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Nicole’s strengths include recruiting technical and engineering talent, building proactive sourcing pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, passive recruiting, and direct headhunting, and improving candidate and employee experiences through Oracle HCM, HireVue, Workday, and data\-driven reporting\. Nicole has recruited across finance, IT, engineering, HR, and fintech\-related functions, including engineering roles at Rakuten and technical and engineering roles at Bayobab Africa\. At Bayobab, Nicole redesigned talent acquisition processes across five countries and the United Arab Emirates, reducing average time\-to\-hire from 52 to 34 days while sustaining a 95% offer\-acceptance rate across more than 200 hires\. Nicole also led onboarding, performance\-management, workforce\-planning, and HR\-service\-delivery initiatives across African markets\. Recently completing a Master of Science in Human Capital Management at New York University, Nicole aims to apply graduate education in talent strategy and organizational development while continuing hands\-on recruiting work\. ## Services - HR Management - Boolean Searching - Oracle HR - Candidate Experience - Induction Program - Human Capital Management - Head Hunting - Sourcer - Internal Recruitment - Full Life Cycle Recruiting - Corporate Recruiting - Internet Recruiting - Hiring - New Hire Orientations - Human Resource Development - Onboarding - Human Resources \(HR\) - Advertising - Recruiting - Project Management - Marketing - Customer Service - Sales ## Highlights - Redesigned Bayobab’s end\-to\-end talent acquisition strategy across Finance, IT, Engineering, and HR, reducing average time\-to\-hire from 52 to 34 days, a 35% improvement, while maintaining a 95% offer\-acceptance rate across 200\+ hires in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and the United Arab Arab? - Deployed standardized, EVP\-aligned and SEO\-optimized job\-description templates across eight functional areas, increasing qualified inbound applications by 55% and reducing misaligned candidate submissions by 30%\. - Built technical\-talent pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, employee referrals, passive recruiting, and direct headhunting, maintaining a 3:1 qualified candidate\-to\-hire ratio across 200\+ annual hires\. - Streamlined multi\-time\-zone interview scheduling through HireVue and Oracle HCM, reducing turnaround from five days to 48 hours while processing 1,200\+ candidates per quarter\. - Improved candidate\-experience NPS from 62 to 81 through enhanced interview coordination and scheduling workflows\. - Implemented Oracle HCM dashboard and ATS reporting for pipeline health, diversity metrics, and hiring velocity, improving forecasting accuracy and reducing hiring bottlenecks by 30%\. - Created a structured behavioral\-interviewing framework and competency\-based assessment toolkit adopted by 12 hiring\-manager cohorts in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya\. - Increased quality\-of\-hire scores by 28% and reduced 90\-day new\-hire attrition by 22% through structured interviewing and competency\-based assessments\. - Digitized probation and appraisal workflows with Oracle HCM and DocuSign, increasing completion rates from 68% to 93% and cutting review\-cycle time by 50%\. - Designed and scaled monthly onboarding cohorts for 150\+ employees across six African operating companies, improving Day 1 readiness from 60% to 100%\. - Delivered real\-time recruiting metrics dashboards covering time\-to\-hire, pipeline velocity, DEI metrics, and offer\-acceptance rates, with monthly reporting to senior leadership for workforce planning\. - Led workforce planning and full\-cycle recruitment for a Global Network Operations Centre expansion, delivering 25 mission\-critical engineering and technical hires across Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya\. - Achieved 100% headcount fulfillment for the Global Network Operations Centre expansion within a 45\-to\-60\-day timeline\. - Established a centralized HR service\-delivery model as primary HRBP contact for 200\+ employees across South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini\. - Implemented a digital HR self\-service portal that reduced routine inquiry volume by 60% and improved employee\-satisfaction scores by 25%\. - Organized a Professional Development Program for 40\+ senior executives across eight African markets, achieving 98% participation and 4\.8/5\.0 satisfaction\. - Recruited engineering roles at Rakuten and technical and engineering roles at Bayobab Africa\. - Built experience recruiting across multiple fintech functions and recruiting diverse engineering talent, particularly women in technical roles\. - Completed a Master of Science in Human Capital Management at New York