Current resume or CV for recruiting leader Edgardo Perez.

1. E​DGARDO ​R. P​EREZ​, E​D​.M.
Oakland, CA • Edgardo_Perez@mail.harvard.edu • (917) 557-9155 • ​https://www.linkedin.com/in/edgardorperez
PROFILE: ​Leader with​ ​+13 years of experience in recruitment, diversity and inclusion, strategic planning, program
management and operations, learning and development, and partnership management.
ABSTRACT, ​San Francisco, CA July 2018 - March 2020
Recruitment, Inclusion and Culture Director January 2020 - March 2020
Lead the creation and implementation of strategy, programs, policies and processes that inclusively attract, develop
and retain employees at a global enterprise SaaS company.
● Design and implement the organizational culture and inclusion strategy.
● Partner with Finance, Human Resources (HR), C-Suite/VP-Level executives/clients and hiring managers to develop
hiring roadmaps for all teams (e.g. G&A, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, etc.).
● Manage a team of recruiters and sourcer to design and execute hiring plans and the full-cycle recruiting process.
● Develop and manage the employer brand strategy in partnership with Marketing.
Recruitment + Inclusion Director January 2019 - December 2019
● Developed the talent acquisition and inclusion strategy that grew the company by +140% and the
underrepresented employee population by ~12%.
● Led recruiting, diversity and inclusion strategy, budget, processes, policies and programming.
● Managed recruiters and sourcer, who maintained a 90% closing rate and 100% NPS score.
● Developed and facilitated company-wide training (e.g. Inclusive Hiring, Feedback, Microaggressions, etc.).
● Reported directly to the CEO and partnered with the C-Suite, executives and hiring managers to identify and meet
technical and non-technical staffing needs (e.g. headcount planning).
● Led and managed the employer brand content strategy (e.g. social media, events, etc.).
● Partnered with Human Resources (HR) on internal communications and compensation review.
● Led data reporting on candidate and employee trends (e.g. Employee Engagement Survey).
Recruitment + Inclusion Manager ​July 2018 - January 2019
● Developed talent acquisition and inclusion strategy to scale the Abstract company.
● Partnered with executives and hiring managers to identify staffing needs.
● Managed the recruitment team to maintain a 90% closing rate and 100% NPS score.
BRAVEN​, San Jose, CA July 2015 – July 2018
Recruiting and Program Director
Led team, recruitment and execution of a tech-enabled, data-driven career accelerator startup for +550
underrepresented students and professionals.
● Hired, trained and supervised 7 employees to execute a career accelerator for underrepresented people.
● Recruited for and managed programs at Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn sites to build tech sector experience.
● Recruited, trained, and coached tech professionals (70 to date) who led weekly career workshops.
● Pitched employee engagement and employer branding events to tech companies.
● Launched Facebook’s coding interview boot camp pilot to increase underrepresented talent in the tech sector.
● Served as Human Resources thought partner on employee retention, training, onboarding, and evaluation.
Achievements
● Increased participant satisfaction by 117%, recruitment by 300% and retention rates by 400%.
● Hosted cross-ERG Happy Hour with the Black Googler Network and Facebook D&I team to build community
among +150 underrepresented professionals in tech and support recruiting/sourcing needs.
KIPP DC​, Washington, DC November 2013 – June 2015
Recruiter and Internship Program Manager
Recruited for and managed the internship program reaching +1,200 African American and Latinx young professionals.
● Facilitated the full cycle university recruiting process, surpassing recruitment goals by up to 100%.
● Collaborated with hiring managers from Accenture and other companies to conduct technical and non-technical

2. talent selection and matching (e.g. Systems Developers), performance evaluation, etc. for 100 interns.
● Partnered with HR on onboarding and off-boarding operations (e.g. I-9 processing, payroll management, etc.).
● Provided career advising and preparation to college students from West Virginia University, Radford University,
University of the District of Columbia, among others.
● Redesigned Accenture’s Skills to Succeed career development curriculum to help job seekers land placements.
● Co-taught and co-planned the Career and Leadership Seminar Series reaching +400 participants.
Achievements
● Exceeded the amount of hiring managers (+50) recruited and acquired in any given year.
● Surpassed several grant and internship host recruitment goals by a range of 18% to 100%.
NICKELODEON/VIACOM MEDIA NETWORKS​, New York, NY June 2007 - July 2012
Program Manager, Public Affairs and Viewer Services
Led program management of global social impact initiatives reaching 1.2MM daily consumers and viewer relations.
● Built and managed 20+ external partnerships to develop content for social impact campaigns under
Diversity/Inclusion EVP.
● Responsible for training and supervising the internship program of 15.
● Served on the ERG Taskforce to design ERG frameworks that would scale globally and served as the Latinx ERG
Co-Chair.
Achievements
● Submitted the award proposal which generated a 2011 Top ERG Award from​ Latina Style Magazine.
EDUCATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ​Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA August 2012 - May 2013
Master of Education, Prevention Science and Practice [Program Design]
MARIST COLLEGE​, Poughkeepsie, NY August 2003 - May 2007
Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications; concentration in Public Relations
SKILLS ​Proficient in CRMs/ATSs (e.g. Salesforce, Greenhouse, Lever, Gem, Entelo), Confluence, Qualtrics, MS Office,
Adobe Photoshop, and Canvas LMS; fluent in Spanish.