customized hiring plans with hiring managers that reduced time\-to\-fill by up to 25%, maintained healthcare\-talent pipelines through strategic sourcing and passive outreach, tracked hiring metrics, collaborated with account managers and recruiters, and trained junior recruiters and sourcers\. ### What did Gabrielle accomplish at the tech startup? As a contract Talent Acquisition Manager at a tech startup, Gabrielle developed a company\-wide hiring plan for short\- and long\-term needs and hired six engineering, product, and operations candidates in fewer than 90 days\. The work accelerated team buildout during a critical growth phase and contributed to a 200% increase in headcount\. Gabrielle also ran full\-cycle recruitment strategies, targeted recruitment marketing, candidate\-pipeline development, and background\-check coordination\. ### What did Gabrielle do as Recruiting Team Lead at Modis? As Recruiting Team Lead for IT and Healthcare at Modis, Gabrielle supervised and coached sourcers, managed high\-volume recruiting for national accounts and local clients, and conducted full\-cycle recruiting for IT and healthcare roles\. Gabrielle created targeted recruitment marketing strategies responsive to healthcare compliance and regional licensing requirements, while ensuring structured interviews, background checks, candidate fit, and regulatory alignment\. ### What results did Gabrielle achieve as Senior Human Resources Recruiter at Modis? As Senior Human Resources Recruiter at Modis, Gabrielle delivered full\-cycle recruiting for technology, healthcare, finance, and operations roles\. Gabrielle achieved an average time\-to\-fill of 30 days and an 87% offer\-acceptance rate\. ### What did Gabrielle do at Equity Staffing Group? At Equity Staffing Group, Gabrielle conducted full\-cycle IT and healthcare recruiting, including sourcing, prescreening, candidate submission, follow\-up, resume review, job postings, and in\-person and phone interviews\. ### Which applicant tracking systems has Gabrielle used? Gabrielle has led ATS migrations from CAPS to Bamboo and from iCIMS to Oracle\. Gabrielle’s listed ATS experience includes iCIMS, Bamboo, Greenhouse, and Salesforce, along with Oracle Recruiting Cloud implementation work\. ### What recruiting tools and systems does Gabrielle use? Gabrielle uses LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean search, Excel, recruiting dashboards, offer\-management processes, background checks, onboarding workflows, interviewing platforms, Microsoft Office, databases, and CRM tools\. Gabrielle also has experience with internet recruiting and social\-media recruiting\. ### What additional professional skills does Gabrielle bring? Gabrielle has experience in HR strategy, employee relations, strategic communications, job\-description development, cross\-functional collaboration, contract recruitment, sourcing, staffing services, temporary and permanent placement, management, technical recruiting, screening, leadership, business analysis, talent acquisition, human resources, information technology, consulting, interviews, account management, college recruiting, healthcare staffing, staff augmentation, onboarding, benefits negotiation, executive search, team building, resume screening, customer service, and customer relationship management\. ### What is Gabrielle’s education? Gabrielle earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications/Journalism from New Mexico State University\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/gabrielle\-baptiste\-66378a44