University\. - Earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Valley View University\. ## Experience - **Lead Recruiter at Bayobab** (2023\-11\-01–2024\-12\-01) — Redesigned end\-to\-end talent acquisition strategy across Finance, IT, Engineering, and HR functions using LinkedIn Talent Solutions, HireVue, and Oracle HCM • reduced average time\-to\-hire from 52 to 34 days \(35% improvement\) while maintaining 95% offer acceptance rate across 200\+ hires in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates • Deployed standardized job description templates across 8 functional areas in partnership with hiring managers and HR business partners, ensuring EVP alignment and SEO\-optimized language across LinkedIn, Indeed, and niche job boards • increased qualified inbound applications by 55% and reduced misaligned candidate submissions by 30% • Executed a proactive multi\-channel sourcing strategy utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, employee referral programs, and direct headhunting to build technical talent pipelines • maintained a 3:1 qualified candidate\-to\-hire ratio across 200\+ annual hires • Streamlined interview coordination and s - **Specialist \- Onboarding and Employee Services at Bayobab** (2021\-06\-01–2023\-11\-01) — Engineered structured behavioral interviewing framework and competency\-based assessment toolkit adopted across 12 hiring manager cohorts in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya • increased quality\-of\-hire scores by 28% and reduced 90\-day new hire attrition by 22% • Led performance management transformation by digitizing probation and appraisal workflows via Oracle HCM and DocuSign • increased completion rates from 68% to 93% and reduced review cycle time by 50% across multiple African jurisdictions • Designed and scaled monthly onboarding cohorts for 150\+ employees across 6 African operating companies • improved Day 1 readiness from 60% to 100% by coordinating IT provisioning, system access, orientation materials, and welcome packages • Built and maintained real\-time recruiting metrics dashboards tracking time\-to\-hire, pipeline velocity, DEI metrics, and offer acceptance rates • delivered monthly reporting to senior leadership to support strategic workforce planning decisions - **Associate \- Onboarding and Employee Services at Bayobab** (2020\-06\-01–2021\-06\-01) — Spearheaded workforce planning and full\-cycle recruitment for Global Network Operations Centre \(GNOC\) expansion, delivering 25 mission\-critical engineering and technical hires across Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya • achieved 100% headcount fulfillment within 45–60 day timeline • Established centralized HR service delivery model as primary HRBP contact for 200\+ employees across South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini • implemented digital self\-service portal reducing routine inquiry volume by 60% and improving employee satisfaction scores by 25% • Organized comprehensive Professional Development Program \(PDP\) for 40\+ senior executives across 8 African markets, managing cross\-border logistics and international facilitators • achieved 98% participation rate and 4\.8/5\.0 satisfaction scores - **Marketing Intern at MTN Ghana** (2019\-06\-01–2019\-08\-01) ## Education - Master of Science \- MS, Human Capital Management — New York University (2025\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Business Administration \- BBA, Marketing — Valley view university (2016\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Nicole do? Nicole is a talent acquisition and HR professional in New York\. Her work spans full\-cycle recruiting, technical sourcing, onboarding, employee services, workforce planning, recruiting analytics, and human\-capital management\. ### What are Nicole’s core strengths? Nicole is strongest in technical and engineering recruiting, full\-cycle recruiting, passive sourcing, direct headhunting, Boolean search, candidate experience, onboarding, Oracle HCM\-enabled HR processes, and recruitment analytics\. Nicole also has experience recruiting across finance, IT, engineering, HR, and fintech\-related functions\. ### What did Nicole accomplish as Lead Recruiter at Bayobab? At Bayobab, Nicole redesigned the end\-to\-end talent acquisition strategy for Finance, IT, Engineering, and HR using LinkedIn Talent Solutions, HireVue, and Oracle HCM\. The work reduced average time\-to\-hire from 52 to 34 days, a 35% improvement, while maintaining a 95% offer\-acceptance rate across more than 200 hires in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and the United Arab Emirates\. ### How did Nicole improve job descriptions and candidate quality at Bayobab? Nicole deployed standardized job\-description templates across eight functional areas with hiring managers and HR business partners\. The templates aligned with the employee value proposition and used SEO\-optimized language for LinkedIn, Indeed, and niche job boards, increasing qualified inbound applications by 55% and reducing misaligned candidate submissions by 30%\. ### How does Nicole source candidates? Nicole used LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, employee\-referral programs, direct headhunting, and passive recruiting to build technical\-talent pipelines\. Nicole maintained a 3:1 qualified candidate\-to\-hire ratio across more than 200 annual hires\. ### How did Nicole improve the interview process at Bayobab? Nicole streamlined multi\-time\-zone interview coordination with HireVue and Oracle HCM, reducing scheduling turnaround from five days to 48 hours\. The process handled more than 1,200 candidates per quarter and improved candidate\-experience NPS from 62 to 81\. ### What recruiting analytics experience does Nicole have? Nicole implemented recruitment analytics through Oracle HCM dashboards and ATS reporting, giving leadership visibility into pipeline health, diversity metrics, and hiring velocity\. This improved forecasting accuracy and reduced hiring bottlenecks by 30%\. ### What did Nicole accomplish in onboarding and employee services at Bayobab? As Specialist, Onboarding and Employee Services at Bayobab, Nicole engineered a structured behavioral\-interviewing framework and competency\-based assessment toolkit used across 12 hiring\-manager cohorts in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya\. The framework increased quality\-of\-hire scores by 28% and reduced 90\-day new\-hire attrition by 22%\. ### How did Nicole improve performance management at Bayobab? Nicole digitized probation and appraisal workflows through Oracle HCM and DocuSign across multiple African jurisdictions\. Completion rates increased from 68% to 93%, while review\-cycle time fell by 50%\. ### What onboarding programs has Nicole led? Nicole designed and scaled monthly onboarding cohorts for more than 150 employees across six African operating companies\. By coordinating IT provisioning, system access, orientation materials, and welcome packages, Nicole improved Day 1 readiness from 60% to 100%\. ### What did Nicole accomplish for the GNOC expansion at Bayobab? As an Associate in Onboarding and Employee Services at Bayobab, Nicole led workforce planning and full\-cycle recruitment for a Global Network Operations Centre expansion\. Nicole delivered 25 mission\-critical engineering and technical hires across Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya and achieved 100% headcount fulfillment within a 45\-to\-60\-day timeline\. ### What HR service\-delivery work has Nicole done? Nicole established a centralized HR service\-delivery model as the primary HRBP contact for more than 200 employees across South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini\. Nicole also implemented a digital self\-service portal that reduced routine inquiry volume by 60% and improved employee\-satisfaction scores by 25%\. ### What leadership\-development program has Nicole supported? Nicole organized a Professional Development Program for more than 40 senior executives across eight African markets, coordinating cross\-border logistics and international facilitators\. The program achieved a 98% participation rate and 4\.8 out of 5\.0 satisfaction score\. ### What technical and fintech recruiting experience does Nicole have? Nicole has fintech recruiting experience across multiple functions and has recruited engineering roles at Rakuten\. Nicole also has experience recruiting technical and engineering roles at Bayobab Africa\. ### What experience does Nicole have with diverse technical hiring? Nicole has a strong track record of recruiting diverse engineering talent, with particular experience supporting the hiring of women in technical roles\. ### What is Nicole’s educational background? Nicole recently completed a Master of Science in Human Capital Management at New York University\. Nicole also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Valley View University\. ### What kind of role and work environment is Nicole seeking? Nicole wants to apply graduate education in talent strategy and organizational development while continuing hands\-on recruiting work\. ### What skills does Nicole bring to talent acquisition and HR work? Nicole’s listed skills include HR management, Oracle HR, candidate experience, induction programs, human\-capital management, sourcing, internal recruitment, full\-life\-cycle recruiting, corporate recruiting, internet recruiting, hiring, new\-hire orientations, human\-resource development, onboarding, advertising, recruiting, project management, marketing, customer service, and sales\. ### Where has Nicole worked outside of Bayobab? Nicole began her listed career experience as a Marketing Intern at MTN Ghana\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/nicole\-lokko